LEGO DUPLO® 10955 Animal Train Age: 1½+Pieces: 15 Creative thinking blocks for Toddlers
Treat a toddler to the enchanting LEGO DUPLO My First Animal Train (10955). This versatile toy includes 4 buildable animals that are perfect for little hands to pick up, place and pull along.
Kids build and rebuild, line up the carriages, place animals on and off the train and stack them on top of each other, developing fine motor skills as they enjoy imaginative role play.
Includes a buildable elephant (4 pieces), tiger (2 pieces), giraffe (3 pieces) and panda (2 pieces), plus 4 push-along ‘carriages’ with wheels.
For children aged 18 months and up, this delightful playset has it all: hands-on creativity, imaginative play possibilities and developmental benefits. It’s a great gift for toddlers.
Measures over 5 in. (14 cm) high, 17 in. (45 cm) long and 2 in. (6 cm) wide. Perfect for small hands to pick up and play with.
Versatile toy for little animal lovers
Toddlers' play-and-learn train, with 4 buildable animals, 4 push-along carriages and actual-size images to aid construction.
Endless creative play
Kids aged 18 months+ can put animals on the train, sit them on top of each other and build freely with this 15-piece playset.
LEGO DUPLO My First Animal Train
Introduce toddlers to animals
4 build-and-play animals the giraffe has a wobbling neck.
Explore colors and shapes
Kids assemble the bricks over actual-size building cards
Develop fine motor skills
Put endless fun with carriages and animals into kids’ hands.
A fun building experience for toddlers
Pieces specially designed for toddlers and different levels of building complexity encourage hands-on, creative construction.
Versatile and durable gift
An ideal gift for birthdays, Christmas, or ‘just because’. For extra fun, connect this set to other wheel-based DUPLO toys.
Set Name & Number: LEGO DUPLO My First Animal Train (10955)
Pieces: 15 pieces total
Age Recommendation: 1½ years and up (≈ 18 months)
Theme: DUPLO, geared toward pre-school / toddler level, introducing animals, simple building, trains, imaginative play.
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Features
Here are the key features of this set:
Feature Details
Build-and-Play Animals The set includes 4 buildable animals: an elephant, tiger, giraffe, panda. Each animal has varying complexity (number of pieces) to assemble.
Train Carriages There are 4 push-along train carriages (with wheels) so that animals can be placed on them and pulled along as a train.
Giraffe’s Wobbling Neck One special fun feature: the giraffe has a wobbling or movable neck, which adds an interactive / playful twist.
Building Cards with Life-Size Models The set includes cards/images that are actual-size / life-size models (or close), so toddlers can overlay bricks over the image to build (helps with matching, following visual cues).
Varying Building Complexity Some animal builds are simpler (fewer pieces), others a bit more involved. This helps toddlers gradually build confidence, based on their motor skills.
Toddler-Friendly Elements Large DUPLO pieces suitable for small hands; durable, safe. Designed so parts are easy to grasp, assemble and disassemble.
Connection & Compatibility Train carriages have wheels, so the set can be connected, pulled, maybe attached to other wheeled DUPLO sets for more play possibilities.
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Benefits
This set offers quite a few developmental and play-value advantages, especially for younger children. Here are some of them:
1. Fine Motor Skill Development
Grasping bricks, putting them together, picking up small parts (animals) helps strengthen hand-eye coordination, precision, dexterity.
Pulling train carriages, stacking animals also contribute to these skills.
2. Cognitive & Visual Skills
Using the building cards to match shapes and colors helps with visual discrimination, matching skills, and following simple visual instructions.
Recognizing animal shapes, colors, learning names of animals.
3. Imaginative / Role-Play & Language Development
The animal train provides opportunities for storytelling and pretend-play (e.g. animals riding the train, journey, stopping at stations etc.).
Parents/caregivers can engage: “Which animal goes next?”, “Where will the elephant ride?”, etc., building vocabulary and understanding.
4. Understanding Cause & Effect / Movement
The train carriages roll; the giraffe’s wobbling neck gives feedback / movement so children can see how actions cause results.
5. Sequencing & Problem-Solving
Deciding how to assemble animals (which piece goes where), ordering the carriages, stacking or placing animals — these encourage thinking about sequence, order, and spatial reasoning.
6. Confidence Building
Because the set offers varying complexity (some animals easier, some trickier), toddlers can succeed early builds, which gives satisfaction, then try more complex ones.
7. Play Together & Social Interaction
Parents or siblings can help or join in the building, enriching bonding moments.
Sharing pieces, taking turns pulling the train, makes it a social toy.
8. Longevity and Integration
Though simple, the set remains useful over time during toddler years, and integrates with other DUPLO / wheeled toy sets to expand play.
9. Safe & Durable Design
Pieces are large and sturdy enough for toddlers; DUPLO is designed according to safety standards. Less choking hazard than smaller bricks.
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