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* On ''<u>Eckhart</u>'', the completed logo shines with a reversed cymbal crash.
* On <u>the voiceover variant</u>, once the logo finishes animating, it fades to black and the white URL "www.planetgullane.com" fades in.
* On ''<u>Thomas & Friends™ - Thomas' Trackside Tunes</u>'', the text "Please Visit Our Web Site at" and the URL at the time below fades in. It then fades out to the copyright disclaimer that reads "© Gullane (Thomas) Limited 1998". This is only seen on the original VHS release; later DVD releases have it plastered with the
'''Technique:''' CGI.
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* Outside ''Thomas and Friends'' related content, this logo was also tacked onto several other UK VHS releases of their content - appearing on ''Art Attack: Monsters and Other Scary Stuff,'' and the ''Sooty's Magic'' direct-to-video series, consisting of ''Sooty's Magic Show'', ''Sooty's Magic Club'' and ''Sooty's Magic Birthday Party''.
* The short version appeared on at least UK airings of ''Eckhart''.
* Even though Gullane was involved with those two shows, this logo does not appear on either ''Sooty Heights'' or ''Sooty'' (2001), which instead use the [[Sooty Limited]] and [[Granada Media Group|Granada]] logos.
===2nd Logo (16 September-21 October 2002)===
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Gullane Entertainment was formed in September 2000 after Britt Allcroft left her self-named company. Before the formation, Allcroft used the Gullane name for Gullane Pictures, a subsidiary of her company which only produced Thomas and the Magic Railroad; the movie failed critically and commercially after its release, leading to Allcroft leaving the company. The newly-formed Gullane continued production of Series 6 and 7 of Thomas and Friends as well as other franchises, such as Sooty, Fireman Sam, and Art Attack. The company was acquired by HIT Entertainment on 5 July 2002 and closed the following year. The name is still used today for its in-credit and byline variants for most Thomas & Friends media despite the company's closure.
Visuals: The camera zooms in towards the horizon over a body of blue water, with the horizon having fluffy clouds and the sun in the distance. A white gull flies over the ocean as the camera turns towards the spot, and when it touches the water with the tip of its wing, it creates a ripple and flies off. The screen rotates upwards to reveal that the ripple is a wide white "G", and with it clearing up, it gets placed in a teal box as well as "GULLANE" in a similar font to the "G" below, albeit at a normal width. The gull then flies over the logo and flashes, turning silver as the background flourishes to a white-aquamarine gradient. An underline and "ENTERTAINMENT" in a different font also appear below.
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Technique: CGI.
Audio: A shortened version of the sounds from the Gullane Pictures logo.
Audio Variants:
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Visuals: On an aquamarine background, "A BRITT ALLCROFT COMPANY PRODUCTION" in Copperplate Gothic zooms out until it reaches a comfortable distance, then the Britt Allcroft logo in gold quickly writes itself. Underneath, "for" in a generic sans serif font quickly fades in, before the Gullane Entertainment print logo in white zooms in, which bounces for a few seconds. Then, a copyright disclaimer "© Gullane (Thomas) Limited 2002" in a serif font fades in.
Variant: On early prints of Thomas & Friends season 6, the Gullane Entertainment logo just fades in.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: Usually the ending theme of the show.
Audio Variant: On Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line for PC, the sounds of an engine puffing, three distorted dings, and various steam whistles are heard.
Availability: The early variant appears on early television prints of Season 6 of Thomas & Friends and early Thomas DVD releases like The Fogman and Other Stories in the UK and Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures in the USA; the normal variant appears on the Thomas PC game Building the New Line.
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