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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Great Little Set! Feb 13, 2009
By MercyMomma
We bought this set to add on to a generic wooden train set that we already owned. For the price, this set was just what we needed and was a perfect add-on. I really like the bridge; others that I've seen are not sturdy at all. My children were frustrated playing with a set in a store once because the bridge kept falling over- the bridge was just track that sloped up and lay on top of a block. Even I could not get it to stay up when pushing a train over it. The bridge in this set is great, no toppling over= happy kids. I'm surprised that more of the bridges out there for trains aren't made like this? The pieces fit together the same way any other wooden tracks do, I didn't think they were poor quality or gapping like another reviewer mentioned. My 1.5 and 3.5 year olds can both push the trains around on the track and enjoy this toy! I like that this is a toy they will be able to use for a long time, creating more elaborate tracks as they grow.
23 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Poorly constructed with numerous design flaws Jun 04, 2008
By LG
Bought this wooden set thinking I would be able to add Thomas Series of train engines, since the previous review said it was compatible. The set arrived with its own little red wooden train engine and coach, linked via magnets. The set is easy to assemble, but there are lots of loose gaps between the track pieces where they align with each other, causing the pieces to drift out of alignment. This causes the train to derail (come off the track) frequently. My little daughter was left wondering why the train never gets any further than one single piece of track segment.
Besides trying to realign them every time the train runs on the flat track, the train set also derails as you are climbing up the bridge (in fact, the front wheels of the engine go up in the air as you are pushing the engine up the incline when you are just beyond halfway through the upward incline - in other words the slope of the bridge wasn't constructed properly). So the child is expected to hold on to the engine and the coach with both hands to prevent it from derailing while going up the bridge.
The next thing I tried was with the standard Thomas Engine sets to see if any of these problems would be solved. I bought a set each of Thomas and Percy engines and coaches and then tried running them on this track set. The same problems of frequent derailing persisted (over the bridge and over the track joints).
So my overall impression is that its a very poorly designed set, which teaches the child more about accidents and derailing of trains, rather than how trains should run smoothly!
So I wouldn't recommend wasting money on this one and just spend a little extra for a good quality train set. You get what you pay for!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Good Value Dec 08, 2007
By Proposal Manager
"PM"
Adorable train set for the price. The tracks and train included in this set work fine with my son's Thomas wooden railway tracks and trains.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
nice little wooded train set Jun 02, 2011
By Brindel Stubbs
"Moma Brin"
All of the pieces fit together just fine and the train stays on the track just as well as any other wodden train set. It is nice to have other options than "Thomas" train sets. My son actually hates "Thomas", and will run out of the room if he even hears the music from the show(!) He is 2 1/2 years old and loves to put the train tracks together. all of the flat tracks are reversable so you can actually make more layouts than just the figure 8. This is the perfect starter set for us.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 My son loves it BUT what's with the red train?! Mar 26, 2011
By lkg22
My 18 mo son LOVES trains and train sets, so I thought this would be a great little set for him to play with and take with us when we travel. It is a pretty good size and the tracks are fine, but the red train that comes with the set is too big to go under the bridge. What's up with that?! It makes him so frustrated when he tries to push the train around the tracks and everytime it gets stuck under the bridge. Why would they make, much less include, a train that doesn't fit on the tracks? We also have another M&D train that has 4 wheels that always derails. This toy sometimes makes him more upset than happy even though he loves it. Frustrating!! Not sure if ours is just defective or if all of them are like this, but because of the train issue, this isn't something I would buy again.
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