Tomy Dinosaur Train Interaction Mr Conductor

This is a product review for the Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Mr. Conductor figure made by TOMY. The figure comes nicely packaged which is colourful and easy to open and release the figure from. Mr. Conductor stands just shy of 8 inches.Sculpt: The figure is very accurate to the tv show character; it’s immediately recognisable. The materials are mostly plastic but the arms are rubber, being the thinnest part of the toy this is just as well to prevent snapped limbs. The figure lacks in texture being just glossy plastic with no dinosaur skin look which the show’s character does have and indeed so do other toys in the series.Mr. Conductor is held together by screws and unfortunately no effort has been made to blend them in, they are unpainted, silver and tend to stand out especially the two that affix the jaw, giving the toy a Frankenstein-esque appearance; now the majority of kids won’t really mind but I still think it’s sloppy and makes the figure look a little cheap.Articulation: for this figure involves the mouth, which is opened by pressing a button on top of the head, the neck which pivots backwards and forwards, arms rotate up and down and legs rotate also.Special Features: Mr. Conductor says various phrases from the tv series when you press down firmly on the head button or when you press the button on his chest (this is supposed to be his pocket watch but has no real watch detail). Pressing the pocket watch also causes it to flash different colours. He has 3 settings which can be changed by using a switch on his side, 2 of these settings change the language between English and Spanish and the 3rd enables a SFX mode where he will roar, yawn or giggle when buttons are pressed. If the figure is not played with for some minutes it will snore briefly.This series of toys have the special feature of an interact ability with others in their range. They have sensors which emit infrared to trigger different phrases in nearby characters up to a radius of 10ft and this feature works better indoors and facing each other. Adding more characters to your collection will unlock different phrases in each character as they address each other. I have found the interaction not always consistent especially when there are more than 2 of the series close by.Accents: There has been allot of confusion about the range having British accents when the dvd’s seem to have American. It seems that two versions of the show are available for the British and U.S. market respectively. Nickelodeon UK runs the series with British accents and that is what you get when buying the toys here in the UK, however if your children have watched dvd’s of Dinosaur Train chances are they will have seen the American version and may be a little disappointed when their toy sounds completely different. Mr. Conductor for example in the U.S. version sounds much more whacky and fun whereas the British version is less so, I guess it’s all down to personal taste.Overall: I wouldn’t pay over £15 for this figure being one of the smallest in the series. It seems fairly robust but heavy use could pose a problem for it in the long run. The electrics will not survive coming into contact with water so if your child likes to play with toys in the bath/puddles etc extra caution is required. Good toys solid in idea, but a little less so in reality.

Great price, sometimes doesn't work with my sons other talking dinosaurs as its a little larger and it's hard to line them up. Ok on its on says a few phrases. Says it talks more than we have been able to get it to do.

My son has a few of these interactive dinosaurs, its great when they all start having a chat!! Decent size toys.

This guy is great. I bought him any Tiny for my 2 year old daughter and she never puts them down. The interaction between the two has impressed many people that she shows. Lots of fun

A smash hit ! only wish I could purchase Don

Would recommend this for any dinosaur train fan we have a few of these bought for Christmas and they all talk to each other was rather funny wrapping them for Christmas and they were talking to each other under the tree

Purchased for our Grand daughter for her 6th birthday and she just loves it.Mr Conductor probably interacts more than any other Dinosaur, and sings the theme tune too.Can recommend this to any child who enjoys the Dinosaur train.

3.5 year old son utterly deluge with this. Bought this and the Ned one and the interaction works really well. I quite like it too! Good price too.