Annuals Discussion

Here we can discuss the Thomas the Tank Engine Annuels!

I've always found these very interesting! In the early days they were like "the lost Railway Series stories". I always get a kick out of Christopher Awdry's short stories!

NEWS: The 2016 Annual is coming out from Egmont Publishing Limited on July 30th, 2016, containing 72 pages including 'Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure':
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-2016-Author/dp/1405278978/ref=pd_ybh_8 …

Are all the annual covers Christmas themed now?

SkarloeyRailway wrote:Are all the annual covers Christmas themed now?

It does seem so! :-P Just like you, I also really liked Christopher's short RWS stories! I prefer the older ones to the ones we have nowadays!

I love the old annuals too! It's almost like the lost Railway Series stories! They're a lot of fun!

I'd really like to read some old annuals. I have most of the new ones, but they are just based on the last series and they are quite boring. They're just like extended magazines.

Are the Annuals the same in the UK, US, Canada and Australia (and other English speaking countries)?

They're only available in the UK, to my knowledge.

Oh, I thought they were avaliable everywhere.

It's a shame they aren't but I don't think Egmont has the rights to publish them outside the UK, much like the RWS.

Forgive me, but I am not sure I understand; what were the " annuals?"

I think a booklet that you either buy or subscribe to that (obviously) comes out once a year.

It's kind of like a Thomas magazine, with coloring pages, stories, 'meet the characters', etc.

Oh, I see; thanks guys.