Includes 6 LEGO® minifigures: 4 train workers, a security officer and a crook
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Brand | LEGO |
Item model number | 60198 |
Color | Multicolor |
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Product Id | 1636977 |
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User Reviews and Ratings | 4 (13 ratings) 4 out of 5 stars |
UPC | 673419281430 |
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City Cargo Train Set LEGO 60198
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Excellent set, great range of models in the set the train itself works really well very smooth operation. Loads of potential for expansion into a very detailed layout. Recommended!!
Bought this set for my six years old. He was very excited and actually asked me to write this review and put five stars :)
It was under our Christmas tree. My 10 year old had a blast with it.
I got my hands on this set a little over a year ago. It was my first experience with a lego train. Although I have seen many through the decades. I have to say this might be one of the best starter kits, for anyone thinking about getting into lego trains. Not only do you get a fair amount of track, you get a selection that enables more than just a typical circle shape. The train itself has many features. The amount of things anyone could do to play with this is high. From the crane being able to move things around. To having all sorts of stories play out with the many figures and vehicles. I think one of the best things about current lego trains is the couplers. They have very strong magnets, allowing the train cars to just get near each other and they pull together, and stay connected. To sum things up, this is one nice quality set. If you are planning to get into lego trains, this is probably the best current start you can get.
Brilliant set with the new features which means less wiring in the train unit and if you use your phone to control it less batteries needed. Currently have it set up and running in my living room tied in with 1x 7895 1x 7499 and 60098 heavy haul train set. I know want to purchase the new battery/receiver for the older train. I have also added set 60169 to the setup which ties in well.
This really is a fun set to build . My first lego train set. Lego should use the Bluetooth controller the Lionel uses so I don't have to use my phone for the sounds . The reason I gave 4 stars is the locomotive... as an American , I hate the looks of European locomotives. Other than that the crane car is probably the coolest par of this set.
This train set has great play value. Four train vehicles, two road vehicles, removable loads and the signal box, buffers and level crossing that make the railway scene. It is one of the best LEGO train sets I have bought since 1990. As a long-time fan I still like the versatility of the earlier 12V trains even though the power technology has developed since that era. As an adult fan and an engineer I bought two of these train sets so that I could test the new Powered-Up technology. Linking one handset to one hub was straightforward, using the instructions in the set. Linking two hubs to one handset was more difficult but there are instructions in the LEGO community forum online and I got there after some trial and error. Once you have linked one hub to the handset, turn it off, link another and then turn the first one on again. This seemed to work most of the time. Once it had worked I could move the hubs between the 5 channels happily, having them either on the same channel and acting together, or on different channels with the handset switching between the two active channels as its green button was pressed. I wonder if I could have 2 or more hubs on each of the 5 channels, for double-header trains? Is the limit 5 channels (with multiple hubs per channel) or 5 hubs in total? With two similar sets containing minifigs I often change their parts round in the second set so that I have more unique figures. Trains look better with more than one of each wagon too. The log wagons are great as a pair. The container wagons now have the two snowmobiles on one and the two bank boxes on the other. The cranes have to face the same way as a pair because their jibs stick out over the end of the wagon; that's a shame because I liked the idea of them as a pair of breakdown cranes, where they would usually run jib-to-jib. I look forward to getting the 88005 Powered-Up light bricks, which are now available. I hope there will be some provision to use previous motors and lights with the new hub, since the non-smart ones need only 2 of the 6 wires to be connected. I would also like to connect NXT/EV3 parts to the Powered-Up hub. Apart from the connector being different, is the electrical interface the same? What the Powered-Up system really needs is a LiPo battery multiplexer hub to add to the Bluetooth hub that is in the train sets. Another 4x8x3 box would contain two LiPo cells (like 8878) and the charging circuit, and would have four Powered-Up ports, 2 on each end. A flying lead would plug into the Bluetooth hub to get the motor drive and smart signals. The multiplexer hub would power the 4 ports together from its LiPo battery, using the signal from the Bluetooth hub. The smart motors would behave as they do with an NXT/EV3 multiplexer. A tiny switch (used in some Power Functions items) would allow the 2 ports on one end to have reversed motor drive compared to the others. This would enable use in a train, where two train motors connected to either end of the multiplexer hub would turn in opposite directions when the tiny switch was set to "reverse". With the motor wires both towards the middle of the locomotive (avoiding the couplings and finding the holes in the baseplate), both bogies could be powered, which is what adult fans often do with 9V or PF trains. This item would go a long way to helping adult fans with the transition from Power Functions by providing a way to power multiple motors from the same receiver hub. It would also use rechargeable LiPo power for the motors, keeping the AAA cells for only the Bluetooth receiver and a low-current signal to the multiplexer hub; this would make the AAA batteries last as long as with a light brick and would be good for the environment. As an electronics and safety engineer I would be happy to help further under NDA if you like. Please would you keep all Powered-Up products versatile, so I don't need a mobile phone for any of them. I'm happy with the handset so far. I really wish the couplings didn't have to have as much of the buffer beam as they do. I know it was done to prevent swallowing but this did not need the full width. I build larger trains and the 6-wide buffer beams are not useful for that; they are also a substantial part of the cost of a train set. One real problem I do have with the set is that the locomotive snowplough-buffer beams scrape on the track. This should have been designed-out during product testing. In reality no-one has a perfectly flat floor, table or railway layout. Those who buy more train sets like to make hills and bridges to go over other tracks. This means even the snowplough buffer beams need good ground/rail clearance. Please would you redesign the piece with at least 1mm more clearance and send me 4 of them for my 2 locos. Thanks.
Overall this could be fantastic, my grandson (lego master we call him) is six and assembled this without issue. Our main problem is with the battery pack itself. We can not get it to work beyond one time on a new set of batteries (we are on our fourth set). We sent in a request to customer service for guidance but did not receive an answer. We bought a replacement battery for the train but alas it had different connections. If we could get it to work we would love it.
First I would say that the new power up system is not something I am a fan of... disappointed that Lego has changed the train control again if I have proper count this is the 5th change with the new system unless you download the app you are stuck with 1 train to a controller. Next I can only figure that the price is because of the power up it is not due to the detail put in, lazy use of 2x2 tiles behind doors instead of even attempting some form of motor on the crane, could have added some 2x2 round tiles with the wood grain cut for the logs. Maybe add some crossing gates for the rail crossing. Where are the control lever or 2 for the forklift. This is my mark against the price, still love Lego trains. I vote Go back to the electric train or stay with the power functions control. At least I can put down my phone to play.
Whilst the building and playing of this set is fantastic having to change batteries after 30 mins of playing is a pain. It takes 10 AAA to function so not only is a pain changing its quite expensive.