When the folks at Tomy approached me about reviewing their newest die-cast line of tracks, I was somewhat hesitant.
For although my youngest son, The Small One, is a tremendous train fan, the Tomy line presented a bit of a conflict of interest.
You see, my family and I have always collected wooden train sets.
And now…
Die-cast tracks?
Not our bag, baby.
But we were willing to give it a go, for the sake of free toys research.
So Tomy sent us Brewster’s Big City Adventure, Koko’s Icy Escapade, and the Icy Escapade Expansion Pack.
The Small One was so mesmerized that his hair actually stood on end, friends.
I kid…I kid. The child sports the best bedhead west of the Alleghenies.
But he was impressed.
Stack Your Track! The packaging read. Build Higher!
I had my doubts. Every parent of a train fanatic knows that what goes up must come crashing down, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of said fanatic.
But we had to give them a fair shake. So after a quick change of clothing and taking a backhoe comb to The Small One’s hair, we got down to business.
The first thing that struck me was the fact that The Small One wanted no assistance with his project.
Whatsoever.
“I’ve got this, Mom,” he chirped.
And indeed he did. He decided to follow the building directions to start with. They were very user-friendly…all sequential diagrams that could easily be followed by children younger than my son. He put together Brewster’s Big City Adventure in about 15 minutes.
Turns out that the die-cast design of tightly interlocking pieces is the key to taking track layouts to a whole new level.
Literally.
And that was just the beginning, friends. With Brewster’s Adventure completed, The Small One pounced upon the Koko’s Icy Escapade set. After following the instructions and setting it up next to the Brewster set…
…He got creative and hooked the two together.
It was a snap. Again…literally. He actually dragged one completed set over to the other when he was ready to attach them.
I had never, in all my years of wooden track elitism, seen a set so sturdy and durable.
And neither had Twin B, who wanted in on the action. After working together to modify the layout a third time, the boys decided to make the set really, really high.
And for those of you with an extra sense of adventure, I highly recommend…
…the Whoopie Cushion Landing Pad (not included).
It pains me to think that I had been practicing Wooden Track Snobbery. For no good reason whatsoever.
I’m so ashamed.
And I will tell anyone who will listen that I am now a believer in Tomy’s Chuggington Stack Track.
And what about you, friends?
Would you be interested in giving Stack Track a whirl?
Well, fortunately, Tomy is offering yet another set, Wilson’s Wild Ride, to give away to one of my readers.
Wilson’s Wild Ride
Giveaway Rules:
Each comment left on this post, from now until Thursday, September 27th, will be considered an entry. The winner will be chosen by random electronic drawing and announced in a post on that date. Multiple entries (up to five) per person are encouraged. To enter, do one or more of the following. Verify each action with a separate comment here.
1. Follow my blog and leave a comment telling me what appeals to you about Tomy’s Chuggington Stack Track line. Their entire line may be viewed here.
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4. Follow The Spin Cycle on Twitter and tweet this giveaway.
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Good luck, friends!
Disclosure Statement:
I was provided with Tomy’s Chuggington Stack Track in order to complete this post. All opinions are my own. Only residents of the United States and Canada are eligible for entry.
I want one! I’m slightly obsessed with trains and train tracks. Must be because I never had one as a child. Sigh.
I’m guessing I’m not eligible, but I just wanted to say that your boys did an awesome job on the track!
I have very good friends with 3 little boys who would love this set. They love all our old toys, but this would make a nice little surprise for them.
My son loved trains and he’s been wanting these!
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The Tomy Chuggington Star track looks durable, space saving! And very exciting for my 4 year old’s imagination! He’d love it!!!
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TOTAL mommy points if I win this cherished train toy! After being a “wooden” train snob for years, I am kinda excited to introduce this to my boys. But then also worried about how much this will become the new obsession in this house and the wooden table will go back in the corner
Luv your posts Sue!
You know that now I will have the song STUCK in my head all day…We’re trainees.
We’re making tracks,
Wheels to the rails,
Clackety Clack!
Running on time,
Passengers to take.
Hauling loads,
Pickups to make!
(Chug! Chug! Chug!)
Riding the rails!
(Chug! Chug!)
A traintastic crew!
Honk your horns… choo choo!
Choo choo!
Chuggington!
Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chuggington!
Chuggington!
Chugga Chugga Chugga…
Chugga Chugga Chugga…
Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chuggington!
I gotta get out of the house more!! <3
Wow! Those look really cool! I can see my 2 year old destroying that in 2.2 seconds
Yeah, there’s no way you’d make anything half that size with wooden tracks.
