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Summary: Great activity
Review: My parents purchased this product for my 4 year old son. He is familiar with the workings of a train because of my father's "H&O" train layout, and learned this quick. After the toutorial he was on his way with the rockslide adventure. He completed the entire thing with minimmal input from me or his mother. After that he was a pro! He had a great time. We ran this on a WinXP computer without any problems at all. Great Product! I hope hasbro makes more games to work with the controler.
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Summary: Great activity
Review: My parents purchased this product for my 4 year old son. He is familiar with the workings of a train because of my father's "H&O" train layout, and learned this quick. After the toutorial he was on his way with the rockslide adventure. He completed the entire thing with minimmal input from me or his mother. After that he was a pro! He had a great time. We ran this on a WinXP computer without any problems at all. Great Product! I hope hasbro makes more games to work with the controler.
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Summary: Great fun for Thomas fans!!
Review: My son just received this for his 5th birthday. At first when he opened this up, I thought..."Oh no, not another disapointing computer game." I was afraid it was going to be either too difficult for him to understand, confusing, or just too stupid for it to be worth his time. Well, was I wrong. He has played this game almost every day for two weeks and it continues to challenge and excite him.
The game challenges my son to complete several tasks as the engineer of Thomas. My son is learning to listen carefully to the directions and makes sure to follow them exactly to complete the tasks. Some of the directions are a little confusing, but with a little help from Mom or Dad we can get him back on track. The best part of the game is the boost in confidence and independence in him that we can see. I would highly recommend this game for any Thomas fan of age 4 or older.
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Summary: Every Thomas the Tank Engine Fan's Dream!
Review: My sons are in love with Thomas. We have the wooden trains, the table, everything! But when we found this Railway Adventures Playset in bookstore for just ..., you can imagine how we felt when we got home and installed it on the pc! I felt as though we'd hit the lottery or gotten over on the bookstore. This toy/pc game is so awesome. Your child will actually get to engineer Thomas all around the island of Sodor. Even my husband and I have found each other dring Thomas. The picture/vdo quality is absolutely stunning, and having a real console to drive makes this game absolutely incredible. You also get to interact with many of the other Thomas characters. This is a must by for Thomas fans or simply train lovers. Latorial Faison, Poet & Author
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Summary: Frustration
Review: OK, so it's the day after Christmas and I sit down to play this game with my 5 year old son. He plays for awhile, but keeps getting stuck - so I try. I had a horrible time with it too. We couldn't get the track to move where we wanted it to go, couldn't get to the other games, etc. Although my son is 5, he's been playing on a computer for 2 1/2 years already and I'm no computer slouch myself. I found the game poorly programmed with marginal graphics compared to other products. If I had to do it over again, I'd pass on the fancy set-up for the keyboard and software to purchase another Jump Start or Rescue Hero game. Just one moms thoughts....
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Summary: Great fun for our 4 y.o. boy (and his dad)!
Review: Our son loves this game so much (he received it for his birthday two days ago), we can hardly get him to do anything else! Even adults will enjoy assisting the child "drive" Thomas and complete the chores given to Thomas by Sir Topham Hat. Your child will see the stations, the other engines, listen to Thomas speak to him (or her), and even see Thomas from above at certain points (e.g., entering a station). Most views are from "inside" Thomas, and I think it's a particularly nice touch to see Thomas' firebox burning. Warning: The gamepiece only fits on regular keyboards, not ergonomic ones (i.e., those split-looking keyboards). I recommend this product highly if your child is a Thomas fan. PS - it will install on Windows XP, which I understand has been a problem for some other Thomas games.
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Summary: Great fun for our 4 y.o. boy (and his dad)!
Review: Our son loves this game so much (he received it for his birthday two days ago), we can hardly get him to do anything else! Even adults will enjoy assisting the child "drive" Thomas and complete the chores given to Thomas by Sir Topham Hat. Your child will see the stations, the other engines, listen to Thomas speak to him (or her), and even see Thomas from above at certain points (e.g., entering a station). Most views are from "inside" Thomas, and I think it's a particularly nice touch to see Thomas' firebox burning. Warning: The gamepiece only fits on regular keyboards, not ergonomic ones (i.e., those split-looking keyboards). I recommend this product highly if your child is a Thomas fan. PS - it will install on Windows XP, which I understand has been a problem for some other Thomas games.
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Summary: Nice Game - Didn't work!
Review: The CD loaded fine. I strapped the plastic device to the keyboard as indicated and although the "pegs" that come down from the device to activate the keys did come down,for some reason did either not match up or did not protrude far enough to activate. When I removed the device and pushed the keys individually, the game would run. Maybe it was just this one and does not happen to others. I had also purchased the Tonka Dig N Rigs Playset which offers the same concept and it works fine...
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Summary: 3 year old son's favorite toy
Review: The playset controls are easy for children to use but still require thought and planning to complete the adventures. After assisting my son with the basic navigation and showing him each of the four control's functions, he has been learning and playing with little assistance.
There are four main adventures which now take my son approximately 15 minutes to complete. Several smaller adventures, which also require thought and planning to complete, are conquered in less than 5 minutes.
Positive verbal feedback as well as "Well Done" certificates which the children can print out in black and white or color. Black and white pictures are useful for coloring later.
Only drawback is that the playset controls fit over your keyboard. It doesn't fit correctly on several keyboards I have because they are curved. Flat keyboards work fine.
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Summary: If you have a Thomas fan...this is what you need!
Review: This is my three year old son's favorite game. He does not have any problems understanding how to use the controls. It is wonderful that it helps with listening and following directions. Most of Thomas friends are in the game from helping to be able to stop and chat with them.
This is the only game that he has so far that I give a total thumbs up on. The only drawback that we have had so far is getting my son to quit playing.
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