The "stunt trains" controversy.

I don't mind it. The Thomas TrackMaster range has almost always been an action-packed range, particularly when Fisher-Price took over. I can see that with every year, the team at Fisher-Price have been looking for more new clever ways to make the range even more exciting than before, and I wouldn't have been surprised if they were trying to do something like Sky-High Bridge Jump for a long time.

I really liked sets like Risky Rails Bridge Drop and Castle Quest, and the later ones have certainly upped the ante thanks to the new engines, but like others say, they don't really fit in well enough with another train set, or they have limited functions and can only take one engine, being Thomas. And I think we know that kids don't really play like that, they moreso run as many engines and trucks through as possible, which I and I'm sure some of you guys did as well.

I have actually managed to fit in Risky Rails Bridge Drop and Castle Quest into a big layout, but that's because I had lots of track and space. I'm very sure that a majority of Fisher-Price's sales are those big sets, and then parents might buy a couple of engines and/or a track pack before that child outgrows Thomas.

I don't mind a lack of realism. After all, in the Motor Road and Rail range you could construct large circle towers with big yellow risers, and I'm pretty sure they're not in seen in Thomas.