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Lionel Polar Express Ready-to-Play Battery Powered Model Train Set with Remote, Multicolor

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  • A CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SHOWSTOPPER – All aboard The Polar Express Ready-to-Play train set; This set comes with an exclusive track system allowing you to create a circle, rectangle or oval track; Great for kids, hobbyists and holiday decorating
  • SET INCLUDES – Battery-powered steam locomotive and tender; Passenger-coach; Observation car, 24 curved and 8 straight plastic track pieces; Remote control
  • TRAIN SET FEATURES – Battery-powered Berkshire-style locomotive; Authentic train sounds and announcements, including a whistle; Working headlight; Detailed passenger coach, fixed knuckle couplers; User-friendly remote control
  • PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS – 50” x 73” Ready-to-Play track; This set is not compatible with Lionel G Gauge or any other G Gauge track systems
  • BATTERY REQUIREMENTS - Requires six C cell batteries to operate train; Requires three AAA batteries to operate remote control; Batteries are not included with purchase of train set. Handsomely detailed passenger coach

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This year, showcase the magic of Christmas with the Polar express train set. Witness the children's shadows as they sit in the passenger cars drinking steaming mugs of hot chocolate and chattering excitedly about Santa. This train is sure to make your home Glow with Christmas spirit this season. You can operate this train using six conventional C batteries (not included)! The set also comes with an easy-to-operate RC remote control (requires three AAA batteries). with this ready-to-play set comes an exclusive track system which allows you to create; a circle, a rectangle or an oval layout. As this track system is exclusive to ready-to-play set, it is not compatible with Lionel G Gauge or other g Gauge track systems.

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    4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Customers say

    Customers like the ease of assembly of the toy vehicle set. For example, they mention it's well built, and easy to assemble and operate. That said, some are happy with the appearance, and remote control. That being said, opinions are mixed on the quality, sound quality, performance, and value.

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    372 customers mention260 positive112 negative

    Customers are mixed about the value of the toy vehicle set. Some mention it's a good buy for the cost, reasonable, and well designed. However, others say that it'll be a complete waste of money.

    "...Aside from that I think it’s probably worth the price...." Read more

    "...This is a good train at an unbeatable price. Although the price is low, the quality is impressive...." Read more

    "...The cars on the other hand are made of cheap light painted tin. which is another reason why they derail so easily...." Read more

    "...All in all a good buy for the cost...." Read more

    347 customers mention276 positive71 negative

    Customers find the toy vehicle set very easy to assemble out of the box. They say the cars are easy to couple and stay coupled. The track snaps into place easily, and the train is easy to disassemble.

    "...It was fairly simple, as you may have already seen the instructions to do so are listed at the top of the review...." Read more

    "...The controls are easy to use and fairly simple. Forward and reverse with a control to activate sounds.All in all a good buy for the cost...." Read more

    "...Detail is impressive. Plastic track is easy to assemble and seems durable...." Read more

    "My boys love this train set. It’s easy to set up, easy to use and keeps them entertained for hours!" Read more

    338 customers mention310 positive28 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the toy vehicle set. They mention that it is a wonderful looking train, well designed, and inexpensive. The tender and coaches are well-detailed, and look identical to those in the movie. The train looks authentic, is nice and large, and easy to play with for children. It is rated highly by customers as a perfect addition to Christmas decorations.

    "...afford to invest $400+ for my first train, and this one looks wonderful around the tree...." Read more

    "...Don't pay extra! It's a pretty nice ornament, but not worth the extra $30 - $50 by a long shot ($10 - $12 maybe)." Read more

    "...The bell and whistle sounds are loud enough and very realistic. Whooo Whooo!" Read more

    "Well made,but sometimes it pops out of tracks.Very nice touch by including the bell...." Read more

    149 customers mention115 positive34 negative

    Customers like the remote control of the toy vehicle set. They mention that it works well, is easy to use, and has responsive buttons. Some say that the remote is simplified for toddlers to handle. Overall, most are satisfied with the remote's functionality and sound effects.

    "...we got this and it’s still going strong, and still no serious remote disconnecting issues as mentioned in previous reviews...." Read more

    "...It's awesome to have the remote which lets you control the speed, direction and play sound effects...." Read more

    "...The sound from the engine is ridiculously loud and comes with many preprogrammed sounds from the Polar Express movie...." Read more

    "...When I received it the controller was missing from the box luckily I have a ring camera in my kitchen because I thought I had misplaced it but turns..." Read more

    760 customers mention501 positive259 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the toy vehicle set. Some mention it's well made, impressive, and solid, while others say that the track keeps breaking apart and the train does derail.

