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Learning Curve Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway - Round - About Action Turntable |  | Brand: Learning Curve
Category: Toy
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $17.99
as of 9/8/2010 20:57 CDT details
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Seller: NHS Hobbies
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2565
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 5 years
Size: 3 years-and UP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 2 x 10.2
MPN: LC99927
Model: LC99927
UPC: 796714999272
EAN: 0796714999272
ASIN: B00009ILZH
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Works with Roundhouse and Useful Engine Shed | | • | Realistic railways design | | • | Traction Rails improve battery-powered engine performance | | • | Recommended Age Range 3 to 5 Years |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 12
More Plastic and More Expensive June 7, 2010
J. Park (Los Angeles, CA United States)
First of all, I can't believe I had to buy this separately after spending almost $[...]
on the Roundhouse. Gosh, can they milk consumers even more? Why not just include this as part of Roundhouse and charge a bit more? Ridiculous. Once you buy the roundhouse, I guarantee your kid(s) will ask for this. And this thing is not cheap. It's a very nifty product, give that, but very overpriced. But your kids want it for the collection, so we buy it. It works well and it's cool. However, similar to reviews below, this piece is largely plastic. Given that plastic works better for the turning mechanism, I believe this shows how this toy maker, HIT Entertainment, is moving from wood to plastic, probably to cut costs after that pathetic lead paint incident. More and more of Thomas the train toys are being made in plastic but prices still going up. Ridunkulous and Outrageous! What's next? Paper trains?
For product specification review, please read below review... "The only wooden part to it is in the center where the rails are. The attachment pieces (on the red part) are plastic, as is the grey-colored siding that guides the engines into the Roundhouse. ALSO, the wooden piece, for whatever reason, is not glued down to the red plastic piece and falls out very easily. Not a big deal when it's set up and attached to the Roundhouse, but still annoying. The grey-colored siding also snaps in and out which also is annoying. My son takes off the siding and then yells that it's broken. It snaps back into place easily, but I don't understand why it comes off at all. While the red plastic part is sturdy, the grey pieces are a bit more flimsy, and I could see them breaking in the future if they continue to be snapped in and out of place by little toddler hands."
My grandson loved playing with this toy. June 6, 2010
CJ (Manassas, Va)
I purchased this toy along with the Thomas Round House. My Grandson loved playing with both, especially turning the trains around on the Round About.
 Bigger than it looks in the picture February 24, 2010
Kyralessa (St Louis, MO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My five-year-old is a Thomas the Tank Engine nut, and he'd been wanting a new turntable for a while. He had a small one from one of the generic train sets like this (Wooden Turntable) that turned only somewhat well, and wasn't very big. Of special note was that Gordon wouldn't fit on it. How can you act out "Off the Rails" with a turntable that Gordon won't fit on?
So we ordered this one, hoping it was bigger. In the picture it doesn't look all that big.
It turns out to be HUGE. Gordon *and his tender* fit completely on the middle piece. As others have noted, it's mostly plastic, which isn't a big deal to us; probably makes it sturdier than if it were one big thin piece of wood. Also, note the little gray knob on the front (it's hard to see in the picture). It's attached to a little gear that fits in notches in the gray turntable piece, so you can turn the turntable with the knob. Our son loves it, and is off in his room setting it up now.
We love Thomas and Friends September 17, 2009
Busy mom (Alabama)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought this a while ago to go with the roundhouse, but my kids lost the wooden turntable part that sits in the middle so I had to buy a new one. Thomas railway products are pretty expensive, but I have 4 boys so it is worth it to me. I love to watch them play with these toys. They use their brains and their imaginations!
Great Addition to the Roundhouse January 15, 2009
Heather (Orange County, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this piece to go with our Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway - Roundhouse and it was an instant hit with my almost 3 year-old. He immediately figured out how to turn it and back the engines into "Tidmouth Sheds" as he calls it.
I will note though - this piece is largely plastic. The only wooden part to it is in the center where the rails are. The attachment pieces (on the red part) are plastic, as is the grey-colored siding that guides the engines into the Roundhouse. ALSO, the wooden piece, for whatever reason, is not glued down to the red plastic piece and falls out very easily. Not a big deal when it's set up and attached to the Roundhouse, but still annoying. The grey-colored siding also snaps in and out which also is annoying. My son takes off the siding and then yells that it's broken. It snaps back into place easily, but I don't understand why it comes off at all. While the red plastic part is sturdy, the grey pieces are a bit more flimsy, and I could see them breaking in the future if they continue to be snapped in and out of place by little toddler hands.
Overall, this is a fun and very entertaining addition to our Thomas collection. My son plays with it a TON. I would recommend it if you have the standard Roundhouse & not the Deluxe.
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