Which Hornby Set - Starting a collection for 1 year old

[sparton_SPA]

Happy weekend all - when is Summer starting?

My son is 1 year at the end of the year. I wanted to get something that we can add to as he grows up and will still be interesting for him into his older years.

One idea I have, is to buy the fundamentals of a Hornby train set, then each year we can buy him a Loco or specific track to add to the collection.

However, I am a complete novice and no idea where to start. I think there is different size gauges of track/locos, but would like to go for the one that will be the most common to buy parts and trains for.

Any pointers would help me greatly.

 

[sparton_SPA]

Shirley something that appreciates in value would be better?

Open to suggestions!

00 gauge is Hornby’s standard and by far the most popular gauge. Also called H0 in Europe and the US. You won’t go wrong with that, plenty of starter sets in that gauge

Perfect, that sets me in the right direction.

Translation - I want to buy myself a trainset.

Ooof, is it that obvious??
I thought my plan was perfect to get my first train set via this hahaha

 

[sparton_SPA]

Might need to start a thread for scalextric as well - as reading some of the comments it seems that this would be a better option for a 1yr old.

 

[sparton_SPA]

There is one:

When did Scalextric become so expensive?

My son saw slot slot car racing on the TV, a few weeks back and decided he wanted a go. Being a child of the 80s, I have loads of it in my loft and I got it all out. The track is a bit rusty but everything was there except for any cars - I only then remembered that my brother and I used to...

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TOP MAN!

I'll give that a read this evening.