Advantages: Great for small hands
Disadvantages: So many to collect

...This is where it all started. The starter set was my son's first exposure to Thomas the Tank Engine - First things first - there are at least 5 different styles of Thomas toys - none which interact with each other so sticking to 1 type would be recommended. This is a My First Thomas range which are ideal for children aged 1 and above.The toys are brightly coloured and accurate copies of your favourite Thomas characters. There are plenty to collect! The trains all have non marking rubber wheels, are hard wearing, dishwasher safe and most importantly are battery free. A great and affordable gift for a 1 plus year old boy - My son, now 2 cannot get enough of his collection - he has 35+!!!! You can also purchase a track which the trains will interact with. So to conclude - an ideal purchase for any young boy... Read review

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Advantages: Very sturdy unbreakable toys., Quite inexpensive., Easy to clean.
Disadvantages: none that i can think of

...Before my son Callum's first birthday, he is now 2 1/2 years old, we bought him the My First Thomas range of toys. These are chunky plastic engines and carriages etc. They are unbreakable, Callum throws them so hard sometimes and also they have been stood on and not broken too! The prices start at £4.99 and i think they are well worth every penny, seeing as he still has them all in working order. My son has all the main engines, Thomas Edward, Henry, Gordon,James and Percy and also he has Toby the tram engine and Harold the helicopter as well as a troublesome truck, Annie and Clarabel (Thomas's Carriages) an express coach, Bertie the Bus and a lorry. There is such a good range and you can even get a nice plastic track for Thomas and his friends to go along. You can obtain all these toys from mothercare, Toys R us, Tesco... Read review

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Advantages: Great stories, good engines, educational experience
Disadvantages: The new stories aren't as good

...I am now 17 years old, but I do still love watching the odd Thomas The Tank Engine story very ocassionly. I grew up watching it and I had, and still do have, most of the videos and story books. I was pleased to discover that the programmes and concept is still going strong. They are continuing to make new stories and introduce more characters, both of which have some positive and negative costs. I will write everything that I know about Thomas The Tank Engine and try and gives those of you who haven't seen it before, a good idea of what it all involves. Thomas The Tank Engine (and Friends), is a childrens programme about the trains that operate on the island of Sodor. It follows them through their ups and downs and also their funny moods and strops that they get into. Each story tends to have a message at the end... Read review

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Advantages: Likeable little characters, Simple stories
Disadvantages: Only really appeals to children 6 and under...

..., at the exclusion of others, and often in succession. We watched it on our own, with my niece and nephews, and with a couple of Master Two's little friends. All the children, with the possible exception of my eight year-old niece, loved it. This veritable binge of Thomas viewing has certainly taken its toll, however, and Master Two actually seems to have tired of the DVD. In fact, he hasn't asked to watch it for a couple of days now, and seems more than content to play with his train set instead. Which is quite a relief. FINALLY: Once upon a time, the fame of Thomas The Tank Engine and his friends extended no further than a rather quaint little series of wallet-sized books with the name of the rural Vicar who had written them printed discreetly across the front. I suspect the poor Reverend Awdry would probably toss in his grave at some... Read review

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Advantages: not very big
Disadvantages: too expensive

...Hi and very warm welcome to all Thomas's friends! Here we got another edition of Thomas the tank.  THOMAS AND JEREMY AIPORT SET My son is very fascinated by Thomas and it's been very long journey with him. My son have got nearly every set you can get and one of his Christmas wishes was Thomas and Jeremy airport set. Last year Christmas time has been very tiring because we spent so much time looking for it- every shop we to have been sold out. But eventual we got it.  ********************************************** After spending so much time looking for it we was a little bit disappointed because this set wasn't very unusual - nearly contains everything what other set part Jeremy and airport station. ... Read review

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Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: None

...it especially for the little one. It wasn't too expensive and only cost £30 for the Thomas Aquadraw set, which had various contents inside the box to hopefully keep the little one entertained. It states on the front of the box that you need two AA sized batteries which weren't included with the Aquadraw set, so before I left Woolworths I made sure that I bought a pack of batteries. When I got home I showed the toy to the little one and he helped me unpack everything from the box, inside the box there were a few different gadgets to keep the little one entertained. Inside the box there was a fairly large sized plastic mat (90 cm by 105cm) which was white in the middle and had a 3 inch border around the edges which had pictures of Thomas the Tank Engine, grass and the sky printed on it. As well as the mat there was also a fairly chunky... Read review

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Advantages: Hours of fun.
Disadvantages: Difficult to watch what you want to!

...ignores warnings not too go too far down the line, but the warnings fall on deaf ears. 26/