Top 5 Selling Thomas & Friends Toys - March 2010

In this Top 5 article, I bring you the top 5 selling Thomas & Friends toys.


It says something about the popularity of the Thomas Wooden Railway system over the above systems, as all top 5 products are from the Thomas Wooden Railway.

I am hoping to soon provide a summary and comparison between the various Thomas & Friends systems. It can be confusing when first entering the world of Thomas and finding such a wide range of different, yet similar, toy systems.

I am hoping that these Top 5 articles will become a regular on Collecting Thomas.

#1 - Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Water Tower Figure 8 Set

The Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Water Tower Figure 8 Set is recommended to anybody looking at starting with the Thomas Wooden Railway system.

I wrote a review of the Water Tower Figure 8 Set in a previous article.

The set includes all you need to start, including sufficient track to build a number of different layouts, a Thomas train and corresponding cargo car. The water tower compliments the set, and features a water level that changes as you raise and lower the water spout.

#2 - Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Percy The Small Engine

Everybody's second favourite engine, Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Percy The Small Engine is a must have for any collection.

It is similar in size to Thomas, but only features 2 sets of wheels, where Thomas has 3.




#3 - Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Sodor Gift Pack with Henrietta


A great way to quickly build a collection of trains is the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Sodor Gift Pack with Henrietta. The set includes the following trains and accessories:

• Henrietta (available only in this set)
• Fred (available only in this set)
• Oliver
• Toby
• Bertie

It is worth noting that Oliver, Fred and Henrietta are now discontinued, and are near impossible to buy separately.


#4 - Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Gordon The Big Express Engine


Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Gordon The Big Express Engine, is the fastest and most powerful engine on the Island of Sodor (until Spencer visits !) 

Gordon's face is more serious that the other engines, but this is reflected by his more serious personality in the TV series.

#5 - Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Henry the Green Engine

Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Henry the Green Engine is a kind and gentle engine, however is also a fast and powerful one. He is similar in size to Gordon and includes a slightly different shaped tender.