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Railway Friends Spot the 5 Differences Did You Know? SPOT THE 5 DIFFERENCES INCLUDES MINI THOMAS TOY C H A R AC T E R E N C YC L O P E D I A THE FAT Meet Thomas the Tank CONTROLLER’S Engine and his friends from HATS the Island of Sodor, and beyond! The Fat Controller RAILWAY FRIENDS has 52 - one for each Thomas and his friends are based on real-life trains and vehicles. Can you Discover amazing facts about week of the year. more than 100 of your favorite How many top match the characters to the trains they are based on? Thomas & Friends™ characters. hats can you find on See the real-life trains and vehicles both pages? (Not including the one on that they are based on! his head!) DID YOU KNOW? Diesel was the rst diesel engine ever to arrive on Sodor 1. 2. Den is a thoughtful, quiet engine. His friend Dart knows Den so well, he can nish his sentences Whi works at the Waste Dump with Scru. Smelling bad does not bother them! 3. 4. Toad and his friend Oliver escaped to Sodor from a scrapyard on the Mainland. © 2018 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. © 2018 HIT Entertainment Limited SHADOW MATCH a HUGE Thomas & Friends™ DVD bundle PLUS a copy of the Which shadow belongs to Thomas? Thomas & Friends™ Character Encyclopedia! 1. 2. 3. WIN 1. Decorate Thomas so 2. Ask a grown up to that he can join the take a photo of your Best Decorated Engine drawing (or of you holding Parade. it up with pride)... 4. 5. When Thomas first arrived in Sodor he was painted green! WORD SEARCH Can you find the names of Thomas and his friends in the word search? S M V C Q X I R A T Y G YONG BAO I W D T S D A Y P E R V RAJIV Thomas Rajiv is pistons down the Yong Bao received his red R G A H A U L Q S W O Y brightest, shiniest and paint as a reward for sparkliest of the bunch. He preventing an accident. B A G O R D O N Q C S D James even has his funnel painted Red is the colour of E N B M L K J O U M I R in the colours of the Indian celebration in China, Henry flag - green, white and where this brave engine L T H A F O V A I L E A orange. comes from. L G R S I P W L M G C P Percy E F I J S E Z S R E A X Gordon M Y X O H R R S E V S B Rosie K T F H K C M R L A S J Belle Traditional Dragon-face D H E N R Y R T Y Y N P Indian designs decoration M E T R O K D N S J N D Glittery, 4 M E T R O K D N S J N D Bright red D H E N R Y R T Y Y N P Shadow Match Shadow Answers decorative K T F H K C M R L A S J cowcatcher Toad = 1 = Toad M Y X O H R E R S V S B garlands E F I J S S E Z R E A X Whiff = 2 = Whiff L G R S I P W W L M G C P Den = 3 = Den L T H A F O V A I L E A E N B M L K J O U M I R 3. and then upload it at Diesel = 4 = Diesel B A G O R D O N Q C S D Railway Friends Railway R G A H A U L Q S W O Y I W D T S D A Y P E R V WHIPPERSNAPPERKIDS.COM/THOMAS S M V C Q X I R A T Y G 8 hats 8 Word Search Word for your chance to WIN The Fat Controller’s Hats Controller’s Fat The Spot the Differences the Spot Competition closes 30/04/18. Terms and conditions apply. See whippersnapperkids.com/thomas for details. © 2018 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. © 2018 HIT Entertainment Limited.
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