| | |  | Training Cards/Card Games | Home » » » Thomas And Friends Wooden Railway - Rocky | | | | | | | Description: | | Thomas & Friends Rocky is a unique, three-part piece of machinery who is known to be a "Gentle Giant." Rocky is a giant crane big enough to pick up other engines. He can do all the big jobs that Harvey can't do, like lift derailed engines back onto the tracks. He has no engine and relies on other engines to pull him to where he is needed. Measures 10.5" long. | | | Features: | |
• Unique three-part engine
• Comes with gentle giant character traits
• Crane arm rotates and tows engines
• Body and chassis are made from wood
• Contains plastic parts including face, wheels, and working crane parts
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.98 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 5.98 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Nice looking, several limitationsDec 06, 2008
By Scott Meaker
Immediately after opening the package and getting Rocky onto the track, my son used the magnetic crane to "tow" another train back onto the track. I was so impressed with this action, that my ability to give an unbiased review of the product may be a little limited.
Sashamellow's description of the toy's limitations are accurate. But I did not feel they reduce my son's enjoyment of the toy overly much. Interestingly, the fact that Rocky does not fit through tunnels led my son to want to create a branch for Rocky to take around the tunnel which was a great problem solving task for him. However, if you don't have the extra track to make this an enjoyable task for your child, you may just find yourself trying to remind them not to try to shove Rocky in the tunnel again.
I don't understand at all what the front and back cars are for except to look just like the character from the show. My son will tow other trains onto the track, but putting anything on the front car will just result in it falling down right away. The magnets on the front car don't line up with anything that would help them remain on the flatbed.
Overall, this is a great looking toy, but has some great limitations in its playability.
And, yet, because both my son and I enjoying pulling out Rocky to rescue other trains that have crash, I still give this toy a favorable rating.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Love Rocky but wish he was more functionalDec 11, 2011
By Talvi
Love
- Rocky! He gets called on when needed to save engines and is super nice and eager to help.
- Fun with a magnetic crane
- Nice construction
Don't Love
- Rocky doesn't do a full rotation - he only goes partway
- The crane cord is short
- No mechanism to spool and unspool
- Rocky's two cars don't hold anything. They have a plastic divider in the middle that means that nothing flat can rest on it. They are too small to put an engine on (and the divider gets in the way).
- Doesn't fit in tunnels and has problems up hills due to the length (had to build a side track around the quarry mine tunnel for Rocky)
If I had desiged it, I would have made the side cars so that you could put an engine on them. I guess I probably wouldn't have made a functioning or retractable crane - it seems like they always stop working after a short time. But it would have made it much better for my 3 year old to pull Gordon (Oh, the indignity!) and James out of the muddy fens when Toby ran to get him in my son's favorite episode with Rocky.
It might have made Rocky a bigger hit with my son, who doesn't play with him much due to his limitations with set pieces.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 My son loves RockyNov 17, 2010
By Rinaudo Ramiro
"Hi Tech"
My son wanted Rocky for a long time. He is really happy about it. It has a magnet on the hook, which allows it to grab any iron stuff. It looks durable. It's also really long, bigger than normal long engines.
8 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 awkward and overpricedMay 31, 2008
By Sashamellow
My son is a train fanatic, and we got this as a gift. Rocky has very limited movement, and is so big that he doesn't fit through the tunnels and under bridges that go with the rest of the set. The ability to lift other trains magnetically is a cool feature, but things put on the flat bed fall off really easily. My 3 year old son likes this toy, but does get frustrated with it. This toy is cute, but way over priced.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
So-so RockyOct 10, 2011
By P. Parker
This is one of the wooden toys "we" were most anticipating, it looks like a lot of fun & The Boy plays with it, but not as much as expected. We knew from other reviews that it's too long to use on a lot of layouts, but some other stuff (and we are REALLY getting picky here... We know) the whole thing is just too clumsy on any track, not just the curves, the layout is wrong per the TV show, he should have both cars behind his main body, he is facing the wrong way (Yes, as mentioned we know we are getting a little over the top here) but the face is facing fwd and should face to the rear, that's how he is in the shows/movies and because of this you really can't play with him the way we expected, in the movie he is facing to the rear with his hook on Spencer and being pulled by Hiro... Not possible with the magnets situated the way they are. I'm thinking that I may pop them out & swap them around so The Boy can finally play this scene out, but I'm too worried that this may put me over the line as far as OCD parenting is concerned. More gripes, the line on the crane is really short & not retractable (1/2 what is pictured), the crane only turns part way round (this would have solved the magnet problem) and there is no real spot for the "hook" magnet to rest, it always just pulls to the rear or off the side.
Anyway, just a bunch of complaints, really not a huge deal, Rocky was 1/3 cheapest on Amazon & I'm only being so negative because they main reason we got this was to play out the big rescue scene from Hero of the Rails & we can't... We'll all live. Toy is as well built as all the other Thomas trains & it is played with.
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