Thomas ALL ENGINES GO My Busy Book Online Picture Vs Real Models Horror Show Investigation 🤯

This is really frustrating how we get less detail but we pay more

This feels like a classic leokimvideo video! Love it!

This was an utterly fascinating look into the difference, especially between the prototypes and the final products. You laughing at the difference between the old and new Harold says it all! Great video, thoroughly entertaining.

took me 14 years of being a fan to be mentioned in one of your videos i'm over the moon hahaha glad you talked about it though i've been on about those prototypes since the book leaked they're really cool. i think they're only so shiny because they're made of resin, since most prototypes for promotional photos tend to be, but i can't be sure. they're awesome regardless and hey it'd be cool painting them up and seeing how spiffy you could make them look. back in my day you'd gandy dancer them but YouTube seem to hate tools considering they have such awful maintenance hahaha

Online pictures are always so misleading. I recently went on Amazon and ordered a Trackmaster 2 Percy for a good price. The pictures lined up but I instead received an AEG one. Luckily managed to get a refund

It's sad to see the state/lack of Thomas stock in Kmart. I remember one in my city that used to have both sides of a long isle rammed full of good Thomas Wooden Railway items and things of that nature. These days, you'd be lucky to find one or two AEG-themed toys in Kmart, if that. Although, incidentally, I can't actually bring myself to buy any AEG stuff.

It really is heartbreaking seeing the Thomas stock dwindle further and further. I haven’t bought any new Thomas stuff for a very long time, apart from the new Wooden Railway Percy. I can vividly remember when toys r us was still around, and I was able to get some classic Trackmaster items. Truly good memories. The my busy books I remember vividly. Always liked them. Such a shame seeing how far they’ve fallen. Its very strange, in the online pictures of the AEG my busy book engines, they seem to be made from an entirely different material. It’s like they’ve come from a totally different planet. It’s always interesting seeing you analyze the stock in stores Leo.

It's times like these that I start to ask myself: Who approves toys like these to be made? The "Prototype Model" art on the back of the busy book makes you THINK you're getting something... relatively decent out of it. And then you open the book and you get these VERY ill-defined (Or lack for a better word: Under Detailed) pieces of plastic. Sure the original models from the previous sets of books are a bit under detailed and slightly out of scale, but at least some of them were ok to look at. The All Engines Go ones just look atrocious! And the fact that the designs for these final models, ARE the final product, I look back at the prototypes and think: WHY WEREN'T THE PROTOTYPES THE FINAL PRODUCT!?!!? The final models look more like prototypes then the prototypes themselves!!! I really don't understand how stuff like this can just slip by...

Sad how the actual models look like something from the 'Darkside.' reminds me of the Ertl Bluebell prototype.

No way, they Made busy book toys on AEG

I think the Leo doing a review of the whole range would be amazing . For the wooden railway revival and comparing it . I think that could be really cool it has been a few years since everyone reviewed so that video I think would be worth it . Of course it would be more analytical video, so it doesn’t get striked

its also great to see theses comparison reviews Leo!!!

There are so many problems with the Promo images for the products, I tried to buy this exact aeg book online and i saw those prototypes. I was very disappointed with what came in.. As for those Aeg busy book promos, that was the prototypes. I do know that this must have been done as a budget cut. Exactly like Thomas Wood, and Trackmasters Push along Thomas. Again as an answer to this Busy Book issue, it was budget cuts

I remember having some of the My Busy Book Engine and I still have a handful still with me (in varying condition). It’s very disappointing how the actual rubber toys are lower quality than the ones before and the photos of them online

The sad part about these AEG versions is that they're a little bit bigger than the CGI ones, meaning it would be easier to paint them.

Great video Leo, hope we see more of these types of videos

it extremely worse that the fact that regular track master All engines GO merch had better details due to its simplicity and yet the classic my busy book from the model or CGI era did better AND THEY HAD ALOT MORE SMALER DETAILS. that's how lazy toy companies have become. Its at a point where they look more like Lead-Based Knock-Off toys. also am I the only one that's weirded out that the fact that the company that owns Thomas gave James a 3rd window in the Online Picture busy books? I had a closer look and it seems that the factory has such lower budget cut they had to use Nia's window prints and gave it to James!

i dream of having a set up like he does, i always thought all the jars were really cool looking

I keep seeing that Hornby Ruston back there, possible return to the model railway stuff soon? Id love to see You just play trains again

I hope you have a good holiday Leo!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!