This Glow In The Dark Train Set is more important than you think.
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2023
- Quick look at the wonderful Atlas Trainkids glow in the dark set and why these battery powered ho compatible train sets may be important to the future of model railroading as we know it.
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LEGO city trains are also a really cool product, they are expensive but they offer soo much play value, and then you can combine the parts from the trains with your other parts (becouse LEGO) and make your own models. This can also evolve to a more serious hobby overtime with people in the community making amazing creations!
4:42 I like how the conrail cannon shows up randomly to jump scare train enthusiast lol
Wasn’t even intentional, it just kinda lives on that siding most of the time
Waiting for its prey
7:21 This part defines exactly how I feel about MMW: a combination of the old-fashioned play value of Tyco and Lionel and the diversity of trains from the world, thus making the sets much more relatable to European children.
And besides, the fact that the trains can run on Marklin's traditional C-Track (or in my case Bachmann EZ-Tracks) makes for a really good child/dad or child/grandfather bonding experience!
I had no idea these were even a thing- and I absolutely love it! It's the silliest, most ridiculous thing I've seen in recent model railroading history, in the best possible way. The glow in the dark paint scheme really makes me think "Tyco Turbo Train". And there's something really charming about it. I'd think it was just a cute toy, but the fact that it's fully compatible with HO track makes me genuinely tempted to get myself one.
Full disclosure though, I'm not much of a scale modeler- I love toy trains, and I love a touch of whimsy. I like this because it's the perfect blend of being a little ridiculous, but in a tasteful way. Maybe it reminds me of some of the toys I remember when I was a kid in the 00's, but done better. I think this is a fantastic toy, and the fact that it's HO scale means that when a kid wants to expand into "real" electric trains, they can still use this train on their new layout if they want to.
And for those of us "big kids" with our adult trains, we can enjoy this wacky train too! I also love the idea that maybe if a parent has a model railroad, this is a great starter for their kids- the kids can enjoy it by themselves, or take it for a spin on their parent(s) big layout. The duality of this toy, that it can do BOTH, is part of what I think makes it so special!
Great video. Thank you for describing the product in a tasteful way. I see too many products that are dismissed immediately for what they are. As for the product, I personally love it. I actually think I’m going to buy one myself to run at open houses. Kids love this stuff and we need anything to keep the hobby alive. Like others have said, this reminds me of the Tyco Turbo Train I had as a kid only without the disappointment of trying to run those sets. A lot of the sets I grew up with in the 80’s were garbage and unfortunately I can’t express the disappointment of going to run trains and they wouldn’t work. Thankfully Athearn Blue Box saved the hobby for me! Another product that this set reminds me of is the old Hot Wheels Railroad trains. I still have a set and even my kids loved them when they were younger.
Not going to lie I see alot of potential in this. This is something that I can see being great for young kids and as they grow into older kids they can still use this aswell as beginners ho sets. This is something I think could be a pretty big line.
I’d love to see them expand this line with a freight train and maybe some destinations and accessories and so forth, like the Marklin My World. It has potential become a really popular range.
I took one look at that and thought I wonder if it would run on dcc. Thank you for answering that. Now I'm considering getting one just for laughs at the club. And I'm sure kids would get love it during open houses
I wonder if there would be an ho scale trainkids/my world-esque shinkansen 500 series train set??? That might be an affordable and fun way to get that shinkansen in ho scale... it would be cool!!! If atlas can make a new trainkids train set like that!
The closest would be TomyTec’s Plarail system. It’s a toy through and through, but it’s a super popular train system in Japan.
The next closest would be Bandai’s “B-Shorty” trains, which are chibi N scale versions of their prototypes. N scale is far more popular than HO in Japan, so you’ll be more likely to find something in N than HO. (This is actually why I switched from HO to N as my primary scale, to focus on Japanese trains.)
Bachmann produced a HO scale 500 series Shinkansen a long time ago, it was sold under the Tenshodo brand.
