Exactly, it's the robustness, my children are 4,3 and 8months there is no way they would be able to cope with a real scale engines. I love model railways but if it's something I'm going to share they need to be robust.
That and as a 28 year old, I remember playing with these engines when I was younger, my brother had a Thomas & a Percy set with the dark blue tracks. Which I can remember enjoying playing with
With the current engines we have, I would like to deface all the 'Thomas' engines and fit smoke box doors, unfortunately for me the kids love the characters so I'm not allowed, so I don't get to do as many modifications as I did before.
Another thing I like about these people rains/track is the potential to do more for example led lighting and such, maybe not as much as a scale set, but the there is possibility there and I enjoy 'making' things,
That and as a 28 year old, I remember playing with these engines when I was younger, my brother had a Thomas & a Percy set with the dark blue tracks. Which I can remember enjoying playing with
With the current engines we have, I would like to deface all the 'Thomas' engines and fit smoke box doors, unfortunately for me the kids love the characters so I'm not allowed, so I don't get to do as many modifications as I did before.
Another thing I like about these people rains/track is the potential to do more for example led lighting and such, maybe not as much as a scale set, but the there is possibility there and I enjoy 'making' things,