Mattel Thomas & Friends Take-n-Play Diesel Steamworks

We brought this for my son for his fourth birthday which was around 8 months ago he is Thomas mad and has a lot of the track collections along with what seems like every engine available. The toy is based around where the diesel engines work and play and there was also a DVD released around the same time called day of the diesels and so for a while diesel 10 and his friends became my son’s obsession. What you receive when you purchase this set - Diesel engine With the set comes a metal take and play engine diesel this is the most famous diesel engine on the famous TV program so a good addition ... more

As Thomas the Tank engine seems to be a long term fixture in our house, the little blue engine and his friends seemed to dominate Little Man's Christmas presents. He loves the Diesel engines from the TV series, probably because they are a bit more mischievous than the steam engines, so when I saw the diesel works Take N Play set I knew this was likely to be a big hit with him. The play set consists of plastic track attached to a house shaped structure to represent the diesel works, which has a handle on top to make it portable. The track has an oval of track at the base, which goes through ... more

My three-year-old and one-year-old sons are mad fans of everything related to Thomas and have had the Trackmaster trains for a long while - this Dieselworks set was the first "take-n-play" toy that we bought for them. Following on from the Day of the Diesels film, this set contains a few references to the film and therefore the kids were able to connect with it straight away. The picture of diesel 10, the happy hook crane and the look and feel of the diesel works are all direct links to the film and the kids quickly related to these and were even asking to play with it while watching the film ... more