Do you need the starter to use other wall track sets? The retail price for the starter set is reasonable, but the fake holiday prices are the only ones I can find and the product isn't available in any local stores, so I wondered if the other wall tracks can be used without the starter set. Do you need the starter to use other wall track sets? The retail price for the starter set is reasonable, but the fake holiday prices are the only ones I can find and the product isn't... » Read More Do you need the starter to use other wall track sets? The retail price for the starter set is reasonable, but the fake holiday prices are the only ones I can find and the product isn't available in any local stores, so I wondered if the other wall tracks can be used without the starter set. « Show Less
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I'm not sure what a "starter set" is. The ones we purchased where ready to go with tracks and sticky tabs. They where two completely seperate tracks and we never tried to hook them together.
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No my 4 year old finds it difficult with genuine Thomas track because it is wider than Brio or Ikea or Chinese cheap stuff.But with a lot of detailed work they can be made a lot easier to slide on and then they are great. Really great clips. I want more. Still a bit of a challenge for the grandson.Better to avoid the melt downs when riser blocks keep falling over. Good luck.
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We bought Thomas and friends KNAPFORD Station with Thomas, Annie and Clarabelle included. It did not have the original box, however, I just looked at the ebay items and saw a boxed set exactly like ours. The box doesn't show "talking railway series", but the station master does talk as the trains pass by. They show talking bubbles on the box, and to the best of my recollection(it was a gift to my grandson) it does say what the bubbles say. You might look at the box on ebay and see if this is what you are looking for. This may be the only one that includes the 3 trains with it, so that sets it apart. Hope this helped! We bought Thomas and friends KNAPFORD Station with Thomas, Annie and Clarabelle included. It did not have the original box, however, I just looked at the ebay items and saw a boxed set exactly like ours. The box doesn't show "talking railway series", but the station master does talk as the trains pass by. They show talking bubbles on the box, and to the best of my recollection(it was a gift to my grandson) it does say what the bubbles say. You might look at the box on ebay and see if this is what you are looking for. This may be the only one that includes the 3 trains with it, so... » Read More We bought Thomas and friends KNAPFORD Station with Thomas, Annie and Clarabelle included. It did not have the original box, however, I just looked at the ebay items and saw a boxed set exactly like ours. The box doesn't show "talking railway series", but the station master does talk as the trains pass by. They show talking bubbles on the box, and to the best of my recollection(it was a gift to my grandson) it does say what the bubbles say. You might look at the box on ebay and see if this is what you are looking for. This may be the only one that includes the 3 trains with it, so that sets it apart. Hope this helped! « Show Less
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I would like to know the true answer to this question as well. Only thing I can think of is that kids love them SO much, they decided to make them super expensive for what you're getting so as to make a huge profit margin. I mean, seriously? $1.20 PER TILE?? Seems ridiculous to me. The cheapest per unit alternative I've found is the 100 pc set by Playmags. Even that seems incredibly steep for me at $90... That's most of my budget for Xmas. It's a shame they make them so spendy.... So many more kids could be enjoying them. Any comment on this topic, Magna-Tiles reps?
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Not sure if you are referring to the track pieces or the roundhouse. The difference with the roundhouses is this makes sounds and the other doesn't. All the track pieces you already have should fit with anything new you buy. The only ones we have ever had any issue with are the tracks from IKEA fitting more snug with the others.
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Yes, pretty much, but the look is nice for the price. You'll have to pay more for the higher quality lionel engines and cars to get more metal. You get a lot for the price. It makes a great starter set. I actually sold the fastrack and bought the older style lionel track because the cost of additional track in the future would be too much. Hope this helps.
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Go back on Amazon and you will find that there is a track set. We bought one so that our grandson would have extra track. It works out great.
