Today I have a very special video for you. You’ve all seen Unlucky Tug’s Sodor’s Finest videos right? This is kinda like that, only it’s more on BoCo’s small presence in the series and how he was brought back into the spotlight. A history that has fascinated me for ages and after a long summer, it’s finally here. I hope you enjoy. Apologies for the strange cut around 24:15 as I had to remove a short part of this video due to copyright.
BoCo’ the Dieseasl’s Theme by S.A Music:
https://youtu.be/zOJRjgYpfPM
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:07 A Railway Series Constant
16:02 How TV Forgot BoCo
23:14 A Diesel’s Saviour
35:15 Conclusion
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https://youtu.be/Cx1qHKE_y9Q – Prod Riddiman
https://youtu.be/GyLT9MlXmw8 – Blue Blur
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I get why the production team from season seventeen wanted to bring him back to the small screen for the appeal of the fandom, but also Mattel rejecting him for more female characters. And despite people wanting Bachmann to make a model of Boco for their Thomas range, the chances of that happening are arranged from being pretty bleak to completely impossible.
My first was a accidents happen vid or a never, never ever give up vid back in 2017 which were the first videos that got me into Thomas. I also watch old Accidents happen vids.
NEVER TAKE THAT CHILDHOOD AWAY FROM ME…
BoCo literally sucks
While there was likely no intention I think BoCo did somewhat have a bit of a character arc in the Main Line Engines book, where he deals with the others being rude to him & about him but keeps winning them over in each story and eventually by the end had managed to win everyone over (even the Scottish Twins with their rough history). And that was it, everything with BoCo winning the others over was finished and there didn’t have to be more with him in the RWS.
luke i love you thank you for your videos
A video about BoCo of all characters shouldn't have an ending as good as that…and yet, here we are.
In all seriousness though, great video. You've steadily stepped up your game with these essays!
Thank you very much for this stunning video chap! I really learned a lot from. Despite BoCo being more of a background character, he’s always been my favorite. Great work on the editing as well!
19:26 "camera work: the fat controller (whose name was derek)"
Boco is a fan favorite. Of course fans will bring him back
What about duke
I was reading the buzz book of buzz buzz the other day ad noticed there is a very strange picture of boco's model with a yellow buffer beam. Just something interesting I thought I'd bring up
why can't they bring him back in seasons 8 and after?
Honestly I can kinda relate to BoCo I was never the popular or smartest kid in school all I did was exist yet almost everyone looked at me as a friend
Well, that's what fans are for. Taking care of a forgotten nostalgic character.
Awesome documentary btw
4:34 Dr Beeching only closed alot of Branchlines and Mainlines, Ernest Marples and Phillp Shirley were the ones that replaced the Steam Engines
13:26 The Nationalization of the Railways in the UK happened in the 1940s when all the Big Four Railways United as one
Nevertheless good video!
Love this video! I'd so love if you talked in-depth about other obscure or underutilized engines that fans helped to flesh out and become more beloved than ever. 😀
You could have mentioned about BoCos model being on display at the Clear Water Features event or something.
Nice
The same can really be said about Duck, sure the CGI series brought him back but it was the Fandom making up their own stories left and right that really kept his legacy alive and well. It really is a shame how so many new characters throughout the show were introduced and barely used. Murdoch and Arthur really come to mind.
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12:09 Kill me.
You, my good man, have scored an A+. You highlighted how BoCo should be used. A diesel who is humbled when he learns how mechanically flawed he is, as well as the first truly friendly diesel (at least when he arrives on Sodor), who has to earn the trust of the steam engines. Not just one engine, all of them. The stories you mentioned wonderfully fill the gaps that were left out of the books. Also, I'd highly recommend the Richard Jordan stories "Duck Comes Around" and "Diesels and Dogma". Watch NWR1991's adaptations, and you'll see what I mean.
24:42 A BABY IN THE BACKROUND?!
I l love boco my second fav character
I think that if Britt had still been in charge for Season 6 BoCo would have been brought back
Now that I’ve seen the recaps of the Railway & TV Series’, I honestly prefer the way they introduced BoCo in Season 2, just because they brought in him before Rusty. Letting Duck, Gordon etc. see that there’s a diesel from the same railway and on the same gauge as Mr. Devious, who is actually sensible, hard-working and friendly. Showing that not ALL diesels are boastful, prejudiced or antagonistic.
Also, even though I love Ghost Train, I totally agree with the Crossed Lines & Deep Freeze opinion.
Some people confused me when I say character trademark
The fandom keeps Thomas going and Mattel left it to rust as an American fan of the little blue tank engine and his his friends I certainly would rather watch fan related projects these days then the junk on tv and streaming now
its lovely what the Fans have done with Boco the friendly diesel engine? don't know if that's his official name
What if BoCo made his last appearance in Season 6 as a minor role and a cameo appearance?
Major praise to the fandom for saving Boco from a less than desirable end that the TV series caused. Back when I used to love Thomas to death, Boco was my favorite diesel character of the series. Kinda sad he was wasted by the TV series, but the fandom fortunately brought him back into glory
There is also the diesel Bear. Some fan stories have included him.
