Yeah, my parents are thinking of buying my 20 month old a train set and told me that money is no object, so I thought about the wooden Thomas set. However, upon letting my son try out a few different kinds, he really seems to prefer the GeoTrax toys. GeoTrax seems to have a little more variety in that there are cars and other vehicles which my son also loves. If yours in just into trains, he may well like Thomas better. In looking at everything available, you can easily spend a small fortune on either set, but Thomas is by far more expensive. Either way, try Ebay and craigslist!