I came here to say that this is full of win. I am glad to see the first post already did. How can you possibly beat mixing Thomas with Voltron? The magnitude of the win is beyond words.
If they marketed this right, you would turn all those 5 year old into followers until the teenager years. Heck, I am in my 30s and I would buy one for me and one for my kids.
Failblog has so lost the meaning of FAIL over the past year or so. Go look it up on that interwebs Failblog editors, so many of your posts these days are not Fail but Win….
I stared at this picture for several minutes trying to figure out the fail and then it finally hit me; the fail, an epic fail even, is Failblog itself for not realizing this is the ultimate win. I’d call it a Voltron for the 21st century.
… epic i wonder if the Tomas the tank engine show been modernized with robots and i wonder if they run on the old wooden track i see great childhood memorys playing out
Never mind, found it straightaway with a simple Google search. To everyone else interested it’s available from Kotoys. Just add the .com. They even have a YouTube video of it’s transforming awesomeness.
It doesn’t say Transformers, it says transformable. Lots of crap is transformable. Agreed that only fail is spelling of Thomas, and this is a win. Failblog fails at presenting fail!
It’s not even the first 3-train combiner, there was one named JRX in the Japanese Transformers series Car Robots (released in the US as Robots in disguise, where the character was named Rail Racer). And yes, he was awesome.
As for the product in question, yeah, this is absolute 100% win which even the spelling error can’t diminish. The only fail I can find is that it’s been horribly mis-categorized as “FAIL” instead of “WIN.”
I actually have this. Friend got it off a Chinese (Hong Kong?) knock off site for about 20 bucks. Also has some really high quality Power Rangers knockoffs. Couldn’t tell you the website, though.
I bought one of these for a friend of mine. You can find them in just about every alley toy store in mainland China. There are several styles of packaging they come in… One came with a DVD!
This is a truly epic fail, and proof that not all crossover fiction is good. I know that if Mr. Conductor (George Carlin) were still alive, he’d probably say something funny about this. Oh, wait, perhaps he did:
“If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it!”
The only fail is that Thomas and the green engine (Henry?) have to disassemble before combining with James. Otherwise, win. What if the combined robot got shot in the right leg? Thomas will end up with just head and butt and no torso.
Whoever thought this is fail deserves a spanking, as they’re just too young to understand.
Thomas the tank engine X Transformers X Voltron = an 80s childhood distilled and remixed in fine style. Only problem is, I’m not sure who the green engine is supposed to be… we’ve got Edward (medium size blue engine – thomas is shorter), James (red)… who’s the green one? Percy would be too small; Henry, too long. Fill me in, someone. He looks to be based on some kind of American design, which is even more intriguing.
I say win…
Is like my childhood modernized
2 important franchises into 1
the Chinese are geniuses!
Nope, it’s not the chinish, it’s the japanish, kapish?
nope that’s 100% pure grade A Chinese knock-off.
the Japanese would have spelled Thomas in katakana.
biggest win in win that can win in a place full of epic win.
What ducks said!
It’s Chinese. The characters on there are simplified Chinese characters, used only in mainland China.
You’re a class A retard. Hang yourself in your mother’s closet with a telephone cord, please.
And you appear to fail in the sarcasish.
He better be in Transformers 3 or so help me God Almighty .
I get more of a voltron vibe from this fellow.
Thomastron
He is a Deceptitrain.
Opsteamus Prime?
But Poppapanda in the Pandamonium was cooler.
Its obviously Thomas the Tank. Period.
You mean this guy?
http://failblog.org/2010/06/23/epic-fail-photos-product-fail-spree-3/#comments
HAHAHAHAHA! Thank you Tom, you just made my day.
trains-formers
It is definetely a win!
Indeed.
I’ve got a reading of over 9000 MegaFonzies.
Co-sign
Yes, how is this a fail?
EPIC WIN
i wish i had theese
I came here to say that this is full of win. I am glad to see the first post already did. How can you possibly beat mixing Thomas with Voltron? The magnitude of the win is beyond words.
If they marketed this right, you would turn all those 5 year old into followers until the teenager years. Heck, I am in my 30s and I would buy one for me and one for my kids.
Seriously, most of my young nephews would LOVE these!
I concur
i agree with mPaixao….WIN!!!!!!!!
I don’t see how is is a fail either.
It’s a win.
Saw this thing on a Dr. Ashens review.
this….is…. FREAKING AWESOME! i want one
Win.
No comments?
Are you asking us?
this….is…. FREAKING AWESOME! i want one
Thomas the Autobot!
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNN!
The only time I would want to watch Thomas and friends again
If you lived in Japan, this would probably be a definite win.
