Vtech is fucking evil.
When my kid was around 20 months old, she got really into Brio. This kit gave us hundreds of hours of entertainment- she’s seven now and still plays with it:
https://www.brio.us/products/all-products/railway/classic-ra...
It’s a well made wooden train set. It was great for helping with her fine motor skills, taught us a lot about working together and was genuinely a lot of fun…even for her old dad.