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cheapest wooden train set?
dot1 · 13/08/2004 10:40
We want to get our train obsessed 2 year old a wooden train set for his third birthday in December - the kind you can keep adding bits to - like Brio, I think. Does anyone know where we can get one at a good price?
crumpet · 13/08/2004 11:13
we got one from tesco which is also compatible with brio i think
katzguk · 13/08/2004 11:39
asda do them too and the early learning centre have their own brand all cheaper then brio
LunarSea · 13/08/2004 11:40
I've got some wooden train set which I was going to put on Ebay this weekend (not Brio, but compatible stuff). Not looking for a lot for it, but obviously it's quite heavy so postage would be £7-£10 I think. If you happen to be anywhere near us (Warwickshire/West Midlands area) you could collect of course. CAT me if you are interested and I'll send you photos/details. That's all loose stuff but there's quite lot of it - includes some bridges, turntable, etc and quite a few trains. I also have a new unopened set (we already have too much) like this which I'd sell (for less than that one sold for). Also various other Thomas bits which are all destined for Ebay unless anyone wants to stake a claim for them, including some Thomas engines, and a large 5-engine shed/roundhouse, and lots of Thomas videos, probably some Thomas books.
babster · 13/08/2004 11:44
There's a set in Asda that has multiple bridges etc and better value than the one I bought in Tesco, imo. I think it was about £15-£17.
juniper68 · 13/08/2004 11:50
Lunarsea, how much u wanting for the 5 engine shed? Do you have a pic of it?
dot1 · 13/08/2004 12:06
ooh Lunarsea - would love to buy the new unopened wooden set you've got. I'll try e-mailing you but I'm notoriously bad at doing this, so my e-mail address is [email protected] if you can try e-mailing me. We're in the Midlands area first weekend in September - could possibly come and collect!
Thanks!!!
Titania · 13/08/2004 12:11
another vote for tescos......compatible with most other wooden sets.
LunarSea · 13/08/2004 14:23
juniper68 - I don't have a picture of our engine shed yet (was planning to photograph all the things I need to sell tonight) - but it's like this one (just the engine shed and the piece of 1:5 splitter track - not the other stuff in the picture obviously). I'll weigh it tonight so I can work out a price and postage.
dot1 - I'll email you photos from home tonight.
Flip · 13/08/2004 15:14
I'm sure that first one which sold on ebay for a ridiculous amount is the one that's on a special at Asda. I walk past it every week in the shop and think about ds2. But ds1 has the Tomy trainset with battery powered trains and he's got way to much of that already. We have to move all the furniture back and roll up the rug to put it out. Here's a pic . Password is yellow.
I've found it's lasted longer for ds1 who's not nearly six and adores it.
Flip · 13/08/2004 15:16
Of course it's now much bigger than that pic taken about eighteen months ago. He got another big set at Xmas and two for his birthday. It's not expensive either to add onto because quite often they have BOGOF offers in Toymaster.
LIZS · 13/08/2004 16:10
Friends found that the Ikea set wasn't as compatible with brio and some of the others - length of pieces differed and connections didn't fit together as well. We have a mix of Tesco, elc and Brio.
dot1 · 13/08/2004 16:33
lunarsea - thanks so much - I did try e-mailing you, but of course it didn't work...
LunarSea · 13/08/2004 16:43
Worth having a little bit of the Ikea one though because those connectors are really useful when you find you've got 2 "female" track ends together.
Flip · 14/08/2004 13:38
That exact same one that sold on ebay was £9.97 in Asda this morning when I went. They also had another set the same price with a bridge like Tower bridge in London. So both sets would cost less than just that one on ebay.
If you want me to get them and post them to you, let me know. My e-mail address is [email protected]
dot1 · 14/08/2004 14:01
Hi lunarsea - I tried again to mail you, but it didn't work, so if you wouldn't mind mailing me with details on how much you want for the train set etc. that'd be great!
Thanks very much
LunarSea · 15/08/2004 16:50
Dot1 - at the price Flip found that set for it would hardly be worth your while going out of your way to collect it. Didn't realise that the sets could be had for that little - I certainly wasn't trying to sell it for more than it could be bought for in the shops.
juniper68 - sorry, haven't had a chance to take pics, etc yet - tonight hopefully.
ernest · 15/08/2004 20:09
dunno if anyone else said, but there's one in asda that was about £14 for 80 pieces and is now reduced to under £10.
Also compatible with Brio
dot1 · 15/08/2004 20:51
sorry to be a pain - I've just looked at the Asda website and there is a wooden train set, but it's not Thomas - and Lunarsea, yours looked like it was a wooden Thomas set, which would be perfect, as ds is obsessional about Thomas in particular... Is yours Thomas or am I just completely confused?!
Thanks!
JanH · 15/08/2004 21:05
dot, I don't think Lunarsea's set is Thomas as such, but she said she has some actual Thomas bits as well, you could easily buy them too and add them in. Much cheaper!
LunarSea · 15/08/2004 22:51
Dot - no the set isn't Thomas, but I do have some Thomas bits for sale - all of which I'd promised dh I would photograph and list on Ebay this weekend, but as usual haven't got around to doing.
I've got the following engines/vehicles (all Learning curve - as from ELC):
Thomas
Percy
Henry + tender
James + tender
Gordon + tender
Oliver
Toby
Diesel
Bertie the bus
Trevor the traction engine
George the Steamroller
Lady
Diesel 10
Dodge
Splatter
They've all been played with - except Bertie who was a duplicate from new - but are all in VGC.
I've also got lots of Thomas videos which are now surplus to requirements. And probably a few books too. And a small (3 year old size) Thomas rocking chair. Maybe some other stuff like jigsaws etc too.
I'll get you more details and pics if you are still interested. I'd guess though that JanH's suggestion of a cheaper set, plus some proper Thomas engines, is your best bet.
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