Wooden Train Tracks 68 Piece Expansion Pack Accessories with Arched Bridge, Engine Barge, Dock, Stop & Go Checkpoint, Signal Pole, Cross Track Compatible with Thomas, Brio Wooden Railways ORBRIUM

Off all the toy purchases, in fact, of all the purchases I have made on Amazon, this is by far the best one in regards to affordability and quality. At this price point and for all the great pieces, this deal simply cannot be beat. I don't think you can find this set anywhere else at this price. It alone makes me happy to be a loyal Amazon Prime member year after year. There are some wonderful deals on Amazon and eBay for wooden trains and track sets. I especially search eBay for USED sales/auctions. You just have to spend some time to research and compare prices and quality. It can be frustrating, but the time spent is well worth the significant dollars saved. NOTE: When doing eBay searches, only search for USED items. The new items listed are oddly way overpriced compared to Amazon and many are knock-off items from China that do not meet quality control standards. Also, for used items, be aware of the lead paint recalls that happened some years ago for the Thomas RC2 models. 90% of them involved red paint, and some yellow paint official products. Red paint color vibrancy and durability is hard/expensive to do and lead helps it adhere it better, and thus makes it cheaper. So, be mindful of that. Ok, back to this set. The orange risers, blocks and tracks are ingenious and plentiful. THIS ALONE MAKES THE PURCHASE WORTH IT. My son loves them. They are stable and adds a unique look to the sets which we like a lot. The vast amount of pieces and unique shapes makes this set well thought out and all encompassing. It is like a 425 piece Craftsman toolbox for trains. Can't find a piece that fits? Just search a bit harder and there it is! The female/female and male/male connector pieces alone are a godsend for complex track and building designs. The plentiful 3.5" curved piece are especially critical if you are building sets on a 49" x 34" type standard train table with lots of big structures. QUALITY? Well. What do you want? Yes, you can spend more for the arguably better Official Thomas & Friends tracks. But to do so, you would realistically be paying Ferrari prices for Honda quality, to get them. Why not just simply spend your Hyundai* dollars on a purchase that is fairly close, or possibly better than Honda quality that will give you years and years of memories and fun. *I don't own a Hyundai, but a lot of friends do. They love them and so would I if they brought he Elantra wagon (i40 Estate in Europe) to the US market. :) when you can find deals like this on Amazon, just walking into Toy$RUs, makes me shudder when I see their prices, especially considering the fact they are now the official retailer of the Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Wooden Train line, egads. Things will only get worse from now, in regards to higher retail prices. The ingenious and plentiful orange risers and unique pieces are just a joy to play with. My son is 2 years old and he loves it. The quality is very good. Not perfect, but I am very satisfied FOR THE PRICE.

great addition to any train set, allows you to create any type of track you want. plenty of smaller pieces & transition pieces. 5/5 - highly recommended

This was perfect addition to our train collection. My son loves it!

Our toddler son loves his Imaginarium plastic train set. It is a battery-operated kit that was purchased during Toys 'R Us' final days. One day, we found that a crucial, small piece of track was missing, and he was devastated that he could no longer complete an entire track. To replace that piece, we were looking at $20 for 4 pieces of a WOODEN track (there was no plastic one available), and so I decided to look for a third party set instead. That is when I stumbled across this Orbrium one. PROS - Great value for 68 pcs at $29 - Includes 4 of the pieces we were missing PLUS 9 of the other section that we may need to (Imaginarium only included 1 of each with the original train set) - A barge, barge dock, cross track, and switch tracks to further expand any existing tracks - Wooden pieces fit the plastic Imaginarium tracks perfectly - Imaginarium and Thomas trains glide well on these wooden tracks - Solid, hard, smooth wood - Package comes with a link to the Orbrium website where multiple track designs are available to help you utilize all the pieces that come with this set - Expansion options with other Orbrium sets CONS - The plastic, arched bridge is not wood. The Thomas wood train we have is able to barely go under the bridge. It would have been nice if the bridge went a tad taller, but because it is the same height as the Imaginarium's riser, the height seems to be standard Overall, for slightly more than the Imaginarium replacement tracks, we were able to get a whole slew of expansion options with this Orbrium set. We were quite happy with the additional pieces as we could now really design the Imaginarium tracks to maximize the table space they are played on. They fit well with the plastic pieces AND both the Imaginarium and Thomas trains are able to glide on these tracks. If you found this review helpful, please click the "Helpful" button below to encourage me to write more. Thank you!

Wow - this train set is awesome! So many pieces that my 3-year-old is not yet able to use them all at the same time. (Actually, we covered over half the living room floor with these, and there were still more pieces!) Particularly helpful are the rising tracks and the bridge supports - you can build some very intricate structures with this set. In terms of quality, this isn't quite as good as I've seen with Thomas wooden tracks, but it is fully compatible. A few of the track pieces are slightly thicker than others, and the curves are at a slightly different angle than other sets, so there are a few more "derailments" when my son plays with this set. He finds it a bit frustrating, but the overall size of the set and the generally good quality of the pieces more than makes up for this. So if your child loves trains, I highly recommend this as a major expansion - it's the cheapest per-piece set I could find, and it easily provides four or five times more track pieces than one of the medium-sized Thomas sets we purchased before. Granted, there are no "extras" (or trains, for that matter), but what I really wanted my son to have was the vast expanse of tracks. We can make signs and buildings out of Legos or cardboard, but you can't substitute the tracks.

The number of prices for the price seemed acceptable and we're compatible with our already growing collection. The short turns are tough to navigate when pulling a longer train. The trains just starts to fall over instead of turn. The most annoying part is the plastic ramps. They are too steep for every train piece we have. When you pull a train up or down the hill the wheels come off at some point so the trains flops over and disconnects.

very well made, easy to use. Nicely packaged, arrived on time. Compatible with Thomas trains. update: the thomas trains without battery power work well on these tracks. The battery powered trains worked well on the straight track, but had trouble navigating the curves.

I'm a perpetual deal-hunter, so when Prime Day arrived, I was scoping out all of the things I had been meaning to buy anyway. More train tracks for my two young girls were on the list. I was excited about this set because it had a lot of basics to make a variety of track configurations. When the package arrived, I was pleased as I took out the tracks that all of the pieces were consistent in quality--you don't always get that. There is a good variety of all the different kinds of tracks you would want too. Depending on you child, you may get away with buying this and a few trains. I already had a small set and a few trains I had purchased second-hand, so this was the perfect addition to our track collection. My girls have been playing with them a few weeks now and even with a few being tight, they fit extremely well together and have withstood the constant banging/throwing/chewing that happens with young kids. I'll even plan to bring a few of these to work with me (I work in an elementary school) since they are pretty hardy. Overall, I think this is a good expansion set that functions well and is well-made. I'd definitely recommend!