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Did you buy the set as one? It should have come with the table topper...they are two boards that were in the box upon purchase. If you bought it "second hand" and don't have the toppers, try calling Toys R Us...Imaginarium is their brand. I bet you can buy the toppers. But really, our kids never use the roads and such...the train covers up too much of it anyway. If you just have a flat surface the train would work all the same. I know it looks neat but reality is the train gets played all the time but cars on the road and such...not really. There just isn't a lot of space for the cards to roam while the track is set up. Did you buy the set as one? It should have come with the table topper...they are two boards that were in the box upon purchase. If you bought it "second hand" and don't have the toppers, try calling Toys R Us...Imaginarium is their brand. I bet you can buy the toppers. But really, our kids never use the roads and such...the train covers up too much of it anyway. If you just have a flat surface the train would work all the same. I know it looks neat but reality is the train gets played all the time but cars on the road and such...not really. There just isn't a lot of space for the... » Read More Did you buy the set as one? It should have come with the table topper...they are two boards that were in the box upon purchase. If you bought it "second hand" and don't have the toppers, try calling Toys R Us...Imaginarium is their brand. I bet you can buy the toppers. But really, our kids never use the roads and such...the train covers up too much of it anyway. If you just have a flat surface the train would work all the same. I know it looks neat but reality is the train gets played all the time but cars on the road and such...not really. There just isn't a lot of space for the cards to roam while the track is set up. « Show Less
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I have a couple of the basic sets as well as the construction set. The more sets they have the more they can make. I recommend starting with the basic set and see how they like it and build from there. My grandchildren 3-13 all love it!
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It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can grossly overcharge you. It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can... » Read More It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can grossly overcharge you. « Show Less
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You can add as much as you want. Just make sure you get EZ track in N scale. I also bought a six pack of straight track on Amazon with this set.
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That's my understanding for how the product line is intended to work. I know all of the cars work on all of the other sets but I am not familiar with the Train Station. The other sets will connect to the Train Station set but I don't know if the Train Station tracks are specific to the Train Car or not. I'd suggest contacting them directly just to be sure: E-mail: vtechkids@vtechkids.com Phone: 1.800.521.2010
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There is an expansion set, apart from this huge set:Thomas the Train: TrackMaster Deluxe Expansion Track Pack (There is also a "starter" set which consists of a small track and an engine(usually Thomas) available here on Amazon or at stores like Walmart (cheaper) and Target. So, both these together along with the huge one you have right now, will make the LONGEST track possible. Be sure to use Trackmaster engines - other kind of engines will not run on this track. AND make sure you have that much of a GINORMOUS SPACE in your home / floor to layout the tracks !! There is an expansion set, apart from this huge set:Thomas the Train: TrackMaster Deluxe Expansion Track Pack (There is also a "starter" set which consists of a small track and an engine(usually Thomas) available here on Amazon or at stores like Walmart (cheaper) and Target. So, both these together along with the huge one you have right now, will make the LONGEST track possible. Be sure to use Trackmaster engines - other kind of engines will not run on this track. AND make sure you have that much of a GINORMOUS... » Read More There is an expansion set, apart from this huge set:Thomas the Train: TrackMaster Deluxe Expansion Track Pack (There is also a "starter" set which consists of a small track and an engine(usually Thomas) available here on Amazon or at stores like Walmart (cheaper) and Target. So, both these together along with the huge one you have right now, will make the LONGEST track possible. Be sure to use Trackmaster engines - other kind of engines will not run on this track. AND make sure you have that much of a GINORMOUS SPACE in your home / floor to layout the tracks !! « Show Less
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I like the starter track that comes with the starter sets, I think it's made better, what I did to exspand my track was to buy 3 sets of straights with the lap counter, that gave me 6 more feet for under $75.00. For your turn track, I spent another $100.00 on another starter set with the most variation of layouts, still cheaper and you can build one heck of a layout
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I could not fully understand your question, you can do it again? I understand and Thomas Take n Play, if I can help I will be waiting ... but Take n Play only connects with Take n Play, as well as other Trackmaster tracks only with Trackmaster (motorized trains) and Wooden Railway with Wooden Railway (wooden trains), always buy the trains and tracks the same line, so everyone will connect and you can form a great and fun track, full of stories ...
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There is an expansion set, apart from this huge set: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Train-TrackMaster-Deluxe-Expansion/dp/B002SNA5HU/ref=pd_bxgy_t_text_y (There is also a "starter" set which consists of a small track and an engine(usually Thomas) available here on Amazon or at stores like Walmart (cheaper) and Target. So, both these together along with the huge one you have right now, will make the LONGEST track possible. Be sure to use Trackmaster engines - other kind of engines will not run on this track. AND make sure you have that much of a GINORMOUS SPACE in your home / floor to layout the tracks !!
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Yes you can add track we have a train store in town and the owner said that you need to stay with the same manufacturer. Also since the engine is the same as the passenger set you can just buy 1 passenger car separately and have two adventures in one