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Re: REVIEW: Railway Express 4561
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 19:35:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Klenk writes:
> I purchased my first LEGO train last night, the Railway Express 4561.
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> It was definitely an impulse purchase; the trains that I really want (and
> will get) are the ones in the 2001 catalog, but when I saw the set on the
> shelves at Toys R Us (Times Square, NYC) I decided to pick it up to get
> initiated. (Thank you to the Trains users who took the time to get me some
> information.)
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> The Railway Express is more modern than I like*, but I'll have fun with it
> while I put together my order at S@H.
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> WHAT I LIKE
> So far, I've built the engine and two cars. My favorite thing about the
> trains are the way the sides of the two cars swing up and close smoothly,
> and the nice sleek overall design. The trailing, fin-like details finishing
> the tops of the cars are nice. Once I had built them, I liked them more.
> Perhaps it was the photos on the box I did not like.
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> Also what is great are the detailed directions LEGO prints (same with all
> the other sets I purchased yesterday). They really seem to spare NO
> expense, when other toy companies offer horrible black and white pages with
> tiny line drawings and either no directions, or text that sounds like it was
> translated from Russian to Chinese before making it to English. LEGO's
> documentation is superb, colorful and generous.
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> WHAT I'M NOT SO CRAZY ABOUT
> What I don't like about this particular train set (apart from all those damn
> briefcases; someone please tell me why I need so many briefcases!) is the
> way the little automobiles load on the auto transport car. Inside that car,
> there are white flaps that fold down to form ramps for the autos to drive
> up, but unfortunately there isn't quite room enough to accommodate the
> length of the autos; their back ends are in the way when it's time to swing
> the white ramp into a vertical position (which, I'm guessing, is what
> prevents the cars from sliding back down the ramp, crushing the minifigs and
> knocking the briefcases out of their hands).
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> MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS
> (The only other problem I had: Max and Tina from set 4121 ("Creator: All
> Kinds of Animals") boarded the train without tickets and made a nasty scene
> at the concession counter. Be careful with these two; when Tina has been
> drinking she is a handful, and Max is NO help at all.)
LOL, my cat found Max amusing, & I still havn't found him!
Josh
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> NEXT
> Now that the trains are built, I'll finish the accessories, build the track
> and give it a trial run. At that time I'll append this review.
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> * Perhaps once I get some towns started, I'll do a City theme and a Town
> theme, and use the more modern Amtrak-type train in the city, and the more
> old-fashioned one for the country.
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> p.s. Has LEGO given any thought about substituting PalmPilots for briefcases?
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