PlanToys Road & Rail Play Set - Railway Station Review

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(More customer reviews)Overall, I'm really happy we got my daughter a Plan Toys train set for Christmas. She always loves playing with them places we go (stores, children's museum, etc.) and this toy is getting a lot of play in our home now. We purchased this set along with the PlanToys Road & Rail Play Set - Transportation and I have to say that the two are a good pairing. They compliment each other nicely, giving us a nice selection of both railway track and road pieces to construct with. We also got the Plan Toys table and a play mat to complete our set.
We're big fans of Plan Toys in our house. We have a lot of their products as I find that they make some of the most creative and durable wooden toys on the market, that being said, I have a few issues with this train set, but there are some pros. Let me list both:
Pros:
- Compatible with other wooden train set tracks such as Melissa and Doug, Thomas the Train and Ikea
- Beautiful, sturdy and well-constructed
- Comes with a nice assortment of tracks and road pieces, two trains (with three cars each), two cars, a bus, a handful of people, some road signs and some trees
- All the items pack up and fit nicely inside the station so you can put it away easily without needing to purchase extra containers
Cons:
- When folded down, the side of the station that lays on the ground is painted with nice windows but the side remaining up on the back is unpainted
- My railway station was missing a couple of holes for supporting the pylons when open. We drilled them ourselves to avoid dealing with a return and it's fine now.
- The trees, road signs, and lights tend to tip over (they need larger bases)
- When the track and road pieces are set up in the recommended configuration according to the instructions (see also the photo), it doesn't fit properly on the Plan Toys table
- It's unclear specifically what pieces you are getting unless you're looking at the box. I couldn't find any kind of listing anywhere on the Plan site or here on Amazon about specifically which pieces come in the box.
- The station itself is a bit big to leave it set up on the table all the time. It's probably a better piece if you aren't using a train table, but want an attractive box to keep the pieces in when not in use.
I know, that sounds like a lot of cons, but I don't regret my purchase and my daughter is having a blast with this set and I think it works great, especially augmented with the other set I referenced above.

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The wooden box of this PlanCity Road & Rail set can be transformed to Railway Station. Children can connect the Road & Rail tracks with the station to create their own story through play.

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