I wish my boys were still of train-playing age…they’d go crazy for these stack tracks!
I think this is probably a little too advanced for my kids, but DANG! That is a sweet train set!
And…your house is really pretty.
Hey hey witty girl
Wood or die-cast? Like anticipating your second child. It’s hard to imagine loving #2 as much as #1, but then the magic happens! (OK…maybe a little condensed when it’s twins, but still true)
My boys love trains and how great would that be if I was able to surprise them with something like this
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What appeals to me is that you can buy so many different tracks and connect them to spice things up a bit! My 3 year old would have a blast with these train sets!
My son loves trains, it would be cool to have this in his room. i bet it will occupy him for hours
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I like that the track goes into the air. More track but in less space.
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My kids are huge Chuggington fans and I think this set with its vertical possibilities would really wow them!
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I’m sure my son will enjoy the challenge of “trying to build as high as he possibly can”.
Hi I am more more than likely not eligible as I live in Australia. My son loves chuggington. We have everything that is available for purchase in Australia. We have the interactive chuggington train set and he absolutely loves it.i would really love for my so to get this how every the shipping cost are so expensive I can not afford to purchase the multilevel train track and pay the shipping
How fun! I love the line because it looks like something both my sons would love to play with together even though they are two years apart!
I liked Tomy on FB, and shared giveaway on my wall. My son freaks every time he sees the commercial on television. I would be the greatest mom ever if we were to win. Thanks for the chance!!
Ohh love the sturdiness & how you can stack them so high! A great collection have!
What appeals to me is that it is stuckable! Don’t take up much space = awesome!
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I would LOVE to have this to give to my son for Christmas! He loves Chuggington! He has a few of the die-cast Chuggington trains but nothing to play with them on!
I like the idea that you can stack the levels and come up with different tracks–seems like that adds to the play factor
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My son loves anything to do with trains! This would keep him occupied for hours! These tracks look very durable too!
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My son has been a Thomas snob. He has just recently taken an interest in chuggington. The track looks pretty cool and I’m sure it would hold the interest even as they grow since they can rebuild it
The high stacking without falling over is what appeals to me!!
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I love these trainsets and I know my little guy who is a huge Chuggington fan would love it too. It has cool creative and fun designs. I love how it can transform into more than 1 design for endless adventures!
My son ABSOLUTELY LOVES Chuggington! I know “Santa” has a whole dresser full of trains and tracks and everything Chuggington related for him for Christmas! He would just be ecstatic to get one of these tracks!
I first saw an advertisement of Stack your tracks on a screen in a movie theater. I was so excited about them……I thought they looked like just the thing Grandma and Papa should have for the grandkids. I have been in the process of moving and have no access to even hold a box in my hand yet. But I know they will become a BIG part of our collection of toys.
It is nice to read about the success they are with kids and their durability. Thanks.
I do follow Tomy on FB. I think I will add your blog as well. Very interesting.
Not sure if Canadians are elligible, but I’ll try. When I saw that it was fun for the whole family, I totally want to get on board (forgive the pun).
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Now crossing my fingers…come automatic random generator. Mommy wants a new train track!
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I love that you can attach sets together!
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i follow the spin cycle blog and just love the versatility of this line of trains.
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Wow – that is pretty awesome. My boys would love it!
My granddaughters would LOVE this
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Just wanted to say you gave a solid review. My son loves his sets already, and we have a few set aside for Christmas already. Only thing I have noticed is that you have to go to certain stores for certain tracks as they are exclusive. Old town to TRU Stunt to Walmart Icy to Target, etc…
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I love that my sons will be using their imagination to build done awesome tracks! This looks so cool and i know they would love it!
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I follow you in my reader, of course. My girls would love the track. They’re way into cars and trains, but we have no track!
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I follow your blog by email under kellywcuATyahooDOTcom and my children would love the height of this toy and how fast the trains would go around the curves. They don’t have another toy like it.
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I love that it doesn’t just around in a circle. And my son loves stacking. Follow you thru email
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Love the size, my DIL doesn’t have room for a lrg flat-out train set but this would be PERFECT for my grands, & they would LOVE it!!!((1955nursehjc4me(at)myway(dot)com))
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I LIKE Tomy (HollyCunningham) on FB ((1955nursehjc4me(at)myway(dot)com)), and shared it, here: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?src=bm&u=http%3A%2F%2Fthespincycleblog.com%2F2012%2F09%2Ftomys-chuggington-stack-track-review-and-giveaway%2F&t=Tomy%27s+Chuggington+Stack+Track%3A+Review+and+Giveaway&v=3 / Thanks for the chance, keeping my fingers crossed!
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