Happy New Year 2009!

Ryan and the others will probably later add their own words in this first post of the New Year. I hope they do as I'm not very good at doing this kinda stuff :-P

As 2008 receeds in the distance, we're looking forward with tempered expectations of what this new year promises to deliver. If anything, 2008 has certainly taught us to do that!

So what can we look forward to?

For starters, 2009 will celebrate a few significant anniversaries namely:

• 25 Years of Thomas and Friends
• The 20th Anniversary of TUGS
• 10th Anni. of the on location filming of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

I'm not sure how bullets 1 & 2 will play out, so I won't speculate at this time but am hoping for the best. Same goes to how Series 13 will make its 100% CGI debut in the fall of '09. I do wish Nitrogen Studios and HiT Entertainment luck and success with it.

We'll take the New Year as it comes, whether good or bad. May the good times linger and be many, and may the bad times pass by quickly and be few. And in the end, we'll always do the best we've always done given the circumstances.

All the best to you all for 2009!

~ Jim (TT or the old Muppet guy mod of SiF!)