LEGO Duplo Thomas & Friends - Thomas Load and Carry Train Set
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Toys and Games Reviews of LEGO Duplo Thomas & Friends - Thomas Load and Carry Train Set
Customer Review: Perfect toy for toddler!
Summary: 5 Stars
One day I realized that my baby is now a toddler and his toys are all...well baby toys! I browsed the toy aisles for the perfect, age apporpriate replacements hating to spend more money on more plastic, yet desperate for anything that will engage him for at least 15 minutes and keep him STILL so I can put clothes away, vacuum, sometimes just SIT and play. This does it!
Reliable duplo/lego quality. Non frustrating because the pieces actually stay together. Easy assembly. Of course my little guy is 22 months so I still have to do the majority of the assembly. I did get this for him at age 19 months and by now he has caught on as to how to put the track together. He tries to put the cars together but still needs my help to lock the pieces in place.
I am constantly amazed at how much toddlers pick up by watching grownups, so keep putting this back together while your little one is present. Luca does love to disassemble the track and it is a challange keeping it together however, over the last month, persistence has paid off and he has figured out how to re-assenmble his little messes. The assembly is easy enough for him to get it on his own!
These chunky toys accomomodate busy little toddler hands perfectly.
This particular set comes with everything necessary for your toddler to "get to work". This set has just enough to busy your toddler without being overwhelming! This set has satisfied my little guy (although I did buy him the Toby (he is just so cute) set too.
My older boys take Tae Kwan Do every night and this set is a staple in the karate bag. It definately keeps the younger .0brothers and sisters busy and off the MATS.
Other add-ons are available but right now, this set, and the Toby have been just enough!
The price sems high for the seemingly few pieces. I am the first to admit it is difficult to commit to a 25$ purchase, but as with Lego/Duplo products, the quality and play/learning value add greatly to the plastic parts making it an excellent purchase!
GREAT GRANDPARENT GIFT! Even a perfect toy to keep at Grandparents house!
Customer Review: Beautiful set, too many pieces, not for a toddler to play with individually.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this set for my son when he was 15 months old, thinking that the age rating and the chunky trains would provide some good play. He is now 27 mths old, and is still too uncoordinated to handle this set without a lot of help. The set comes with so many pices, all the trains, stations, signals etc. have to be built piece by piece with lego blocks. When built, my son compulsively examines them and picks them up to play, whereupon they just fall aprt. He tries to put them back together, but can't, gets very frustrated and gets upset (crying, throwing pieces around etc.). I tried to make the track layout more interesting by buying the other trains. This made everything worse since there are just lots of pieces, that complicate, clutters, and confuses my son, who quickly lost interest. Also, there are no suggested track layouts, so for a novice train builder like me, building a nice track, where the trains could run smoothly, is very difficult. This review goes for all the other duplo sets, Bob the builder, the big farm etc. The only exception is the Bob the builder mobile caravan, which comes with a few pieces and a fully built caravan.
For a 2-3 year old, I would suggest a simple circular wooden track with one or two wooden trains. My son like to build the track himself, and play with the pieces so a simple layout is best. The Thomas wooden train is nice, but expensive to expand, and does not come with people and/or animals, which encourage imaginative play. I packed up the Thomas duplo trains, and I've ordered the Brio starter train (15 pieces, with a track that comes with end pieces that encourage floor to track play, and where the track does not have to meet in a circle). The Brio is a lot cheaper the expand, comes with people and is compatible with the Thomas train.
Conclusion, if your 2 year old is like my son, SAVE your money, do not buy this or other duplo playsets until he/she is 3-4 years old.
Customer Review: You get a lot in this set, but more track would be nice.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Thomas set comes with 16 pieces of track, while most of the other train and accessory packs only come with a few pieces. You have to either start with this set, or buy the more expensive all inclusive set, which is at least double this one in price, but if you were to get this one and all the add on sets, the large set would save you some cash, and net you a lot of track.
I bought this set and then found come Duplo City train track packs, which came with 6 more pieces of straight track. I believe all of the track in this set is curved, so getting the straight add-on packs gives you a lot of track layout options (the circle this set makes is pretty small). My son enjoys building and rebuilding the station pieces, but his favorite is laying out the track. I think the price I paid for this set and two track packs was perfect, and it's just enough pieces to keep track of them. He only likes to play with Thomas (even though this set does come with two trains), so I don't really need the extra trains and buildings, as it's just more clutter around the house!
Overall, anyone with children who love trains should enjoy this set. Also, it teaches them about building, as even the trains need to put togther. We have the wooden Thomas table and train set, but he still likes this one and spends a lot of time playing with it, so I wouldn't hesitate buying this if you think the wooden set is enough. Kids can never have too many train sets!!!
Customer Review: Fun, though a little expensive
Summary: 4 Stars
The positives about this product:
- It is a great educational toy as with all Lego Duplo.
- It is easy to put together, even by little toddler hands and is very durable.
The improvements I would suggest:
- There seem to be too few pieces for the price. I know that Geotrax sells great train sets which are under $50 which have a lot more pieces and a battery powered engine for the trains. As other reviewers have said, there could definitely be more tracks provided.
- It would be great to have a Sir Topham Hatt with this set. It seems silly to have a little station without a person waiting to get on the train.
Overall this is a great toy depending on what you are looking for. If you are looking for an educational experience, as with all Lego products it's a great set. If you're looking for a first train set that has a lot of power and lots of pieces to explore, it's probably better to look further. Also, I discovered that Lego has a more updated version of the Thomas sets on their website so it's worth checking those out prior to ordering from Amazon.
Customer Review: Fun set, limited track
Summary: 4 Stars
We got this for my son's 2nd birthday (since he loves his Duplo blocks) he really loves the Thomas train and the track and now at 2 1/2 can put it together himself, I just wish I could get more track, especially straight track pieces to make this set bigger and more interesting than a simple oval or bean shape (all the pieces are curved in this set.) The Percy/Toby/James sets are cute but only come with a few pieces of track, I might buy one anyway since whenever he has a little friend over they fight over the train so it would be good to have 2 trains. My only compaint is that it is hard for my son to keep the trains on the track, the wheels have to be lined up exactly with the groves on the track, I often push it around for him with no problem, but he gets so excited that he usually runs it off the track before even getting half way around, hopefully he will outgrow this! I would recommend this for older toddlers & preschooler, it is very durable. If anyone knows where to get more track please let me know :)