Tomy Thomas & Friends Sodor Adventure Island

This Thomas Sodor Adventure Land was bought as a gift for my twins for their 1st birthday. It was bought in Argos for £24.99 at the time. It states on the website and their catalogue its for ages 1 and over. Although I believe it should be maybe for 2 plus. It comes flat packed in a box, although its not fiddly to put together its extremely light and can be easily knocked out of place. You have to attach it in layers, and if knocked even gently the joins come apart which means having to click them back into place. It comes in 3 layers or shelves, the blue bottom shelf, next up a grey shelf, up again is the brown and right at the top you have the green. You ...  Read the complete review

I must admit that we were actually given this and that we did not buy it new. It came to us complete though so I think I am safe to review it properly. I've had a look on the internet and the price for this is only around £20 at the moment as so many toy shops have it available at less than the £25 RRP. It's £25 in Toys R Us if there's nowhere near you that's got it on offer though. We were given this because the grandson's a bit of a Thomas the Tank Engine fan and a well meaning neighbour thought he would really like this. Our grandson is four though and although he does like it, I think this is really meant for younger children because of its limited ...  Read the complete review

Upon the advice of a good friend we decided to buy this toy for my son Alfie for christmas. The toy is suitable for 12 months+ so as Alfie is nearly 2 we thought it would be the ideal toy as it looked quite interesting. We purchased the toy from Boots online for £24.99, however we took advantage of a 3 for 2 promotion they were running at the time so it actually cost us less. The Sodor Adventure Land was easy and quick to put together and was an instant hit. It consists of a 'helter skelter' style track upon which the 4 trains run. To add to the fun there are several barriers to stop the trains, a turntable, releasable bridge, siding and even a boulder that ...  Read the complete review

when our son got this for christmas i was expecting something bigger when i took it out the box, it doesnt stand very tall and is probbaly more suited to 18 - 24 months and upwards. All the parts need the stickers put on when assembling and the levels kind of stack together. It comes with 5 trains and a boulder. The idea is you let the trains start at the top and then press the button to release the boulder to chase after the train, there are 3 barriers that can be put up and down and on the 2nd level there is a bridge which pops up when the button is pressed and this can be used to stop the boulder from catching the train. There is also a little divider than lets you ...  Read the complete review