Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway, Toy Train Set Brendam Docks Wood Playset with Cranky the Crane for Preschool Kids Ages 3+ Years (Amazon Exclusive)

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I enjoy this playset and have a positive view of it. It is not perfect so I will list its pros and cons.Pros: 3 ways to pick up cargo with Cranky is fun and gives the opportunity for new play.New 2022 engines stay on the track that Cranky picks up because the wheels stay in place.Wood feels sturdy and like a quality product.Arrived in a custom Fisher-Price Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway Brendam Docks cardboard box with the toy box inside neatly containing the items.New types of cargo are fun.Cranky and Bulstrode look good and fit in a layout well. Bulstrode is a lot bigger thanks to the use of plastic which lets him be lighter for little arms to play with. (con: but has more plastic to allow for the size increase).Mostly compatible with old Thomas Wooden Railway items except for the grey track piece which I will talk about in the cons.Comes with brown plastic Thomas Wood to Thomas Wooden Railway track adapters in case you made the mistake of purchasing any Thomas Wood track.Cranky is painted with daytime and nighttime sides which I think is cool but some people may not agree.The Wooden Dock Track piece has nice looking details and it has screw holes on the bottom, to hold Cranky down if you want the option of that, or if you would rather have Cranky separate from the Dock you can leave Cranky unscrewed and free to move. (4 screws are included which require a phillips screwdriver, screwdriver not included)Cons: Significant design flaw in the rope length not being long enough to pick up cargo magnetically without the claw or a helping hand. (I can not guarantee all others are like this)The use of plastic isn't the worst thing but I am warning you if an adult foot, steps on the grey plastic track piece that can be picked up, it will probably break or at the least cause damage so be careful not to do that. Also, the orange Truck/Cargo-Car is almost all plastic and I know some people don't like that but personally, it doesn't bother me.The Grey plastic track piece has bumps that catch the outside of the new bigger wheels of engines and rolling stock BUT any of the old engines or rolling stock that don't have the new bigger wheels tend to roll off the track when Cranky picks it up. Not a big problem but its worth mentioning.One last thing I feel I should mention is after seeing the rope length of Cranky isn't as long as I wanted it, I was able to unscrew and take apart Cranky (on the side opposite of the red wheel/crank lever), look inside and add some fishing line/wire to the end of the rope by tying a knot to the rope and the wheel inside then screwing Cranky back together. It took some time but if that's something that you really want to do, it is possible with just 1 phillips head screwdriver and some fishing line/wire.Overall I recommend this to anyone who is interested. A great improvement from Thomas Wood.

A gift for the youngest grandson to add to his Thomas layout. He was happy so I’m happy!

This is my son’s favorite part of his train table setup by far. He loves to pick up all kinds of things with both the claw and the platform. Lots of fun ways it can be played with. Love that it has the double lanes like many other Thomas pieces so it goes well with other sets. The boat is also fun because it can hold the short or long trains.

My grandson loves this set! Durable and fun to play with.

My 4 year old grandson and his father quickly put this together on their train table with Thomas the Tank and friends. It’s wonderful and is giving them many happy playtime!

Good, quality addition to my son's Thomas the Tank Engine train set. He loves it. The only thing holding it back from 5 stars is the lack of male connector pieces, which can make it difficult to build tracks if you don't have additional male-to-male adapters.

This set is fun, my grandkids both like it. The four year old is better at working it, and uses the crane far more than her brother, and to lift all sorts of things on the grey hanging track that lifts and swings through the air, or the claw that grabs all sorts of small toys. The 2 year old tries now and again, but he'll grow into it. He is mainly interested in the battery trains we have and the track on the dock suits him. Most of our battery trains seem to switch from one track to the other well. Would have preferred balloon piece was plastic, just because dirt. The bright orange train car is used by the 2 year old, yet the grandmother [me], does not like the rectangle disk people or the slots to put them in in this set or the roundhouse. We much prefer little brio people that stand and can fit in the trains as our track is brio, thomas and a couple other bridges, etc from other brands on eBay. Still, I love this set, the birds, colors and the ship that fits so much cargo! Love having such a big dock, though it does seriously dwarf our thomas lighthouse, lol. Definitely happy I bought it.