One more thing...

Target often has some similar wooden toys to the Plan toys. My son actually had a garage similar to the one in the photo above that we did purchase at Target.
My daughter's sitter managed to score a quite nice wooden train set on the sale wall in a Wal-mart- remarkably similar to Thomas stuff.
Try a Toys-R-Us store rather than online, and ebay, also. ooh, and Hearthsong- www.hearthsong.com

Those Plan toys are to cool. The website you found them at has people sets that I just fell in love with. They remind me of the old fisher price people from when I was younger. Can't find those anymore!! Thanks for the link.

I was going to say that I could buy one here and ship it to you (US Postal) from Germany. PLAN and Brio are in all the toy stores here. We have the PLAN airport and the boys love it. Simon's going to love his new garage.
Margaret's blog is great!! It has encouraged me to get my rear in gear with a daily blog/journal I've been meaning to start about my boys. The template was made ages ago and I just never started it.
Have fun at the convention.

Ali, this is totally unrelated to the toy (though it *is* very cool)....I just read on 2peas that Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) is being tapped to direct the movie verison of The Time Traveler's Wife. I know that you love the book, so I thought that I'd pass it on :)

Hey Ali! My mother-in-law got that parking garage for Hayden when he was about 18 months. Needless to say, it is an all time-fave! She keeps it at her house to entertain him when we stay there. He talks about it for days after we leave - it has provided many hours of little boy fun! Hope you get it soon!

that is a super cool toy! :) Have a great trip, be safe and have fun!

Love that toy and man that Margaret is super cool isn't she?? I keep telling her is uber cool!! ;)

Ali-
Greetings from Singapore. I love your blog, just found it...Thanks for bringing this Oregon girl a little bit of home.
Cheers,
Kristy

Margaret is tres cool. Love that girl and it was so awesome to meet her IRL. Now I think I need me this parking garage.

if you like "traveling mercies" you should read "blue like jazz" by Donald Miller. he is really funny but says some amazing and powerful things about faith, God, and how to live a Christian lifestyle. a must read.
Tiffany Smoot
p.s. love the website!

Sorry to lead you down the dark path. I'm sure you noticed the cool little people, cars, buildings, roadway system.....you get the picture. Have fun Simon! :)