And I’d say it’s a win in the West as well. I’m rating this one for being a “fail” rather than a “win”.
Fail?? Are you kidding? My 4yo would be all over this, and I’d be shoving him away so I could play with it first.
Wow, that really reads horribly wrong. I’m sorry.
Wow, that is so Bad Ass!!
I wouldn’t want to be a commuter on the 8:45 to Paddington when that happened …
Would you want to be a commuter on the 8:45 when Thomas was pulling your train? He’d head off to Salisbury because someone left their hat behind.
Haha, so true…
I’m not seeing the fail here.
no matter what way you look at this it’s nothing but “win win win”
now… be like must have cute and tell us were we can by such awesomeness …pwwwweeeease
Ebay!
They have a lot, for around $7 US
I think I just shat myself from the awesomeness.
Åååsssåååååm!!!
Failblog has so lost the meaning of FAIL over the past year or so. Go look it up on that interwebs Failblog editors, so many of your posts these days are not Fail but Win….
“My First Combiner Team” Autobots for the win!
Lol name win there
I didn’t think you were bruised, just mighty thor.
Name win
As has already been said, I fail to see how this is a fail. I would have LOVED to get this as a child. Heck, I’d love to get it now!
I don’t see enough trains for that to happen…
That may be the fail….
Count the wheels, the front part comes off to make the arms, and the wheels are the legs. So there are enough parts. Notice no wheels on the arms.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!!!!!
It’s obviously a win!
Where is this fail you speak of?
This is a total win! Best children’s toy I have seen in ages!
Well well, he’s obviously TRAINing to become an Autobot or rather a Megazord.
Blue Train!
Red Train!
Green Train!
TRAINSFORMATION!
Yep, agree with many of the above posters: it’s a win.
Also a win! I knew that Thomas the locomotive is more than a booring blue locomotive. ;D
Totally a Win!
Thomasbots, ASSEMBLE! We’re late for Suzy’s birthday party!
NOO! That is such a WIN
FAIL? Noooo. This is FULL OF WIN. I wants one.
MASSIVE WIN
Op-Thomas Prime ftw
Optimus Tom?
I stared at this picture for several minutes trying to figure out the fail and then it finally hit me; the fail, an epic fail even, is Failblog itself for not realizing this is the ultimate win. I’d call it a Voltron for the 21st century.
THIS IS NOT A FIAL. THIS IS A WIN!!!!!!!!!!
lol. Fial?
More like Mooseknuckle, no?
And I’ve always thought those grey-faced engines are creepy enough on their own…
and it’s a transformable tomas ! it’s a copyright-abiding robot!
i think you misspelt WIN
This is pretty much Thomas mixed with a megazord from Power Rangers. THIS IS MY ENTIRE EARLY CHILDHOOD RIGHT HERE.
JAMES WIN!
I’ve just realised it says Daisy on his side, which is shame because it now has to be a fail.
Cameltoe
Able to transform and kick alien/evil robot ass? Really useful engine indeed…
This really isn’t a fail though, and there’s already a diffrent picture of the same toy on EpicWinFTW, so meh.
There are some of these for sale on ebay, I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to get me one!
Epic Win
… epic i wonder if the Tomas the tank engine show been modernized with robots and i wonder if they run on the old wooden track i see great childhood memorys playing out
are you kidding me? thomas the tank engine transformer?? FOR THE WIN!!!1!
WANT!!!! Thomas-tron?
I’ve got a despair.com t-shirt like that called “Split Personality”.
transthomas win
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN
Take that, Sir Topham Hatt.
Definitely a win.
Must have this…
My nephew is going to love this!
Voltom?
Voltrain?
Definitely Voltrain.
I’m missing the fail here… this is total WIN!
THIS IS THE BEST WIN I HAVE SEEN TO DATE!
Please, whoever posted this, let us know where you found it. We ALL want to buy one. Seriously! Where did you find it?
Never mind, found it straightaway with a simple Google search. To everyone else interested it’s available from Kotoys. Just add the .com. They even have a YouTube video of it’s transforming awesomeness.
thomas. the original bamf.
this is a win
Epic win!!
Fail? This is a pretty epic win in my opinion…
the two primary components of this toy are awesome and win.
Thats actually win in my book, plain Thomas the tank: Blah, Transformers-style Combing Thomas the Tank: Awsome.
Fail? You call this a FAIL?! This is clearly an epic win. EPIC.
Wasn’t this in Epic Win?
For everyone that immediately thought Transformers – This is far closer to the Power Rangers franchize! Awesome still…
Voltron
I agree. This is a win. The whole fail in the headline combined with the photo was confusing. I was wondering what I was missing.
