For my twin boys' first Christmas we were very keen on buying a train set. My boys were 11 months old for their first Christmas but in order to buy toys for them to "grow into" we decided to not just buy for the 12 months age group and looked for toys they would benefit from as they got older and felt looking at the 18 months + age group would be better investments. Because we had two children and refused to buy them a train set each we were keen to buy a train set that was large and suitable for two children to share and the Little Tikes Road and Rail Set seemed to fit this criteria. ***Little Tikes Road and Rail Set*** The Little ...  Read the complete review

I received this toy last year as a gift for my children. I found it quite difficult to fit it all together, and it takes up a large amount of room. The pieces of track are very large, so an older child can fit them together simply enough but it really needs to be on a flat surface, not so good for carpet. It doesn't stay together much unfortunately, toddlers are boisterous at the best of times, and for the parent, it can become quite frustrating repeatedly putting it back together. It comes with a train and carriage, a helicopter and car. There is a draw bride that you can lift up, and barriers for the train track and road not that these stay in ...  Read the complete review

This was bought for my son as a christmas present a couple of years ago and he loves it. I must admit he will play for long periods of time with it. However, it is not without its disadvantages. 1. It has so many bits that come apart easily, they are big chunks of road or rail so are not dangerous but irritating for the parents who have to keep putting it back together again. 2. It is very big once set out and if you only have a small amount of space for your childs toys it can take up most of it. But the advantages are the kids seem to like the ramp the cars can go down and the people that you can put in either the car, train or ...  Read the complete review

We recieved this Little Tikes set as a present when my sons were one and it became a firm favourite straight away. The set consists of a large mountain, a road way with lifting bridge, and a railway. The set also includes a train with carriages, a car, a helicopter, and three people. As we have found to be the case with all Little Tikes toys it is colourful and very robust. It is currently on sale for around £30. The set comes in many pieces- you have to piece together the road and rail track, but it is very easy to assemble. As the pieces are so chunky children age 2-2.5 can assemble it themselves. It does take up a lot of floor space when fully assembled, ...  Read the complete review

We bought my oldest this 3 years ago. It is a well made toy and very sturdy. However there are lots of pieces of track which are easily broken up and thrown around the house. Because of this we have lost one of the corner pieces and therefore it doesn't fit together very well now. My youngest has now started to play with it and he seems to enjoy it. Basically it consists of a big ( a bit too big) mountain with road slopes down it and a big train track that goes round it. You get a few vehicles and people too. My main critisism is that it needs plenty of space and can't really be left lying around so you spend all the time making it just for the kids to ...  Read the complete review