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

Short and straight Brio track.

Advantages: Usefull pieces of rail
Disadvantages: None

...or female end pieces to connect. Brio wooden trains are an incredible toy they will inspire your child?s imagination and they will practise their motor skills constructing this rails. The rails do fit together fairly easily a 3 year old can do it. Playing with and constructing Brio train sets will improve your child's hand eye coordination, knowledge of shapes and forms. Playing with these toys will practise and improve manual dexterity, creativity. These short tracks and Brio trains are suitable for children over 3 years of age upwards my 6 year old grandson still enjoys setting his track up. These short rails assist him to lay a track all over his bedroom floor under the bed around his chest of drawers in the most intricate of layouts Brio trains and their tracks are made from kiln dried, insecticide and toxin free beech wood...

mumsymary 21.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio Mini Straight Tracks

A Brio wagon for those heavy loads

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

...as often as he used to. I love to sit watch and listen to the children talking. They will spend ages moving the trains around picking up and unloading goods. So would I recommend this toy ? Yes if your child has or is going to have Brio train track , trains or the brio compatible ones from other companies....

mumsymary 31.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio 33654 Loads Wagon

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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Review of Brio

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

...me, as I cannot remember Brio as a child. The BRIO name was developed from BRothers Ivarsson at Osby. They are the number one Wooden Toy Company in the world. Brio UK was set up twenty-five years ago. I think it is one of the most well known companies with children and definitely popular all round. If you have a Brio set or are considering purchasing one Enjoy! Thank you for reading Grimsbygal...

Grimsbygal 15.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of Brio

choo,choo, choo, choose Brio

Advantages: fun
Disadvantages: expensive

...toy. Now the bad bit ……… The price a bit EXPENSIVE (but worth it) a simple circle and single train and carriage will cost £14.99 (12 pieces) a figure of 8 with a bridge £29.99 a deluxe set £39.99 Brio is recommended for children 3.1/2 yrs upwards. It is good for their manipulation skills locking the wooden track together and arranging it so it completes a circuit. Then they can push the trains around and imaginary play can take over driving the train over and under bridges stopping at stations you can extend the game by making scenery to stop by lego makes good houses /shops to place along the route. Let imagination take over a childs world of play for both boy’s and girls Thank you for reading. ..Mary three guesse , what are the other grandparents buying Adrian for christmas?...

mumsymary 10.11.2002 (06.12.2004) · Read review
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Review of Brio

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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Review of Brio

A little toy dog

Advantages: cute
Disadvantages: none

...Ahh its cute this little wooden toy dog that is made by Brio has been around for many years 1945 saw the first one of these toys. Let me describe this toy. Sampo dog stands on a red base. He stands 5 inches tall. Sampo is a shiny black dog with yellow feet these are fixed to the base. Sampo's legs are made of 2 beads each these are threaded together and to his feet with I think it's a strong string like thread His body is one black bead shaped a little to resemble a dog's body the legs are threaded onto the body. There are 3 black beads threaded to make the tail this is threaded into the body and out the head end, there is a black bead to represent the neck then a head shaped black bead this has two beady eyes and two red floppy ears. In total there are 19 parts to Sampo dog. Now the base circle of the base moves if you press it...

mumsymary 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brio Sampo the Dog