The aim of this blog is to start a discussion on ta very interresting subject: the first train toy for children (18 months - 7 years).
This simple toy that can evolve along with the children is not very present in France, but very present in other countries.
A simple search on ebay with Brio keyword gives:
- ebay.fr : 150 (half are only real used items)
- ebay.co.uk : 1517
- ebay.de : 2174
- ebay.com: 10000
UK has a culture of Thomas & Friends, train and vehicules with human like faces, along with books, magazines, movies... In UK, Thomas is mande and distributed by Early Learning Curve (ELC), which is relatively cheap. ELC provides a lot of buildings and elements that make the scenes more realistics, and a lot of trains and cabooses. Thomas & Friends is very popular among children. Big retail shops have their own brands (M&S, Tesco...) that are compatible with the reference standard (see below on Brio).
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