Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Figure Eight Train Set (22 pcs)

We got this for my 2-year-old train-loving daughter last Christmas, and it's become her favorite toy. The rails are sturdy - much sturdier than the plastic sets - and easy for little hands to manipulate. It's the perfect introduction set, as it's a simple design, but it's just enough track to cover a coffee table and fit several trains at once. (And there are enough rails to make a few different configurations if your little one tires of the figure-8 setup.) The wooden rails themselves are a standard size, so all the Thomas & Friends wooden track accessories and trains she had fit perfectly. (We've since added Toby's Windmill and the Track Signal to the set.) In fact, the only complaint I have is that the little red train and caboose that come with the set don't stay on the rails very well. They derail just about every time my daughter sends them down the bridge, but the Thomas trains seem to have larger wheels that help keep them on track. Regardless, you won't find a better starter set for a child who has an interest in trains - it's just the right size and price, and it's flexible enough that if your child really enjoys it, you can always buy new items/rails to expand it. I highly recommend it for any train-loving toddler.

Every train kid has to have a figure eight track. Excellent quality product with just the right number of pieces for quick assembly, and easy connectivity, that provide endless hours of fun. Ours arrived in perfect condition with no missing parts

I ordered this for my 17month old grandson and he loves it even more than I anticipated. The size proportions for a young child’s hand are perfect, it is sturdy and durable because it’s made of wood not cheap plastic, and it’s easy for him to manage putting the train on the tracks. He is able to put the track together with ease also and he’s able to push the train around the figure eight. It is nice that this set doesn’t use batteries and that it’s more interactive with a child (his parents too). We like that the set is expandable so that there are other occasions we can buy parts for him. The expansion parts contribute to the learning and teaching what a train does and allows his creative side to shine through. As a mode of transportation today’s kids don’t have much exposure to trains and we think it’s important to keep them alive in children. I would highly recommend this for both boys and girls.

We have three sets of this train and the train tracks. All of our grandchildren enjoy playing with them. Good quality. Kids are 1, 2, 3, and 4

My 2 year old absolutely loved this. Great quality, fits together nicely, durable, and cute.

This set was perfectly priced and worked excellent for my intended use! My 2 year old daughter has the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Oval Track Set along with a few engines. She really likes bridges so I wanted to find a sturdy and easy to use one that she could add to her set. That's exactly what this bridge is! We currently have it set up in the figure 8 set-up with the bridge in the middle (as the instruction pamphlet shows). Due to complaints/other reviews, I did however initially set it up with some of the Thomas & Friends tracks to check the compatibility and they fit/work just fine together! Both of the trains that it came with along with all of our Thomas & Friends engines fit under the middle tunnel (which is where the track goes) of the bridge. The bridge as I said is sturdy and easy; it is built right into the tracks, you don't have to worry about any risers to support the ascending/descending pieces and thus don't have to worry about the bridge being knocked over. My only complaint would be about the trains that came with the set and some minor derailment issues. While the trains that come with this do connect to the Thomas & Friends engines they don't connect very strongly to them and seem to disconnect when "zooming" over the bridge. They do seem to stay together though if is just the two of them. They also do seem to derail when "zooming" over the bridge whether they are alone or linked together. If the Thomas & Friends engines are left alone they don't seem to experience derailment when going down the bridge but if you are trying to do more than one engine at once, they do tend to derail when pushed down the bridge. If you are just chugging two or three of them along smoothly derailment doesn't usually occur. I haven't noticed derailment on any other part of the tracks. Overall this is a great purchase for the money! It is much more reasonably priced than something similar from the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway (yet it is compatible with it). I would absolutely buy it again and recommend it to others! My actual rating would be 4.5

Melissa and Doug provides the best quality toys! We love this train set

We bought this set to add on to a generic wooden train set that we already owned. For the price, this set was just what we needed and was a perfect add-on. I really like the bridge; others that I've seen are not sturdy at all. My children were frustrated playing with a set in a store once because the bridge kept falling over- the bridge was just track that sloped up and lay on top of a block. Even I could not get it to stay up when pushing a train over it. The bridge in this set is great, no toppling over= happy kids. I'm surprised that more of the bridges out there for trains aren't made like this? The pieces fit together the same way any other wooden tracks do, I didn't think they were poor quality or gapping like another reviewer mentioned. My 1.5 and 3.5 year olds can both push the trains around on the track and enjoy this toy! I like that this is a toy they will be able to use for a long time, creating more elaborate tracks as they grow.

As it arrived yesterday I can't say enithing about durability, but fit to our brio and IKEA collection perfectly. It is better crafted as IKEA and as nice as Brio.. We love it and will order more for sure.

Lovely set. Received on time and it's great to play with. My child loved it.

Perfecto para los niños, de buen tamaño y entretenido de armar

Good quality!

Was grandsons favourite Christmas present