Oh no choo choo! HUMM? Children eh? Little buggers are quite good at distroying just about anything, in ways you couldn't eve imagine! Perhaps the best thing is some form of interlock (So that the blocks will only go on one way) and to this mould your interface connector, large bannana plugs may also be good (But would need to be short and in some form of schrowd so that they could not stab thier eyes out (Oh the little darlings). Also the electronics within must be protected so that they can not be swollowed, or even removed without the aid of a large sledge hammer!. The plasic used should be of a non toxic type etc. Not simple by any means The electronic side is simple, it will be the implementation that is hard! The train would have been easyer Dennis