I remember watching this video way back when I began watching RUclips. I feel like this kickstarted my love for Hornby model trains, it's something I absolutely love looking into. Rewatched these adverts again just now, really nostalgic
I just somehow found this on my homefeed and hearly had a heart attack when I heard the first 3 seconds of the video. Also HOW DID I FIND YOU HERE (im CoryDingus fgjjdflslk)
No one has posted the best ever Hornby ad. It was out around 1988. It started of a slow beat and included the flying Scotsman. I’m sure it ended up with trains going fast and a guy saying “stations and stations and stations...” can’t find it anywhere but will prob have it on VHS somewhere
Ah so many memories, I still have all of my hornby and other model train stuff in my cupboard. Might have to dig it out and see if it still works, its been about 10 years or so.
Nostalgia time: So I used to rewatch this video all the time when I first found it. I was so interested in the models, especially the Thomas ones, as I've never seen anything like them before. After that day I always wanted to get my hands on some of those models, and so far I have 1 Thomas. This video sure did bring back some memories
0:17 I bet there's not many model shops like that now, it's all done on the internet which is a great shame especially for the youngsters growing up now
that is sadly true, there used to be one in or on the north northflock railway it was an old single box turned into that, its sadly gone now i do have an old picture on one of those throw away camera's its dark but i remember it
My first train set in 1986 was a Lima Class 43 HST in Intercity Executive livery although my first Hornby set was the Midnight Freight that had the BR Class 58 that I got for my birthday in 1988. Happy Days :).
OMG I remember the thomas and bertie set!! I got that when I was just a little tomboy! Then I got a santa fe circle set. I picked up a red caboose at the red caboose motel in PA, Then I got a christmas set from a supermarket, and then I discovered model train shops and now I'm building up my own empire, with over 40 locomotives thus far
It's what the big kids want to play with, no matter how big they are.. Nice to hear the R L Stevenson-inspired poem again. It's just a pity the most unforgettable of all Hornby ads ISN'T here ("nothing goes like it, nothing grows like it")
+Grithron2 Well tbh nowadays you don't really see kids playing with Trains or "toy trains" anymore since the Technology of Ipads and Laptops and all that stuff has drove kids away from it. It's a shame that future kids are gonna have their faces stuck on a screen. But I do use my laptop a lot...
That would probably be good for some trains. Train sets would be good, ones meant to look like their real siblings and ones styled after TV, i.e., Thomas, The Polar Express. I think these manufacturers are doing good, but I don't think they are doing enough. I mean, besides catalogs, and some of those cards with those limited editions, do some ads on TV, magazines, and etc. Model railroading is a great hobby.
Hornby don't make Thomas & Friends models any more. But fear not. The new Bachmann range of Thomas & Friends models is on its way to a model shop near you. Rails of Sheffield have got them right now, with other model shops to follow suit. Bachmann Thomas & Friends models are just like their TV show counterparts, and they're on my shopping list. Put them on yours today and you'll eventually have a model railway full of fun and mischief. It's too good to miss.
nice one I have some serious ones but also Thomas ones, I remember the second advert of Thomas shown, how prices have changed. HD 1080p New Bachmann Salty Test Run & Richard's 009 Layout. Plus more Hornby and Bachmann engines.
Hornby was voted britians best hobby so whats nerdy about being one of the people who are part of that hobby and enjoy watching old adverts go taste some windows
Weird, here in a America, the last model train commercial was aired in the....either the 60's, 70's or even the 80's. That was a LIONEL commercial. Lionel and any other manufacturer of American trains haven't done another commercial.
ah yes that old yellow pages ad, lol if anyone old enough here knows of the comic viz then your know why i'm laughing at this ad, they had an ad were the kid gose off then gets hit by a car dies and the mum is looking up funrals its funny cus at the end it says "yellow pages, it has everything"
Love all these. These are more than hobby’s these are lifetimes journey. Happy 100th anniversary Hornsby. I love all international models.
Isn't it about 70? I thought it started I 1954
I remember watching this video way back when I began watching RUclips. I feel like this kickstarted my love for Hornby model trains, it's something I absolutely love looking into. Rewatched these adverts again just now, really nostalgic
I just somehow found this on my homefeed and hearly had a heart attack when I heard the first 3 seconds of the video.
Also HOW DID I FIND YOU HERE (im CoryDingus fgjjdflslk)
No one has posted the best ever Hornby ad.
It was out around 1988. It started of a slow beat and included the flying Scotsman. I’m sure it ended up with trains going fast and a guy saying “stations and stations and stations...” can’t find it anywhere but will prob have it on VHS somewhere
OMG! I GOT THE THOMAS AND BERTIE SET WHEN I WAS A KID! SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES!
@ASBR-HK Sadly, I have no idea; perhaps it was sold, perhaps it was trashed,I may never know...
