Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Figure 8 Set Expansion Pack

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.

Most Thomas sets are constructed in such a way that require you to buy additional dual ended pieces in order to be able to connect them to other sets and this expansion set was the only thing I found that included a couple of these extra linking pieces.Not only does my 3 year old son have endless hours of fun putting the tracks together, but my husband and I also really enjoy putting them together in a variety of ways.These tracks act like a puzzle that grows with your child as he develops.Our son started learning to connect them end to end, then he began connecting them in circles and ovals, and he is beginning to experiment with layering in figure eights and using bridges.I highly recommend this set to anyone who wishes to make Thomas track building easier while enhancing their child's ability to learn through building.

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My grandson was obsessed with Thomas for a full three years, and he got just about every Thomas Train and accessory available. These are wonderful toys, well-made and he played with them for hours. However, when the train phase is over, it is over. You don't need to pay the rather high prices for new Thomas stuff there must be another child who has just outgrown his and you can get it used. It will still be in terrific condtion and just as much fun to play with.

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We ordered the track expansion set and were very excited.We have been using the brand Thomas the Train tracks by Learning Curve for three years and we have never broken a track.The new pieces we received seem as though they are made from different wood.I noticed when we opened them they were different, but I thought maybe it was b/c it had been awhile since we added to our collection.Not even one week of play (and really not hard play as they occasionally run a train on it!) and one of the straightaway pieces developed a crack and splintered off!What??I know. I looked at the off brand track when I ordered and thought 'No I will pay more because I want this track to last.'I do like the switches and the T track, but for the cost vs. quality it does not add up.Buy the off brand and save your money.What a disappointment.

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We got this for our 20 month old son when his train collection got to big for his figure of 8 track set and when you showed an interest in putting track together by himself. The item came with all the pieces in the photo description. This set goes well with a standard figure 8 track set (or bigger) and there is manual inside that has track set up suggestions for combinations of certain track sets. I would not recommend getting this set unless you have other track sets. It is not good as a stand alone set, but as I mentioned it is great to expand even a simple figure 8 track set.

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