When you’ve ever seen the mods that put Thomas the Tank Engine in Fallout 4, Resident Evil Village, and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, it was largely as a result of work of modder often called Trainwiz. Now, Trainwiz has struck once more by inserting Thomas in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, whereas hinting that he is been on the receiving finish of Mattel’s displeasure for his work.
Trainwiz launched the Actually Helpful Cliffracers mod on Nexus Mods, which swaps out the flying cliff racers with Thomas the Tank Engine. Trainwiz additionally left feedback on the web page that learn like a direct problem to Mattel.
“I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine,” wrote Trainwiz. “I’m incapable of studying classes every time it includes firms, as a result of I basically don’t view toy firm CEOs or media CEOs as individuals.”
“In between engaged on my sport and dying of varied unintended accidents, I generally really feel like I want to exploit a specific joke till its inevitable demise,” added Trainwiz. “I’ll do that regardless of what number of authorized threats, precise threats, black vans with the Mattel emblem on them, or severed Barbie heads are mailed to me.”
As famous by IGN, Trainwiz instructed The Face in 2019 that his Fallout 4 Thomas the Tank Engine mod received the eye of Mattel’s legal professionals, and it would not sound prefer it was a nice expertise.
“I received in a lot bother” stated Trainwiz. “Mattel just about need me useless at this point–it’s the rationale why the Fallout 4 mod can’t be discovered on any regular web site.”
Mattel might take a dim view of Trainwiz’s work, however the modder has been positively acknowledged by Bethesda earlier than. And regardless of the current launch of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, the bold fan-made reimagining, Skyblivon, is nearing launch after 10 years in growth.