Hornby R9271 00 Gauge Thomas Friends Passenger Train
Which Thomas story will you re-enact on the tracks in this fabulous Hornby train set ? Take Thomas and Friends on an awesome adventure around the Island of Sodor;with his faithful coaches, Annie...read more
£139.99
£69.99
£69.99
Average Customer Rating
4 out of 5 |
Product Features
- OO gauge
- Space required 1575 mm x 1143 mm
- 1 steam loco, 2 coaches plus a selection of wagons
- Extended oval with one siding and a buffer stop
- As featured in Thomas and Friends complete with Thomas trackmat
Product Description
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Which Thomas story will you re-enact on the tracks in this fabulous Hornby train set ? Take Thomas and Friends on an awesome adventure around the Island of Sodor;with his faithful coaches, Annie and Clarabel, for carrying passengers and goods wagons for carrying cargo. The Passenger & Goods Train Set from Hornby features Thomas locomotive , Annie and Clarabel coaches plus 3 wagons. This cool Thomas and Friends train set comes with a track mat for the oval of track featuring one siding. This wonderful Thomas train set also includes a free Thomas DVD containing two episodes. Hornby Thomas & Friends Passenger & Goods Train Set is great for boys with a love for Thomas trains . You'll require a space 155cm by 113cm. ....read more
Product Details
Brand: Hornby Hobbies LtdModel: TR9271
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Product Code: TR9271
thomas train set
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is such a good starter set. My grandson is just 4 and his dad built a base for the layout that will be big enough to extend as he gets more proficient. The information on the box explains what other kits you can get to develop the layout. The basic one is still interesting, and the controls easy to operate even for a 4 year old. Already his grandad has bought a station, and his dad has created a tunnel to add interest. This is the start to a brilliant father and son hobby!Hornby R9271 00 Gauge Thomas & Friends Passenger Train Set
Excellent value with some flaws
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this set for my 4 year old daughter at Christmas, and, after a few hours, she announced that she wanted to play with it every day and every night. That’s quite a recommendation, but not all good news because there’s quite a lot of Railtrack type maintenance for the adult involved.
Firstly, to clarify a point made in another couple of reviews, the power is designed to cut out if the engine is derailed, as a safety measure. You have to disconnect the power supply for one minute, but in practice, it is far less than that.
I would also say that issues with the couplings are exaggerated. Yes, one came off, but they do fit back on again. Care has to be taken, obviously, so a little supervision is needed.
The track is quite hard to fit together and you must get it right, with smooth joins, but the main issue for me was the points, which cause derailment in some situations. I worked out that it was dependent on which way round the track the engine pointed, it worked just fine after that, forwards or backwards. But really, they should work better than that.
In a previous role as Santa for my son (now 20, so 17 years ago) I bought a Hornby set and had all the same problems, only I was less patient with it back then and ended up nailing it to a board. That made things even worse. So this is not a recent thing that can be blamed on China, train sets have always been fiddly. But still good fun if you persevere.
thomas comes alive
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I recently bought this for my 3year old grandaughter as she is thomas mad it helps her to bring the story books to liffe an excellent set
Hornby R9271 00 gaugeTrain Set
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
My son was very happy to receive the Christmas present for he had been asking for one for the last 6 months, but sorry to say only when it worked fully. I only make this comment because the transforma / power reducer kept cutting out every 3/4 minutes and we had to wait about 5 + minutes before the train set could be used again which became very frustrating for him. I do feel however the train set is still very good value and a good starter for those interested in trains and I will be purchasing another one for my son as a replacement.
Cheap rubbish made in China – what a shame
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
My son is fanatical about trains and he is now old enough for a Hornby. He was lucky enough to get 3 sets in one year (birthday and Xmas) as presents from family, The Devon Flyer, Eurostar and Thomas sets.
They all have most of the same plus points and minus points.
Plus –
They are great fun for any train loving child (or adult)
They can be converted to digital (at extra cost) which makes it able to run multiple trains on the same line
They can be extended and added to, to create a toy that should last years
Minus-
These will not last years, barely hours. They are made in China (not always bad), however in this case they are of very inferior quality. The engine is just a 12v DC motor in a train shell – how hard can that be?
The Devon Flyer lasted 1 hour before the motor burned out
The combinations of transformer and control box (just a variable resistor in a plastic box) which provide the power are very unreliable on sets and work intermittently. I will look to replace these with a unit I will build myself from Maplin components. How do you explain to a child that this is broken on Christmas morning, 1 hour into playing with it?
Also several couplings broke on all of the sets.
Overall, very disappointing that such a profitable company should resort to such cost-cutting at the expense of quality. I will buy other brand 00 Gauge trains from now on for my kids. Hornby are expensive and very poor quality.
Good Value
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The only thing I did not like about this Toy is that its not easy to join the tracks together and needs some practice. Otherwise brilliant for its price. Kids will love it.