Thomas and Friends toys are very popular with Biggest. He loves vehicles with wheels, as I have mentioned before, and very much enjoys the repetitive action of train tracks. He particularly enjoyed Thomas and Friends Adventures Shark Escape set, because it has a dramatic mechanism that propels Thomas through a loop of water, where he narrowly escapes a shark’s jaws. One reader can win this track set for their own little Thomas the Tank Engine fan. Simply enter via the Rafflecopter at the end of this post.
You can see how much both Biggest and Littlest enjoyed playing with the adventure set in our unboxing video below:
Thomas and Friends Adventures Shark Escape Review
The Thomas and Friends Shark Escape set is very easy to assemble. I can dismantle and put it away in the box each day. It only takes a few seconds to snap the pieces together again when the children ask to play with it.
We were really impressed with the toy. Biggest was very excited by the dramatic action of Thomas loop-the-looping. As it is a very repetitive action, and he has autism, Biggest found the best fun in making Thomas loop over and over again. The fine and gross motor skills needed to make the action work correctly were a little tricky for him – but this is a good thing. Often, it is hard to get him to practise the motor skills he finds difficult because he avoids things he finds challenging. However, with this set, he was so enchanted by watching Thomas spin round that he was motivated to keep trying. This meant that, eventually, he mastered being able to work the mechanism entirely by himself.
Littlest enjoyed more imaginative play with Thomas. I saw her talking to him, pushing him around the track and making him talk to the shark! In fact, Thomas and Friends toys are designed to help your child’s development in a range of areas, from physical and motor skills to cognitive skills and problem solving. Find out more here.
Finally, if you would like to win a Thomas and Friends Adventures Shark Escape set for your little one, simply follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter below. Please note, you must be a UK resident and terms and conditions apply. For full details, see Rafflecopter.
*Mattel gave us a Thomas and Friends Adventures Shark Escape toy for the purposes of this review. All words, images and opinions are my own*
My son would love this and his birthday is coming up!
Thank you for the review my grandson would love this set he has a few others but with the Shark and his big teeth adds a little bit of danger and lots of fun.
my godson would love this he adores Thomas The Tank.
I absolutely love Thomas, this looks brilliant for me, never mind kids
I have just to say thomas and a smile appears
It has everything my boys love, Thomas, tracks & dangerous animals!
My daughter would love this as she is currently obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine
because my Thomas loves Sharks and loves Thomas
for my boys to enjoy sharing as they love playing with their Thomas trains
as it looks so much fun
id lvoe this for my nephew he loves thomas!
My nephew loves Thomas and this would be for him- but you’re never too old: my teenage boys found one of their old Thomas DVDs a couple of months ago and I found them singing along to the theme tunes and discussing which episodes had scared them when they were little!
My little boy would love this as he’s seen somthing similar on tele and says ‘Seth needs this’ haha
My little boy loves trains, and is just getting to an age where he could appreciate this sort of toy!
My son James would love this, he loves anything to do with Thomas!
for my little boy xx
My grandson loves thomas
My Thomas mad son would love this for sure.
my little boy would love this because he is thomas mad!!
My son would love this, he loves Thomas! 🙂
My little boy loves trains.
Because my son is a big Thomas fan and this really looks very different to the other toys he has.
My grandson William would love this anything to do with Thomas the tank engine
My sons would love this as they are both Thomas fans and love sharks too!
my nephew would love this because it is a unique Thomas adventure!!
My Nephew would love this, he loves all things Thomas!
My little man loves Thomas, but he is crazy about sharks! He would absolutely love this, I think it’s on the cards as a gift if I don’t win. Fingers crossed though, thanks for the chance at a great prize!
my nephews are huge Thomas fans they would love this
Looks nice for a friends child.
My nephew would love this because he loves Thomas and it looks great fun
our little Grandson would love this as he loves Thomas and this looks fun!
for my son x
My daughter would love this as she is mad for Thomas
My son is a massive Thomas fan.
They would love the Thomas & Friends Shark Escape set because it looks very exciting and has thomas.
Both my boys are Thomas mad, they would love this!
I’ve a thomas mad little boy who’d love this.
My friends son absolutely loves Thomas so I’d give it to him.
My granddaughter would love this shesin love with Thomas
My nephew is a great Thomas The Tank fan
little one loves thomas and this looks simple to set up and use 🙂
She would love playing this with her Daddy
My nephew would love this as he loves everything Thomas and this is something different . 4th birthday soon so just the right age x
this would be an awesome bonding exercise with my two young ones xx
it looks fantastically fun Harry would love it as it’s Thomas and well he loves anything Thomas plus he likes sharks a lot right now too
my little man would love this 😀
It would my the perfect birthday present for my son, he adores Thomas! X
My twin boys adore Thomas, and they would love to add this to their growing collection
My son is Thomas mad at the minute this set looks so much quicker to put together than some of the sets
My nephew is Thomas obsessed, he’d love it!
because it looks so much fun
my son has seen this advertised on tv and gets excited during the whole ad, so I know he would love this.