Total Win…Thomas is back and ready for action!
I think the main FAIL is that they spelled thomas wrong.
There are two words for this, and neither of them are “fail”…
“WANT” and “WIN”!!!
It doesn’t say Transformers, it says transformable. Lots of crap is transformable. Agreed that only fail is spelling of Thomas, and this is a win. Failblog fails at presenting fail!
WANT SO BAD!!!
the only fail i could figure out is that they spelled thomas wrong…
Thomas the transformer, and friends…win
I call that Win!
This will end up in a Michael Bay movie and explode for no reason. I’m almost willing to put money on it.
EPIC WIN
WIIIIINNNNN!!!
It’s not even the first 3-train combiner, there was one named JRX in the Japanese Transformers series Car Robots (released in the US as Robots in disguise, where the character was named Rail Racer). And yes, he was awesome.
As for the product in question, yeah, this is absolute 100% win which even the spelling error can’t diminish. The only fail I can find is that it’s been horribly mis-categorized as “FAIL” instead of “WIN.”
Id buy this XD
My friend totally has one of these. It blew my mind when I figured out what it was. Epic Win
Psh, total win
How is this a fail? I’d so watch that show if this was how it was
WhY mY ShOuLdErS hUrT?
(Who ever can tell me what i referenced gets a happy point)
JaAm!
My LiFe iS PAiN…
Total WIN
Its the little train that could……WHIP SOME ASS!!
This is no fail is epic win I need this toy right now
Such an obvious fake. Failblog fails again… Oh what fun was failblog a couple of years ago. or three. or four.
I agree. EPIC WIN! This is the best thing they’ve done with that train.
Win! Do want.
I actually have this. Friend got it off a Chinese (Hong Kong?) knock off site for about 20 bucks. Also has some really high quality Power Rangers knockoffs. Couldn’t tell you the website, though.
I bought one of these for a friend of mine. You can find them in just about every alley toy store in mainland China. There are several styles of packaging they come in… One came with a DVD!
more like fail to recognize win
Guy who submits this as a fail IS a fail!
This is more of a win, really. It probably wouldn’t hurt Thomas’s popularity with the young’uns any.
Transform and roll out, Thomas. I freaking need this.
Epic Total Win. I want 4 of these.
this is awesome. WIN
Pretty sure this is a win!
Best toy EVAR! End of discussion! Thomas will mess you up good.
I sent the link to this pic to my Transformers-obsessed boyfriend, who immediately ordered one. Win.
This is a truly epic fail, and proof that not all crossover fiction is good. I know that if Mr. Conductor (George Carlin) were still alive, he’d probably say something funny about this. Oh, wait, perhaps he did:
“If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it!”
Screw you, this is epic.
The only fail is that Thomas and the green engine (Henry?) have to disassemble before combining with James. Otherwise, win. What if the combined robot got shot in the right leg? Thomas will end up with just head and butt and no torso.
WIN WIN WIN where can one get this? if anybody knows of any site, PLEASE LINK!!!
Whoever thought this is fail deserves a spanking, as they’re just too young to understand.
Thomas the tank engine X Transformers X Voltron = an 80s childhood distilled and remixed in fine style. Only problem is, I’m not sure who the green engine is supposed to be… we’ve got Edward (medium size blue engine – thomas is shorter), James (red)… who’s the green one? Percy would be too small; Henry, too long. Fill me in, someone. He looks to be based on some kind of American design, which is even more intriguing.
I can think of one way this COULD be a fail, but only if I remember my who’s who of trains right…
Wasn’t Thomas the blue one? So doesn’t that mean that the hero has been stuck as an arm instead of being the head or torso?
WHO CARES! It’s a freakin’ Volthomas Prime!!!
I got it at Hong Kong! I love it!
Now that is just plain awesome.
I would actually say this is a win. Working trains by day, total ass kicking trans-bots by night
TRAINSFORMERS!!!
thats a pure win 0_0
Thomas prime?
Thomasbot: The little engine that could….kick your ass!!
My youngest loves Thomas. He’d freak over this.
Opthomas Prime! There’s even a cartoon on Youtube!
I FREAKING LOL AT THIER DANG FAILL LOL ROTFLOL ROTFLOL LOL
WIN!
where can i buy this???lmao
WHAT DO YOU MEAN FAIL?!?!?!?!
Only in Japan would Thomas the tank engine turn into a giant robot. Lol. What next, the wiggles?
Do want.
optomas prime will get you
And how is this a fail?????
Thomas and friends, the transforming engines
The japanese – they have to turn everything into megazords!
Thomas and Friends + Power Rangers =
dude i actually saw this irl was in beijing and some kid on the tour actually bought one!