Brio has always been the king of wooden railway to me, but then that is the system I had when I was little (still think it's all at my parents house actually) I do remember that Brio used to have the Thomas license for wooden railway too as I have Percy, Peter Sam and James somewhere. Brio is the kind of toy you have when you're little and hand it down to your own children.
There were two versions made by Brio, a normal push along one as well as a battery powered one. Happy hunting, though you may need to import those as I believe they were only really prevalent in Europe
Now I really miss being a kid. Kids were the best toy testers and i loved playing with my old Thomas railway. And Leo, your son is a toy expert. He knows what works and what doesn’t. This is a bit of an older video but he definitely knows what’s what.
That old steam engine is a popular little locomotive! I bought one of those several years ago-- I still have it-- alongside BRIO's Lunar theme; it's popularity derives from the U.S. 4-4-0 design and the fact it has a moving side rod, so children can have realism while enjoying their play. Mine has had lots of love, and tracked quite a few miles, in its time; seeing this video makes me want to pull it out and watch the little old steamer chug about the line, its pistons pumping furiously. BRIO is a fantastic company; they disappeared for some time a few years ago, but seeing them come back with such force is astounding.
+HankAmericanEngine Even after they had their own BRIO "Thomas range", I find Wooden Railway better than the "T&F" BRIO theme to be fair. But, it's useful for your own destination, background stock/character, or your own fan-series character.
Leo, I love your wooden railway videos. It takes me back to my childhood because I had tons of Thomas and brio trains. I would love to see you do more brio videos. They seem to have great quality trains with good features. Once again, great video!
Very nice video Leo. Love that the blue engine and the steamie appear to be based off American designs. BRIO also seems to use more wood and better detailing then the more expensive stuff, such as the pistons on the steamie.
Good old Brio, I've always considered them to be the "leading brand" when it comes to wooden trains, like Hornby are with model railways and Lego are with constructional toys. It's been a long time since I last bought anything wooden railway related, but I will admit that this seems quite tempting! I still have the Old Steam Engine with the moving rods- It was one of the last wooden trains I bought, though mine came with a red cab and a yellow cowcatcher. I remember the Brio catalogues at the time made a big deal about how it was the first wooden engine with moving siderods, although I think the only wooden part on the whole engine was the cab (and maybe the chassis)!
+Rexeljet I would say Marklin is the leader when it comes to model railways, take a look over their product and you can see they deliver some very serious bang for buck. Sadly Hornby have fallen too far into the Made in China syndrome with their railway products. I grew up with the Made In England Hornby (tri-ang) it was the sort of stuff that lasts forever.
leokimvideo That is true; I don't have any Marklin trains but I've heard nothing but praise towards their stuff. I was thinking more in the long run, since (particularly in the UK) Hornby led the market by such a margin that "Hornby" became a byword for model trains (similar to "Hoover" with vacuum cleaners) even though there have been other companies producing better model trains at one point or another.
I've got to agree with you Leo the tri-ang stuff just keeps going where the modern stuff once it's broken it's broke I've got through three hornby Thomas's but my triang 3f and jinty keep going and their well over 50 years old
Using those Wooden Railway Brio models would be perfect for your own custom "T&F" character or for your own fan-series. Even EE93 uses some Brio models for his series as rolling stock, destinations, and background stock/characters.
Yes, these are gorgeous trains and accessories. I soon found that the battery powered locos of different makes all seemed to prefer the larger radius curves and points, fewer derailments plus nicer track plans. The ramps are okay for the push alongs, but again the battery locos are better on the flat, or a constant high level circuit. Regards, Cliff.
Excellent review, this is a really lovely set. The attention to detail makes such a difference and I love the accessories. The powered Brio engine benefits from not being wooden, because it is lighter, perhaps Thomas should have been plastic.
I wasn't a really big train fan until I found ur channel through boot leg toys. Now I'm very fond of this branch of toys. They're very mesmerizing to watch to go around the track and generally very peaceful. I would like to thank you for exposing me to something so very cool.
+leokimvideo I've been here since sometime after the cancellation or whatever happened to Mad Bomber 2. Was it cancelled? I can't remember. I was like 9 or something, so it's very faint.
