Baby Chia and I have been collecting the Brio Trains that are so popular with all the kids. The wood track keeps kids busy, just building and creating tracks over and over. I like to sit on the floor and help her set up a working track. We have several train cars that I got cheap in a lot sale on eBay and I purchased a battery operated engine at the local toy shop.
The Brio Trains can be rather expensive, so it's great to get it on eBay. My gripes with the product is the over branding with Thomas Train. I cannot find a battery operated engine that is NOT a Thomas Train engine with the face on front. I want a classic choo-choo locomotive engine. Black or red would be nice, but all I can find is Thomas or Percy. I just don't like those guys.
Brio Trains get real addictive too. They can be quite dangerous to your pocketbook, because you may enjoy sitting on the floor building and adding cars to the train as it travels around your track. Soon you'll want bridges, tunnels, castles...
Baby Chia loves the little people that ride in the cars. She plays with the little boys, girls, animals, and the Curious George that came with the circus set. She tries to get them into their cars as the train passes by. Great fun.
Wood toys can be rather heavy, so you might want to buy your first set at a local toy shop, then later decide what you want, and get it used for cheap on eBay. Brio products are well built, so often the second hand Brio trains and tracks are in great shape. Make sure and get a big box to keep all the track and train cars in. It adds up fast with birthdays and holidays, so make sure it's a big box with room to spare.
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