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Yellow toy engine with a giraffe-style pattern pulling a green wagon with a giraffe and a red wagon with a zebra

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BRIO World Safari Train (33722)

BRIO · Budget

A three-piece BRIO World train: a yellow engine with a safari print and two wagons whose sliding roofs reveal a giraffe and a zebra.

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Why Railfans Carry It

The maker presents this as a colourful train set with a surprise effect. The engine is yellow with what the page calls a fun safari print, and it pulls two wagons that carry a giraffe and a zebra. The animals are attached to the wagons: slide a wagon roof open and they pop their heads up, slide it closed and they tuck back down. The product photos show a yellow engine with a giraffe-style pattern, a black chimney, a red wagon with a zebra and a green wagon with a giraffe, each wagon marked with the BRIO logo. For a parent, the feature to know about is the sliding roof on each wagon, because that is the one action the page describes.

In the Field

The page lists the contents plainly: 3 pieces, made up of 1 Safari Engine and 2 Safari Wagons. It lists no track, so the set only makes sense for a family that already has BRIO track or plans to buy it. The page describes BRIO World as an open-ended play system in which all BRIO World toys work with each other, and says this playset fits right in. The product page shows an age badge of 3 and up, and the photo of the box shows the same 3+ mark. The manufacturer panel on the page names BRIO AB, Malmo, Sweden, as the maker, and lists article number 63372200 and EAN 7312350337228 so you can match this exact model against a retailer's listing. The page itself gives no dimensions, weight, battery information or printed warning text, so read the box before you wrap it. Free returns within 30 days are listed for U.S. orders on the maker's page.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Engine and two wagons for a compact three-piece set
  • Giraffe and zebra pop up when a wagon roof slides open
  • Part of the BRIO World system, which the maker says works together
  • Age 3+ shown on the product page and on the box
  • Article number and EAN listed for exact matching

Weaknesses

  • The page says the set has 3 pieces and lists no track
  • The page gives no dimensions or weight
  • The maker's FSC statement on the page covers the company's wooden toys in general, and the page does not say what material this engine and these wagons are made of
  • The set has one engine and two wagons, so it is a small train rather than a full layout

Key Specifications

BRIO World Safari Train (33722) — key specifications
SpecificationValue
EAN7312350337228
MakerBRIO AB, Malmo, Sweden
Model33722 Safari Train
Pieces3 (1 Safari Engine, 2 Safari Wagons)
AnimalsGiraffe and zebra, attached to the wagons
FeatureWagon roofs slide open so the animals pop up
Article number63372200
Recommended age3+

Who It’s For

Parents, grandparents and relatives shopping for a child aged 3 or older who already has BRIO track and wants another train with an animal theme, or who is starting a collection and will add track separately. The page describes the set in a few sentences and lists three pieces, so the contents are easy to check before buying.

Alternatives

BRIO World 33720 Safari Railway Set (article 63372000) adds 8 track pieces, a poseable figure, a train, a wagon, a load, a tree, a monkey and a zebra, with a track layout of 44.6 x 48 cm and an age of 3 years and up on the maker's page. BRIO World Safari Adventure Set (article 63396000) is a larger safari set with a steam train and wagon, tracks, three wild animals and a lion's cave with waterhole, per its page.

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