Tomy Thomas the Tank Engine, it's a true friend of kids

Advantages: A great toy in your child's collection.
Disadvantages: None in my opinion .

...Thomas the engine and it's friends are all very popular toy trains. My 22 month old son grew interested in these after watching their shows. He wouldn't ask for anything besides these trains. He also remembers all their names very well, Thomas being the foremost of them all. I have collected a whole series of Thomas engines and Tomy is one of those. It's a dark blue coloured engine with round eyes that attract the children. It's bottom is red and it has a steam outlet right on it's top. It works well with a set of tracks that are sold separately. It's size is also very appropriate. I think my son wouldn't part with it. He simply loves it and expresses that this is his best friend. Mine came in for 12 pounds. It's a very good bargain for this great toy. It's a one in itself toy that can keep your child busy for hours...

chekcherry 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Tomy Happy Shape = Happy Kids

Advantages: Great shape sorter & design.
Disadvantages: None.

...~*~*~*~TOMY HAPPY SHAPE~*~*~*~* *~*~*~*WHAT DOE'S IT LOOK LIKE~*~*~*~* The shape sorter is constructed in an innovative U-Shape Curved Pipe design with 2 openings. One end is Shape Sorter and the other end is a Giant Feely Box. There is a "foot" so that the U can be turned in either direction. As far as shape sorters go, Tomy Happy Shapes is selective, containing just 3 shapes, no more no less. Its back to the basics: circle, triangle, and square. Unlike the Tupperware Shape-O-Toy and Vtech Sort 'n Go car which include other "fancier" shapes, such as a Star, Heart, etc, Tomy Happy Shapes sticks with the Basic 3. Any more than that and its confusing, overwhelming, and advanced. While these other more inclusive Shape Sorters are fun and educational toys as well, they are not for the beginner. If you are looking...

star333 20.07.2005 · Read review
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Tomy happy, so am I!

Advantages: Great for learning.
Disadvantages: None.

...Tomy Happy Shape. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is tomy happy shape? Tomy happy shape is otherwise known as a shape sorter, you must remember these from when you were a wee one. There are many shape sorters around these days, some more complicated than others. The tomy happy shape is a very simple one and great as a babys first shape sorter. The tomy happy shape looks like the u-bend section in a pipe, with a small tube as the base (see photos) and is yellow in colour. At one end of the pipe is a purple cap / lid which has 3 shapes cut into it, circle, square and triangle. At the other end of the pipe is a green cap / lid, under this cap is a thin sheet of rubber which has been cut in a way so that you can push your hand through into the pipe to re...

funkyjo 29.09.2005 · Read review
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Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance - Hard to tune

Advantages: Small size, easily carried around
Disadvantages: Difficult chanel tuning

...The Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance is described as the bestselling baby monitor in the UK. I have had this baby monitor now for about 6 months and I must say it still hassle me although it does work. The monitor has 4 channels which the manufacturer thinks makes it easier to find one that's interference free. I can only disagree. Every time I turn the monitor on I need to search for the right channel. This can sometimes take up to several minutes although it is meant to remember which channel was selected when you next switch on. The monitor has a 300m range, so it can be easily carried around the house and the garden for flexible, portable monitoring which does work. I have tried it out and even in the garden the reception is good. Tomy has integrated a 2-way communication which is described as being "handy for when baby...

gunner_mel 10.07.2008 · Read review
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Good cheap baby monitors (Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance Monitor)

Advantages: 100% portable, mains or battery powered, good solid units
Disadvantages: Can eat through batteries

...Recently the video baby monitors that I had been given (second hand) gave up the ghost so I had to purchase a new set. I decided that I didn't need a video one again or one with any other fancy gimmick on it (one that plays a melody etc), I wanted a nice basic and reasonable cheap monitor just so I could hear when she wakes up in a morning etc. After looking online at the hundreds of monitors available (most of which are very expensive) I found the Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance and after reading a couple of reviews I decided that this one should do the job just fine. Whats in the Box? In the box you get a set of instructions whish tell you how to get started and how to use all of the various features these monitors have, you also get two baby monitor unit, one is the baby unit and one is the Parent Unit and you get two mains adaptors...

