Wooden toy train
"Thomas the Tank Engine" is a character created by the Rev. W. Awdry in "The Railway Series" of children's books, first published in the U.K. in 1945. In 1984 a television series called "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" was made, adding to the popularity of the characters. It was first broadcast in the United States in 1989. John W. Lee founded the company "Learning Curve Toys" in November 1992 with a wooden railway system called "Thomas & Friends" based on the Thomas the Tank Engine characters. This made the wooden toy trains even more popular than before. Learning Curve introduced some new designs for the track surface, such as the "Clickety Clack" rails patented 1995 and the newer tracks in 2002 with a relief to supply better traction grip for battery powered four wheel drive trains patented in 1998.
Thomas Sanders (entertainer)
Thomas Sanders made his debut on Vine as "Foster_Dawg", named after his first dog, Foster, on April 14, 2013. An impression of Stewie Griffin, from "Family Guy", in a drive-thru, was his first Vine to go viral, leading to continued success on the app. He later rebranded his channel to "Thomas Sanders". His channel reached 1 million followers on Vine in October 2013. His biggest success on Vine was the "Narrating People's Lives" series, also known as "Storytime", where he approached random strangers, comically narrated what they were doing and showed their reaction. Other Vine series he's known for are "Disney Pranks with Friends", "Pokémon Pranks", "Misleading Compliments", "Musicals in Real Life", "Stewie vs. Herbert" (co-starring Taylor Shrum as Herbert) and "Shoutout Sunday", among others. By April 2015, Sanders' Vine account had over 5 million followers, which made Thomas Sanders the 17th most followed Viner at the time.