Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Figure 8 Set Expansion Pack
by Learning Curve
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Toys and Games Reviews of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Figure 8 Set Expansion Pack
Customer Review: Great Buy
Summary: 5 Stars
Timely shipping. Great price. Good quality. My son loves the set. I will definitely use this vendor again.Customer Review: My son's favorite toy
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this along with the Thomas & Friends Crane & Quarry Set for my 2 year old son and it was definitely a hit!! We spend hours playing with the set and setting up new configurations. I would definitely recommend this item when combined with another set.Customer Review: No more lifetime warranty on Thomas
Summary: 1 Stars
Thomas/Learning Curve is no longer offering a lifetime warranty. If you have products that came with packaging that says Lifetime Warranty, they'll still honor it if you can produce that packaging info, but otherwise it is now a much shorter warranty (90 days against manufacturing defects). They are still selling stuff that sells Lifetime Warranty but all of the new stuff rolling out will no longer have that on the packaging.
I am very disappointed about the change and will not be buying Thomas products any more. I think even the less well-known companies offer lifetime warranties on manufacturing defects.
Customer Review: Starting out with wooden railroads?
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this expansion set, along with the Thomas and Friends Water Towr Figure 8 Set, for my 2 year old this past Christmas. The expansion set was an afterthought, prompted in no small part by the manufacturer's promotion running at the time (50% off this set with the purchase of a Figure 8 set).
With the conclusion of many initial hours of intense playtesting (an ongoing process, with no termination in sight), my son agrees that this is an essential choice for any but the most basic (read: boring) wooden railroad layout. This expansion pack comes with switch tracks, and allows little train engineers (and their dads) to reverse directions or explore different parts of the railway. In retrospect, I think that I would have been dissatisfied had I not purchased this set to complement the basic Figure 8 layout, promotional price or not.
As far as the quality, the Learning Curve wooden track is made from hardwood, and is more substantial than many other brands of compatible track (i.e. Maxim, First Learning, etc.). This is a consideration when your child insists on taking the track apart by him/herself to put away. We have already broken a couple of pieces of generic track this way, since the male end of the connectors is a bit weaker than the rest of the track.
Overall, we are quite satisfied with this set, and look forward to many more hours of enjoyment.