BRIOWorld 33307 - Advanced Expansion Pack - 11 Piece Set of Wooden Train Tracks for Kids | Train Set Expansion | Fun Learning Toy | Compatible with All Railway Toys | FSC Certified

Anyone who has kids who really "like" their wooden railway will need additional track beyond the basics that are provided in any starter set. This is especially true with less expensive brands, but can be an issue if parents buy a "Thomas" set that is actually not a full wooden railway in a box but is instead just an "add on" like a log loader or a mine tipple. For an interesting railroad, your kids will need LOTS of extra straight and curved sections of varying lengths and radius, but remember: that only expands the basic loop. The real fun comes with creating a wooden railway with multiple switches, crossovers ("diamonds"), inclines up to and down from bridges that can cross over your own line, and even "merging" track sections. This becomes an endless type of children's puzzle: the more pieces you have for the puzzle when you give it to your kids, the more interest they will have in playing with the wooden railway system. It holds their interest longer to have the challenges of making up various track designs. No two track designs are ever exactly alike. The reason for this long-winded review is this: you absolutely need this track Expansion Pack. You may need two or three of them. It depends on the interest of your kids. My 2 1/2 year old grandson has as much fun with building and design-building these wild intricate floor railways as my 6-year old granddaughter does. Big suggestion: the fact is that lots of kids get tired in a week of the "train table" wooden railway you gave them for Christmas because it does not have any flexibility to become something else. It is completely limited by the size of the train table. "No space" equals limited creativity. They can have this extra space just by taking the track off the table, adding the Expansion Pack (AND about 30 more straight tracks of various lengths, 30 more curve sections of the two standard radius types, and at least two sets of up and down ramp tracks WITH PIERS to carry them), and laying it all out on the floor every few days. And don't forget the short male/male and female/female transition tracks! You MUST have them, too! The wild flowering puzzle railroads your kids will create through the house will be fantastic, and the "simple" little wooden railway will be played with and used over and over for many months to come. It will make them better at doing everything, parents. Who knows? Your grand daughter might become the president of the Union Pacific. At the very least she will have fond memories of the golden days when she played with those little wooden trains. Go for it. Steve Hites, Skagway, Alaska

This Brio set is a get addition to advance our ever growing wooden track collection. These tracks are made out of high quality wood and hold really well. This set has a couple of random shapes that make building a track that much more fun. I highly recommend this Brio set!

Kids love them and love adding to their sets

You pay for Brio and you get quality products. I still buy off-brand pieces for the track, but they are never as good as Brio.

Great addition to our Brio train set we already have. Kiddo and Dad both love it!!

This is really great quality, as expected, and enables a lot of specialized track making. After we put this (and the BRIO Expansion Pack Intermediate). together with our Thomas Wooden Railway and Brio pieces, we found that we were still light on male switch pieces (potentially this is because we have Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway, Tidmouth Sheds Train Station which has a lot of female pieces on the turntable. Whatever the reason, despite buying the Advanced and Intermediate Expansion Package, we also had to buy Fisher-Price Thomas the Train Railway Sure-Fit Track Pack and now we have what we need for the time being.

You can never go wrong giving a child Brio. It's one of the best toys to stimulate minds with creative designs and then fun usage of the vehicles. We now have 2 generations worth of Brio and I will always buy more!

My nephew loves it