Connor is the handsome (teal with light blue and yellow lining), streamlined engine introduced in the latest Thomas DVD who along with another new character, Caitlin transports passengers from the Mainland to Ulfstead Castle on Sodor! He has his own coaches, and is based on the Hudsons of the New York Central Railroad. Very energetic and excitable (perhaps a bit more patient than Caitlin!), he loves to race the other engines, but something tells us Thomas will STILL win when the outcomes of the races are determined by our grandson! We grabbed him on Amazon for $8.99 with free shipping (Fisher-Price's MSRP for Connor is $9), to avoid out-of-stocks at Christmas!
Grandpa and I started collecting Take-n-Play for our first grandson the year it came out (2010), when he was about 2 1/2. At the time, it was a high quality line of trains, vehicles and playsets that we felt would be durable enough for him to pass along to his own kids some day, and has provided countless hours of enjoyable interaction between us. We love watching him exercise his imagination and creativity as he comes up with new scenarios and adventures! He turned 5 in April and still looks forward to visiting his Sodor land of make believe in our basement; his little brother is 16 months old and it won't be long before he's playing with them too. Hopefully when Grandpa and I are no longer around one day, their early memories of playtime with us will be as warm as ours already are, and they'll be able to share more special memories with the next generation! Unfortunately, the line in general has gone downhill over the past year, so this will be the last year of the collection. At least our younger grandchild will have the first few years of the collection to play with, before Fisher-Price started cutting corners.
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