Imagine if he struggled with this grain loader again.

One of my favorite sets!

1:57 How many takes do y’all think this took!

I bet it took him a lot of try's to get that grain loader scene just right.

I’m surprised you didn’t suggest replacing Catherine with Toad instead, as Oliver and Toad are companions in the books and TV series.

I’ve gotta say I love your passion for wooden railway and everytime you talk about it it makes me happy unless you bring up the fact that this is what used to be but that doesn’t matter hopefully people like you will get attention from Mattel and understand why we miss the Thomas wooden railway line and it can be brought back in its former glory

You have awoken repressed memories and I am jealous beyond belief. I need this in my life

I'm glad Oliver was here. We need some rep for our great western bois in green 👌

It is a classic and it’s great to see that you’ve found your 1998 Thomas and used it for this review.

*smudger exists* Stanley aka number two: am I a joke people

I knew this was the set you’d cover!

My favorite age of TWR was 2003-2010 What is yours?

@1:56 *35 mins later*

Man, my local library had and still has this in their kids section! The engines have come and gone and changed, but it’s still there!

1:58 *KEEKRE VS THE GRAIN LOADER III: GRAIN STRIKES BACK*

I have always wanted this set as a kid and I am still hoping I can get it!! I just really like the destinations that come with it!! Clickety clack track is definitely my personal favorite!

I bet he could completely make up a rare set and do a video like this and none of us would be the wiser

I would have either put Culdee in the set for Catherine or replaced her with Annie and Clarabel(CGI colors), and maybe put Tidmouth station in the set to. Other things I would do include replacing the orange cargo car with 5 open troublesome trucks with 5 shipping crates. I would also put in one more grain car, 3 more lumber cars, 1 more barrel car with a fourth barrel, Henrietta, 3 Knapford express coaches, Welsworth station, Welsworth sheds, S.C.RUFFY, Fred, Rickety, the Spiteful break van, Edward, Percy, Henry, Duck, a useful engine shed, a coal hopper, Toad, Old Slow Coach, Tidmouth sheds, 4 mail vans, the mail depot, the Dairy, 3 milk tankers, and 5 sodorline cabooses.

Can we just appreciate how he took the whole track apart to change the style of track?

i just realized that there is a whole community of people who collect these toys. thats so cool I used to love these things when I was a kid. sadly my family never really got me any of this.

I definitely wanted the set as a kid. Just because of Catherine.

One of my favorite Thomas sets ever!

It would be awesome if you made the wooden railway sets, after seeing your layouts you’d be really good at making them!

For years I've always wanted this set and I think I have all the the Pieces to make it up. apart from the Elevated Track Foundations.

Great job on the review Keekre but I have to say it you finally figured out how to use the grain loader.

This is the set I always wanted Of course I never got it since my family was straddling the poverty line so usually we got the Thomas engines and rolling stock and got track from Melissa and Doug sets

I have been watching for about 3 years.

"This playset is absolutely amazing! It has some really cool engines too! 😃

Cool Set.

I always wanted to see this set up close!

How many takes did it take for the car to flip?;)

Yee! Love this set!

I built this set specifically. Next do the roundhouse set from 1997.

I was waiting for you to do this set for so long

I used to have that yearbook!

OH MY THE GRAIN LOADER WORKED!!

fav set!!

No wonder why you where so excited about this review I read it on Twitter

G R A I N L O A D E R

1:58 OMG you finally got it to work

I started with Thomas wooden railway not even a year after I was born

I’m fortunate enough to own the original clickety clack track version but sadly lost one of the risers and my 2001 Thomas that came with it.

My birthday was yesterday and I gonna use the money to buy some Thomas wooden railway.

Big sets make the best reviews.

Blast from the past, that's what some people say.

