Customer Reviews

BRIO Safari Train

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I thought this product was made of wood, as so many Brio products are. It is made of plastic - everything except the small lion which is wood. This doesn't seem very good value for the money considering the materials.

My daughter loves animals and this toy is nicely made. It is mostly plastic, but is ok because the giraffe's neck is articulated. And if you do not want to buy the tracks, you can use it with IKEA train tracks. We are adding this train to the Zoo garden set.

Our newly 2 yr old guy has been captivated by the Brio train sets since he was 18 months old. The First Railway Set is a delight, as is the Safari Set, with their (mostly) wooden components.

I ordered this separate train set so that he'd have more cars and animals. It's cute, the little giraffe neck moves up and down, and he loves it. Unfortunately, it's plastic. Although it's certainly of fairly heavy plastic, it's not nearly as durable as the wood and I can't see handing this set down to future generations of kids.

I was really disappointed in the lower quality. .

I grew up with BRIO and am very happy that my 2 year old son now loves his train set. My son received many BRIO pieces for his birthday, including the Safari Figure 8 set, so I thought this would be a fun addition even though I had to hunt this item down, as it appears to be discontinued. However, when this set arrived, I was very disappointed with BRIO's use of plastic rather than the traditional wood. All of the train cars are made of plastic, the giraffe is plastic, the elephant might be wood but isn't obvious as it is fully painted over, and the lion is wood with some details painted on. The three animals are so radically different that if I didn't know better, I wouldn't believe them to all be part of the same set. My son doesn't know the difference of course, but I can't see this being something special to save for his kids. I guess I should have read the Amazon reviews first!