| Hornby R9271 00 Gauge Thomas & Friends Passenger Train Set | 
| Brand: Hornby Hobbies Ltd
List Price: £139.99
Buy Used: £79.99
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 29,699
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 63 x 39.4 x 3.9
MPN: TR9271
Model: TR9271
EAN: 5010963492717
Release Date: July 13, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
| | A great Thomas & Friends set from Hornby featuring Thomas & his favourite coaches Annie & Clarabel and more. Great fun for any budding railway modeller or Thomas the Tank Engine fan.
Set Contents:
- Thomas The Tank Engine Locomotive
- Annie Coach
- Clarabel Coach
- Cattle Wagon
- Open Wagon
- Milk Tanker
- R8250 Train Controller
- P9000 Wall Plug Transformer
- R602 Power Connecting Clip
- Thomas & Friends Track Mat, requires approx: 1600mm x 1270mm
- Third Radius starter oval of track
- Track Pack A (With point & Buffer Stop
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| Customer Reviews:
 thomas train set February 17, 2010
Vivienne Perry
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is such a good starter set. My grandson is just 4 and his dad built a base for the layout that will be big enough to extend as he gets more proficient. The information on the box explains what other kits you can get to develop the layout. The basic one is still interesting, and the controls easy to operate even for a 4 year old. Already his grandad has bought a station, and his dad has created a tunnel to add interest. This is the start to a brilliant father and son hobby!Hornby R9271 00 Gauge Thomas & Friends Passenger Train Set
thomas comes alive December 30, 2009
Dm Sadler (Retford ENGLAND)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently bought this for my 3year old grandaughter as she is thomas mad it helps her to bring the story books to liffe an excellent set
 Excellent value with some flaws January 1, 2010
Kevin (Nottingham, England)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this set for my 4 year old daughter at Christmas, and, after a few hours, she announced that she wanted to play with it every day and every night. That's quite a recommendation, but not all good news because there's quite a lot of Railtrack type maintenance for the adult involved.
Firstly, to clarify a point made in another couple of reviews, the power is designed to cut out if the engine is derailed, as a safety measure. You have to disconnect the power supply for one minute, but in practice, it is far less than that.
I would also say that issues with the couplings are exaggerated. Yes, one came off, but they do fit back on again. Care has to be taken, obviously, so a little supervision is needed.
The track is quite hard to fit together and you must get it right, with smooth joins, but the main issue for me was the points, which cause derailment in some situations. I worked out that it was dependent on which way round the track the engine pointed, it worked just fine after that, forwards or backwards. But really, they should work better than that.
In a previous role as Santa for my son (now 20, so 17 years ago) I bought a Hornby set and had all the same problems, only I was less patient with it back then and ended up nailing it to a board. That made things even worse. So this is not a recent thing that can be blamed on China, train sets have always been fiddly. But still good fun if you persevere.
Good Value December 11, 2009
N. A. Deo (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The only thing I did not like about this Toy is that its not easy to join the tracks together and needs some practice. Otherwise brilliant for its price. Kids will love it.
 Hornby R9271 00 gaugeTrain Set December 29, 2009
P. B. Stenings (England)
My son was very happy to receive the Christmas present for he had been asking for one for the last 6 months, but sorry to say only when it worked fully. I only make this comment because the transforma / power reducer kept cutting out every 3/4 minutes and we had to wait about 5 + minutes before the train set could be used again which became very frustrating for him. I do feel however the train set is still very good value and a good starter for those interested in trains and I will be purchasing another one for my son as a replacement.
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