Take Along Thomas Friends Work Play Roundhouse

Not Worth Buying
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
This toy looks really neat. I like the fact that the track stores in the roof and there is a place to store the trains. However, during play the trains get stuck inside the roundhouse very easily. The door openings are so tiny that it takes adult help to remove them. I have to use the magnet from another train to get the stuck one out (something a child cannot do by themselves.) I bought this toy so my child could play with it while I am working. Since I have to constantly help to remove the trains, it is not worth the money.

Hooray for Thomas!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My boys LOVE Thomas & this Roundhouse was no exception! It is durable, fun and they love it!

Fun Toy- NOT compatible with “Take Along” track system
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
This is a fun toy, nice size to play with. It is difficult for a young child to manage opening the sliding base and also to put the track pieces together. I am surprised this is listed as “Take along”. There are 3 Thomas track systems. One is the wooden system, another is Take along, and the third is Trackmaster. This roundhouse works only with Trackmaster. We were frustrated to receive a different playset from “Take along” and the tracks are not compatible. The Take along tracks are much easier to connect, my 2 year old can do it easily. An older kid might prefer the Trackmaster, it is actually a motorized train system.

Frustrating and painful for little fingers
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Cute in concept, but the easiest way for kids to get the doors open is to stick their fingers in the holes of the windows and pull the door open. This had led to more tears at our house than the toy is worth. The pull out part that the track is attached to comes detached from the building fairly easily. I like how the roof opens to hold all the tracks that come with this set (although if you were to buy additional tracks there is no additional space to store them in this particular building).

Good, but not all it seems……
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve had this toy for a few years. I’d bought it for my 4 year old (now 6), and now his little brother (now almost 3) plays with it. As other people mentioned, it’s not good for take along because not many of the pieces of track will fit in the top. My almost 3 year old gets frustrated becasue he’s constantly getting the trains stuck inside. I have to disconnect it from the track and turn it upside down to get them out. Other than that, both of my children enjoy the toy. It’s just a lot of work for me.

Tomas the Train
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this for my 4 year old grandson and he loves it. I also got the extra tracks and he was able to get other other sets to with this one. It was a Christmas gift and he still plays with it.

Love this!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
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.

My 2 yr old LOVES it
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great product! I was a little worried about the track not staying together b/c I read the other reviews but my son got it for his 2nd bday and we haven’t had any problems. Its cheaper and just the right size for tots. He has some of the track master sets but they are a little too advanced for him. He loves this one and I think it is a perfect starter set.

Take Along Thomas Rocks!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My 4 year old has been an avid Thomas fan for about 2 years now. We had gotten a lot of the wooden railway stuff as hand-me-downs from older cousins and he’s played with them religiously. Over the last 2 years, we have picked up a bunch of the Take Along engines since they are much less expensive than the wooden railway cars. He loves them too, but complains because they “bump” on the wooden track. The roundhouse is the first Take Along playset we have gotten (although more are coming for his birthday soon) and he is completely enthralled with it. I’m not sure why people are complaining about it. Comparing it to the wooden railway is like comparing apples to oranges. Yes, the wooden railway is more durable — however, it is also twice as expensive. We don’t find that this track is difficult for him to put together himself or that it falls apart. He’s had no problems at all with it. The engines fit in as well – perhaps some other people are trying to put some of the wooden railway cars into it – they will not fit. Yes, the track has to be put into the roof “just so” in order for it to close — so what! It literally takes about 2 minutes for an adult to figure out how to put it in — they even imprinted the track on the bottom to make it easier. It’s a toy — it’s not rocket science, people!

Anyway, we love Take Along and Thomas in general — it has given my son hours of enjoyment and I expect many more hours to come.

Alot of fun for a reasonable price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
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.