- Thomas the Tank Engine with moving eye
- 4 Colorful freight cars with international-style hook and loop coupler
- 56" x 38" oval of snap-fit E-Z Track
- Power pack and speed controller
- Illustrated instruction manual
I bought this for my 5yr old son for Christmas last year.It looked great, he got it opened and we got it put together easy, and it ran fine. Although even at 100% power it sort of runs slow.It doesn't even run at all at less than 40% power.He had been playing with it all day (about 6 hours) when it stopped working.I opened it up and could smell the burnt plastic.I figured out that there is a complete design flaw in this train.Its motor is housed in plastic that shrinks when it gets hot.When the train has been running the motor heats up and the plastic melts off and the motor comes away from its gears.I believe that the Bachmann Co. knows this and they lowered the power that the motor can use to solve the heat problem, that's why it doesn't do anything until about 50% power.Also the wheels are just barely on there and its overall cheep junk.
Bachmann has a 1year and life time warranty.So I sent it to them and we got it back 3 months later. My son was really upset.We got the train back and I put it away.
Now its Christmas 2010 and we had just set up the tree this year and got out the Thomas HO scale train and my son had it running around the tree.
This time it took 2 days but IT MELTED AGAIN!!!.And this time I was trying not to let it get hot!I was trying to have him give the train a break and cool down.And now I started to read any other reviews on other Bachmann trains and I found out that I am not alone.
I'm going to send it back in to get repaired (it will cost $15 this time. And when it comes back Christmas will be over, so since we have all of this track (I bought extra) I am going to get my boy another train set.But I don't know what to get.
I will never buy Bachmann again, and I also have read that Athearn has terrible problems with trains wheels falling off and that they are junk too!
I hope that you read this and consider that if you buy Bachmann, then your wasting your money!
I suggest to either go with Life-Like trains because they are cheap, but they do have jerky movements, and are too light and derail often, but the motor doesn't melt when you use it! And they are mostly durable. Or go with Atlas Trains.
I think that I am going to buy a set from Atlas, but there is no selection!
I wish that these corporations would listen to their customers and build quality products instead of just trying to rip people off!
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I needed a present for my grandson that was a last minute request.
My order through Amazon went without a hitch and arrived two days before Christmas.
My grandson enjoys his new train set that arrived in excellent condition and operates
as well as any train set that I have ever purchased.
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I certainly would purchase anything from this vendor without hesitation.Thomas is great, my 4 year old son was thrilled with his christmas gift.
It was simple to assemble, it's a starting point for this age group, to realize its not a smash and bang them up toy.He is very good at playing with it, and already has the bug for more track and engines.
I am pleased with the quality and thrilled he loves it as much as he does.
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I purchased this train set for my four year old nephew who, like most four year old boys, is obsessed with Thomas the Train.Even though the product is for kids 8+, I figured with supervision this train set would be a nice gift.Well, unfortunately we never even got the chance to find out.Imagine my nephew's and my own disappointment when after we spent the time to set it up, it wouldn't even turn on.We even had another "tech saavy" family member take a stab at it in case we set it up improperly...no luck...it would simply not go.
Now, not only do I have to deal with the inconvenience of returning it, I have a very disappointed little boy on my hands.I would not recommend buying this. I realize that there have been other reviewers that were not happy with this product for similiar reasons, but there were also just as many reviewers that were happy with the purchase, so I decided to take a chance and order it since I knew my nephew would have loved it.Just goes to show the importance of people reviewing the products that they purchase online.Had there been more negative reviews, I most likely would not have bought it.
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Great item right out of the box.We had it up and running in about 30minutes.5 year old daughter has no trouble operating the set.
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