{"id":103,"date":"2014-11-20T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reisun.org\/?p=103"},"modified":"2014-11-20T01:04:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T01:04:54","slug":"amazon-wooden-train-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reisun.org\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"[Amazon] Wooden train tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005AW0RNS\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005AW0RNS&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=reisdotorg-20&amp;linkId=XFNLNERSHI35RMRS\">Wooden Train Track 100 Piece Pack &#8211; 100% Compatible with All Major Brands including Thomas Wooden Railway System &#8211; By Right Track Toys<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005ZWJDBA\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005ZWJDBA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=reisdotorg-20&amp;linkId=NNGRYEQ7WMR4J4ZU\">12 Pcs Wooden Engines &amp; Train Cars Collection fits Thomas, Brio, Chuggington<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; margin: 0px; border-left: medium none\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=reisdotorg-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005ZWJDBA\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was surprised a few months ago when my daughter asked me to buy her a train set. Train sets are more of a boy thing, I had thought. I myself had a small electric set when I was a kid and I was looking forward to getting back into scale model railroads when my son is a little bit older.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I went to a local Toys R Us and confirmed that my daughter wanted a wooden train set, similar to the Thomas the Train set that is very popular. I of course went to amazon to see if I can get something cheaper, and bought the above \u00e2\u20ac\u0153compatible\u00e2\u20ac\u009d train set and tracks.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Some things to note:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[Train Car] Reasonably well made (out of wood), but the wheels have a lot of tolerance, so that there is a lot of play along the axle. This makes it a bit awkward to push them on the wooden tracks, especially at a switch\/splitter track element (1 to 2).<\/li>\n<li>[Tracks] I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have that much trouble assembling some simple track layouts, although a few pieces either did not fit others or it was a tight fit. These track pieces are mated as a ball and&#160; U ends ( think of it like o] ), and the few pieces\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ball ends were sticking out too much to fit neatly in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153U\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of other pieces. <\/li>\n<li>[Tracks] Most troubling was that this set of 100 did not have matching switch\/splitter elements, only one particular type. These elements are 1 track into 2 (1 to 2). To make a classic double oval track layout you would need two types of switch\/splitter elements. One will need to have the U at the 1 track end (1 : U) and the ball at the 2 track (2 : ball) ends. This set did not have the other set, 1 : ball and 2 : U. Note this is not a symmetry problem, you can turn the element over to get the orientation correct (left split or right split). But once you split the track into two, you will never be able to combine them again without the 1 : ball and 2 : U element. I will need to order another set specifically with those elements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wooden Train Track 100 Piece Pack &#8211; 100% Compatible with All Major Brands including Thomas Wooden Railway System &#8211; By Right Track Toys 12 Pcs Wooden Engines &amp; Train Cars Collection fits Thomas, Brio, Chuggington I was surprised a few months ago when my daughter asked me to buy her a train set. 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