Dovetail Games Mattel’s Thomas & Friends™ Is Coming To Train Sim World!

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  1. Princess Entrapta

    Princess Entrapta Well-Known Member

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    24 series' worth of depictions of them in this gallery, from 1985 to 2021
    https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Firemen_(T&F)/Gallery
     
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    You post was on page 4. Now we’re at page 16 and still going so your statement was valid!
     
  3. VIRMinator

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    Brothers and sisters, this DLC will probably rake in some good coin, pleasing the shareholders, maybe allowing the TSW dev team some more breathing room for a while to improve their product and garner more brand recognition, pulling in more players, buying more DLC, raking in more coin, probably pulling in more investors and other brands, or easing other licensing negotiations. I see this as a positive until proven otherwise.
     
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  4. IfICanDream

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    Thanks for a sensible opinion in a mountain of silliness.
     
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  5. Crosstie

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    Yes well, rosy predictions are usually considered " sensible " in the forum. They no doubt please the moderators.
     
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  6. Princess Entrapta

    Princess Entrapta Well-Known Member

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    I still find it so confusing how worked up some people get over their pretend train game, where they pretend to drive a train, getting more pretend trains.
    Newsflash - it's all pretend, that's how videogames work.
     
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  7. ididntdoit

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    I'm [Removed; Language] I gotta wait for it. Come on Thomas hurry up. Hook up to diesel and hurry him up too!
     
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  8. Princess Entrapta

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    How's that petition going, anyway?

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  10. Thorgred

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    worthless that petition it will only show that just a few are against such dlc
    as if the UK parliament would put time in such thing they got other issues to deal with
     
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  11. jack#9468

    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    11 signatures in 3 weeks. Shows how many people actually aren't bothered by it.
     
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  12. Princess Entrapta

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    I imagine that the number might be a bit higher, but the rest of the people who are vehemently opposed to it would be far more embarrassed by putting their names to it.
     
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  13. ididntdoit

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    I reckon a petition to raise vehicle excise duty, would get more signatures.
     
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  14. antony.henley

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    Your point being what?
    You want to stamp yer feet and fold yer arms till you get your point across, whats next hold your breath till you get your own way? hunger strike?
    But seriosuly do you honestly think you will stop Dovetail from releasing it?
     
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  16. IfICanDream

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    I bet a pro-Thomas petition would do a lot better than the negative one.
     
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  17. marcsharp2

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    So you use a screenshot from a seven year old variant of the game that has "perfect for everyone" in it. Including...people who like Thomas the Tank Engine. That's unfortunate for you
     
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  18. Princess Entrapta

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    I mean, there's already more than half as many likes in less than a day on a post suggesting it'd do better, than the actual petition managed in three weeks.
     
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    Well, whatever else he has or has not accomplished, he's certainly got you guys all in a tizzy. :D:D
     
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  20. Princess Entrapta

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    He had my entire Discord server pissing themselves laughing and making "THERE ARE REAL TRAINS OUTSIDE, LEO" into a bit of a meme there for a couple of days. That was fun.
     
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  21. GothicMatt

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    Waste of time doing a petition for the Thomas and Friends dlc, don't like it you don't have to buy it

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  22. VIRMinator

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    Haha this thread is still going.
     
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    wow this user must really hate thomas. I can't believe hes still at it lol :D:D
     
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  24. davod2021

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    definitely wont be blue when i 'm done with him :)
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    edit: there goes my idea out of the window

     
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  25. tft#6439

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    Might make the ideal Livery for DTG Matt when it's released, think you know what I mean ;)
     
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  26. davod2021

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    nope Thomas is not even going to be on creators club by the looks of things :-(
     
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    bbbbaaaahhhh.

    18/3 £29.99 Cardiff.
    20/3 £19.99 TTTE
    25/3 £32.99 Holland
    Total £82.97

    l have £63 to spend!!!

    The Stream on Wednesday will decide whether l buy TTTE.
     
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  28. 21c164fightercommand

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    Of course he isn't, he is copyrighted and probably heavily protected by Mattel.
     
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    screw Carfiff ill get that at a later date a tank engine I will enjoy more as I always wanted a tank engine as for
    Holland very intresting may get soon though no nothing about the train or route
     
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  30. MYG92

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    No livery designer support ? That’s a shame I mean, they could’ve done like the Stadler Flirt where it can be customized in the editor but can’t be shared on the CC.

    But I guess it’s an obligation from Mattel to do so.
     
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  31. GothicMatt

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    I bought this addon and I got to say so far I'm really impressed with how Thomas, Diesel, The Troublesome Trucks and Annie and Clarabell have been modelled, it reminds me of my childhood growing up I was a big Thomas the Tank Engine fan when i was a child.
     
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  32. nwp1

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    lt’s a shame that there is no livery designer, possibly DTG didn’t want to be shown up by someone producing a masterpiece of quality to outshine the DTG designers.

    l hope DTG do a Prairie and Pannier Tank now. I am prepared to pay £15 or more for each. I have always wanted to see them in the game!
     
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  33. jack#9468

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    I think it's more to do with licensing than anything else.
     
  34. solicitr

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    There's no way Mattel is going to allow people to mess with, and quite possibly vandalize, their IP. They spent a whole bunch of money to obtain Thomas, especially his distinctive look.

    Not really any different from DB's ban on livery designer for the ICE 3, their trademark train.
     
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  35. MYG92

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    Probably Mattel told them to not make it Livery Editor compatible because of all the mess they saw on Trainz.
     

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