Thomas the Tank Engine Train & Friends Sodor Bath Island

I wish I would have listened to the past reviews. Most of the past reviews were unfavorable, but I thought the toy was so cute and the idea of a Thomas the Train bath toy was great since my son loves Thomas. The idea is great, but the quality is poor. Here's why: The toy connects in pieces such that you have a floating Island of Sodor, and Thomas can ride up and down the track into a blue tower with an elevator mechanism. What doesn't work well is that the pieces don't fit well together so the island actually breaks apart when any slight pressure is placed upon the toy. And because the island doesn't stay together, the other parts like the tunnel don't stay on either. My son loves this toy, but we can't make it through bath time without it breaking apart. I am willing to attempt a repair just so we can keep playing with it, but you shouldn't have to do that. This toy is a great concept, but could have been made more durable.

We were very excited to find a new Thomas toy that we did not already have. And it's a bathtub toy. Sounded great. All of you with sons that love this adorable train know what it's like to have about everything thomas and to find something different. Well, this toy won't stay together. The pieces do not articulate well. So, when we go to roll the train, the whole thing falls apart and we spend another 3 minutes putting it back together. :( And do not expect to use it in the tub. It's so bulky. It does float. But since the pieces don't exactly fit together well, it tends to topple over if floating when you go to roll the train. Bit disappointing overall. Our finale with this toy was when the elevator part broke (and we only had it three days...not played with hard by any means since we spent most of our time putting the pieces back together).As a side note, the train that comes with it is cute and works well in the tub.

Loved it!

This toy comes in several pieces that snap together but after about two minutes in the bathtub, the parts have disconnected and are floating in the tub. I spend much of bath time just putting the toy back together. I wish they snapped together a bit more tightly.

Our son loves anything Thomas so we thought this would be a great bath toy for him. Oh how wrong were we. As soon as I pulled it out of the box and looked at the directions I knew we were going to have problems. The two main pieces of this island, which provide support for the tunnel and ramp, do not hook together in any way. They rest next to each other and the orange ramp and blue tunnel snap together on top of them. So any time your child attempts to roll Thomas down the ramp or bring him up the blue tunnel piece, the base comes apart. It's not so durable. I'm open to the super glue idea, but I don't even see where you would super glue the island together. My son who can play alone with a Thomas train for hours played with this island for about 5 minutes then abandoned the island and set off to play with just the little Thomas train that came with it.

Thankfully, ours was bought at a yard sale, so I'm not upset about the money we spent on this toy - but the fact that it was basically new in the box should have been a clue. As others have posted, this toy does not stay together well (though I've seriously thought about the super glue idea). The train is very difficult to go through the tunnel. The elevator doesn't work well and doesn't tip the train out. But despite all this, my 2 yr old still enjoys it. (At least as long as I'm willing to repeatedly fix it for him.) If it was full price, it would have been returned.

Cranky the crane is cranky because this toy falls apart frequently when played with. And Thomas doesn't fit through the tunnel very well, so I usually don't even snap that on.But I don't totally I hate it since my son does play with it and there really aren't very many tub toys quite like this. No to mention, it's taught my toddler how to say "fix it". The thing I was most amused about was one of the play features that was noted in an insert in the box. I believe it referenced that Cranky had a water pipe... which is essentially a tiny hole that just drips any water that falls into his shape. Oh fun! Let's play with that!

My two year old loves this toy , but I can't stand it. After two days of putting it back together every 5 minutes I decided to super glue it together. That's actually made it a much better toy, except that the lift for the train comes off it's tracks ever second or third time he uses it. All in all, I think it's a waste of money, but my son would be devastated if we tossed it.