Buy Thomas and Friends Bridges and Tunnels: Mountain TunnelThomas and Friends Bridges and Tunnels: Mountain Tunnel Product Description:
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Wooden Railway
- Mountain Tunnel
- LC99323
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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Wooden Railway Mountain Tunnel, LC99323
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
The Passageway to LOADS of fun!
By History_of_Art_Geek
My son received the Mountain Tunnel Set as an introduction to the Thomas & Friends line, and as the Mountain Tunnel is the focus of the set, it's been a favorite piece. Since that time, William's received other destinations that he's built into the set, yet for months he preferred that the tunnel remain on the table. Now that we've added an Expansion Pack to his railway set, the Mountain Tunnel has taken a backseat to some of the other bridges, and destinations.As I mentioned in my review of the set, the track will fall off the Ascending Track Risers. I was able to rectify this situation by placing a small piece of satin finish giftwrap tape under the track, so it would adhere to the risers. Now, anytime we layout the set with the Ascending Track I make sure the tape is ready, and waiting.The tunnel is a fun piece to add to any set, but I warn any potential buyers that it is BIG. Measure your available space before purchasing. Also, in order for the railway cars to reach the second level of play one must possess a pair of Ascending Tracks. In addition, the Ascending Track Risers, which support the track, are recommended as well. These are certainly worthwhile pieces of track as we've built other bridges with both, but it does add up if you don't happen to own the track items.The overall quality of the Thomas & Friends products is excellent, and the Mountain Tunnel is no exception. If you have a builder in your midst, it's certainly worth the money in my view.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Dissapointing
By M. Bennett
While the mountain is a nice centerpiece to a train layout. It is a little impractical since it is hard to layout track going through the middle level that doesnt interfere with track going in the bottom level. Also the middle level uses these little plastic tabs to support the track which have very quickly gotten bent/stretched so that the middle level supports dont work well anymore. This makes track connected to the middle level a little too low and results in trains getting stuck while going through the lower level. I am dissapointed in the quality of this item from learning curve. It needed to be a little taller so that trains could get through the bottom level without getting stuck and they should have had better support tabs for the middle level and you should be able to connect the two large sides together without the middle section. I would recommend looking around for the hill and mountain expansion set instead of this if you want mountains in your layout.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Really fun but hard to use in layouts
By Jamie R. Vislocky
The mountain tunnel is a very fun piece - it has three levels (which I don't think any other thomas piece does). It is definitely a layout "centerpiece" in that it is the biggest, most central part of the set-up.The problem I have is that it's a little TOO hard to use in layouts. Of course, there are some pre-fabricated ones that look lovely and are loads of fun for the kids, but trying to use the mountain and incorporate other destinations one has is a bit difficult - especially if you are trying to get the layout to fit on a table.Another reason I took some stars off was because if you take out the center middle piece, you can't connect the two mountain sides. That would have made this piece a bit more usable because you wouldn't have had to cover six entrances and exits!I bought this for my two year old for his birthday, and although it makes ocassional apperances on the table, he usually just ends up playing with it by itself on the floor.
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