Bright and Brilliant Brio Blocks

Advantages: Tactile, striking, appealing, useful, develop children's skills
Disadvantages: A little pricey maybe

...The other reviews in this section have dealt with Brio's most famous range...their trainsets. Brio also produce a whole range of other toys which are also available on their website and this review is for one of the products I particularly like. BRIO 30156 Wooden Toys: 50 Coloured Blocks Wooden blocks have to be the most enduring toy for young children. I have fond memories of my basic wooden building blocks which I used up until the age of 8 or 9, creating bridges, castles, houses, dragon?s lairs and all the other props necessary to the action I was imagining. So when my daughter was born, we bought her a set. So did my mum. So did my husband?s parents. So did my best friend. Then I found a set very cheap in a charity shop?and another at a car boot fair. After a while and after lots of sore feet (those things have sharp corners...

historywitch 18.05.2007 · Read review
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Short and straight Brio track.

Advantages: Usefull pieces of rail
Disadvantages: None

...Brio Mini straight tracks . These small pieces of straight track are actually a very useful addition to a Brio track. Thee are 4 pieces in this pack http://www.thelittlehencompany.com are selling it for £3.95. There are many other online shops selling this for similar prices. Just search for the best deal. These mini straight rails are not all the same 2 of the pieces of rail have at opposite ends one male/lug and one female /hole joining part 1 of the other pieces has two female /holes joining parts , the remaining piece has both ends with a male /lug joining part. Each piece is small and measures 54 mm 2? These pieces are as I said incredibly useful. If you are constructing an elaborate railway circuit then you may well find you have left a very small space to fit a piece of track or you are stuck with two male /lug...

mumsymary 21.09.2009 · Read review
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A Brio wagon for those heavy loads

Advantages: good addition to the railway
Disadvantages: side flap might be weak

...Come on join me playing with the Brio train set again. This time it?s a loads wagon 33654 that I am playing with. The load?s wagon is a bright red. It is an open carriage suitable for transporting many things. This Brio wagon suitable for a child aged over 3 years old. This wagon measures 3.35 inches /8cm. The wagon base is beech wood the open carriage is red plastic. The side wall of the carriage can flip down by pressure on the side clips. In side the carriage there is a green metal cylinder this can be picked up by a magnetic crane. At the ends of the carriage are magnetic couplers. This carriage will be attracted to a brio train and can be pulled along the railway line. At one end of this wagon is a south magnet pole at the other end a north one so your child will need the carriage turned the right way for the engine to pull...

mumsymary 31.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio 33654 Loads Wagon

Does your Matchbox car need to cross the Brio railway line ?

Advantages: Great addition to the Brio train track
Disadvantages: none

...Does your Matchbox car need to cross the Brio railway line ? If so then go to the 33388 BRIO Railway Crossing . This crossing will allow your car to cross the line safely without being ploughed down by the wooden magnetic brio express. This crossing does have a section of rail with male and female connectors at opposite ends it will fit in anywhere along the track . With this crossing comes a straight piece of track too. You do need someone to control this crossing to raise and lower the red safety barriers which are fitted in yellow wooden posts. The grey road with white road markings crosses the track. You can use toy road or draw a road onto paper or card to extend the road for the cars. With this set also comes two free standing red crossed barrier warning safety signs these are on short wooden posts fixed to...

mumsymary 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio Railway Crossing

Constructing with Brio

Advantages: really good toy
Disadvantages: None except the price

...We bought my grandson the Brio 34534 Builder System: Construction Vehicles Set. This set cost us £39.99p. The recommended age for this toy is 5 years. I think that's about right a child may be able to manage to build this at a bit earlier age but certainly over 4 years old. I think I can see Adrian playing with this until he is about 8 years old This set comes with 244 pieces and includes a flashing light and engine sounds. There are 2 button batteries needed these came with the set. There are heavy duty wheels and linking pieces to make a caterpillar track also included are 3 plastic tools a screwdriver, a hammer a spanner. Basically this set makes construction vehicles; it will make 5 different ones. It makes a digger, a carrying truck a caterpillar vehicle and other pieces of machinery I do not know the name off The pieces...

