With Christmas coming up fast, Modelzone is offering a hard pressed mums and dads a lifeline with a chance to win a delightful, all inclusive, Hornby Thomas the Tank Engine Train Set worth £50.00 that should satisfy the most demanding Young controller!
Thomas & Friends appeared in a series of children's books in the 1940s, and have delighted children and adults alike ever since. In 1984 Thomas & Friends appeared for the first time on British television and made an immediate hit. The Hornby range also includes many of Thomas' friends.
The complete Thomas the Tank Engine starter set gives you Thomas the Tank Engine himself, Annie and Clarabel coaches, an oval of track, R965 Train Controller and Wall Plug Transformer, R602 power Connecting Clip and an R9080 TrakMat. There are no fiddly bogies or trailing wheels to frustrate young engineers so Thomas and his coaches are easy to place on the simple snap together track.
This year there are new buildings to choose from, all of which add colour and excitement to the Hornby World of Thomas, and a range of new locomotives, coaches and wagons. You can recreate the railways of the Island of Sodor, where Thomas lives and works! Sodor is an island in the Irish Sea, bigger than the Isle of Man, and roughly diamond-shaped - about 62 miles wide and 51 miles long north to south. The ancient capital of Sodor is the 'city' of Suddery but Tidmouth has grown to be the largest town on the island. One of the more famous towns on Sodor is Ffarquhar, the terminus of Thomas the Tank Engine's Branch Line. Percy, Diesel, James and all Thomas’s friends are available to extend and recreate the magical world of Sodor from this delightful starter pack and of course it’s compatible with all the rest of Hornby’s scenery and trackside accessories.
To win the Thomas the Tank Engine Starter set, simply email us at competitions@modelzone.co.uk with your name, contact telephone number and postal address including post code - quoting “Thomas Competition” in the subject line. Using your knowledge or research skills, give us the answers to the following questions:
Q1. What was the name of the original author of the Thomas Books?
Q2. Which famous drummer did the voice over on the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series?
The winner will be selected at random on November 30th 2008 and notified by email immediately. No cash alternative to the prize is available.
