Agreed Dr Chris. If I were a big fan of these trains and Thomas, the first thing I would do is buy a new regular Thomas, take its shell with painted graphics and swap out the faces to have what it should have been like.
My first wonder when seeing the pictures of this set when first announced was if a child would have to chase down the boulder rolling around the room and if that how it worked how dangerous would that be if the boulder was left wherever and an innocent person walking in the room stepped on it, fell and was injured. By the looks of this video, which is the first I have seen showing the complete boulder travel, the ball is timed to end up within the green U-Turn circle.
My first wonder when seeing the pictures of this set when first announced was if a child would have to chase down the boulder rolling around the room and if that how it worked how dangerous would that be if the boulder was left wherever and an innocent person walking in the room stepped on it, fell and was injured. By the looks of this video, which is the first I have seen showing the complete boulder travel, the ball is timed to end up within the green U-Turn circle.
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