    "...It’s incredible and I’ve now officially raised it to five stars for being one of the few toys around here that has served this house for this long..." Read more

    "...Although the price is low, the quality is impressive. I have owned two of these trains and I love them both...." Read more

    "Love love love it but several tracks broke during assembly and gentle play and it is now unusable. Will need to order more track." Read more

    "...It seemed well-put together for the price I paid - better than expected, actually. There's nothing loose or that feels fragile...." Read more

    427 customers mention190 positive237 negative

    Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the toy vehicle set. Some mention that the sounds are good and not overly annoying, while others say that they are very loud and annoying. The engine sounds that change with speed, a bell and whistle sounds, and the lights and sounds are amazing. However, some customers also say that the sound effects are not crystal clear, but they are effective.

    "...Nothing has even broken on it.Chuff sound is still annoying and unrealistic, still burns through batteries like no tomorrow under high..." Read more

    "...The sound from the engine is ridiculously loud and comes with many preprogrammed sounds from the Polar Express movie...." Read more

    "...When I turn the train on it doesn't have the train sounds either, but it still runs...." Read more

    "...Well executed sound quality. However, there is no volume control, and it's fairly loud...." Read more

    378 customers mention185 positive193 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the toy vehicle set. Some mention that the controls work very well, it has served its purpose well, and it runs well; while others say that it wouldn't run at all, stopped working right in September, and is now unusable.

    "...It has served the purpose well...." Read more

    "...it but several tracks broke during assembly and gentle play and it is now unusable. Will need to order more track." Read more

    "...The sound effects are not crystal clear, but they are effective. I also tested the remote's distance...." Read more

    "...We could not get it to work - even after calling Lionel Customer Support, replacing all the batteries and buying a brand new replacement remote..." Read more

    292 customers mention41 positive251 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the stability of the toy vehicle set. They mention that it doesn't stay on the track and derails for no reason. The tracks are cheap and flimsy, causing the train to fall off the track often. It's difficult to get back on the tracks if it comes off. Some customers also mention that the train cars come off the tracks with the slightest bump.

    "...The couplers are static and have no moving parts so you need to have care when joining the cars or engine together...." Read more

    "...The slide-in engine battery 'clicks' into place and is a little hard to move it up to start removal...." Read more

    "...I didn't give it five starts because it is somewhat difficult to get back on the tracks if it comes off...." Read more

    "...We continued to have the problem of wheels slipping in reverse, but was generally fine going forward...." Read more