I just got mine from a charity shop for £4.99 thomas's dome wont stay on & I will build the set soon & expand on it
Ah so many memories, I still have all of my hornby and other model train stuff in my cupboard. Might have to dig it out and see if it still works, its been about 10 years or so.
For the last like 5 years this has been recommended at least 1000 times
3:39
“The best Hornby set ever!”
So true, so true.
I Love Of How Some Of The Ads Have My Favorite Kids TV Show (Thomas & Friends) In It.
Hornby do make some memorable adverts.
Nostalgia time: So I used to rewatch this video all the time when I first found it. I was so interested in the models, especially the Thomas ones, as I've never seen anything like them before. After that day I always wanted to get my hands on some of those models, and so far I have 1 Thomas. This video sure did bring back some memories
anyone thinking of Mr. Conductor (from Shining Time Station) at 2:25?
Me
Kinda
I loved that show as a kid
Creeperboy and friends Always, How can I forget Mr. Conductor, whether it Ringo Starr or George Carlin..... Even Alec Baldwin.
LBSC Studios James McKnight Me too
does anyone remeber watching this when they were kids
I think the first one was for YellowPages*.
+RCgaming01 we have yellowpages now
True, but at least it was still sort of related to Hornby.
yeah I guess
Viz comic did a parody of this and that guy isn't J.R. Hartley.
Actually, I think it was a combination of hornby and YellowPages.
2:26 now I see what made Britt Allcroft want humans in Thomas and the magic railroad
This video is still a classic to look back at every once in a while!
0:17 I bet there's not many model shops like that now, it's all done on the internet which is a great shame especially for the youngsters growing up now
Damien Le Maistre Indeed
that is sadly true, there used to be one in or on the north northflock railway it was an old single box turned into that, its sadly gone now i do have an old picture on one of those throw away camera's its dark but i remember it
My brother worked in one in Wellingborough, it closed down after owners retired.
sirmugman
I know one,I lik it very much but I think it won´t last long anymore
If you remember this video, you deserve a veteran's discount.
I remember his little HoRnBy AdVeRtS jingle and got chills from when I was younger
@@olderola5308 same
Thank you sir!
Thank you kind man
2:18 "Then I got a girlfriend, so it all went in the bin!"
upindispiano lol probably for the better
i would of thought ebay or the local auction house to pay for up n comming kids
lick'emFTW OK that's just depressing
"Then I got a girlfriend and she just sell my fucking car to buy some G scale shit!!!"
He must have been rich lol
0:06 “Yellow Pages”
0:27
Guy at the store: no,I've got a sd40-2 though
Great Ads! Congrats from cross the pond Lat good Train ad I saw was for now efunct Hills stores
@aaronshagwell oh well you do know the ads have got extra track, buildings, senic covers ect?
2:02 that Thomas commercial is quite rare, other than this video I can’t find another commercial like this!
My first train set in 1986 was a Lima Class 43 HST in Intercity Executive livery although my first Hornby set was the Midnight Freight that had the BR Class 58 that I got for my birthday in 1988.
Happy Days :).
Nice story of how an amazing channel first was born
Thank you ;).
My first was in 2013, it was a thomas set
2:02 The Hornby Revolution
Living in Chile and owning hornby is so complicated... but I can enjoy mos of the products ❤
"Lifting a coach" is clearly lifting a truck.
No, its a coach mate
no that's a truck
FLAME WAR and no its a truck
Truck
Ohnonono dats obviously a bludy truck
OMG I remember the thomas and bertie set!! I got that when I was just a little tomboy! Then I got a santa fe circle set. I picked up a red caboose at the red caboose motel in PA, Then I got a christmas set from a supermarket, and then I discovered model train shops and now I'm building up my own empire, with over 40 locomotives thus far
If your a girl, just say girl. Girls can play with trains...
I love Hornsby train sets. I used to have lots of different models.
My father has a train set. Me and my sister and my brother had a Thomas Wooden Train-set when we were children.
Awesome video!Sending back my support!More blessings to your channel.
3:00 When you are in a hornby model railway club and you say that Bachmann is better
I love the Thomas & Friends Hornby
So do I
Same
I want to get my hands on some sooooo bad!!!!
Ikr I haven’t seen them for a long time
Because they are discontinued
3:08 The Hornby World
2:22 The Hornby Town
First video I ever watched on youtube
me 2
The Yellow Pages ad made me cry
WOLFIEMATIONSINC thanks
0:21 The kid says (in the subtitles), No, you know the home beat the blow model railway? XD Those British accents are pretty thick tho.
I might get 2 Hornby trains for my birthday
It's what the big kids want to play with, no matter how big they are..
Nice to hear the R L Stevenson-inspired poem again.
It's just a pity the most unforgettable of all Hornby ads ISN'T here ("nothing goes like it, nothing grows like it")
+Grithron2 Well tbh nowadays you don't really see kids playing with Trains or "toy trains" anymore since the Technology of Ipads and Laptops and all that stuff has drove kids away from it. It's a shame that future kids are gonna have their faces stuck on a screen. But I do use my laptop a lot...
