Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Figure Eight Train Set

by Melissa & Doug

Product Features

• Wooden set includes engine and coal car, plus track and bridge
• Hand-painted, solid wood pieces are compatible with wooden railway sets
• Brightly-colored vehicles and interlocking play pieces make for great pretend play

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 9.5 x 3 inches ; 3.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000JNE658
• Item model number: 703
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,104 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #24 in Toys & Games > Play Vehicles > Play Trains & Railway Sets > Train Sets
  • #32 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Activity > Trains & Train Sets
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features a wooden engine and coal car, plus 20 pieces of wooden track and bridge! Great value!

Product Description

Classic wooden train set features a wooden engine and coal car, plus 20 pieces of wooden track and a bridge. Great value. Compatible with other popular wooden railway systems (sold separately).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Set!, February 12, 2009

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MercyMomma (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Figure Eight Train Set (Toy)

We bought this set to add on to a generic wooden train set that we already owned. For the price, this set was just what we needed and was a perfect add-on. I really like the bridge; others that I've seen are not sturdy at all. My children were frustrated playing with a set in a store once because the bridge kept falling over- the bridge was just track that sloped up and lay on top of a block. Even I could not get it to stay up when pushing a train over it. The bridge in this set is great, no toppling over= happy kids. I'm surprised that more of the bridges out there for trains aren't made like this? The pieces fit together the same way any other wooden tracks do, I didn't think they were poor quality or gapping like another reviewer mentioned. My 1.5 and 3.5 year olds can both push the trains around on the track and enjoy this toy! I like that this is a toy they will be able to use for a long time, creating more elaborate tracks as they grow.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly constructed with numerous design flaws, June 4, 2008

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LG (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Figure Eight Train Set (Toy)

Bought this wooden set thinking I would be able to add Thomas Series of train engines, since the previous review said it was compatible. The set arrived with its own little red wooden train engine and coach, linked via magnets. The set is easy to assemble, but there are lots of loose gaps between the track pieces where they align with each other, causing the pieces to drift out of alignment. This causes the train to derail (come off the track) frequently. My little daughter was left wondering why the train never gets any further than one single piece of track segment.

Besides trying to realign them every time the train runs on the flat track, the train set also derails as you are climbing up the bridge (in fact, the front wheels of the engine go up in the air as you are pushing the engine up the incline when you are just beyond halfway through the upward incline - in other words the slope of the bridge wasn't constructed properly). So the child is expected to hold on to the engine and the coach with both hands to prevent it from derailing while going up the bridge.

The next thing I tried was with the standard Thomas Engine sets to see if any of these problems would be solved. I bought a set each of Thomas and Percy engines and coaches and then tried running them on this track set. The same problems of frequent derailing persisted (over the bridge and over the track joints).

So my overall impression is that its a very poorly designed set, which teaches the child more about accidents and derailing of trains, rather than how trains should run smoothly!

So I wouldn't recommend wasting money on this one and just spend a little extra for a good quality train set. You get what you pay for!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Value, December 8, 2007

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Proposal Manager "PM" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Figure Eight Train Set (Toy)

Adorable train set for the price. The tracks and train included in this set work fine with my son's Thomas wooden railway tracks and trains.