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(More customer reviews)It broke the first day!
I bought this for my 5yr old son for Christmas last year. It looked great, he got it opened and we got it put together easy, and it ran fine. Although even at 100% power it sort of runs slow. It doesn't even run at all at less than 40% power. He had been playing with it all day (about 6 hours) when it stopped working. I opened it up and could smell the burnt plastic. I figured out that there is a complete design flaw in this train. Its motor is housed in plastic that shrinks when it gets hot. When the train has been running the motor heats up and the plastic melts off and the motor comes away from its gears. I believe that the Bachmann Co. knows this and they lowered the power that the motor can use to solve the heat problem, that's why it doesn't do anything until about 50% power. Also the wheels are just barely on there and its overall cheep junk.
Bachmann has a 1year and life time warranty. So I sent it to them and we got it back 3 months later. My son was really upset. We got the train back and I put it away.
Now its Christmas 2010 and we had just set up the tree this year and got out the Thomas HO scale train and my son had it running around the tree.
This time it took 2 days but IT MELTED AGAIN!!!. And this time I was trying not to let it get hot! I was trying to have him give the train a break and cool down. And now I started to read any other reviews on other Bachmann trains and I found out that I am not alone.
I'm going to send it back in to get repaired (it will cost $15 this time. And when it comes back Christmas will be over, so since we have all of this track (I bought extra) I am going to get my boy another train set. But I don't know what to get.
I will never buy Bachmann again, and I also have read that Athearn has terrible problems with trains wheels falling off and that they are junk too!
I hope that you read this and consider that if you buy Bachmann, then your wasting your money!
I suggest to either go with Life-Like trains because they are cheap, but they do have jerky movements, and are too light and derail often, but the motor doesn't melt when you use it! And they are mostly durable. Or go with Atlas Trains.
I think that I am going to buy a set from Atlas, but there is no selection!
I wish that these corporations would listen to their customers and build quality products instead of just trying to rip people off!
Bachmann Trains Thomas Fun with Freight Set Ready - To - Run Ho Scale Train Set
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Bachmann Trains Thomas Fun with Freight Set Ready - To - Run Ho Scale Train SetThomas always has an important job to do, and his railway friends are there to help. Many hands make light work, and now you can join Thomas, S.C. Ruffey, Cranky, and the Conductor as they take on whatever assignments come their way. This ready-to-run train set includes: Thomas the Tank Engine with moving eyes S.C. Ruffey with international-style hook and loop couplers Open Wagon - Red with international-style hook and loop couplers Cream Tanker with international-style hook and loop couplers Cattle Wagon with international-style hook and loop couplers Cranky the Crane Conductor figure 56 x 38? oval of snap-fit E-Z Track with 12 pieces of curved track , 3 pieces straight track, and 1 straight plug-in terminal rerailer power pack and speed controller illustrated instruction manual
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