Cranky the crane works at the docks on the Isle of Sodor. Lost? If I mention Thomas the tank engine that may help. Cranky is part of the ever growing Thomas and friends collection. He makes sure the cargo is unloaded and loaded from the trains onto the ships. I let my son buy this with some Christmas money he had received from a relative. I was stood in the shop at the time saying no that's too much money but then realised that it was his money and he could buy what he wanted with it. The price was about £18.99. His version isn't all wood as the shown one is but also plastic in the dark and light grey colour. What Cranky does in the toy version is ...  Read the complete review

Being ever so slightly sexist, as I am a girl and a mum of two (girls), I never thought I would write a review about a train set, especially not about a crane! But ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, this is not any crane we are talking about, this is Cranky the Crane (CC). I have a two and three quarter year old girl who adores Thomas et al and to my shame and to her pain does not have a CC. However her bestest friend in the whole world has one so hopefully that qualifies me to review him (it). CC as the description states has a fully functioning crane mechanism which you (i mean your child.. he he!) can control using two cranks on the side, they are fairly easy ...  Read the complete review