It's kinda wild that bachmann's underground ernie line was way bigger than their chuggington line, despite chuggington being far more popular in comparison to ernie
My favorite story about Bachmann chuggington is that train world had an extra set for so long it became a door stop for like 5 years before someone actually ordered it
marvellous machinery is deadass the antithesis of thomas literally every flaw within any negative era of the show is present and it just doesn't feel like thomas in the slightest, just paw patrol with trains
Did it have better concepts? Yeah
Did it have better characters? Yong Bao mogs every miller character so sure
But unfortunately Thomas was doin fuckin loop de loops and James was wearing capes so in terms of actually understanding how locomotives work in giving it to nitrogen
This panel looks like Sir Topham Hatt is using some kind of psychic power to destroy the tower while Thomas and the plank wagon look in absolute disbelief and horror