The incident you’d mentioned for my story about Boco at 38:21 was the inspiration so you were 100% sure. Thanks for the mention too.
This was such a lovely video! ^^
Looking forward to seeing more of your videos-
Awesome. I would seriously love to see another one of these.
Honestly I never minded BoCo, even if he's underrated.
2:14 LOL "railrays"
17:12 Yes, but no mention of the clearly different buffer shape?
22:49 I highly doubt this, although Donald and Douglas were flanderised.
27:00 This is it
This is a superb analysis on BoCo's character history, but I should note that other little-featured characters in the show never got to feature in the TV series again after a certain point. Daisy of course never hardly featured in a role after Series 4 until Andrew Brenner brought her back to the fore in 2015 with a new position on the railway, and that brings me to what I think is the main reason behind said characters falling into obscurity; uncertainty of their contribution as characters in the long run, which ironically why the old format of the Thomas show was phased out by Mattel over the present Paw Patrol/Muppet Babies/Chuggington-cross reboot.
Ironically, characters like BoCo, Daisy, Caroline, Stepney, etc.; even ones that hardly featured in the TV series at all, featured frequently in Thomas magazine stories well after their last appearances on screen until the CGI transition, in the same way that with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, characters that featured at a certain point then faded into obscurity, continued to have a recurring presence in the comic stories tied to said franchise. I assume this to be because the magazine/comic writers were not as restrained by production budgets and advanced marketing.
Regards, Samuel Farris.
2:43 In the United States, both General Motors and the Fairbanks Morse Company tried their hands at building diesels with Bo-Co wheel arrangments. By far the most famous was the General Motors FL9 series diesel locomotives. The last of the famous "F-unit" diesels to be built by GM, and remarkably, the last ones to be used in regularly scheduled passenger service when they were retired in the late 2000s.
Going to associate “Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride” with Boco now, thanks to this video, not that I’m complaining! It suits him.
My brother, sister, and I are planning to do a dramatized recording of all of the books and some of the fan stories. We plan on reworking some of the stories to make them flow better, and I also plan on witting my own stories/books. One book I plan on writing is "Really Useful Diesels." I plan on using a story created by Carson videos about how Bear got his name and splitting it up as the first and last story. Then a story each for BoCo and Daisy. I also plan on writing a story that takes place in the 2020's. I plan on sending Black Hills Central #110 to visit the Tallylin Railway, the Skarloey Railway, and of course, the last regularly operated steam railway in the world. The reason being is that since the BHCR is the first tourist train in the US, (if I am remembering right), the owners decide to send him to visit the first preserved railway in the world to boost tourism for the Black Hills of South Dakota. One of the stories would be about when one of #110's axles came off. The story would be called Too Big for His Wheels, or something like that. I also have other story ideas based on real events. Like the story how 15year old Kate Shelley saved a train from going across a destroyed bridge by crossing the storm swept bridge.
BoCo is one of those Classic characters I really wish to see return, but due to many executives' own mindsets to try and focus more on the main Steam Team, new one-off characters, etc., it is VERY disappointing not to see him return. I am so glad we have the fandom's original series/stories to give him more spotlight. In fact, he is another favorite character of mine and second favorite diesel. He really is an interesting inverse of what diesels represented to the steam engines. While Diesel has been devious kickstarting the whole steam vs. diesels rivalry, Daisy going through her own mini-arc, and Rusty being a narrow-gauge diesel that is a close friend to his fellow little steam engine friends, BoCo represented that not all diesels are bad and slowly breaks the steam engines' suspicions of them.
For the fandom's take on him, I really love what TrainnedAssassian did with him in his BoCo film (which is in fact my favorite original Thomas feature length project in the fandom, especially with some original creative liberties done to make it more interesting). As long as his representation is carried on, he will always forever be a very kind and friendly diesel to any generation of engine. I think he, Bear and Derek would make a fine trio since they have a similar situation of nearly being scrapped.
I think another one of these videos could definitely be made about Bear, Pip and Emma, Ivo Hugh and Duke.
…Right….need to find some time to do some stories about Boco
Oh, there is one other Boco story video that deserves some recognition "Snow and Stress" made by Live Steam
boco was a character that always stood out to me even at a very young age. maybe it was his boxy shape and color
ngl, i loved boco, like a lot as a character. and it was a shame to not see him in the cgi series (though i think there was a cgi render someone did of him) the fact that fans did so much with him just warms the heart to see that everyone's favorite mertovic will never be forgotten, even if the big companies did
"You don't need a grand legacy or to have been in the spotlight for people to recognize you, but instead, simply existing is all you need to do to inspire."
A truly inspirational quote.
Well i didn't know i would need this video of one of my favorit Thomas and Friends characters but damn this was really a video that i enjoyed watching 👏🏻👏🏻
I always wanted a BRIO Boco as a kid, I only saw it on sale once and never again
There was another Class 28 like BoCo who made a Short Appearence in the Railway Series Book ''Enterprising Engines'' the Engine hasn't a Name just a Number D5703