The B.T.S. Thomas Images You Weren't Supposed To See: Gatekeeping The Tank Engine 

R.I.P Jeremiah 😢😢😢

@@dogemaster-hm2ce rip indeed, no lie as well it’s such a shame that all these figures could have been potentially been restored I cannot fathom the logic in destroying at that point 30+ year old props for no reason

@@najibosman6497 The user @FlyingPringle (the guy who now owns the Pilot Fat Hat model and two drivers) recently announced Jeremiah's funeral. Jokes aside, it will always be a shame that this happened, and might continue to happen with some props in the hands of a certain "Trust"...

@@dogemaster-hm2ce oh the tug blokes, never trusted them especially the fact how the props actually worsened in their care which is sad to say

@@najibosman6497 I’m all for someone being able to leak those longer Tugs episodes they have, or anything they got.

This right here 100%

It really was lightning in a bottle. In a weird way I suspect we have Jim Henson to thank for demonstrating that not only can children's television be art, but it can be enjoyable for all ages as art. Course, execs chasing ad money won out in the end, but the late 80s prestige kids TV scene was good while it lasted.

It was the best in the first seven seasons! Plus Magic Railroad!

Couldn't have said it better myself

It would be amazing to find a high quality file for it

Btw tut analysed the map!

Especially noticing at 7:02 they had picture of Sir Haydn’s cab for a comparison

Goodbye 69 Likes!

Could you ask him if filming that smash could have been more difficult? It's the shot where the trucks first smash into him?

@@Thomasmemoryscentral Well, he filmed the coupling breaking, which was spring loaded. Plus when he filmed the slate trucks smashing into Peter Sam, he tested the scene in slow motion. David Mitton liked the scene in slow motion, but kept it as is anyway.

Exactly. Thomas fans don’t get copyright.

@Splendid Studios sorry, the pic was tiny and I assumed

Tom Hanks visited the set of Thomas during filming on ‘The Da Vinci Code’ around 2005 or 2006

Tom was actually a fan of the series! It only makes sense for him to stop by on filming! I’m sure we all would. :)

@@najibosman6497 Such a shame he didnt get a chance during the golden years. Hanks could have been blown away seeing David Mitton direct!

Where’s Tom Hanks?

@@ryandyer3466 last photo in the video

What’s STH

@@stupidproductions69 Sir Topham Hatt

Ok

@@stupidproductions69 it’s at 8:59

Nah fam pney is where it’s at

Nah cause that isn't the real model it is a REPLICA

Ngl step is an underrated thomas character

THATS WHAT IM SCREAMING 😭💀

@@ItsTrainBoy All these artifacts and props should be left in a museum. We need to preserve the last known remains of the classic model series

True

#FUCKSIFANDTUGSTRUST

Don't forget The Unlucky Tug! I also loved how Nick Starwind was the one to get the stills for the missing coach episode!

You’d be surprised and I fucking hate it 😭💀 Like we model trains with faces where is there room for that

​@@ItsTrainBoy Yeah, even if it doesn't involve me, sometimes seeing people fight or constant bad things happening [like pedos being found out] can put someone in a bad mood or even make them consider leaving the fandom, but then stuff like this happens and it makes you remember why you chose to be in the fandom in the first place.

@@ItsTrainBoy ong, the fandoms so peaceful over on youtube but lord forbid you go over to twitter

And what happens when those 'fans' inevitably croak, and family that has no clue what they're looking at has to go through their 'junk'? History goes into the dumpster.

​@@jackpijjin4088 Sad but true :,(

@@jackpijjin4088 And I have known of incidents where that had happened, or almost happened. There was recently here in the UK a fire in a building (can't remember exact details. Might have been an insurance scam) and a lot of television eps the guy had were destroyed in it. No idea if there was any lost media there, but it is certainly lost now. These people basically act like 2 year olds who snatch the blocks from the other children and won't share or let them play. In the end, they end up lonely losers.

Agreed my man; I think there’s situations where doing something like that is appropriate or perhaps comes down more to a person. For example with people who own props and such; it’s completely up to them when or if they want that to become public knowledge and I can’t blame them for such. Just like you said though when it comes to selling literal pictures they got for free for $200; not allowing distribution, and all of the other stuff; it’s hard to call it anything BUT tyrannical

@@ItsTrainBoy Hell, I'd actually question if it's even LEGAL in the first place. If they got them for free then they'd damn well better have a paper trail proving that they were given the copyright of the BTS stuff they're selling, otherwise they've opened themselves up to a lot of legal trouble!

I agree with this, gatekeeping can be good to protect a fanbase from people that have the potential to corrupt it or things like that-but charging 200 dollars for these pictures is much too far

** Laughs in Star Wars fan.** Gatekeep really depends on who's doing the gate keeping. If they are genuinely good people trying to keep naredowells out, then maybe it's good. More often then not it's aweful people trying to maintain power within a small group and will do so by horrible means including defaming perfectly good people. I won't mention his name here, but there was someone in the TTE community who did similar, who I unfortunately share a word in my username with. Beyond the guys who were charging like $200 bucks to see a few photos and maybe a model in decent shape. In general my take on gatekeeping is that more often then not it's used to keep our the people that just wanna help, and keep in the people that corrupt folks want to keep control over. I will admit There are like five reasons gatekeeping could be ok imo, but most of them deal with stuff like- keeping nuclear material safe, keeping pathogens secure in laboratories, making sure pilots are certified to fly planes, and to keep the general public away from dangerous machinery like massive trains, etc. But that's more practical safety than community based. And I will admit I'm 100% biased. Like I said "laughs in Star Wars fan", the tte fandom is a mess, but SW is worse. I'll still love Tte and Star Wars though, and anyone is free to love those things regardless of how much of a mess the communities are. Cause if I dictated who could and couldn't enjoy a thing, then I'd be gatekeeping.

AKA literally 90% of eBay stores selling Thomas stuff 💀

@@ItsTrainBoy happens with bachmann Thomas here now and again in the uk as we have a small selection of uk ones but not the full range and thank fuck cos I’m not paying double for percy as he looks like he’s constipated and has mumps. We do have some great import sellers thank god

​@@ItsTrainBoy Tell me about it. I looked on eBay for a Christmas ERTL Thomas [Santa Hat and Snowplough], and they were all super pricy, like, they costed WAY more than a metal Thomas engine that can fit in the palm of your hand should, no matter how old it is.

Wow man this is my first time hearing of such, care to maybe explain a little more? I totally believe it just for more context 😅

@@ItsTrainBoy it's more so withholding information about specific and even some popular historic ships. One of the things ive heard is people unwilling to share blueprints and measurement notes on some of these ships. However, they only share it with those who can pay the price and even after you pay for the plans (for some folks) have to agree to an NDA to not share info because apparently it "diminishes the value". I'd give a clearer explanation but im kinda workin on some stuff at the time of writing this comment.

Can say the same as MJ fan sadly

The people who leaked are chads

It's real common in the music bootleg world too. There's a live DVD from Metallica called 'Live Shit: Binge & Purge" which has two shows on the DVD and a third on CD...The third show was proshot and the footage does exist but iirc someone was doing the exact same thing so only a few songs are on the internet.

PLEASE do! :) I recommend checking out the actual accounts in the desc. for better ones

@@ItsTrainBoy Thanks :) I can’t believe they’d charge 200 dollars for photos tho :(

Yessir you nailed it! 🤣

@@ItsTrainBoy sweet. Quick question. Do you ever plan to make a custom N scale diesel 10? It would make sense to complete the magic railway trio. And even after that you could get a second video out of that by remaking the chase scene.