1. There are a couple destinations this didn't include that a kid would have wanted, but either of said destinations would have made it even more crazy expensive so... 2. About Oliver: He's a cheaper inclusion than Henry, and I would say he's more appealing to have since he tended to be harder to find in stores. 3. On the subject of "Catherine", she's not really Catherine at all. She's actually a different characer, a pair of utility/crew wagons collectively known as "The Truck". Thematically, that makes her fitting as additional rolling stock for the set. I think Gray Troublesome Trucks, a Breakdown Train, or extra barrel, log, or cargo cars would be far better replacements for her than another engine, although personally I'm fine with the Truck being there. She fits well enough, and was again a harder-to-find item on her own.

Great review. I love it

Nice!

I always wanted this set

Imagine if this set was still around or was around until 2017

Nice review! I did want this set growing up, but couldn't afford it. Say, can you do a review on the original Oval Starter Set (with Thomas, Milk Tanker, Red Caboose, and Arch Stone Bridge)? It was my very first wooden railway set/item (along with Daisy and Henry's Log Car).

He didn't replace old Oliver with a new version of himself.

I didn’t grow up in the early 2000s but still gawk at the clickity clack verson of the set

The Grain Loader.... IT WORKS!!!

I think part of why these bigger Wooden Railway sets were done away with was partially to do with the price. According to my old Smith-Thompson catalogue from 2005, the set cost $399.99, but interestingly they were offering a free rolling storage box with it. Although I can see the value (as I'm sure others can as well), some people just don't see it that way and therefore don't want to spend the money on such a thing. I feel like another reason these bigger sets were pushed aside is because back in the day, a set like this was really all you needed to start your wooden railway, and therefore you didn't have to go out and buy as much product to build a decent layout. I feel companies like Mattel woke up to this fact and started making more of just your basic loop track sets and stripping away a lot of the little accessories you use to get.

That is in my top 10 fav"s

James Pulling The Blue Barrel Car

I always wanted it but it was no longer being sold by the time I was born

Maybe (if you have it) do the bridge and tunnel set too.

Maybe not Catherine but replace her with either old slow coach the knapford coach or Annie and Clarabel keep Oliver and maybe they should add a small station to it as well

This is one of the most interesting Thomas wooden railway sets in the past! (And next to and before the sights and sounds set with the deluxe roundhouse, which I mainly like that destination followed by the special engine shed, works engine repair shed, useful engine shed, Boulder mountain, Sodor scrub and shine, Sodor bay bridge, the gantry crane and the super cruiser too) Also do you actually have this or did you make it with most of your separate tracks and destinations?

1:19 looks like an open ended Henry’s forest log car log being used in a closed ended Henry’s forest log car, that’s why it’s too long.

Bruh I actually still have smaller catalogs to this day

Can you do reviews on The Great Discovery Set and the Racing Down the Rails Set, as well as the Percy at the Diesleworks Set?

6:12 PulsePoint

This is a yummy set

Catherine was included here to get rid of surplus of her model, as she is not a popular character when she was available.

Do Pirate Cove Discovery (SLOTLT) next

Cathren… AND HER CAR!

Obviously this is not TWR/Keekre, the Grain Loader worked this time

RIP WR

I'd add Gordon and Henry because Gordon would have the Express and Henry will pull the flying kiper

It doesn't make sense Culdy isn't in this set

I got a question for you If you had to make a custom set fort Thomas and Friends wooden railway, what would it be called and wanted to track layout be?

Woah

Wow

Do you have the panelistwith all the trains listed ?

shouldn't there be toad with oliver?

Always found the track to surface ramps wierd. What are you even supposed to do with them?

The thumbnail is.2003 but the review is 1994-8

Catherine should be replaced with Henrietta since Toby is in this set.

I would rather have had edward or duck instead of catherine, and maybe the coal hopper plus a coal truck

The Crane I have but it is yellow

goof : when he shows the traction rail version, the cargo crane is still the clickety clack version

Not bad.

If a little kid played with this, The grain car would be broken The piece of cargo is missing Terrences black things are gone The timber pieces are broken or gone And the barrels are gone

No Catherine Annie and claranel and it should have tidmouth station

Hi there TWR, I am new to KZfaq and am wondering how to make awesome episodes like you! It would be nice if you could reply.

You are lucky

Its cool but its better the roundhouse set from 2002

No I can't tell

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