All aboard the next stop along the learning curve. The Thomas Wooden Railway System grows along with kids' increasing skills, offering years of enjoyable play and new adventures around each and every bend.

Percy is a character from the classic Thomas & Friends stories. Designed with big buttons for smaller fingers, this engine features a die-cast metal chassis and body, powerful four-wheel drive, easy-start button and more. Works both on and off-track. Requires 1 "AA" alkaline battery (not included).

Die-cast metal chassis and body

Chunky rubber-lined tires grip track to prevent derailing

Easy-to-operate start button

Special magnet helps keep rolling stock on the track

Recommended Age Range 3 to 5 Years

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This is a great product. Very well-constructed. Very durable. It can be switched on, go forward or backward, and it can be pushed manually--another reviewer complained that it could not be pushed, but it can be pushed.

Purchasing recommendation:
* Wait until appropriate age: Our son started with Thomas when he was 18 months old, but we did not buy any battery engines until he was 3. We wanted for him to use his imagination in pushing and pulling for a while. Now he sometimes sits back and just watches the battery engines, while at other times he pushes them.

* The metal engines are more durable: The metal engines cost more than the larger plastic battery-operated engines, but they are far more durable. They feel solid in the hand. They go both forward and backwards, while the plastic engines only go forward. They pull the wooden cars that your child may already have. They're just a better fit!

22 of 22 found the following review helpful:

Percy has a lot of accidentsMar 04, 2003
By Chateau Margaux "winemaker"
My daughter (3 years old) had to get Percy the battery-operated engine. I was trying to limit our engine purchases to just Thomas (battery and wood) himself. What the heck? We'll have two battery engines for our "investment" now. Well, Percy is as cute as a bug in a rug, but he tends to fall off the track at every switch tower, sharp turn, or any gap in the track most likely due to the fact that he only has four wheels (vs. Thomas' six). If he's hauling the other cars, they fall off with him. "Percy's a little accident prone" is what we tell our daughter. She still loves him! Maybe that's the lesson here---you've gotta help the engines get back on the track.

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Percy Died!Jan 18, 2006
By Emily C. Coursey "Normal Human Being"
We bought battery-powered Percy for our 22-mo-old son for X-mas. He had no interest in any of his other X-mas presents after opening this one, and unfortunately this was the first thing he opened, so that was that. He has played with Percy EVERY DAY since X-mas, and suddenly Percy died- his back wheels no longer turn. I had hoped that for the price he would last longer than he did. I also must mention that he had some difficulty staying on the tracks in curves- and they were Thomas tracks, not generic. Percy kept falling off, especially when pulling cars. I suppose we'll be returning him, but after reading other reviews we may exchange him for two wooden engines instead- they don't break! And f.y.i.- Brio's and Imaginarium's battery-powered engines aren't much better- they use up batteries like I don't know what. On the positive side, Percy was thoroughly enjoyed by our son while he lasted, and he had more speed, power, and longer battery life than the Brio and Imaginarium engines.

8 of 9 found the following review helpful:

We Love Battery Powered Percy!Sep 10, 2005
By Pam Tee "Busy Mom"
Wow, I am *REALLY* surprised at some of the problems people have said that they have had with their engines. We purchased Battery Thomas over a year ago and have had Battery Percy for five or so months and have never had a problem.

In fact, our two kids have left them running for hours in the corner; buried them in sand and pebbles, and covered them with playdough without apparent harm. [I draw the line at submersion.]

From our point of view and experience they are well-constructed and very durable. They can be switched on or pushed manually. The batteries are not easy to replace, but I kind of like that my son (3 yo), who sometimes does some knuckleheaded things, can't get to them.

Five Stars. We have two of the die-cast batter powered Steamies and have had no problems.

[In fact, we haven't had a problem like those described with the super cheap--6 buck-- plastic, battery powered Thomas trains that we bought at a discount house.]

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Broke after 3 daysApr 26, 2005
By Monica Y. Choi "rafi:s mommy"
After 3 days of playing with it, my son's battery-powered percy died. He left it on while I was giving him a bath. When we finally found Percy, he was tucked away in the corner of our bed. He was hot, so I knew my son had left him on. I replaced the battery. While the light still works, the motor is completely dead. I would not recommend this product.

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