mumsymary 22.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brio 34534 Builder System: Construction Vehicles Set (244 Pieces)

Hours of enjoyment from Brio

Advantages: high enjoyment factor
Disadvantages: can prove very expensive

...Yesterday it was my future nephew Luke’s birthday. We bought him two Brio Thomas the Tank engine trains. He has just turned four and his Brio collection is his pride and joy. He has lots of the track that fits all around his room and nearly all the Thomas trains. The only disadvantage is the price. I think Brio is expensive for what it is and once you buy one it is almost inevitable that you will end up buying more. At £10 for the average Thomas train it is very expensive for what it is. The best thing about brio is definitely the child’s enjoyment. I find it hard to think Luke ever getting tired of his Brio set and an imagine him coming home from school in his teenage years and going straight to his train set. To enjoy Brio at its most you will certainly need as much track as possible. If you are thinking...

Grimsbygal 15.03.2001 · Read review
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A clasic brio toy train

Advantages: fantastic
Disadvantages: none

...Shall we play trains today? I am looking at the Flying Scotsman Made by Brio. Brio has been making wooden toys for a long, long time. Brio, a Swedish firm now multinational began in 1884 as a basket making company and developed to making wooden toys wooden trains are brilliant toys. Brios also make prams, cots, high chairs and car seats. The flying Scotsman toy train is a wooden train built to go with the brio wooden train sets. This brio toy is a good reproduction of the Flying Scotsman's engine and tender. This toy is authentically reproduced; details make it like the real train. The flying Scotsman is Green with black details. The engine number and LNER written in gold. Makes me feel all nostalgic for those years of steam. The length of this toy train is 160mm. There are magnets used to attach the train to any other carriages...

mumsymary 14.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brio Flying Scotsman Engine

choo,choo, choo, choose Brio

Advantages: fun
Disadvantages: expensive

...Choo choo choo Brio train set I was playing with the brio train set with the children at school and decided it was so good it deserved an opinion writing about it. Brio train set are made of wood the track is in small sections which are interlocking . Some sets include bridge’s, non moveable points, a station building. The trains and carriages are painted bright colours the paint is very long lasting does not chip or scratch. The train s have magnets attached to then to connect the carriages together an extra for supporting work on magnets in science as one way round the magnets attract and the carriages stick together ,the other way round the carriages are repelled and the magnetic force pushes the trains around the track. The wheels are firmly fitted in. Brio trains are a very sturdy well built long lasting classic...

mumsymary 10.11.2002 (06.12.2004) · Read review
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The 09.15 from Brio, driven by me.

Advantages: Durable, Collectable and Entertaining
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Brio trains have been a part of our family life for some considerable time now. It is a toy which stimulates imagination, creativity and problem solving (how do I get this track to link together!). As a mother of three little boys aged two, four and six years, Brio is a firm favourite in our daily routine. Giving hours of fun for the young and um, lets say once young! Over the years our collection has grown from a simple figure-of-eight set (currently priced at approx £29.99) to one which now includes bridges, tunnels, turn-tables and platforms. Junctions and sidings sprawl across our lounge, ready to transport much loved engines to various platforms, windmills and stations. If there is one toy that is guaranteed to keep all three children amused it is the train-set and it is fun to join-in myself in helping to create more...

LouiseA 13.01.2003 · Read review
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Brio wooden trains move into the computer age.

Advantages: A modern idera for the classic wooden train sets
Disadvantages: I prefer the classic trains

...It's the computer age so Brio classic wooden train sets are trying to keep up with the times. One of the more modern trains Brio have produced is the EMO's (Email officers) transporters. This is a set of a train and two carriages. The train is a sleek looking blue vehicle designed for speed, the carriages are both email blue too they are simple with a slot along the centre top in this slot your child can slot the email messages that are to be delivered. With the train you also get a net worker figure and 2 emails which the net worker figure can hold in his /her hand when delivering them. This train will add a little extra to the Classic set adding more play opportunities. The net worker figure can ride the train and send the messages. Your child does not need a computer to play with this train as it runs on a classic old...

mumsymary 19.11.2007 · Read review
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