I'm sorry to hear you had such a bad experience with the TrackMaster Revolution, Muddy!
To be quite honest, I'm not sure everyone who owns the products may feel the same-- some love it, others don't; it's just a hit-or-miss product now.
I'm on the fence with the product line, as I do have quite a bit of rolling stock (near 30 pieces I think), and only 3 of the engines; the original Thomas is one that I do have, and I am fairly surprised that I had to do quite a bit to get him to run on my blue track, as I did with Gator and Timothy.
Again, it's all a hit-or-miss with the consumer base; some like it, some don't, and others are on the fence.
Just give it a little time to grow on you-- one engine and its two cars aren't enough to make a definitive decision regarding the line.
To be quite honest, I'm not sure everyone who owns the products may feel the same-- some love it, others don't; it's just a hit-or-miss product now.
I'm on the fence with the product line, as I do have quite a bit of rolling stock (near 30 pieces I think), and only 3 of the engines; the original Thomas is one that I do have, and I am fairly surprised that I had to do quite a bit to get him to run on my blue track, as I did with Gator and Timothy.
Again, it's all a hit-or-miss with the consumer base; some like it, some don't, and others are on the fence.
Just give it a little time to grow on you-- one engine and its two cars aren't enough to make a definitive decision regarding the line.
Residential train-afficionado in training, and Thomas & Friends fan.