No problems with his head falling off here

My son has had Cranky since Christmas 2004 (9 months now) and his head hasn't fallen off once. My son picks up engines with him and everything, but we haven't had any problems. He plays with his Thomas stuff every day, and is pretty rough with his toys too. I just think that for the price, it should come with more cargo.

My son loves it!

My son received this 2 years ago for his 3rd birthday. His aunt gave it to him, as it was the first thing he asked for when she asked what he wanted for his birthday. My son loves playing with Cranky and he is fun to play with as long as you have several other Thomas trains that have cargo. The more the better!

Worst Thomas Item We've Bought!!!

We own literally hundreds of dollars in Thomas the Tank Engine Wooden Railway system starting from the table up and Cranky the Crane is the biggest rip off and disappointment made in this system. Cranky's head fell off the first time we opened it out of the box, took it back to the store, exchanged it, his head fell off before we got out of the parking lot!! I have restrung and hot glued Cranky so many times that I am ready to come unglued!! My son has pretty much given up on Cranky as Cranky seems to get real cranky if you even look at him. Learning Curve should refund their money to EVERYONE that has bought this piece of expensive junk.