I bought this train along with the railway set and some other engines for my son's third birthday. He is an obsessed Thomas fan and I was hoping to invest in a toy that would give him pleasure for a long time to come. One year on, whilst he still plays with Gordon and the other engines and gets alot of fun from all his trains, they are all now looking rather worse for wear. The paint chips off very easily and Gordon in particular has large areas where the paint has peeled off completely. The train does not glide smoothly over the track and when he puts a few engines together to make a long train, it derails far too easily. All in all I wish I had stuck with his road and rail thomas train set and trains, or gone for the far superior Brio wooden ... Read More:
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We bought this for our son one Xmas thinking he would love it but because of it's size we don't have the space to keep it up and it is a lot of palava to build. It's ok if you have a big attic with floorspace to keep it up all the time but not a lot of people do. He loves playing with it when it is built but it breaks easy and pulls apart.
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We bought this for our son one Xmas thinking he would love it but because of it's size we don't have the space to keep it up and it is a lot of palava to build. It's ok if you have a big attic with floorspace to keep it up all the time but not a lot of people do. He loves playing with it when it is built but it breaks easy and pulls apart.
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We bought this for our son one Xmas thinking he would love it but because of it's size we don't have the space to keep it up and it is a lot of palava to build. It's ok if you have a big attic with floorspace to keep it up all the time but not a lot of people do. He loves playing with it when it is built but it breaks easy and pulls apart.
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We bought this for our son one Xmas thinking he would love it but because of it's size we don't have the space to keep it up and it is a lot of palava to build. It's ok if you have a big attic with floorspace to keep it up all the time but not a lot of people do. He loves playing with it when it is built but it breaks easy and pulls apart.
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Please note, these are switches (points to UK readers) in a new style track that is not compatible with the older (2005) Take along Thomas sets like the engine shed. The new style track packs and playsets like the water tower come with adapters to allow them to be joined but only 2 per pack. As this Switch set has numerous pieces, it will be of limited use until the manufacturer brings out additional track packs in the new style! The older additional track packs and play sets will not work with these bits.
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Please note, these are switches (points to UK readers) in a new style track that is not compatible with the older (2005) Take along Thomas sets like the engine shed. The new style track packs and playsets like the water tower come with adapters to allow them to be joined but only 2 per pack. As this Switch set has numerous pieces, it will be of limited use until the manufacturer brings out additional track packs in the new style! The older additional track packs and play sets will not work with these bits.
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Please note, these are switches (points to UK readers) in a new style track that is not compatible with the older (2005) Take along Thomas sets like the engine shed. The new style track packs and playsets like the water tower come with adapters to allow them to be joined but only 2 per pack. As this Switch set has numerous pieces, it will be of limited use until the manufacturer brings out additional track packs in the new style! The older additional track packs and play sets will not work with these bits.
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