Matchbox Action Drivers Matchbox Transportation Center Playset - Unboxing, Build, and Review (2024)
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- In this video we unbox the latest playbase style playset from Matchbox - the Action Drivers Transportation Center playset.
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I kinda like how the train station sticker looks like the NY subway. The old-school Brooklyn boy in me approves of that. Wonder if the kids would dig the set...
YES YES THE NEW MATCHBOX BUILDING!!!
I have a few ideas for matchbox playset including a 50’s diner cement works recycling centre city park news station post office and a drive-in movie theatre
New subscriber here! Great review on this set. Back in the 70s, my dad got me a matchbox parking garage set for Christmas. You could build it 2 or 3 different ways. Hours of fun. Also, not far from Dayton here!
Heck yeah I am glad I am back to this channel! I was here like 4 years ago.
OMG just 10 comments? This channel is underrated!
Haha welcome back! This playset line is still going strong and the channel keeps slowly growing. Maybe one day I’ll make it to the silver play button status level on YT, ha!
@@64Wheels I am proud of you!
I'm getting this to add to my action driver sets, I have them all except the volcano, fire 🔥 set bro 💯 great video, I'm going to order it from Amazon right now ASAP, thanks didn't know this was out 💯🔥🔥🔥 I didn't want the volcano.
The volcano seems to be the most hated one bc it doesn’t fit with the other stuff at all lol - but the parking garage here is pretty good. It’ll look nice with the rest of your sets!
Beautiful Set
It is a very nice set! Thanks for the heads-up on building and stuff too!
I don't know Sam, I'm on the fence with this one. No lights, no sounds...the Police Station alone has over 10 unique sounds because its a call and response type communication between Dispatch and Unit, but that tells a story.
I am unsure what story this Transportation set is trying to get over other than the failed attempt to suggest other modes of transport.
Here's some ideas for MB designers, put a sound toggle switch at the bus stop so the bus can activate it when it arrives. That drives us to go get the MB city bus. Use a lighted lift arm at the dock when the boat/ferry arrives. Let the cars going down trigger sounds and announcements. Geez, they could have done a lot more for $40. But what do I know, I'm just average Joe spending my money, NOT!
ikr. And I hate how cheap they go for vehicles. They could have given a lot of plastic vehicles. Or atleast some metal vehicles. But aside from car they gave trash which we could make ourselves at home.
Definitely agree that this set seems to be like an afterthought way to combine transportation methods, but I will say it is nice to have a second bus stop, taxi station, and boat dock.
BUT, they could have made this set so much better, especially for the price. The lack of lights/sounds is a bit of a mystery bc all the other large sets seem to accel in that area and it was definitely a missed opportunity in several areas. They could have added a bus stop notification like you mentioned, they could have added seagull and ocean sounds at the dock, or even a boat departure announcement, helicopter noises to the top - just a lot of chances to improve.
After looking the set over some more after the video, I also came to realize there’s only two parking spots on the “garage” part - so the entire structure is basically just a giant launch ramp rather than usable play-space…again, a bit of an odd design choice.
I wasn’t thrilled with the all plastic boat and helicopter, although the plastic helicopters have been released in the line before. The very plastic-y boat was a bit of a setback bc they literally have a diecast version of the boat they included lol.
I love your revies on these sets and keep up the good work
Thank you I appreciate it!🥳🏁
definetly buying this. just got rid of an older garage so i can really upgrade
16:47 I love the dog (sorry I’m a little bit late from the dog)
my son likes to create traffic in the lot all the way to the top, press the helicopter button and flood the streets with cars lol, this is a very creative set, and the ferri is new, never seen before in a matchbox set, correct me if im wrong, hopefully they add some skyscrapers, this is the tallest building in the city next to the construction site i believe.
Really hoping they add many more sets to this line! Some more smaller sets like a bank, news station, and some larger sets like a Space X/NASA launchpad, car dealership, strip mall, and skyscrapers would be awesome to see them make! Matchbox has had ferry sets before, but the best one was from the 70s as it had a lot of accessories with that one. I have it but still need to do a video on it ha.
