it would appear that fisher-price/mattel have bought the thomas motorised line. least that explains why some of the new engines on ebay had FP all over them, but no trackmaster logo. i am assuming the trackmaster range will stay as is. it would be foolish if they did change it, unless they went back to the original dovetail tracks.
i just hope that mattel stays true to thomas and doesnt go bonkers like they have with disney pixar cars, which i also collect. basically, they have killed the intl cars range by having store exclusives.
in other news... i am home alone for the next 10 days! my folks have gone to aussie for a holiday, so that gives me a chance to "spring clean" our teddy bear collection and rotate some that we havent seen for a while. naturally, i gave them a shopping list, mainly dvds, but also the thomas loads im still looking for.