    Extreme durability, longevity. Add lights, make coaches glow. Simple Instructions below.
    5 Stars
    Extreme durability, longevity. Add lights, make coaches glow. Simple Instructions below.
    Update 12/2/2021: five stars for longevityThis is our fourth Christmas with this train. When we first purchased the train we had two kids. Now we have four. It has been through years of use (dare I say abuse) from three of those children and it still runs like new!!! It’s incredible and I’ve now officially raised it to five stars for being one of the few toys around here that has served this house for this long without a single issue, dent, crack, or scratch.Still no real connection issues as other reviewers have noted.Repetitive and thoughtless unrealistic “chuff” noise is still annoying.Also to note I’ve seen reviewers complaining of the train coming off the tracks, and I agree!! But not for the reason you might think. I am constantly replacing the train on the tracks because my kids keep taking it off to scoot it around on the floor. It has fallen off the tracks before when the track is not on flat to a flat surface. If I get the tracks down right I have no issues at all, it never pops off the tracks on its own.I highly recommend this train and for only $50 it has been an amazing experience and remains one of the kids favorite Christmas decorations. When they see the tree come out they immediately start asking about the train.Scroll down for instructions to add lights to the coaches.Update 12/14/2020: extreme durabilityIt’s been a couple years now since we got this and it’s still going strong, and still no serious remote disconnecting issues as mentioned in previous reviews. As I noted In the original review we got this as a more durable place holder for its 6 times more expensive cousin we used to put under the tree. It has served the purpose well. It has been picked up and dropped and thrown about, had its tracks torn apart and thrown around the house, used on and off the tracks, had its piston parts torn out of place multiple times (they can be popped back into place), the remote has been slobbed and also covered with (unknown Sticky food substance), and the engine has been pushed all over the house on many different surfaces like a toy and through all of this it still works exactly as it did when we bought it. Nothing has even broken on it.Chuff sound is still annoying and unrealistic, still burns through batteries like no tomorrow under high use, but it still chugs around the tree like brand new. As far as remote disconnecting, maybe every once in a rare while? But it doesn’t last long. Maybe a second? Possibly they mostly solved this issue, or perhaps some people got duds? I still recommend this, especially if you can get it at a discounted rate. We paid about $50 after amazon price matched it self for us.Instructions to add lights to the coaches to make them glow:What you’ll need:- aluminum foil- 2 to 4 led wire string light sets with battery boxes that hold three double a batteries. Id go for ones with a remote or Bluetooth control. More on that down below- a small or maybe even precision size Phillips screw driverSteps:1. Buy battery powered wire string lights. I would go for ones that take three double a batteries as the ones we have with a 6 double a battery box won’t fit. I was able to fit two sets of string lights with two separate three double a battery boxes in the coach without issue. I put one on one side of the poles and one on the other side of the poles. I do recommend two sets, I had one in originally and it was pretty dim. I am currently testing out a set I just got off amazon currently called “MINGER 16.4Ft Fairy Light Battery Operated 2 Pack“. (The amazon listing keeps changing names for some reason so you may have to search with less words to find it if it doesn’t come up at first). They are Bluetooth controlled so I use an app to turn them on or off when I’m ready to use them so I can screw the coach back together and not go through batteries too fast. You don’t have to get those. Any will do, probably should find some with a timer at least. You can always leave the top of the coach unscrewed after you’re done, it will stay on top as it kind of fits into place. But if you have young kiddos like I do then your coach may end up opened and the lights taken out regularly :).2. Take your first coach and unscrew three screws from the bottom with a precision screw driver. The top will come off without issue. Make sure to keep track of the screws. Some of them stay in and some fall out.3. Take out red plastic window piece with window stickers on it. Be careful as the stickers can peel off if you aren’t.4. Lay aluminum foil inside the coach to prevent the light from shining through any where besides the windows as the coach is plastic. Line foil on top of all areas of the coach you wouldn’t want light to shine through.5. Take your battery powered wire led string lights and set the battery boxes in the coach on top of the foil.6. Take the wire lights and wrap them tightly around the inner poles of the coach from one end to the other until all the wire is used up.7. Make sure there isn’t wire in the way and place plastic window piece back in place. Make sure to line the holes up over the poles.8. Cut a piece of aluminum foil to put over the openings in the plastic window piece. Make sure to poke holes where needed to make room for where the poles meet up top to bottom.9. Turn on lights and/or put top back on.10. Repeat for second coach.That’s it you’re done. Yay. They glow like the o gauge set for a fraction of the cost. If you want to you can secure the screws back on at this point. It’s not necessary unless you have children or pets that may try to get into the coaches and makes it harder to turn on/off the lights if you need to /replace batteries but you gotta do what you gotta do. The top stays on unscrewed on mine at any speed so far.Keep in mind that if you do this to your train the windows will shine through red not yellow because the yellow windows are just a sticker sitting on a red piece of plastic and since the plastic is red the color that shines through is red. Also to note, the shadows of the people on the stickers are hardly noticeable while the coach is glowing since that’s just a sticker. Keep the string lights as close as possible to the center of the coach to prevent them from shining through the windows too concentrated in certain areas.Review:This train is somewhat annoying. We own the better version of this train. The o gauge that goes on the electric tracks. I feel like Lionel quality has gone downhill over the years. We decided to get this so we had something more durable to go around the tree this year. The chuff sound it makes is fairly annoying and repetitive, almost like a broken record. There’s no variation in the chuff like a real steam engine has. My sons $20 wooden train toy sounds more realistic than this does. What’s worse is you cannot change the sound, lower the volume, or turn the chuff off. On our more expensive set you can turn the chuff off (which that one’s chuff is just about as annoying). But I guess they decided to leave that out on the cheapo.Also this thing chews up c batteries. Probably should buy a 50 pack to get you through Christmas if you have kids who like to watch the train go round and round. It used 6 in two days.I added lights to the coaches because that was one thing I miss from our more expensive set was the glowing coaches. It was fairly simple, as you may have already seen the instructions to do so are listed at the top of the review.Aside from that I think it’s probably worth the price. I actually raised my rating one star because I paid $68 originally and I thought that was too much. Then the price dropped to $50 and so I called amazon and they price matched it for me and refunded the difference because amazon customer service is wonderful. I feel like $50 is a more justified price for the train and so my rating went up. I wouldn’t pay much more than that and if it’s over that at the time you’re reading this review I might wait if you can to see if the price will head down again. Just put it in your cart and save it for later. Amazon will tell you if the price ever changes at the top of your cart in a little note. All in all I really wish Lionel would cut the annoying chuf and get something a little more realistic. Or at least always give you the option to turn it off. We are fairly satisfied with it and my kids love it so it serves its purpose.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Extreme durability, longevity. Add lights, make coaches glow. Simple Instructions below.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018
    Update 12/2/2021: five stars for longevity

    This is our fourth Christmas with this train. When we first purchased the train we had two kids. Now we have four. It has been through years of use (dare I say abuse) from three of those children and it still runs like new!!! It’s incredible and I’ve now officially raised it to five stars for being one of the few toys around here that has served this house for this long without a single issue, dent, crack, or scratch.

