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Unfortunately, this will be our last year collecting Take-n-Play for our older grandson, so we were so pleased to see Duck finally arrive in time to include him! He's been around forever in the Railway Series books, even though he hadn't appeared in the TV series for about 5 years until he returned this year. He's the cheerful but no-nonsense engine with "GWR" (standing for Great Western Railway") on his sides (Take-n-Play's version also has a #8), and he doesn't take any lip from anybody! His real name is actually "Montague", but is called "Duck" because he has a waddling gait. Interestingly, when Reverend W. Awdry (who authored The Railway Series of books that inspired the TV series) received his model of Montague for his railway, the wheels were uneven, which caused him to appear to waddle his children nicknamed him "Duck", and that's what he's been called ever since!
We spent a bit more ($6.74 on Amazon) than Fisher-Price's $6 MSRP for Duck, but since the shipping was free and we saved ourselves a trip to the store, we went ahead and added him to our "cart". We would've enjoyed continuing the collection for our younger grandson, but we've seen too many reductions in the general quality of the line over the past year, which is a shame. It was a "good ride" while it lasted!
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