Customer Reviews

100 Piece Bulk Wooden Train Track Compatible with Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway System

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Other than the lack of any packaging (just 100 tracks dumped in a shipping box with no branding, labels, manufacturer's name, etc.), the wooden tracks get the job done. A bit rougher hewn than the expensive store-bought tracks and a very small handful of duds, but the vast majority of pieces are quite good. Since these have the "ball" style connectors, the pieces ALWAYS fit together but the side effect is that the fit isn't always the tightest. I prefer this style since there's nothing more annoying that the carved connectors that are slightly off-size and are difficult to slide together (especially for small hands). I highly recommend this set as a cost-effective and quality way to expand your train track set -- my daughter has never enjoyed her trains more than she does now that we have lots more fun tracks to ride on.

Our experience was identical to J. Paris. The track is shipped in a simple brown box. Most of the pieces fit, some have to be forced. At least 10 pegs have fallen out in the three weeks we've had them.
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Three months later, at least half the pieces lost pegs and I expect the rest to follow. Not worth it.

I ordered this 100pc. wooden track set for my son this Christmas to coordinate with his Thomas the Tank Engine stuff. For the most part, the tracks do work well with the name brand ones. Sometimes the holes or pegs are too big or small and lead to frustration in my 3yo engineer. In addition, some of the pegs have fallen out already (about 10, 1 mo later). I'm sure they can be fixed with some wood glue though. I was surprised that the tracks were mailed in just the one box, no packaging, no bag and no picture of what was inside. I suppose that's good for the environment, right? Overall, he's having a great time playing with them and loves the number and variety of tracks that came in the set.

Although these tracks came in a bulk shipping box, they were packed well.
The track set I received, were solid pieces not with pegs inserts as I had read.
They are good quality. A very good buy.

The price is right. YOu can't beat it for 100 pieces. But be aware that I found some of the pieces were warped and didn't sit down flat and that some of the ball ends were glued in crooked and had to be removed and fixed and not all of the train track grooves lined up well. I bought this to put a track on a train bed I built, and having a wood shop I fixed the bad pieces, but will make my own the next time. Don't know if the regular thomas the train tracks have this same problems or not.

DO NOT BUY THESE !!!Rail set was poorly crafted and ALL of the shorter radius track sections did not fit any of the straight sections. They were also different widths than the straight sections. The male side had dowels that were inserted at varying angles that didn't fit straight sections. I couldn't use about 50 percent of the set. Basically it looked to me like it was crafted and cut in a third world country with crude tools. I was expecting machine cut sections. DO NOT BUY THESE!!!

We bought several of the generic wooden train sets from Target, we also have some Thomas train sets. These bulk pieces fit and work with both sets. Some conn

All the connections are ball-joint connections, and all the tracks are grooved on both sides, even for the straight tracks.

If your kid(s) love playing with train sets, these tracks are by far the best value for increasing your collection.

We're an old fashioned center and we like the children to play with toys that encourage, even require imagination. No branding, wood is great. These tracks last forever and can be played with by one or more children.

This is great track at a great price! I'm thinking they must have changed their track in the past year. It no longer has the ball connectors. Instead it is all one piece, just like the more expensive track. It fits well with our Thomas and imaginext track. It is a good mix of straight and curve pieces, short and long.

My boys kept asking for additional track for their wooden Thomas Train track set. This bulk track was a perfect gift for them this Christmas. They immediately headed downstairs and began building. The pieces fit perfectly with the wooden track they have, and seem to be of good quality. I may have to buy yet another box!