    Still no real connection issues as other reviewers have noted.

    Repetitive and thoughtless unrealistic “chuff” noise is still annoying.

    Also to note I’ve seen reviewers complaining of the train coming off the tracks, and I agree!! But not for the reason you might think. I am constantly replacing the train on the tracks because my kids keep taking it off to scoot it around on the floor. It has fallen off the tracks before when the track is not on flat to a flat surface. If I get the tracks down right I have no issues at all, it never pops off the tracks on its own.

    I highly recommend this train and for only $50 it has been an amazing experience and remains one of the kids favorite Christmas decorations. When they see the tree come out they immediately start asking about the train.

    Scroll down for instructions to add lights to the coaches.

    Update 12/14/2020: extreme durability

    It’s been a couple years now since we got this and it’s still going strong, and still no serious remote disconnecting issues as mentioned in previous reviews. As I noted In the original review we got this as a more durable place holder for its 6 times more expensive cousin we used to put under the tree. It has served the purpose well. It has been picked up and dropped and thrown about, had its tracks torn apart and thrown around the house, used on and off the tracks, had its piston parts torn out of place multiple times (they can be popped back into place), the remote has been slobbed and also covered with (unknown Sticky food substance), and the engine has been pushed all over the house on many different surfaces like a toy and through all of this it still works exactly as it did when we bought it. Nothing has even broken on it.

    Chuff sound is still annoying and unrealistic, still burns through batteries like no tomorrow under high use, but it still chugs around the tree like brand new. As far as remote disconnecting, maybe every once in a rare while? But it doesn’t last long. Maybe a second? Possibly they mostly solved this issue, or perhaps some people got duds? I still recommend this, especially if you can get it at a discounted rate. We paid about $50 after amazon price matched it self for us.

    Instructions to add lights to the coaches to make them glow:

    What you’ll need:

    - aluminum foil
    - 2 to 4 led wire string light sets with battery boxes that hold three double a batteries. Id go for ones with a remote or Bluetooth control. More on that down below
    - a small or maybe even precision size Phillips screw driver

    Steps:
    1. Buy battery powered wire string lights. I would go for ones that take three double a batteries as the ones we have with a 6 double a battery box won’t fit. I was able to fit two sets of string lights with two separate three double a battery boxes in the coach without issue. I put one on one side of the poles and one on the other side of the poles. I do recommend two sets, I had one in originally and it was pretty dim. I am currently testing out a set I just got off amazon currently called “MINGER 16.4Ft Fairy Light Battery Operated 2 Pack“. (The amazon listing keeps changing names for some reason so you may have to search with less words to find it if it doesn’t come up at first). They are Bluetooth controlled so I use an app to turn them on or off when I’m ready to use them so I can screw the coach back together and not go through batteries too fast. You don’t have to get those. Any will do, probably should find some with a timer at least. You can always leave the top of the coach unscrewed after you’re done, it will stay on top as it kind of fits into place. But if you have young kiddos like I do then your coach may end up opened and the lights taken out regularly :).

    2. Take your first coach and unscrew three screws from the bottom with a precision screw driver. The top will come off without issue. Make sure to keep track of the screws. Some of them stay in and some fall out.

    3. Take out red plastic window piece with window stickers on it. Be careful as the stickers can peel off if you aren’t.

    4. Lay aluminum foil inside the coach to prevent the light from shining through any where besides the windows as the coach is plastic. Line foil on top of all areas of the coach you wouldn’t want light to shine through.

    5. Take your battery powered wire led string lights and set the battery boxes in the coach on top of the foil.

    6. Take the wire lights and wrap them tightly around the inner poles of the coach from one end to the other until all the wire is used up.

    7. Make sure there isn’t wire in the way and place plastic window piece back in place. Make sure to line the holes up over the poles.

    8. Cut a piece of aluminum foil to put over the openings in the plastic window piece. Make sure to poke holes where needed to make room for where the poles meet up top to bottom.

