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* Its first known appearance was on the Japanese-exclusive ''Thomas & Friends'' VHS release ''A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie''. |
* Its first known appearance was on the Japanese-exclusive ''Thomas & Friends'' VHS release ''A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie''. |
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* It is preserved on all ''Thomas & Friends'' VHS and DVD releases from the time, immediately following either the [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] logo on U.S. VHS releases, the [[Grace & Wild Interactive Development]] logo on U.S. DVD releases, or the 1995 [[Video Collection International|VCI]] logo on UK releases. |
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** U.S. releases that feature this logo include: ''Thomas' Trackside Tunes'' (VHS), ''Best of Percy'' (VHS/DVD), ''Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD), ''Best of Thomas'' (VHS/DVD), ''Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories'' (DVD), ''Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD), ''Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills'' (DVD), ''Best of James'' (VHS/DVD) and ''Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD). |
** U.S. releases that feature this logo include: ''Thomas' Trackside Tunes'' (VHS), ''Best of Percy'' (VHS/DVD), ''Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD), ''Best of Thomas'' (VHS/DVD), ''Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories'' (DVD), ''Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD), ''Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills'' (DVD), ''Best of James'' (VHS/DVD) and ''Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures'' (DVD). |
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** UK releases that feature this logo are ''Truck Loads of Fun'', ''My Little Thomas and Bertie Adventures'', ''The Complete Fourth Series'', ''Seasonal Scrapes'', ''My Little Thomas and Toby Adventures'', ''The Very Best of Thomas & Friends'', ''The Complete Fifth Series'', a promotional Chad Valley tape, another promotional tape called ''5 Episode Video'' and ''My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor''. |
** UK releases that feature this logo are ''Truck Loads of Fun'', ''My Little Thomas and Bertie Adventures'', ''The Complete Fourth Series'', ''Seasonal Scrapes'', ''My Little Thomas and Toby Adventures'', ''The Very Best of Thomas & Friends'', ''The Complete Fifth Series'', a promotional Chad Valley tape, another promotional tape called ''5 Episode Video'' and ''My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor''. |
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*** It is also preserved on the 2001-2002 re-releases of ''Thomas Goes Fishing and Other Stories'' (Marks & Spencer version), ''Escape and Other Stories'', ''Christmas Fun Tape'', ''Happy Holidays'' and ''Rescues on the Railways''. For the second tape, it only appears on the spine and back due to it being an direct reprint of the original [[The Video Collection]]'s 1992 UK release. |
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*** It is also preserved on the DVD versions of ''Truck Loads of Fun'' and ''Seasonal Scrapes'' as well. |
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** It was also tacked onto the beginning of very early prints of the show's sixth season, which |
** It was also tacked onto the beginning of very early prints of the show's sixth season, which can be found on the UK DVD release of ''The Fogman and Other Stories'', the U.S. DVD release of ''Salty's Secret & Other Thomas Adventures''. and the Australian DVD release of ''Thomas and the Jet Engine'', respectively. |
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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''. |
* 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''. |
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* The short version |
* The short version was seen on at least UK airings of ''Eckhart''. |
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* Even though Gullane was involved with those two shows, this logo does not appear on either ''Sooty Heights'' or ''Sooty'' (2001) for unknown reasons, which instead use the [[Sooty Limited]] and [[Granada Media Group|Granada]] logos. |
* Even though Gullane was involved with those two shows, this logo does not appear on either ''Sooty Heights'' or ''Sooty'' (2001) for unknown reasons, which instead use the [[Sooty Limited]] and [[Granada Media Group|Granada]] logos. |
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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.
Variants:
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.
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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 was seen on early television prints of Season 6 of Thomas & Friends and can also be found at the end of each episode on the 2002 UK VHS and DVD releases of Thomas & Friends: The Fogman and Other Stories.
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