Niiiice! I got a Brio powered engine under the tree...apparently can match up to the IKEA train set i have. The wooden track links look they would connect to.
+Mitchell Hogg also I know for example that the bridge that comes with the ikea train set doesn't have high enough clearance for Thomas or Chuggington trains.
A lot of my Thomas track turned out to be BRIO track, I found it didn't work that well with the Metal/Wooden Thomas battery engines.For a long time I thought the wheels would break off, as they use an ERTL-type of wheel join, but they don't seem to do so. Yet now they are really hard to get, but I remember in Germany they were all the rage (are they European?) That Toy Place near your house must have you on their frequent flyer list hahahaha! Funnily enough, often G scale has 'dumb' couplings too, maybe they're copying the big guys? But a really nice set (the price :O )Merry Christmas :)
Leo just remember you made my day back when I was a kid I was someone you knew and I hope you grow some time next year you will get something big from me
You got a good set there. But I like the old brio with the mallard set, polar express, the Canadian pacific, lord of the isles, ext. The new ones are more modernized and less interesting.
Have you taken a look at the recent battery operated Thomas wooden railway engine? I have one of those and it looks fairly nicer then the learning curve one in my opinion.
I ought to go over the all the BRIO stuff I've got. Not a lot of generic stuff it's mostly Thomas the Tank stuff. It's a shame they stopped doing them really I much preferred the look of them over the Learning Curve style Thomas characters. Still I've got a lot of wooden stuff in three big boxes under my bed and I've never really shown it all off before (besides a few of the Thomas characters making brief appearances in some of my collection videos. I'd like to set up a proper wooden layout with all the stuff I've got someday. Haven't the space for it at present though.
I seem to be on your list now: OK, fascinating stuff. I'm the older one in the image here: the younger one- my eldest grandson- is about your son's age now. I'm responding in regard to Lego in particular: there are a few other threads we could take up here: specifically in regard to model trains. In particular, the "Mystery Brick" posting. Don't actually see my Grandkids all that often- they live 500 km away, and I don't drive: OK, let's just say that I went to check whether I'd had that problem: but no, even though my clever little grandson had latched onto "What's that?" in the manuals I was hunting through for something entirely different (to do with building Castles rather than trains) ... OK, I've built two Lego trains so far, and three remain for the Grandkids to build (that was the plan!). I'm just waiting for them to get slightly older: and I realize now the "Mystery Brick" stuff has not arisen yet: because, (now laugh at this): the manuals were extracted, but the models were never built: and my eldest grandchild picked up on to him- an unaccountable manual- while we were looking for something else. As I've already said: it's age-related. When we get round to that kit (or any immediatly related) Grandpa will be just making sure that such problems as you describe are promptly resolved: and, if they don't, will make a bloody good story out of it for all concerned: as you've done for me tonight.Appreciate your efforts.
Hmm brio, never seen one of those sets ever in my life because I dont think these ever arrived in the philippines, this looks like a really nice set to have
Did your son get older and younger because in one video he was like so much older looking and sounding and in the videos after that he just looks and sounded younger? Just a question.
i haven't had time to watch the whole video so this may or may not have been said but the logo on the trains looks quite a lot like the cityrail logo from the trains here in NSW, Leo would know this I'm sure again haven't seen whole video so i don't know
+The gaming blue engine yes I did, but thats one Thomas I still need to find for my Thomas collection. What I'm missing is the Lego Duplo, Bachmann G scale, Lionel O scale, Marklin HO scale and N gauge and a few others I can't remember right now. I did ask Lionel to help me out but they refused to do so. I don't think they believed my story about my huge Thomas collection or that I'm a RU-vidr.
+leokimvideo well, Lionel has two versions and I will tell you I have tried to get them to repair my Annie that I bought from a hobby store but they refused even when I sent the fee.
hey leokim, bachmann released a skarloey model that is HO scale but runs on N scale track! can you review it? (also with narrow guage box vans in red and blue, as well as a narrow gauge gondola truck for skarloey to pull) please be able to review it ☺😊😀
