Product Description

Relive the adventures of the brand-new Thomas and "The Great Discovery" DVD story with this action-packed 35-piece Take Along playset. Race through the mine...but watch out for obstacles! Track switch lets you find your way out of the mine. Includes three levels of play, and over eleven feet of track play, with multiple lights and sounds, Troublesome Trucks and Thomas. Add more lights and sounds engines, and play items to expand your adventure.

Take Along Thomas durable die-cast vehicles are a hit with little engineers, and with moms! Affordable, and portable...everything stores inside the sturdy playsets. Vehicles feature durable die-cast construction. Perfect for preschoolers, with their chunky design, rounded corners, bright colors and magnet connectors. And the Take Along Thomas playsets offer portable play with storage inside for easy clean-up and "fun on the run"!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8336 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Learning Curve
• Model: LC76528
• Released on: 2008-06-16
• Dimensions: 16.00" h x 5.50" w x 22.00" l, 5.70 pounds

Features

• Includes die-cast Thomas and troublesome truck
• Based on new video The Great Discovery
• Features lights and sounds
• Two different play patterns

From the Manufacturer
Relive the adventure of the Thomas and the Great Discovery video with this never ending Take Along playset. It includes 3 levels of play, multiple lights and sounds, a troublesome truck and Thomas.

Customer Reviews

what a pleasant surprise
I bought this toy today and set it up when we got home (30 minutes, no tools but for sure an adult job, maybe a much older sibling. I have a few other track sets to the Take along Thomas (TaT) already as well as a bunch of the wooden train track.

My feelings about the TaT track we already owned is that the line seems sort of flimsy. I wasn't expecting much, especially for forty bucks. Was I pleasantly surprised! The spiral tower, which is the big draw in this set, fits together so much sturdier than the regular track. The track for the spiral is different than the grey flat stuff; there are sides and it is much stiffer. It fits together differently as well but the whole thing transitions at ground level to fit to the regular TaT track. Now we might be in trouble if we lose the special ascending track piece that connects the tower with the flat track (it's different than a standard ascending track piece). In addition to the very cool, very sturdy spiral tower, the set comes with enough grey plastic track pieces to make a nice little layout, including a couple of "turnouts to nowhere" where you could hook up other playsets or other loops of track. I didn't have any turnouts before so that is a nice plus. Also, right after the flat track starts and begins to curve, there is a very handy guard rail that keeps the trains from careening off the track after they've zoomed down the mine shaft spiral. Very handy. There are cardboard inserts to stick in the seam between the track and the guard rails; the scenes are cute but the cutouts themselves are just in the way and we'll probably take them down and toss them out. Funny...in the display picture online the cutouts make it look as though there is a bridge and some more track or something; it's just a picture!

The directions and illustrations for assmebly are well done; there are a lot of parts but each one is clearly labeled so there's no confusion as to "is this track piece B or track piece C?"

My son (age 3) has had a ton of fun sending his trains down the spiraling mine; I would buy the item again.

Santa brought this one, and what fun!
There's nothing like the excitement of Thomas lover when they unwrap a new Thomas toy. And this one hasn't disappointed.

The key feature is the tower which provides a venue for Thomas or another member of the gang to hurl down the tracks. The blue segment that you see in the picture is a tunnel that has a release mechanism. On top of one of the central pillars is a button which releases the engine to roll ahead and initiates the Thomas theme. (Yes, this makes noise... um, I mean music!)

There are a couple of barriers that can be toyed with, as well as a track shunt to whisk Thomas off one way or another. (Morgan's Mine comes with enough track to make a small oval loop. If you have additional track there are two "Y" connects you can build off of.)

Putting the Morgan's Mine together is something really little kids are NOT going to be able to do. BUT once you have read the instructions and popped it together there shouldn't be much of a problem since the tower is sturdy and isn't likely to come apart unless they put some effort into it. [All the 'orange' pieces are thankfully labeled.]

Overall, this is an okay toy that your Steamie lover should enjoy. I do suggest, however, that you shop around. And personally, I think it would be better if it were possible for 2 engines to race one another down the tracks.

Pam T
mom and reviewer at BooksForKids-Reviews