My First Thomas & Friends Rail Rollers Spiral Station - Review

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We were recently sent a My First Thomas & Friends Rail Rollers Spiral Station toy for my one year old son to review. I just knew that both my children would love this toy as they both like Thomas and this toy was unlike anything that they already have. 

 There was no screws, batteries or anything to build as the whole toy just clips together easily with super simple diagram instructions included. It only took me around five minutes to build the toy. 

The toy comes with two, really easy for toddlers to hold, round ball engines Thomas and Diesel. The aim of the toy is to drop your engine into Tidmouth station where it will race down the spiral train track to the end, where it is met by the fat controller and spun around on the roundabout at the bottom. 

You can also drop the engine down the central station where it will also be met by the fat controller at the bottom. 

 

The toy also has an engine lift which you can push up and down with a little leaver and which transports the engines to the top of the spiral station ready to roll down the track. My two-year-old loves this and spends ages playing with the lift transporting the engines to the top and back down again. 

The toy is aimed at children aged 12 months plus. My son is 13 months and he enjoys this toy and straight away he figured out what to do with it and how to play with it. He actually sat and played with it for almost an hour non-stop. My daughter who is 2 year 4 months also likes this toy and she will sit for ages playing with it especially the lift as she loves making this go up and down. 

I was a bit worried that as the station all just clips together that it might be a bit flimsy and fall to bits, especially with a boisterous one-year-old playing with it but I am really impressed with just how sturdy it is. It has been grabbed, knocked over, picked up and dropped and tugged at the spiral station and it has not come apart once. It is really secure and sturdy and safely withstands toddler destruction. 

This toy is perfect for little ones between 1-3 years old, both younger and older toddlers will have so much fun playing with this toy. It is great for hand-eye coordination and is really bright, colourful and fun for capturing little ones attention and will bring hours of fun. My two have not stopped playing with this toy all week and it is probably the only toy that they actually play with together. 

My First Thomas & Friends Rail Rollers Spiral Station costs £32.99, you can also buy extra rail roller engines separately to go with the set.  It would make a great Christmas present for children aged 12 months plus.