Tomica Mega Station Hypercity Set

This item is only $69.99 at Toys R Us, most internet sites including Ebay are ripping people off with this over $100 price tag!!

Like a previous buyer I got this set on sale at ToysRUs, but for $59.99. The buyer that got it for $39.99 got an amazing deal, great job. The set is pretty nice overall. The train tracks, trains, cars, and motorized car ramp are decent enough quality for this price and seem durable so far. Sometimes the automatic train undercarriage stop/go mechanism by the motorized car ramp stops the train literally in the roadway (the undercarriage stop not the gate), but it seems its caused by human error throwing off the timing while controlling it in manual mode, and then switching to auto mode. Its fairly easy to set it right while in manual mode. Still I think the logic should recognize that when the gate goes up, the undercarriage stop has to stay down no matter what, at least while in auto mode.

The car ramp works well unless you just go crazy with the manual button (like my son does sometimes). In that case cars and the train may collide or too many cars enter the ramp and can topple over each other. I am a little worried the little plastic "flaps" which pull the cars up the ramp may break eventually. I say this because if you feed a slightly elongated vehicle into the ramp it causes the flap to bend more and push the car against the side of the ramp. The cars that come with the set, and any other cars of similar length, are fine. But still, even they eventually may cause the flaps to bend more permanently, even under normal usage. I wish the flaps were better constructed so I wouldn't have to worry, but I guess for this price it is what it is. I also wished the car ramp could be used fully manually, i.e. pushing the cars up manually. While the system does push manually I dont believe it is supposed to be used this way, and it doesn't feel like it is.

Above are more words of caution than complaints against the product. But if I had paid over $100 then they would be real complaints against the product since I would expect much higher quality at twice the price.

The only thing I'm truly unhappy with this product so far, is the cardboard roadway "puzzle pieces". The concept of puzzle pieces is fine especially if you plan to expand or re-design the set, but why Tomica didnt use the same plastics as the stations and parking lots, is beyond me. The heavy cardboard pieces are slightly bowed, therefore they don't create a perfectly flat roadway and they dont fit together perfectly. I believe this is a noticable design flaw worth one full star off my review. Also even the plastics have fairly weak connectors which can come apart a bit too easily. I believe even at $59.99 price tag these items should have been done better.

While it sounds like a lot of complaints, I like the overall design and concept of this set, and it functions pretty much as advertised. I also like that it can be expanded quite a bit and the expansion mini-sets seem to be priced right. I will probably invest even more in add-ons because of the fair-enough quality and decent pricing I was able to get. Only time will tell how durable this is. I was struggling to rate this 3 stars or 4. I think 3.5 is more correct but I feel that I just really need to nail this product on the cardboard roadway pieces and plastic parking area inter-connects. I am still happy I bought this product and would still recommend it at the right price.

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I thought I should be dad of the year, so I bought this for my 2 year old for Christmas. He absolutely loves it, and kept bugging me to take the batteries out of his favorite toy and put them in this so he can play with this instead (since I'm too cheap for c-cells apparently)

Its sturdy, and he learned quickly which buttons to press to let the train go and to raise the barriers for the cars to roll around etc. Not really educational but something for him to practice his motor skills which are now finer than a bleach blonde country girls hair

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My son and I just purchased the "Mega Station" and it's a big hit. My son it just turning four and I told him he was old enough for a big boys train set. Tomica caught my eye watching train video on youtube. I was excited to see Toys r us carrying the brand but the with limited selection. I actually found mine at a discount store for for 65% off the retail price so I couldn't pass it up.

This toy has not disappointed my son or myself. The detail is great and there is enough to do for both of us to stay entertained and playing together for awhile. There are some stickers to put on and some are tricky. I recommend using tweezers, they really help.

This toy takes four "C" batteries and this makes the train go faster then the "AA" Thomas trains so Thomas gets over run a lot.

All in all I all I am looking forward in building on with more sets.

It's great fun and my son loves that we play with this together. The hugs and kisses are a sure sign of that.

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We love Tomica and we have bought almost every product sold in the US.This set is well made and works perfectly.The buttons and controls were very entertaining.However the interest only lasted a day or so.It is basically a circular track with a nifty railroad crossing.My son uses the paper roads much more often than the whole set.