That would probably be good for some trains. Train sets would be good, ones meant to look like their real siblings and ones styled after TV, i.e., Thomas, The Polar Express. I think these manufacturers are doing good, but I don't think they are doing enough. I mean, besides catalogs, and some of those cards with those limited editions, do some ads on TV, magazines, and etc. Model railroading is a great hobby.
0:06 Any kid born in the 2010's "What are those things he's using?
yellow pages he found it
I had the Hornby Thomas Annie and clarabel set
0:49 that’s very nice of you!
Hornby is amazing. I wish they would bring back the E2 though. Great Video!
I wish modern ads had the charm that these did
Thomas is my favorite
Is there any more hobby commercials of Thomas and friend from 1985 - present?
how is the first one a Hornby ad when it says yellow pages when the kid id on the bike?!
Hornby don't make Thomas & Friends models any more. But fear not. The new Bachmann range of Thomas & Friends models is on its way to a model shop near you. Rails of Sheffield have got them right now, with other model shops to follow suit. Bachmann Thomas & Friends models are just like their TV show counterparts, and they're on my shopping list. Put them on yours today and you'll eventually have a model railway full of fun and mischief. It's too good to miss.
1:36 oops A Train Crash!
It just stop infront car
Not crashed
Jenn Dragonfly did you even check the timestamp?
No there wasn’t
good old Hornby in the classic time
I wish I got model train ads
1:50 hornby has the old slow coach
will OO scale trains work with HO scale tracks, i really want that intercity 125 train but i dont think they will work with my HO scale tracks
Trainmaster it will. OO and HO are the same thing
Trainmaster_Waffle yes
Except Lionels term in 1937 Slightly larger They called it Double O
Some of their finest work
I had my first Bachmann Thomas, but it broke, so any of you live in England, raise your hand. I’m from America.
My bachmann thomas broke to so I may get a lionel thomas for Christmas
1:00 there’s the e2 class steam locomotive aka Thomas
Bruh that’s a lms 3f “jinty” in br lined black smh
2:16 Wow!!
1:31 who would have 100 or more trains
The Unlucky Tug
pretty cool ads
tho I would like to get that My First Hornby set
nice one I have some serious ones but also Thomas ones, I remember the second advert of Thomas shown, how prices have changed. HD 1080p New Bachmann Salty Test Run & Richard's 009 Layout. Plus more Hornby and Bachmann engines.
They cut out a crash at 1:36
Lol
just revisiting my childhood.
Check out your nearest model train show, the next time one is on.
I like the Thomas theme songs in the Thomas trailer!
1:45 "But who is this!"
Bachmann Emily peeping out the shed doors: "It's the monster of Black Loch! I knew it was real!"
Just on of these commercials had more effort put into it than the entirety of modern Thomas toys
1:06 put on captions
I have a Hornby train table up in my bedroom and I got some of the trains for Christmas 2013.
Noob?!?!?!?!?
+The Internet Rebel pls no yes. They're modeled to a different scale, but HO and OO trains run on the same gauge of track.
I wonder why Bachmann never had any commercials like Hornby?
I am American and I do love Hornby, so what are there modern commercials like?
2:57 if only trains stopped like that irl
I like the first advert/commercial (For a yellow pages advert/commercial).
@themymysteryman101 i never got my first set to look as amazing as the ones on the ads
i love trains!
Damn, if only Hornby sold trains in America!
Rick & Morty + Phineas & Ferb
(1980's + 1990's-2000's)
Now I really want a Hornby model railway
Hornby was voted britians best hobby so whats nerdy about being one of the people who are part of that hobby and enjoy watching old adverts
go taste some windows
1:03 I have that it's the duchess of Sutherland
@username5515 yeah but it had hornby in it
@themymysteryman101 ja en de preview foto is van dezelfde advertentie
3:05 I didn't know that Hornby made a model APT. I may have to find one.
Fun fact: Hornby was invented in 1901.
Changed my seven year old self in 2017
Weird, here in a America, the last model train commercial was aired in the....either the 60's, 70's or even the 80's. That was a LIONEL commercial. Lionel and any other manufacturer of American trains haven't done another commercial.
@aaronshagwell What?
@Harry244ful Good for you!
1:11 it’s Timothy and Jerome from Thomas
Lol
I’m american we have Lionel and bachhmann trains
I wish I have one of those
Why hornby cancelled thomas and friends trains
ah yes that old yellow pages ad, lol if anyone old enough here knows of the comic viz then your know why i'm laughing at this ad, they had an ad were the kid gose off then gets hit by a car dies and the mum is looking up funrals its funny cus at the end it says "yellow pages, it has everything"
the dad always helps then he takes over
At 2:34 you clearly the the outline of the green screen
I know there’s another product that works with Hornby, but there both good
I love my Hornby railway!
I have the Thomas and Bertie train set
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Hornby Ads
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Even the commercial can't make emily look goog