In the night garden ninky nonk train set

Advantages: strong, versatile, compact, nice bright colours, fun to play with
Disadvantages: none so far

...I decided to buy the in the night garden ninky nonk train set from Amazon as my young daughter is a big fan of in the night garden and whenever it comes on TV she gets really excited. So as my daughter already had some of the other characters from the show I wanted her to have the whole set and since buying it the train set the ninky nonk train set has become one of her favourite toys to play with on a daily basis. The train set can come apart and be attached on many different ways and my daughter enjoys looking at the nice bright colours and putting some of the other in the night garden characters onto the train set even though it keeps falling of now and again it keeps her busy and sometimes I hear her in fits of giggles. The train set is very cute and versatile and its great as children such as mine can have hours of fun with it...

jmarlene 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hasbro In the Night Garden Ninky Nonk Train Set

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

Tesco trains

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: As good as original brands

...Santa bought my four year old the lovely mountain train set made by tesco. He desperately wanted a train set and when we were in Toysrus we would look at the brio sets and then look around the other toys. It was not unitl near to Christmas that I actually decided to look at the price. I was horrified to discover how expensive brio train sets were. I looked in several other shops ELC etc but they too were too expensive. I found a cheap set in ASDA but it did not seem to be compatabile with brio or even near to the quality, so I decided not to buy the train set from there either. When we were shopping in Tescos my son pointed out the train sets and took a real interest in a lovely mpuntain train set which had had a wooden train set, a little bridge, wooden animals, trees, tunnels, trains, carriages,sign and mountains all for £24...

classicmum 16.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Wooden Train Set

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

Join on the Choo-choo train....

Advantages: cheap, lots of add-ons
Disadvantages: pieces do not stay attached

...My son is train mad. Anything to do with trains will catch his attention. So, as it was approaching his second birthday, I went looking for a suitable train set. Browsing round the toy section in Tesco, I noticed they had a small selection of wooden train sets. Usually priced at £24.95 for a 70 piece set, the sale price was £9.24. Perfect. The other set available was a 50 piece set usually priced £19.97 but in the sale at £8.87. As well as train sets, Tesco also has a wide range of wooden accessories for the set. You can buy an extra train carriage for less than a pound, a whole train and animals for £3.75, a signal box for around the same price and many other things. You can buy additional track to add on to your railway in various sized boxes, mostly costing under £10. These are ideal presents for children who already...

kerrith 13.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Wooden Train Set

chho choo lets play with our tesco wooden train

Advantages: cheaper than brio
Disadvantages: nearly as good as brio

...a mixture of Tesco and Brio pieces they fit together well . The tesco train set is much cheaper than the brio one. I think it is also compatible with the EL C train set Below a small sample of prices Tesco train set Powered railway engine £5.43 4-railway sections straight or curved £1.87 Standard train 90p Brio price 4 railway track sections straight or curved £6.99 Standard train £44.99p Powered engine £10. It does not seem posible to buy this from tesco on line but I have seen in it several larger tesco shops. There are complete train sets available ot you can just buy a few pieces The tesco wooden tracks are really worth buying and the trains and railway furniture are all right but the brio trains are nicer and the brio range of trains and extras is larger. Adrian has a basic set with a few basic trains made...

mumsymary 15.10.2005 (14.12.2006) · Read review
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Review of Tesco Wooden Train Set

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

hours of fun

Advantages: good toy
Disadvantages: none maybe too expensive

...Hello, have you come to play with me? Today I am playing with my brio train set. Shall we play with it on the floor or on the table? I prefer to play on the floor as I can lay it all out and get really involved. My Brio train set is made out of wood its very expensive I will tell you about that later lets get on with playing a game. Lets start by making a basic circle we need 8 pieces of the wooden track look how easily they link together like a jigsaw Shall we put that red engine on the track you can put the wagon on it there move the train round the track its got a magnetic coupling when you put the magnet of the train next to the magnet at the end of the truck it will pull the truck round after it, ohhh its not pulling the truck is moving away from the train? I know why it must be because that we have two like pole magnet ends...

mumsymary 04.10.2003 (20.10.2003) · Read review
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Review of Brio Train Sets

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

Lets PRETEND we can get the ends to meet up!

Advantages: Great for spacial reasoning skills development
Disadvantages: Quite an expensive brand

...Brio Wooden Train Track Set! Oh yes, that is PERFECT! My little toddler will have HOURS of fun building his own train track and putting little trees and houses around it...OH AND LOOK, it even has parts where you can make cars cross over. Cool Beans, a bridge too! And bricks on it. How cute. Aww that is so sweet. Yup...my little boy is getting that for Christmas. Whats the price? WHOA! Welcome to the world of MAJOR Christmas present, and little or nothing else, not even a turkey but a chicken, a VERY SMALL chicken for Christmas dinner at that price. But, he is worth it. These things are educational and little boys just LOVE train sets. I know this for a fact, because all the kids channel commercials tell me this every day! So, no cost is too much for my precious little baby boy of 3! (Have to say 3, as there was NOTHING...

mrsxopher 11.09.2004 · Read review
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