Brio and IKEA Lillabo Wooden Trains

[DJ Dangerous]

Does anybody, or indeed their kids, grandkids etc, collect those wooden Brio trains, or the IKEA Lillabo trains?

I like the look of this one, potential for a Mk4 DVT.

It was actually @derek's crane that got me wondering about this. Laugh all you want, but the wooden stuff is fascinating to me!

Lot of possible expansion options, too:

 

 

 

[gibbo675]

Hi Folks,

 

I didn't have a wooden trainset, I had a plastic one of similar concept. My dad even drew a face on the little engine with a Biro pen to give it a Thomas Tank Engine look. That is where I started with toy trains or model railways as they also known. We all started somewhere and the scope for imagination is really good, you can plan and move and reconstruct, anything you like. The whole point of being creative.

Wood has never been a material of choice and my toy trains are still made of plastic see below:

Gibbo

[Galteemore]

My kids had this - although mostly the plastic Thomas stuff, which we used to make massive systems. Something must have rubbed off - Galteemore Jnr is now a management apprentice with Transport for London….My own weapon if choice as a youngster was Dublo 3-rail, which was a robust and rather fun way to build fairly large systems fairly easily, albeit with an emphasis on operation rather than scenic fidelity! 

Edited September 24 by Galteemore

[Liam_Murph]

My son has a pretty extensive collection that he can cover a room with when he wants to. It can take plenty of the abuse a toddler or young child can throw at it. Nice to build up layouts with him and relatives continue to gift him additional track sets or rolling stock at birthdays and Christmas as it is an easy present to pick out.

[DJ Dangerous]

3 minutes ago, Liam_Murph said:

My son has a pretty extensive collection that he can cover a room with when he wants to. It can take plenty of the abuse a toddler or young child can throw at it. Nice to build up layouts with him and relatives continue to gift him additional track sets or rolling stock at birthdays and Christmas as it is an easy present to pick out.

 

Absolutely fabulous!

Love that double-headed freight train in the lower right-hand corner.

[derek]

18 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Does anybody, or indeed their kids, grandkids etc, collect those wooden Brio trains, or the IKEA Lillabo trains?

I like the look of this one, potential for a Mk4 DVT.

It was actually @derek's crane that got me wondering about this. Laugh all you want, but the wooden stuff is fascinating to me!

Lot of possible expansion options, too:

 

 

 

Might get on to IKEA and see if they want to buy the copyright to my crane before I give it the bin.

[DJ Dangerous]

2 minutes ago, derek said:

Might get on to IKEA and see if they want to buy the copyright to my crane before I give it the bin.

I'll take 10% commission as your advisor.

[David Holman]

The thing about such push along train sets is their creativity. Being endlessly adaptable, new layouts are made every time and help stimulate imagination. Seems I'm not the only one to look longingly at them now!

 My parents moved me straight into Triang, though the Series 3 track was hideous. Did have some 000 (Ngauge?) push along stuff and LOTS of Lego. Not the stuff you see today, it was all just bricks at first, though the introduction of wheels enabled strange, not quite prototypical models to be created. Great fun though and the next day, they got dismantled to build something else.

 Am sure that is why I made my own stuff today - though most of it doesn't get immediately dismantled now!

[jhb171achill]

On 24/9/2024 at 12:17 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Does anybody, or indeed their kids, grandkids etc, collect those wooden Brio trains, or the IKEA Lillabo trains?

I like the look of this one, potential for a Mk4 DVT.

It was actually @derek's crane that got me wondering about this. Laugh all you want, but the wooden stuff is fascinating to me!

Lot of possible expansion options, too:

 

 

 

My grandson has the kitchen floor covered with that stuff on an almost daily basis!

[Mayner]

Wooden Thomas railways seemed to be a standard feature of railway museums and heritage railways we visited in the States several years ago, and kept our kid amused while Dad was checking out the other exhibits.

At one stage an LGB layout suspended from the ceiling was almost a standard feature in some bars and resturants!

 

Our kid lost interest in playing with trains when they were 7-8 shifting towards Fantasty modelling in Lego and into (computer) graphic design as they entered their teens potentially becoming a graphic artist, computer animator, architect or property developer which should helpful support their interest in horses, best not mention toy trains.

[Branchline121]

I used to have a large layout that covered my whole bedroom floor when I was younger, but it's all stored up in boxes now...