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Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Battery-Powered Thomas | 
| Brand: Learning Curve
Category: Toy
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.99
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Seller: JustKidsStore
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 738
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 5 years
Size: 3 years-and UP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4.4 x 2.6
Warranty: Please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
MPN: LC99717
Model: LC99717
UPC: 796714997179
EAN: 0796714997179
ASIN: B0000630L2
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Die-cast metal chassis and body | | • | Chunky rubber-lined tires grip track to prevent derailing | | • | Easy-to-operate start button | | • | Special magnet helps keep rolling stock on the track | | • | Recommended Age Range 3 to 5 Years |
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Product Description
This Thomas the Tank can run practically anywhere a youngsters imagination sees track thanks to its powerful four-wheel drive. Its easy-start button and auto shutdown feature make it super simple for kids as young as 3 years old to operate. It even has a light. All it requires is single AA battery. *Thomas Wooden Railway vehicles, track and destinations are not compatible with Take Along Thomas items.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 Great toy for little Thomas the Train enthusiasts August 20, 2010
J. Kveton (Houston, TX)
I bought this train for my 2 year old son who loves trains. He enjoys watching this train go around the track and anywhere around the house for that matter. This train has surprising power and is easily capable of pulling multiple train cars behind it. We've only had this train for a few weeks, but it seems sturdy enough to stand-up to the usual play of toddler. It has fallen off the furniture multiple times and is still working well. These little battery powered engines are a great addition the other Thomas Wooden Railway pieces.
Heavy-duty, fast Thomas (but some things you should be aware of) August 5, 2010
Sebastian Montgomery (TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Battery-powered Thomas was purchased after we had such a good experience with battery-powered James, and seeing how much my 2 year old enjoyed this added dimension to his train play.
Thomas is powered by a single "AA" battery, which is installed by unscrewing a single screw on the bottom, and lifting the body of the train off. When you push the button on the top, he comes to life, moving at a surprisingly fast clip, and his lantern glows brightly. The great thing about the battery powered trains is that they are perfectly capable of being played with without power, and as long as the button is not pushed down (even without battery), the wheels roll freely. If you have the button on, the wheels will lock up and grind when you try to free-wheel it. Just something to be aware of.
All of the battery powered trains are built the same way, and they are all die cast metal instead of wood (with the exception of the tender car, if the train has one like James). This adds considerable weight to the train, and if dropped (or worse, thrown), really can hurt. So be aware if you have a temperamental engineer!
The speed of the engine with a fresh battery may pose some problems when navigating particularly curvy or technical track layouts, but with guidance does just fine.
Another thing to be aware of is that if you use track other than the Thomas track with the traction etched into it, these engines may have some difficulty going up steep hills. We have a few pieces of track from other random sets (like Brio), and sometimes the train won't make it up and over a hill depending on how big of a load they are carrying and how new a battery is in there.
I have not experienced that they make my son "lazy" about pushing his other trains, as some other reviewers have noted, but of course, all children are different. He really enjoys the hands on approach, and even when James or his other battery powered engines are going on their own, he gently keeps a finger or two on them constantly!
Overall these are really fun additions to the set.
 poor function, died after about 1 hour July 2, 2010
Stu Adler (Cleveland, OH USA)
This self powered train does not work very well on standard thomas train track. We have a glue-down set up with nearly perfect alignment of all track pieces, yet is still did not run very well (either getting stuck, or jumping the track on corners). Build quality is generally mediocre. Our unit died permanently after about 1 hour.
Great toy, but poorly constructed June 15, 2010
Nikki Kane (Chicago, IL)
It's Thomas, there are no surprises here. The wood construction is solid and helps up well. The issue we have faced with the battery powered Thomas and friends engines that we purchased is that the screw (to remove the top part to replace battery) is so poorly constructed, it falls apart in no time. As a result, we have so many engines witht eh top part missing. Other than this issue, it's a great toy overall.
Battery powered Thomas the train May 3, 2010
Suzanne Treviso (Newington, CT)
The train is very heavy duty. It only hold a few car but its exactly what I was looking for.
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