not awesome

Maya and Abby got a train table this past Christmas that with visitors and the revolving sickness, Mike just got around to building today. It has been installed in the toy room for a grand total of 45 minutes and already I desperately want to pitch it out the front door.

Why, you may ask? Well I'll tell you.



None of those track connections lock together in anyway. So roughly 54 seconds after Mike set it up Abby was screaming, "Maya broke the train track." So a grumbling Daddy fixed it.

And 34 seconds after that, "Daddy! Maya broke it!" And a cursing under his breath Daddy fixed it.

And 27.3 seconds after that. "Maya broke the train!" And Daddy's head exploded.

So I had the brilliant idea to tape the pieces of track together and that worked for about 87 seconds. I took the picture above after I had taped it together and if you look closely you'll see the track is already coming apart and I've just noticed pieces of and it the entire train in the living room.

I mean seriously, who designs a toy for children that falls apart if you so much as breathe in it's direction? I'm sure that must have come up as in issue during the testing phase. Did they just throw their hands in the air and say who gives a crap? They won't know until after they have it home and built. Mike has dispatched the box to the garage so I don't know off hand who made this particular table, but I do suggest if you were planning on a similar purchase to do some research and ask questions before it's home and assembled.