@azuma892 that set is amazing and I'd love to get my hands on one but the go for insane prices 2nd hand
Try the Kato HO E5 Shinkansen, it's a bit less rare.
I could see Atlas adding freight to this range, make the engines AB pairs, and do a Pacific Fruit Express set with UP Yellow engines, some reefers and a caboose
These Marklin MyWorld clones are great fun for young kids. It seems only Marklin has the new system with the batteries and mechanisms all packed into the loco, other companies like Atlas and Hornby use their old system with a car permanently coupled. Both the old and newer designs are still in Marklin's current range. I do wonder if the tracks and remotes from different companies are compatible, the tracks do look to be.
That set is actually based of the marklin my world system I had it one as a kid 10/10 would recommend
When I was a young one, only in kindergarten, at our local Wal Mart, you could get Thomas The Tank Engine Train Sets that were battery powered, and turned on with a switch, and had no remote, Just flick the switch and go. The trains had a simple, yet effective way of coupling: a simple loop and hook system. I think I actually Stil have at least one of the trains.
When I first saw the regular version of this a while back, I thought it was something in the vein of PlaRail/Tomy,
Imagine my surprise when I found out it fit and ran on HO track?
When I was really little, my parents bought me a Lionel set with a steam locomotive, tender, box car, working coal dump car (electric activated!), and caboose. We had a hobby store near my home only selling Lionel and sadly they went bust, but I managed to also buy a flat car hauling pickup trucks and a timber car. My set also included a bridge and pop-up diorama of country scenery, oh, and plastic power lines. I thought it was so cool and spent hundreds of hours on it, especially with the added switch tracks I purchased. Infact, I played with it so much I ruined the train's electric motor but my dad managed to rewire a new one that only goes forward now. If it wasn't for this set, I would have never had the ability to enjoy + learn the world of model trains so I am very thankful. Some of the tracks have rusted with age, particularly the switch tracks, and I found some mold growing on the regular tracks. Its a shame but thats what damp basements do. I hope to build a large model with mini city one day when I buy my own house :D
These reallly do remind me of the jakks pacific power trains, those were my first proto-model train sets, $5,000 and now i got 4 really nice DCC locomotives
As a semi-prototype modeller, I can see value in this with kitbash potential. Budget Talgo or Aerotrain, possibly.
Actually want to get one and it remind me of the tyco super train
Honestly, I thought more RTL Turbomotive than Acela, but I could see either.
Hornby are doing something relatively similar
By relatively similar I mean near identical, the Hornby playtrains brand uses the exact same system as trainkids, battery operated RC trains for HO/OO gauge, exact same couplers, only difference is that every model is a recolour of each other
Some of the rolling stock from that line uses tooling from Marklin my world iirc
Maybe you should buy marklin my world engines
Some say this is the same train terry a Davis was killed by
2:53
If it has smart magnets its great it does not have those "dumb magnets" on it
Major reason for battery toy trains is safety regulations prohibiting plug in toys for kids. That's why Lego got rid of the DC system.
Or for the model train layout maker who is too broke to afford the Bachmann Acela
Looks like a Genuine Waste of money, does't represent anything in real life to even call it a model.
Lmao what a sad attitude.
Did you even watch the video, I literally preface it by calling it a toy
@@cobramerciless I would have left it on the shelf where you found it, maybe shopped somewhere else like a real hobby store or Train World the shops that handle Hobby Grade Trains. What you have there could have been pass off from the Dollar Stores toy aisle ! I hope you learned something from this, maybe your next video will be worth my time watching it, good luck with your future content.
@@davidballoid2118it is literally a toy for kids
@@davidballoid2118 I had fun with it. At the end of the day that’s all I care about. It was purchased from a real hobby store anyway, and it was nice to explore a seldom talked about area that will get the kids interested. Lighten up, it’s been a fun one to let kids run at the club.
LEGO city trains are also a really cool product, they are expensive but they offer soo much play value, and then you can combine the parts from the trains with your other parts (becouse LEGO) and make your own models. This can also evolve to a more serious hobby overtime with people in the community making amazing creations!