Out already. Nice set. Can put Top Gun aircraft carrier next to it.
You know when it's a big set when it's the first one with a Montague
I knew it was big but wasn’t ready for all those parts to come pouring out of the box ha!
This is cool, not much parking garage but still really cool. Wouldn't be cool to see an action drivers train set? Like a freight train with an auto rack car, or something like that. But we really need is a car dealership of some kind. But, what do I want? A Saab. A Saab made by matchbox or hot wheels. Mattel is, well pretty much all 1:64 die cast manufacturers are missing is a Saab or two, the only way I've been able to find 1:64 scale Saabs, are vintage releases that are hard to find, or 3d prints. Saabs were, and still are, a niche brand. So that's probably why they haven't been able to make them (and licensing from a dead company) but it would be so cool to have something Mattel made that's a Saab.
Yeah the “parking” part of this garage is missing lol. I’d love to have an Action Drivers train set - they could do so much with that and release expansion sets, more track, train stations, and release different trains like high speed bullet trains and steam engines. Lots of possibilities!
I think the only Saab 1/64 scale car I have is the 9000 Turbo that was released by Matchbox in the late 80s. It’s a pretty cool casting though. The only other Saab I know of in that scale is the 1973 Sonnett from Matchbox as well.
I didnt realize this is a new thing and this set is new, it thought it was always around, i built this for my 4 year old yesterday, he is obsessed with it, so i decided to buy 5 more sets, just built 3 today, now waiting for pizza hut and fedex lmao, not gonna lie my inner child agreed with my son on getting more right away, this stuff is awesome, where was this when i was 4? all i had was legos and a road rug with flat buildings!
Haha that’s awesome! The Action Drivers are probably one of the best city-themed diecast sets of all time! When I was little we had some hot wheels and matchbox playsets, but none that made a complete city with two way traffic like these sets have. The Pizza Hut and FedEx are so rad lol
@@64Wheels yea thats what i mean, these connected roads are is a great idea i never seen that before, hopefully they make more add ons, it seems like they make a few every other year, hopefully theres third parties that will make add ons as well.
Not having parking spaces on each level to store cars is really strange for parking garage. Also having the gate at the second level to stop the car half ways seems odd. The car should launch all the way from the top.
To call it a parking garage is a bit tricky, but I wasn’t even sure what to call it….because you can only park two cars on the top and then some at the very bottom. It’s almost like a parking tower lol? The whole set is shaped around those circular ramps and the play experience from it basically.
awesome
Best play set ever! For kids!
Again a nice set👍
Thanks I thought it was pretty nice as well!
Try contacting the ferry port on the opposite side
Yeah I it connects to the other side as well as the dock side, just not the dock side when you have to expandable dock in certain positions. I’m going to connect them all here soon and do a video on the entire city!
Oh, I really like this! Reminds me of the Hot Wheels Spin City set I had when I was a kid. Now then...if you're sick of Matchbox parking garages, why not give the HW Ultimate Garages a spin? I've got the Super Ultimate Garage and I absolutely adore it.
I have a few versions of that Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage too! I’ve never unboxed them as they are still in my diecast storage lol! The parking garages are cool, but I hope they make some more that aren’t garage based like a mall, car dealer, post office, grocery store or even a drive-in movie theater that hooked up to your phone would be cool too!
amazing and beautiful in overall but I wish it had a little bit more details
Agree! It’s a cool set but some more functionality within the tower structure and base would have been good.
@@64Wheels haha that being said, I`m gonna get one for sure sooner or later cuz it's still a lovely set with irresistible charms. Thank you for your superb video as always.
Rather disappointed that mattel have been cheaping out. It really wouldn’t hurt to have a metal heli and boat. Reminds me of them removing operational airplane wheels and rip 6 wheels cars.
