Catalogue grossiste Vulli - 1980

Un nouveau catalogue chez Vulli cette fois, perso je suis fan : l'arbre magique, Klorofil, la citrouille mystérieuse, les Kosto, Les Trains Enchantés

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As a fan of Vulli, do you know anything about the Thomas the Tank Engine set they released in 1984?

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Patrick
ThomasTankCollectables

Hi Patrick
nice catch !
sadly, no I just have this catalog in my collection, but should I find another one I'll let you know !

As trumanshower wrote on the other thread Thomas was, at this time, not known in France. Actually, I think I first saw it around 2006 thanks to a 3 years old nephew !

I take a wild guess, but could it be that your thomas set was only sold in UK with Vulli acting as a distributor but toy itseld was manufactured by another firm ?
Few months ago, I saw on ebay a toy related to thomas ( a wind-up moving pictures in a mock-up TV) : on the front side, the brand was Vulli but on the back it was MyKids Toys MFG (an Hong Kong company set up in 1984).
Besides I have find it rather odd that the railway and settings s on your set seems quite different from the classic Vulli Train. It would have been logical (not to say less costly) for Vulli to re-use its own creation and setting, with some adaptations to make it look like Thomas.

Anyhow I look forward to watching you video !

Regards