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An Unfortunate Situation

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We’d like to start this off by saying that writing this blog is not something we wanted to do, nor is it easy for us to finally come out and say all this. We did not want to have to put this whole thing out there publicly and have tried to avoid doing so for the past 6 years. Before any accusations are made against us, we want to note that if we were looking to cause drama and start trouble, we would have exposed this stuff years ago and not held onto it for this long in hopes a peaceful reconciliation could be reached behind closed doors. We know things like this are naturally divisive and that not everyone will believe what’s written here, but we’re tired of us and others being bullied and manipulated. As we always say, public posts like this should always be a last resort when it comes to resolving issues and only done when every other option has failed, and we think unfortunately after years of trying to resolve this situation every conceivable way and getting nowhere, this is the

Duke the found engine: Restoring his Grace!

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As most of you reading this are probably already aware, we've had the honor and privilege to acquire the Duke the Lost Engine prop used in the fourth (and technically fifth) season of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. To us, this is a very special model having only appeared in 4 episode of season 4 (Our personal favorite season) and one episode of season 5 masquerading as Bertram, a simple repaint of Duke using Smudger's face. That means it never appeared outside the classic era of the show and a larger narrow gauge scale model of Duke was never made. He seems a product of his time, and most fans associate Duke with the best era of the show. He was never tainted by the mediocrity of the later model era or modernized with the advent of CGI. He remains a time capsule of sorts, taking us and many other fans back to the golden era of Thomas, a time that many of us hold very close. We felt truly honored to be able to present Duke to the public once again after being MI