Rusty with construction cars set it is a three-car set. There's Rusty, a cement mixer car -- which spins as the car moves, and a sort of dumper-cargo car. This is also a good gift pack specially for a child who doesn't have Rusty already. Rusty is desirable because he he is a friendly and hard-working diesel.

My biggest problem with the Thomas toys is that they are mostly male. There are a few females trains and trucks like Lady and Emily and Elizabeth (these are mostly new trains) but no female conductors or fire starters, etc.

I am really glad we found Thomas because of the incredible teaching and talking points he opens up, not to mention the entertainment for my child. If Joe wasn't so interested in Thomas and Percy and all the rest we would not have had the opportunity to introduce the engineering and "how-the-world-works" concepts that come along with train play. We recently took an open-air, historical train trip in our neighborhood and Joe sat still, open-mouthed and awed for over an hour just watching the operations of the train.

Related links

• If your Child has a Train Bug
• Good Thomas Reviewer