Got my set from a friends model shop that was closing down. £40, bargain, the trade prices is higher than that! It's a nice little set for the starter modeller in electric model railways. The packing is well designed, and is perfect for adding other items to as the modeler wants.

I was more than happy when my son's interest in all things railway led him to start looking at model railways: this Thomas set offers the chance for young and old to get started in the wonderful world of the railway modeller! The Amazon price can be beaten if one is willing to work a little harder: try the usual online market sites and even your local model railway shop who are usually happy to give a discount with a view to securing your future custom. The product comes with a simple oval of track, a Thomas engine and the Annie and Claribel coaches. The quality of both the engine and the coaches is reasonable, although parents may want to keep them away from ...  Read the complete review

We searched hi and low for the best price that we could find for this Hornby Train set, MailOrderExpress.com had the set advertised for sale on their website for £58.99, Amazon had it on their site at £44.99, which is a difference of £14, a substantial saving. Some online shops only stocked the larger train sets which were over £100.The larger sets had more engines but the main aim of buying this smaller Thomas the Tank set ( For aged 4 and above ) was to see how Ashley got on with it, if he enjoyed it then we could add more coaches as and when we could afford to. On the day that we ordered the train set we went over to B and Q to buy a 4ft 6ins square piece ...  Read the complete review

This train set may seem a bit expensive to some but I think it is worth the price it sells for. The RRP is £55 on the Hornby website though Amazon claims it is worth £75 and they are selling it for £58! We snapped ours up at a toy shop closing down sale for £40 and I think that's the absolute cheapest you can get this for. It is suitable for ages 3+ though really it does require adult supervision while in use for under 5 or 6 year olds. An adult needs to assemble the track too because it's quite intricate. There are several long and thin pieces of electric track in the set that need to be slotted together just right so that the electricity can flow ...  Read the complete review