LOS ANGELES - Thomas the Tank Engine, one of the oldest The toy manufacturer hopes to turn the talking train and his friends - Engine Emily, Butch the Tow Truck - into a property on a par with Hot ...

This month the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine” toy celebrated its 70 anniversary. As a fun project, [tinkermax] wanted to bring this traditional toy into the age of IoT, while preserving its ...

At the time, Mattel was making toys for HIT, selling $150 million worth of Thomas the Tank Engine plastic and die-cast toys in 2010. But it wasn't until 2013 that Mattel acquired the rights to ...

Created 65 years ago, Thomas the Tank Engine has been the number one preschool toy license in the UK for 11 years. It has held the top spot in the US for a decade.

So says a holiday spirit-crushing report out Tuesday uncovering unfair labor practices at Asian toymaking plants where popular brands like Barbie, Thomas the Tank Engine, Hot Wheels and others are ...

When Mattel purchased the Thomas the Tank Engine franchise from HIT Entertainment in 2011, the toy titan indicated it had major plans for a railway-line revamp. David Allmark, managing director at ...