Chuggington Rolls into the #HolidayGiftGuide! Chuggington StackTrack – Review

Disclosure: I received review samples to facilitate this Holiday Gift Guide post.

What little boy’s childhood is complete without a love of trains?

Chuggington was one of the first shows Little Brother watched and loved.  With cute characters and great lessons for preschoolers it is a show that, as a mom, I’m all for him watching.

The strongest and most dependable construction crew in Chuggington is ‘Ready To Build’ in the newest ChuggingtonDVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment. A brand-new collection of five fast-paced adventures – including the extended new special slated to premiere on Disney Junior this fall, “Chuggineers Ready To Build” recently made tracks to retailers nationwide. In this special collection of hard-working adventures – including the “We are the Chuggineers” music video! – Brewster joins Chuggineers Zack, Fletch and Tyne to build tracks, bridges and tunnels, make repairs, haul heavy loads and more! Featuring new wagons and machines, including the massive yellow Mega Chug Crane, and new friends Payce, the tunnel runner from Tootington, and Cormac, the cheeky forklift engine, “Chuggineers Ready To Build” will help Wilson, Brewster, Koko and little trainees at home discover important lessons about safety, responsibility and teamwork.

My middle son loves his current Chuggington trains so we were very excited when I received the chance to review the new Chugginton StackTrack, Brewster’s Big Build Adventure Playset!

All new to train play, this Chuggington set features a working escalator that takes your engines back to the top so you can send them speeding back down again and again. Or take Brewster for a ride on the elevator so he can get to the top to operate the giant crane and repair the broken track. There are so many ways to play. Brewster’s Big Build Adventure Set is based on the Chuggington tentpole episode airing this fall, so it’s sure to keep the excitement going as kids play out their favorite scenes from the show. This set comes with an elevator, an escalator, a working mega crane, a trick bridge, a tunnel, and two Die-Cast engines. It even features 4 levels of elevation and multiple layouts for extended play.

Okay, lets just say that TOMY hit this one out of the park with the Chuggington StackTrack! My 7 year old and 4 year old have been known to play with this for over an hour at a time.  With the exception of their LEGOS, that is almost unheard of.  They are ecstatic about the escalator! Even the toddler loves to turn the crank to bring the trains up the escalator.

The Chuggington StackTrack has been such a hit in our house that The Husband (a toy minimalist) commented that we should get another StackTrack so the boys could build on!

Take train play to new heights with the Chuggington StackTrack system! SRP $49.99. Ages 3 years+. Available now at Toys R Us and Target.

 

For the complete play experience, I highly recommend purchasing the Chuggineers Ready to Build DVD along with your Chuggington Brewster’s Big Build Adventure StackTrack.

The strongest and most dependable construction crew in Chuggington is ‘Ready To Build’ in the newest ChuggingtonDVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment. A brand-new collection of five fast-paced adventures – including the extended new special slated to premiere on Disney Junior this fall, “Chuggineers Ready To Build” recently made tracks to retailers nationwide. In this special collection of hard-working adventures – including the “We are the Chuggineers” music video! – Brewster joins Chuggineers Zack, Fletch and Tyne to build tracks, bridges and tunnels, make repairs, haul heavy loads and more! Featuring new wagons and machines, including the massive yellow Mega Chug Crane, and new friends Payce, the tunnel runner from Tootington, and Cormac, the cheeky forklift engine, “Chuggineers Ready To Build” will help Wilson, Brewster, Koko and little trainees at home discover important lessons about safety, responsibility and teamwork.

I didn’t realize until after my kids watched the Chuggineers Ready to Build DVD (after they’d already been playing with the StackTrack for several days) what a great impact it made on the quality of their play.  The DVD expands kids’ horizons with scenarios from the DVD that they can build upon during their play.  Who would have thought that a TV show, fun though it may be, could enrich a child’s play in such a way!

You can purchase Chuggington: Chuggineers Ready to Build on Amazon.com for a SRP of $14.98 (currently $9.99).