My 3 year old son LOVES this toy, he has played with it non stop for a week now. We bought the pack of extra track and it has been hours of fun. He used some of his regular pieces from his other train set to add to it. The set is light weight and easy to pack up to take out which is the point. I will definitely buy more from the take along set.

After comparing the wooden railway and the take along roundhouse, i decided with the take along. It's portable, and my 3 and a half year old really loves the bright colors. It's not as sturdy as the wooden one, because my son pulled out the bottom piece. That's ok,though, you can just pop it back in. My son will only play with this for about 6 months before he gets tired of it anyway and that's worth the lower price. By the way, the take along trains are die cast, and much "nicer" than the wooden railway trains which DO chip easily. As for the complaints that the trains do not fit in it, they do fit, you have to do it carefully. The tracks fit, too. You just have to pay attention to how they are packaged when you first buy it, so that you know how to put them back in. You can't just stuff the tracks in.

It was delivered in excellent conditions, I stongly recommend them, I was worried of the deliver time because I nedded for my boy's birthday but it arrived exactly on the time they agree.

My kids got this for Christmas 2 weeks ago and we are already giving it away to charity. It is very cheap feeling and the doors or almost impossible for me to open. The storage for the tracks is not large enough unless you put them in JUST right. We also have another of these playsets and it is the same, just not enough fun for the trouble or cheapness. Now, I DO like the take along trains and tracks. My kids just don't need to add the badly made playsets to the tracks to have fun. I'd take a pass if I were you.

My boys love all things Thomas, so in their case this is a great toy. My major complaint is the fact that it is not so easy to "take along". The track storage compartment at the top is not very big and if you don't fit the tracks in perfectly, the lid just doesn't close. Not a very convenient take along toy and the tracks are always scattered about the house. I agree with other reviewers - the wooden tracks are much better - I would rather take enough of those along to make a simple track than this toy.