LEGO City Cargo Train Toy with Motorized Remote Control Engine, incl. Rail Tracks, Signal Lights & Control Center – 6-12 Year Old Boys & Girls Gifts – 60198 B078K4K423 LEGO

Bought this for my son and I to start our LEGO city & I am thoroughly impressed.

The build time took a little longer than expected but this is probably more down to a very excited four year old rather than the complexity of the set itself.

The track is a good size for a starting point, the siding is a great play addition.

The train itself is very sturdy and well built. It’s bigger than I was expecting and can survive the occasional derail.

The Log cart is a neat carriage and the overall finished build is very good. Not a great deal of playability.

The transport cart is one of two carriages with advanced playability. The bank vault and snow mobile container work perfectly with the included fork lift.

The fork lift is an amazing feature with working lift thanks to a clever use of a rubber band.

The control tower is a worthy inclusion and only enhanced the playability factor. My son loves it.

Connecting the train is easy and straightforward, you can also change the color of the LED to match the train so if you add more trains (like I am already planning) you can easily identify which is which. If you do you will need to remember additional controllers / hubs.

Overall, I would recommend this set to anyone who is looking to start of into the world of LEGO trains or starting a city, or even those considering expansion.

Qualité Lego

Our son loves this set. It’s not hard to build and easy to operate.

We started my 5 y.o. son’s Lego train set with a passenger train with which he quickly became bored (‘it just goes round and round’!). Fortunately we had much more fun together playing with the various interactive elements of this set. He also had another cops/robber City set so this ties into the robber/bank truck/money and gold bars in the train set, extending the playing options. At full price it’s a bit expensive, but I got this in the black Friday sale, so am quite happy with the value for money. If you consider all the elements (track, train, wagons, vehicles and motor/control system) you can see there is a lot in this set. People obviously buy these to take certain elements out and sell unwanted parts on usual auction site. the only real criticism of the set is that just one more switch would allow a side loop as opposed to a simple siding. Otherwise it’s a 5 star recommendation.

This is a nice set though a little pricey for what you get. The cargo train is well made and robust – the track is the same as other lego trains, so you can add to or extend any existing track. You get a single set of points. \

This is a Power Up set, so you get both the controller but also can pair with a device such as phone or tablet – this is handy if you have more than one train to control or just want some more options (or lose the the controller…!)

6x AAA batteries required, which last a fair amount of time and generate a good turn of speed – enough to spectacularly crash the train if that’s your thing.

the crane is a little fiddly and tends to fall over a lot – the weakest element of this set in my view, but the other wagons are good quality.

This works well combined with the passenger train set and I have to say is a lot easier to set up and then play with than a well known brand that specialises in trains (starts with an H) – and with it being Lego, there is so much more you can add to it as well (In my son’s case, the Star Wars troopers landed in the middle, intent on hijacking the train…).

A very good set with a lot of elements that can be built out or incorporated – still feels a little expensive to me, but there aren’t many train sets to pick.

Recommended.