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WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
Product Specifications
| Scale: | HO |
| Model Number: | 647 |
| Material Type(s): | -1 |
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Hauling freight across the deserts, mountains, and cities of the American landscape is the Santa Fe Flyer. Powered by a mighty Santa Fe FT diesel locomotive with its distinctive war bonnet paint scheme, this sleek and powerful train deftly handles the ever-changing terrain of the Southwest United States.
Product Description
Hauling freight across the deserts, mountains, and cities of the American landscape is the Santa Fe Flyer. Powered by a mighty Santa Fe FT diesel locomotive with its distinctive war bonnet paint scheme, this sleek and powerful train deftly handles the ever-changing terrain of the Southwest United States.
Features include:
•EMD FT diesel locomotive with operating headlight
•2 Freight cars and off-center caboose
•36" circle of snap-fit E-Z Track
•Power pack and speed controller
•Illustrated instruction manual
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great starter set - unless you are under the age of 8 years,
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Bachmann Trains Santa Fe Flyer Ready-to-Run HO Scale Train Set (Toy)
The main reason for buying the Santa Fe Flyer train set was to get a christmas present for my "old man", who loves trains with the Santa Fe logo on it. To make him happy I decided to get a locomotive as well as a freight car with the Santa Fe logo on it and place both on a track in a nice display box.Coincidentally, as I browsed through the toys section of my local supermarket, I ran into the Santa Fe Flyer train set from Bachmann. It comes with the needed Santa Fe locomotive as well as three freight cars. So instead of spending around 60 US$ (MSRP according to Bachmann's website) for the locomotive itself, I got away with only a portion of it. Needless to say I had to try out the train set, even though the locomotive will be a display item only. After reading the posted reviews on Amazon I was frightened to do so, but got pleasantly surprised. The set comes with an easy to read, step by step manual. Putting together the so called E-Z track system was actually easy, even though it takes some patience to do so (it gets you a 36" circle). It also takes a little bit to get the locomotive and the freight cars onto the rails, but this is a very detailed toy in a small scale and not a Tonka truck. Power comes via the included speed controller, which is connected to the rails via plug-in wire (cannot be mixed up). The locomotive runs very smoothly, even at a slow speed. The knuckle couplers make adding cars to the locomotive/train an easy task. All in all, this set comes with all you need to get started and the items are of a very good quality. On the package it recommends an age of 8 years or older. This is o.k. if your kid is patient enough to deal with something detailed and delicate like this. Otherwise you might have to help a little bit. Considering the price of it (I paid only 30 US$), the set is a great deal. Especially if you want to find out if your kid is into model railroad as a hobby. And if not, use the set for yourself, buy additional equipment and turn your attic into a big HO scale train scene. ;-)
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
birthday present,
By Doriann "doriann" (chicago,IL.) - See all my reviews
= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Bachmann Trains Santa Fe Flyer Ready-to-Run HO Scale Train Set (Toy)
My daughter liked the fact she finally received a train ecspecially for her birthday, except it doesn't stay on the track long enough to count to ten.
39 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A total waste of money (and time),
= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Bachmann Trains Santa Fe Flyer Ready-to-Run HO Scale Train Set (Toy)
My son, who is 4, is extremely fond of trains. He recently received the Lionel Polar Express train set for Christmas and was totally overjoyed with it. Needless to say, he anxiously awaited the arrival of the Santa Fe train set, thinking that it would be just as wonderful. As we took the trains and tracks out of the box, the wheels, which are tiny, cheap and flimsy, fell off. Because they are so tiny, we almost could not find them because they had fallen out of the box and onto the floor. We set the tracks up and then attempted to set the trains on the tracks, which is extremely difficult to do. It's almost impossible to get the tiny little wheels to sit properly on the tracks unless you lie on the floor and actually place your face practically on the floor at the level of the tracks. We finally got it going and found that the trains constantly detach from each other. The trains are also cheap and flimsy. After approximately 3 days or so during which we spent more time re-connecting the trains and re-setting them on the track, we finally took everything apart and put it back in the box. Needless to say, this product was a disappointment. Definitely not recommended for anyone who is an avid train lover.
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