soutram 08.10.2009 · Read review
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Tomy Verona

Advantages: cosy toes for added warmth and handy front pocket. Ease of use
Disadvantages: limited use for larger babies

...Price:£44.99 We chose the Tomy Verona carrier over other models as it seemed especially versatile and came with a handy cosy toes attachment. It was ideal for carrying our daughter round the house while she was very small, both when we needed our hands free and when she wouldn't sleep - the combined closeness and movement sent her off quite quickly. The cosy toes was also very useful as it buttoned on or off without having to remover the harness. However, she outgrew the cosy toes in a couple of months. The harness was relatively easy to put on single-handedly although more than one pair of hands was useful for the first couple of times. The forward facing position for older babies was also good, allowing them the freedom to look around. However we found with bulky winter clothes this put added strain on the popper fastenings...

jcmoore 12.05.2001 (15.05.2001) · Read review
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Tomy Walkabout Classic Advance

Advantages: Reliable clear sound
Disadvantages: Not found any except maybe drinks batteries

...This baby monitor has been great for us with our 3 month old son. He is finally sleeping through the night so rather than me going up to bed at 8pm I am now putting the little fella down and having an evening! This isn’t the first monitor we tried and I can say it is certainly the best. My advice would be to avoid the monitors that plug directly in to the wall (like the air freshener units!) as they need to be away from a radiator and at least three meters apart which is no good if your baby’s room is directly above where you are with the other monitor. The Tomy Walkabout Classic consists of two units, which can either be plugged into the mains or run using 4AA batteries per unit (beware if you are using the batteries as the main method then you will find they run down quite quickly). The units have a plug and quite...

drucetowers 01.06.2006 · Read review
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Be happy, be stacky, be Tomy.

Advantages: Strong, durable, colourful.
Disadvantages: None.

...Tomy Happy Stack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yet another great toy by tomy. What is the tomy happy stack. Now im sure you all know what a toy stack is, however the tomy happy stack is slightly different from the one I used to play with. The one I used to have was a platform with a pole in the middle and you used to place the different size rings on top of each other. However the tomy happy stack these days consists of a purple base, a blue and white ball with a happy face and 5 stacking rings that dont have holes in them, on the underside of the ring is a hollow ball shape hole and on the top is a ball, see my pictures if you dont understand what im talking about. The rings are all different colours, turquoise, green, yellow, orange and pink and all have...

funkyjo 29.09.2005 · Read review
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  Tomy keeping a watch on baby

Advantages: Fulfils all your needs
Disadvantages: AA batteries required in the baby unit

...airwaves are used for all baby monitors so be aware that you may be overheard. 5. My only complaint of the entire system is that the baby unit requires AA batteries, the parent unit has built in rechargeable batteries and as such is great. In reality you do tend to move baby around in the Moses basket and so on, so the baby unit travels with it. Sometimes near a plug socket so the AA batteries are not needed but sometimes you have to use them. The drawback then becomes that the nightlight does not work when you have the baby unit disconnected from the mains. Tomy should rethink this one. The parent unit in brief has the following functions: 1. Temperature LCD display 2. Light display on/off 3. Moving light/audible transmission 4. Portable unit 5. Volume control In detail 1. As discussed above the parent unit displays...

Proffles 04.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of Tomy Walkabout Digital Premier

Tomy walkabout baby monitors

Advantages: Easy to carry
Disadvantages: Low battery life, poor reception, cuts out regularly, alot of interference

...I have recently had my baby daughter and was looking for some baby montors that i feel i could trust. My partner and i brought the classic monitors but feel very let down with not only the quality but the overall product. They have always got some sort of interference no matter what channel they are on, they cut out on a regular basis and the battery life is very poor. Its not the Tomy brand as i have since purchased the Tomy Premier baby monitors and have found them slightly better although the 'crystal clear' sound they promise isn't so crystal clear and they are a little harder to carry around, it does have a carry clip but if you bend over it falls off. Now, i have tried both of these products in different areas of the house and at other family members houses but have still experienced the same problems. My advice would be if...

ach33kystar 26.06.2009 · Read review
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