Thomas Ultimate Set

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Product Features

• Features a working crossing station, road and rail stops, as well as a motorized Thomas the Tank Engine and working Cranky the Crane
• This giant set includes over 150 pieces of track, cars and accessories
• Three engine sheds house 13 of Thomas's favorite friends included in this set
• Measures 90"L x 62"W when assembled

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 15 x 31.6 inches ; 16.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16.6 pounds
• 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: B0001NE926
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,398 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

While Thomas the Tank Engine and his various friends have been featured quite nicely in a variety of toys, games, stories, videos, books, and pajamas, it's as a train set that Thomas really makes the most sense. And this sprawling ensemble is certain to delight any Thomas fan. Measuring 62 by 90 inches when laid out in full, it features Thomas and several of his pals including Percy, Harold, Annie and Clarabel, Terrence, Trevor, and Cranky, all of whom are motorized. Tunnels, bridges, and houses add to the authenticity of the set as do three engine sheds positioned around a large turntable with directional switch. 26 pieces of road let you arrange the town according to the prescribed plan or design your own unique layout. --Charlie Williams

Product Description

Bring Thomas to life with this truly Ultimate Set! This giant set includes over 150 pieces of track, cars and accessories. Features a working crossing station, road and rail stops, as well as a motorized Thomas the Tank Engine and working Cranky the Crane. The real working turntable will thrill the little engineer in everyone. Three engine sheds house 13 of Thomas's favorite friends included in this set. Requires 3 "C" batteries (not included). Measures 90"L x 62"W when assembled.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Value, November 27, 2004

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Beabea (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas Ultimate Set (Toy)

The first thing to know is that this set is not compatible with the wooden sets. This set has plastic track that has plastic battery powered trains. Our four year old has both the plastic and wooden trains, and he plays with the plastic Tomy set the most. The battery operated trains go faster and you can connect a lot of cars (sold seperately) onto one train.

Of the sets that are for sale on Amazon, this is the one to buy (especially if there is a free shipping offer). Here is a quick run down of some of the nicer items in this set.

--Cranky at the docks. This is cool because the train automatically stops when it pulls into the station. Cranky then turns back and forth as if it is loading the train. There is room for two trains side by side.
--A two sided station that has a built in stop track.
--A road/track intersection. The road vehicles have to stop until you push a button to let them go. As the train goes through, it also pushes open a gate that blocks the path of the bus.
--A lot of road including a road bridge. It would be nice if the road stayed together better, but it is still fun. You also get two battery powered road vehicles.
--Thomas and his coaches along with Percy and three freight cars.
--A three way swith track that also has three sheds to park Thomas and his coaches.
--A turntable. This isn't so helpful because of the ten positions on the turntable, only four of them are for "standard" track. The rest require a "diamond" type connector that you can't find anywhere. As shown on the box, the turntable really isn't connected to anything. You'll need to reconfigure the track or buy more track to have fun with the tunrtable.
--Miscellaneous tunnels, bridges, trees, etc.

If you buy this, I recommend the following.
--Buy another train such as Henry, Gordon or James. With such a big track it is more fun with more than two trains.
--Once you get comfortable with how the track can be arranged, rearrange the track so that it is a more open plan. My son likes to sit close to the track and his feet tends to accidentally wipe out much of the set. In other words, there is a lot of rail and road track in the middle of the set which is where kids want to be. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't sell extra track but it is not hard to find on line. Buy some extra track and rearrange things so that you have a more-open layout. It is especially helpful to buy the male female track adapters.

In summary, you get a lot of neat stuff with this set and your child will have hours and hours of fun with it. It semms expensive, but if you were to buy these items seperately, it would cost a lot more.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Crazy, April 25, 2005

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RPrice (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas Ultimate Set (Toy)

My 3 yr old son is Thomas crazy. He has the wooden railway which he loves and we just recently bought this one. He seems to like the larger trains made by Tomy better than the wooden ones. I like this set, but I agree with previous reviewers that you'll have to find a way to re-configure it. It is VERY LARGE and my 3yr old tends to knock over and disconnect the track fairly frequently. The only other thing that I would add is that the box and picture of the vehicles is very misleading, 3 of the vehicles trevor, terrance and caroline are miniature. They are smaller even then both the wooden and metal trains by learning curve. This was a little upsetting to us because that was one of the reason we bought the set for the rare vehicles. All in all it most be pretty good because my sons plays with it from the time he wakes up until he goes to bed. You can hear him playing out the stories that he watches on the tapes. Also, although it is motorized you can put the trains in the off position and they can push it just like the wooden trains. We don't even put the batteries in anymore because like another reviewer we found that he just watched. It promtes much more imagination this way.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too big- over 5 ft x 7.5 ft - takes up an entire room, November 18, 2005

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J. Gault (Lumberton, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas Ultimate Set (Toy)

My son was going to be getting this train set for Christmas. He absolutely loves trains and we thought it was a great buy at about $100. It comes with tons and tons of pieces, plus it's motorized. We had no idea how HUGE it was going to be though. BE PREPARED to dedicate an ENTIRE room to this train set though. By the time you set it up and leave about a foot or so of crawling space around the track for your child to play, it takes up an entire room. We could not put this set in his room because when he stepped out of bed, he would be stepping right onto his train set AND it would have left no room for anything else in his room. We thought about putting it in our dining room which is huge. But, by the time we left about a foot of crawling space for my son to get completely around his train set, there was no room for my table or for people to even walk from one room to another. If you have a large room to dedicate to this toy, then this is definitely the train set for your child. Sadly to say, we have to return ours and try to find a smaller version.