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 Worth the price, needs more legos January 13, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This lego set is great for toddlers/preschoolers. Considering the high price of Thomas the train toys, I think this is actually worth its price. We got it for our 3-yr-old son who loves Thomas and loves playing with the duplo legos. We also got the large box of duplo legos, which was really necessary to give him a chance to really get creative. He makes up some interesting trains, but I think it's only because he has so many legos to work with. So if this is your child's only duplo legos, you might not be as satisfied with the 'playing' results unless you purchase a small box of duplos to go with it.
 Good Lego Duplo quality October 30, 2005
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is a Lego-quality, Duplo-sized Thomas set. My only complaint is that the Thomas series has so many different "scales," none of which are compatible with each other. Thomas will work fine on his Duplo train track- nothing else. Other Thomas toys do not fit on the Duploe track (unless they are Duplo also.)
You get a lot in this set, but more track would be nice. August 11, 2005
79 out of 80 found this review helpful
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!!!
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