Would love to see one of those DIY model channels take one of these and make them really detailed, just a thought i had
It seems like every industry from toys to food is cheating out while raising costs too😖 I bought some extra Auto Drivers auto mechanics shops in order to customize but haven’t got around to doing so yet.
I need this now
It’s a pretty good set🙌
Well, we can only find in Walmart right now
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I would put this and the ferry set on opposite ends of a setup. Because the boats need 2 different points of interest to travel to and from. If they're next to each other it looks cool but where ya goin?
Yeah that’s what was trying to get across at the end too ha. I probably could have said it better, but I was initially trying to connect the ferry port to the dock side to keep all the water stuff in the same place, but the ferry will connect fine to another set or even the other side of the transportation set.
that looks great. I wonder if the ferry boat could dock to that to drop cars off?
Technically I think it can bc the front can drop down near any spot really, so I’m sure it would work with this dock.
@@64Wheels thank you
Its a plastic boat because you can play in the water?
It should be able to float bc it’s all plastic, but Matchbox does have versions that will float that are plastic and metal, so this was a bit cheaper way of putting a boat into the set ha. Still nice they included it though so I’m thankful for that.
Anybody got a good recommendation for a set? (Excluding airport, ferry port and parking garage)
I really like the auto shop, fire station, and the police station bc they are pretty realistic and offer good play value🏁
Thanks!
Hello 64: First, I appreciate your unboxing and review. I just went on AMAZON, and it appears that the only way to purchase this playset is if you buy a "bundle." They have it bundled with other Action Drivers playsets. I grabbed the cheapest bundle (which comes with the gas station), which I don't really need since I already have two, but it was the most logical based on the price point, which was right around $50.00. Perhaps AMAZON is trying to get rid of its inventory of older sets. Anyhow, about this playset. Now that I have seen it, I agree that this is perhaps the best "parking garage" playset, and your logic of making it a "centerpiece" makes perfect sense. Oddly, it doesn't come with lights and sound; that would have pushed my opinion over the top. I'd like to ask you about attaching the Ferry Terminal. Was it possible to attach it based on connecting the roads? Thinking the area across from the ice cream vendor. In real life, the ferry service would be attached to the road and separate from the rest of the dock. I'll find out for myself when I get my set. Lastly, I hope the list of "places" you read is a teaser- for what we will see coming for the holidays. That would really be nice. Finally, once again, thanks to both you and your wife. She appears to be very helpful, and her comments were also very helpful.
Do you think they could have provided a larger " clear blue water area" since it connects underneath?
The Helicopeter its cool, but the Boat can be biggers
Yeah the boat needed to be between the size of the ferry and the little plastic boat they included ha. Some of the older matchbox boats were a bit bigger so some of those might work a little better. It would be cool if they had a line of boats like they do planes in the Sky Busters line.
25:36 This is really low of them to give plastic vehicles with these sets. I love the set but these plastics don't cost much for them at all. Either they should have given a lot of those or a few metal vehicles. But this is really cheap and low for Matchbox.
When did this release
Basically when I posted the video. It came out a week or two ago.
23 seconds ago😂
Hi my name is William my account The reason it says zandria because that’s my moms but I know why you couldn’t get the the dock down you have to back the boat up to the orange douck yeah
I don't care for this set. I'm not going to buy it.
There is no real life building that looks like this.
This a child's toy
It’s definitely on the playful side color wise - but there are parking garages that are styled like this in town near me, which is cool to see. But as a playset it’s not very useful bc it’s not actually a parking “garage” - rather it’s more like a tower track made to look like a garage (if that makes sense ha).
I’m really, really hoping that the next set will be one of the ones mentioned on the sign of this set like an amusement park, mall, sport complex, or something more realistic that isn’t another parking themed structure.
no offense but theres many buildings in real life that look like this, what i like about this set is that you can get very creative with it and its actually, from what i believe is the only set that connects to the water elements, my son likes to create traffic inside the lot and press the release button, all the traffic floods the streets, i think this is a great set imo to each their own for sure lol