Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Pirates Cove Set

by Learning Curve

Product Features

• Features Pirate Ship, exclusive Skull Mountain, Treasure Tunnel, the Admiral, Thomas, Salty, and much more!
• 3 exclusive destinations
• Themed 41 piece set
• Vehicles aid in developing fine motor skills, color identification and counting skills
• Realistic details

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 12 x 23 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000X6QP3C
• Item model number: LC99572
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 5 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,332 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Inspired by "Thomas and the Treasure" and "Thomas and the Storyteller" stories, this set is full of fun and magical surprises!

Product Description

Inspired by "Thomas and the Treasure" and the "Thomas and the Storyteller" stories, this adventure-packed, 41-piece set is full of fun and magical surprises. The Pirate's Cove Set features the exciting Pirate Ship, the exclusive and exciting Skull Mountain, Treasure Tunnel, the Admiral, Thomas, Salty and much more. This set is sure to delight and inspire any little engineer to great adventures. Measures 12"L x 23"W x 5"H.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 2 Year Old Granddaughter Loves It, March 15, 2010

By 

Michael V. Rosenberg (Glastonbury, CT USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Pirates Cove Set (Toy)

My grand-daughter (age 2) played played with it for hours. Well, part of it -- down the hill (from Skull Mountain) and through the tunnel. Again and again and again and....

Not that it bothered her at all, but one caveat - there is a short section of elevated track supported on piers (leftmost section in stock photo) that tends to "collapse" (supported section slides away from piers) easily. Some youngsters may find that frustrating and some parents, when the youngsters need help setting the track again and again and again, may find "frustrating" too mild a term.... We didn't have that problem since the 2-year old wasn't interested in that section, but others may want to try something like rubber cement (sticky enough hold track on piers but non-permanent, so set can be taken down) or even a loop of masking tape.

As a model railroader who didn't succeed in luring any of my children into the hobby, I rate the set a huge success as a start in luring my granddaughter, at least.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Thomas-lovers!, August 10, 2010

By 

J. Clarkson "mupificus" (Albuquerque, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Pirates Cove Set (Toy)

My two 4 year-old boys LOVE their train tracks, and their Pirates Cove pieces in particular. They love all the different configurations they can use, the secret treasure chest that pops out when the trains cross the skull. All the pieces have taken a beating while being thrown into their box, and so far remain intact. A great buy for train Thomas, and pirate-lovers!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pirates Cove and Chuggington invaders, January 24, 2012

By 

Aaron Ishii - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Pirates Cove Set (Toy)

This set consists of four major components: A Pirate ship, a skull mountain bridge with tunnel, a mountain tunnel destination, and some Thomas track. It also comes with Thomas the Train and Salty, and a red cart cargo car.
a. The Pirate ship is similiar to the mine shaft destination. Young engineers will be amazed as Thomas "disappears" and reapears poping out the front trap door. Curiously, the ship is arranged in the reverse direction to the natural flow of the track.
b. The Skull mountain features and imposing skull with a mouth that acts as a tunnel, the crest as a bridge. There is a lever in the track over the crest which releases a secret treasure. The chest can be looted and hauled away in the cargo car.
c. Down a ramp from the Skull mountain is another mountain with a tunnel a trap door, and a rock that moves to reveal a treasure map. Your little Engineers will love to let Thomas run down the track through the tunnel.
d. The track is very high quality. It fits snug and is stamped to look like a railway. It also has rugged grooves for gripping train wheels. There are two bridge risers, two merger track pieces, there risers (not including the ship) and a good stretch of other pieces. All the pieces are double sided but some look like roads on one side.

Brewster invades [WARNING: you may damage your set following this advice or decrease its resale value]

First, I noticed to my delight that Brewster fits easily through the map destination tunnel. No problem there. To the frustration of my little engineer, he does not fit through the ship trap door or the skull mouth.
a. I broke out the jigsaw and my son watched patiently as I carefully jigged the mouth wider, taking care not to break the through the grooves of the track above. I finished it with a serated knife and some elbow grease. Brewster just fit.
b. The ship was a bit tricky because the trap door is held by a rivit that won't pop out. So I drilled two small holes above the two holes holding the rivit. I ramed the trap door hinge rivit up into these holes using a hammer an chisel, taking care not to damage the plastic. No epoxy glue needed, Brewster fit through nicely even with this small distance modificatin.
c. I reversed the map mountain in they layout, making the track flow a continuous loop. Brewster ran over the skull opening the treasure, down through the tunnel, up over the [now shorter] bridge and through the ship, back around to loot the treasure in his cargo car! He drives hauls it through the mouth of the skull. Traintastic!