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

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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Review of Brio EMO Transporter

This Train will terminate sooner rather then later

Advantages: nice design, good remote, children like it
Disadvantages: too many batteries, not so cheap

...My son got this train as a present as he was already the owner of substantial number of Brio train collection pieces (rails, bridges, trains, wagons, traffic signs, buildings, animals, trees...). All of them were pretty static unless moved manually. This was his first battery operated vehicle and on top of that it has remote control. I thought that would be a good opportunity to stop him playing with various remote controls for adults. (It was only a thought as there are never enough remotes for boys - well, men actually.) Remote control is in size like a third of the real TV remote, quite chunky and lays nice in the child's little hands. The train is 19 cm long. The toy was a great success. It gave a complete new dimension to the whole Brio set. My son quickly discovered all the options available from the remote so horn was used...

JohnCheese 09.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brio Remote Control Express Train

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

...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

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

...a green coloured wooden base. This crossing will add that extra play opportunity to the brio train track and will make playing trains and cars fun. I have spent many hours playing with Brio trains and I have played with this crossing .Both my grandson has a large Brio train set and my school does too. Brio train play is good fun. Brio toy as are well made will last many play hours. I anticipate my grandsons will go in the loft for the next generation. This crossing is good for children to practice their fine motor skills both fitting the track then raising and lowering the red barriers. These barriers also make them aware of road safety. Although there are not many real rail barriers like this left in England but there are a few. I have listened to some great imaginary play by children using this barrier stopping their cars...

mumsymary 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio Railway Crossing

Hours of fun and cheaper than Brio

Advantages: Inexpensive, compatible with other sets, good for imaginative play
Disadvantages: Some broken track in 18 months, but not too unreasonable

...reached the crawling stage, and shaking the track until it comes apart! Fortunately, the track is very cheap to replace, at only £1.87 for 4 sections of straight or curved track. Extra engines are only 84p! The track is also compatible with similar (but much more expensive) pieces from Brio or The Early Learning Centre. The railway engine and carriages will also run on these, but we have chosen to add more items from the Tesco range because they are so reasonably priced. I believe that the original set was around £10, although I looked for it in Tesco today and couldn't find that exact set. We have added the "station play set", which was £9.43. This includes a raised station platform and a waiting room, with ascending and descending track on each side. There is a tunnel under the station, so as the train approaches you, err, my son, can...

Ali1000 13.08.2005 (20.09.2007) · Read review
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Review of Tesco Wooden Train Set

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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Review of Brio

Choo choow, the fastest steam engine on the track

Advantages: good toy
Disadvantages: none except price

...BRIO 33191 Wooden Railway System: Mallard Train Set By Brio Brio wooden trains are fantastic; they are a well made long lasting toy. Brio started out in the early 1900's by Invar Bentsen a basket maker who soon designed and made wooden toys. My grandson has a large collection of trains and railway tracks some brio some other makes. I anticipate that the brio trains will well outlive his play and be stored for the next generation. He does have a Brio Mallard train which can be bought on its own or as part of the BRIO 33191 Wooden Railway System: Mallard Train Set. This mallard train set is compatible with the Brio wooden railway system made from beech wood. It is a large layout having 19 pieces of track including 2 sets of points and a bridge. 1 curved track and a mechanical switching track. The engine is obviously...

mumsymary 28.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brio Mallard Train Set