Our son Jack is the biggest Thomas fan and would absolutely love this.
Looks like so much fun. I just know he world be over the moon to play it.
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My little boy, he loves thomas!
My son would love this is, his favourite toys by far are Thomas and friends
My daughter loves Thomas 🙂
My little one would love this Thomas and friends shark escape set because he’s recently been obsessed with sharks and whales after a visit to the local sealife centre, so he would love this! 🙂
My nephew is absolutely dotty about Thomas! Many thanks
My daughter would love this, she absolutely loves Thomas and this looks so much fun
My little’un love anything Thomas the Tank Engine ever since we went on one of those Thomas rides at the local park.
My youngest son is a huge Thomas fan and loves anything related to him.
Our godson loves loves loves sharks and loves Thomas too x
My daughter Laura love Thomas the Tank Engine, thank you for the chance to win.
My grandson would love it and as his dad is still a big kid I reckon they would have hours of fun with this x
My son loves Thomas and anything to do with trains! He’d be in his element with this set!!
both little boys are obsessed with Thomas
id love this for my nephew
My Grandson loves all things Thomas he would be chuffed with this
….because she is getting older now. So having a toy like this, which is a little more advanced than most of her current toys, would be very fun for her. At least, thats what I assume.
for my grandson ethan
it looks great fun and something that both H and D can play with together (at 3 and 7 they still like playing together but some things are too complicated)
My little girl loves making shark sounds, and trains!
Thomas is a great favourite; blue is her favourite colour because Thomas is blue. She also has an undersea mural in her room and loves the shark in it.
He would have great fun playing with it.
It looks alot of fun and he would get many hours of fun and enjoyment with Thomas
Thomas plus a scary shark? That combination would always be a winner in our house.
fab giveaway! Our little man is a huge Thomas fan. Havent seen this particular set before.
because anything train related (especially Thomas!) is a great hit here, and the shark would add even more appeal 🙂
A shark AND Thomas my little boy will be in heaven!
My grandson would like seeing the train escaping from the shark
My little Grandson loves Thomas and Friends also liking underwater creatures at the moment so this would be ideal for him
My son would live this because he’s seen it on YouTube, he loves watching Thomas toy/unboxing videos 🙂 can’t believe his Thomas obsession has been going on over 3 years now!
My nephew would love this
Fun and learning with Thomas
Can’t get better than that
My son loves all things Thomas
My boys would love it.
It looks fun and great for the imagination.
my 2 year old son would love it
My nephew loves Tomas the Tank engine
My Grandson loves Thomas and be very happy to receive this
My nephew loves Thomas and would love this
Maxx (my great-nephew, hope that’s OK) would love this. 🙂 Sometimes he goes “that’s a bit girlie” so the shark would add a boyish dimension to this great prize.
My Grandsons love Thomas and I think the shark would appeal to them too!
I would love this set for my nephew & godson who lives 3 houses away from me and who I absolutely dote on! He is mad about Thomas and his birthday is coming up soon. He would really love this.
My 5 year old loves all things Thomas related and this shark set looks super cool 🙂
My nephew would love this he loves adventures and Thomas and he loves sharks
because my little girl loves sharks and trains
My son is Thomas mad, this would be perfect to keep at his grandma’s for when she looks after him the day i go to work.
My son would like this because he likes Trains, especially Thomas x
My son and daughter both adore watching Thomas. They have two different sets to this and have lots of fun playing with them together (luckily 2 year old Erin will always let her big brother be Thomas whilst she is Percy!) so I’m sure they’d love to add this to their collection. It looks like so much fun!
Our daughter would love this she’s Thomas mad
as my son is a huge fan and would have hours of fun
My son is a big fan of sharks so would love to watch Thomas whizz by, this set looks lots of fun. Thank you for the chance.
My daughter would absolutely love love love this xxx
My nephew would love this as he is currently obsessed with sharks for some reason.
My little boy turned 1 in February and I haven’t really seen anything catch his eye and hold his attention like Thomas, so genuinely I am trying to win this for him. He’s a lovely little boy, his brother and sister are like busy bees and get get far more attention than I’d like to give because they are so demanding, where I feel he misses out on his daddy because daddy is always busy replying to “DADDDYYYYY!!!!” Thank you for the chance. Lovely giveaway xxx
My youngest Grandson loves both Thomas and sharks, this would be ideal for him x
because he would enjoy seeing Thomas whizzing around