In The Night Garden is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a childs imagination. Words, rhymes and music carry the viewer through a happy world of loveable characters and nursery rhyme nonsense. The Ninky Nonk train allows your child to enjoy some of that magic right in their very own home. Your child will love sitting inside the various cabins or pretending to drive the train to magical destinations.

disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
The biggest problem with this is that the sections do not attach to each other, so by the time my daughter has run/crawled through one the other has separated, so really each part can only be used independently which isn't the main idea. She found it a lot of fun for a peek a boo game, but a sheet over a table or clothes horse would have done the same!
As the bits don't connect you end up with them separated everywhere, and as children don't consider what might be the other side of something they just hurl themselves at something that isn't where it should be and there could be a wall or radiator the other side. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that it is very flimsy, far flimsier than it looks in the pic, and so gets blown about by the slightest breeze if used outside, or knocked over by the lightest touch!
Daughter liked it as it showed her In the Night Garden friends, but in my opinion it is way overpriced, and it's best value is to play peek a boo in the separate bits, but I'd hoped for more use.

Dissapointing, 28 Oct 2008
We bought this for my youngest childs second birthday. I thought she would love it but she didn't and got bored with it after a few minutes. My biggest assumption was that the train connected together, but it doesn't. You just get four different pop up tents. It seems a bit pointless to be honest. And very overpriced. It has been put away and never asked for again. Huge waste of money.

Great fun, but not perfect, 19 May 2008
My 1 year old daughter was given this for her birthday last week and the one time we have had it up so far was a great success with both her and her 4 year old brother having lots of fun.

As I said though, it is not perfect. Firstly it is the standard 'pop-up' design where popping it up is fine but getting it back in the box is a nightmare for any parent! We have given up on collapsing the large red tent part of it. The photos on the instructions are next to useless. What this really needs is an instructional DVD.

Secondly there is no way to connect the four sections together. The means that they all move around and get disjointed as the children play in them. Just some connecting velcro or ties would have been a nice touch.

Bright pop-up play tent that folds compactly for easy storage! Including a fun playmat and a fun men at work style warning sign, there is a lot of room for roleplay fun! Fans of Bob the Builder and friends will love pretending to be on their very own construction site!

Great for indoor and outdoor use, and the pop up technology is good for easy fold down storage. Promotes exercise though play, stimulates senses, enhances learning through touch and motivates imagination. Bright and colourful design, perfect for any Thomas fan! Includes train pop up, tunnel and tent. Size: Tent: 93cm x 100cm x 85cm, Tunnel: 90cm x 42cm, Train: 83cm x 66cm x 125cm 2 Years +

disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
The biggest problem with this is that the sections do not attach to each other, so by the time my daughter has run/crawled through one the other has separated, so really each part can only be used independently which isn't the main idea. She found it a lot of fun for a peek a boo game, but a sheet over a table or clothes horse would have done the same!
As the bits don't connect you end up with them separated everywhere, and as children don't consider what might be the other side of something they just hurl themselves at something that isn't where it should be and there could be a wall or radiator the other side. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that it is very flimsy, far flimsier than it looks in the pic, and so gets blown about by the slightest breeze if used outside, or knocked over by the lightest touch!
Daughter liked it as it showed her In the Night Garden friends, but in my opinion it is way overpriced, and it's best value is to play peek a boo in the separate bits, but I'd hoped for more use.

Dissapointing, 28 Oct 2008
We bought this for my youngest childs second birthday. I thought she would love it but she didn't and got bored with it after a few minutes. My biggest assumption was that the train connected together, but it doesn't. You just get four different pop up tents. It seems a bit pointless to be honest. And very overpriced. It has been put away and never asked for again. Huge waste of money.

Great fun, but not perfect, 19 May 2008
My 1 year old daughter was given this for her birthday last week and the one time we have had it up so far was a great success with both her and her 4 year old brother having lots of fun.

As I said though, it is not perfect. Firstly it is the standard 'pop-up' design where popping it up is fine but getting it back in the box is a nightmare for any parent! We have given up on collapsing the large red tent part of it. The photos on the instructions are next to useless. What this really needs is an instructional DVD.

Secondly there is no way to connect the four sections together. The means that they all move around and get disjointed as the children play in them. Just some connecting velcro or ties would have been a nice touch.

Great toy, but with a big caveat, 11 Aug 2007
This is a fantastic toy, but the instructions provided on how to fold it up after use are sadly wanting. I'm scouring the internet for a demonstration video, but can't find one. I'm slowly getting more and more miserable. I might have to throw it away.

The wonderful Thomas & friends Pop Up Play tent is great for indoor and outdoor use, so the perfect place to play come rain or shine! Encouraging role play and helping to develop imaginative play, children will quickly decide that this Pop Up Tent is their favourite place to have fun! The tent is quick and easy to assemble with support rods. Compact and easy to store, the Thomas & Friends Pop Up Tent is a great way of keeping children entertained whilst at home or on holiday.

A Disney Princess Castle with 2 towers, Large door and 4 windows. Includes games tray and electronic door handle with different sounds (knock-knock, bells and the tune of the waltz). 3 Years +

Your child and friends will love playing in the garden in this outdoor plastic country house, complete with kitchen with sink, back window with 2 panels and blinds. Features: resistant to sunlight and temperature changes and easy to assemble. Resistant to sunlight and temperature changes. Size: 145H x 144W x 76Dcm. Manufactured by Famosa (Feber) Suitable for children from the age of 2 years.

Detailed Styling includes realistic 'brick' chimney, clapboard siding and shingled roof.