His favorite items are the Sodor Railway Repair and the Flying Scotsman.His signature can be found on several items.He has also sold a variety of stamps and jewelry. The first few of various production items ever made have also been put up for sale. More recently, Wilson has been selling items from the Thomas Wooden Railway on eBay due to "age and health issues." These include one-of-a-kind hand-made prototypes manufactured in his Creative International workshop in Arcade and Buffalo, New York. He had established an inspection program while working at Learning Curve that consisted of hourly testing of random paint samples to ensure the paint was safe no reported issues had occurred during his time. Roy Wilson expressed concern over the 2007 recall of various Thomas Wooden Railway products. In 1999, after leaving Learning Curve, Wilson also worked on inventing the now-patented TRAK2BRIK system, which consists of clips that attach to most wooden railway track brands and allows for construction bricks to be built underneath them. Wilson additionally served as a frequent liaison to the Britt Allcroft Group & Shining Time Station.īeing disappointed with the direction the line was going and its increased use of plastic in a wooden railway, Roy Wilson withdrew from Learning Curve in 1998.ĭuring his time at Learning Curve, Roy Wilson also created the Lamaze Infant Learning System, which was introduced in 1994. He also assisted in pricing, manufacturing techniques, sales, and marketing.
Wilson had the responsibilities to design, invent, engineer, produce artwork, and photograph exhibition versions of the Thomas Wooden Railway products. Within a few months, large preorders were made for these new products. Wilson expressed some frustration in the inexperience many of his working colleagues had with manufacturing and designing. He had to create twelve handmade prototypes of everything to send to Britt Allcroft to propose the Thomas Wooden Railway. Wilson was tasked with working long hours every week. Learning Curve was established in Connecticut that same year by John W. He was asked to help develop a wooden train merchandising line for the Thomas the Tank Engine television series. Roy Wilson was approached by representatives from the Early Learning Centre in 1992. Wilson chose to largely remain independent, occasionally working on various long-term contracts with other companies. After graduating, he founded Creative International in 1967. While there, he wrote his graduating thesis on preschool educational developmental toys. He later attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, studying industrial design. He stated having an interest in mechanics, science, and electrical engineering when he was younger. Wilson attended Purdue University in West Lafeyette, Indiana as an engineering major.
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