    9. Turn on lights and/or put top back on.

    10. Repeat for second coach.

    That’s it you’re done. Yay. They glow like the o gauge set for a fraction of the cost. If you want to you can secure the screws back on at this point. It’s not necessary unless you have children or pets that may try to get into the coaches and makes it harder to turn on/off the lights if you need to /replace batteries but you gotta do what you gotta do. The top stays on unscrewed on mine at any speed so far.

    Keep in mind that if you do this to your train the windows will shine through red not yellow because the yellow windows are just a sticker sitting on a red piece of plastic and since the plastic is red the color that shines through is red. Also to note, the shadows of the people on the stickers are hardly noticeable while the coach is glowing since that’s just a sticker. Keep the string lights as close as possible to the center of the coach to prevent them from shining through the windows too concentrated in certain areas.

    Review:
    This train is somewhat annoying. We own the better version of this train. The o gauge that goes on the electric tracks. I feel like Lionel quality has gone downhill over the years. We decided to get this so we had something more durable to go around the tree this year. The chuff sound it makes is fairly annoying and repetitive, almost like a broken record. There’s no variation in the chuff like a real steam engine has. My sons $20 wooden train toy sounds more realistic than this does. What’s worse is you cannot change the sound, lower the volume, or turn the chuff off. On our more expensive set you can turn the chuff off (which that one’s chuff is just about as annoying). But I guess they decided to leave that out on the cheapo.

    Also this thing chews up c batteries. Probably should buy a 50 pack to get you through Christmas if you have kids who like to watch the train go round and round. It used 6 in two days.

    I added lights to the coaches because that was one thing I miss from our more expensive set was the glowing coaches. It was fairly simple, as you may have already seen the instructions to do so are listed at the top of the review.

    Aside from that I think it’s probably worth the price. I actually raised my rating one star because I paid $68 originally and I thought that was too much. Then the price dropped to $50 and so I called amazon and they price matched it for me and refunded the difference because amazon customer service is wonderful. I feel like $50 is a more justified price for the train and so my rating went up. I wouldn’t pay much more than that and if it’s over that at the time you’re reading this review I might wait if you can to see if the price will head down again. Just put it in your cart and save it for later. Amazon will tell you if the price ever changes at the top of your cart in a little note. All in all I really wish Lionel would cut the annoying chuf and get something a little more realistic. Or at least always give you the option to turn it off. We are fairly satisfied with it and my kids love it so it serves its purpose.
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    Eliz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Buen producto
    Reviewed in Mexico on December 10, 2023
    Fredi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Als Dekoration um den Baum herum….
    Reviewed in Germany on December 9, 2022
    Salvo
    5.0 out of 5 stars La Magia del Natale c'è quando un Polar Express è lì con te! 🎄 ❤️
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    5.0 out of 5 stars La Magia del Natale c'è quando un Polar Express è lì con te! 🎄 ❤️
    Reviewed in Italy on July 14, 2022
    Devo dire che le poche recensioni su questo prodotto non chiarivano molti dei miei dubbi, chi lo aveva acquistato prima di me non ne parlava in modo corposo né tantomeno aveva allegato foto o video interessanti. Nonostante tutto, la voglia di averlo in casa era molta più della “paura” di restare deluso…ed infatti ho avuto ragione del mio acquisto!

    Ed ecco perché la mia recensione sarà corposa e dettagliata!

    Con mia grande sorpresa la spedizione non era né italiana né europea, ma totalmente Americana, infatti il Polar Express è arrivato dalla Florida percorrendo con FedEx oltre 8800Km in soli 3 giorni dalla spedizione ma soprattutto intonso…davvero fenomenale!

    L’unboxing è stato entusiasmante, riportandomi alla mente dolci ricordi dei Natali della mia infanzia! Il modellino è veramente ben fatto, non ci sono istruzioni, ma il montaggio (compresa la caccia al tesoro su dove inserire le batterie😜) è facile ed intuitivo, chiude il set il suo telecomando senza fili. Il treno è composto da 4 pezzi, una locomotiva, un tender e due carrozze di cui una di coda con piattaforma, chiudono il set completo 24 curve ed 8 rettilinei sufficienti a creare un ovale da 188cm x 127cm oppure un quadrato da 150cm x 150cm.

    La locomotiva per la trazione necessita di 6 mezze torce (Pile tipo C), mentre il telecomando di 2 stilo (Pile AA), fortunatamente avevo già con me un set da 14 mezze torce ricaricabili, in questo modo il divertimento è continuo! Al vano batterie della locomotiva si accede svitando una vite appena sotto la cabina ed estraendo poi l'intera porta di accesso alla camera di combustione del forno. Una volta aperto, bisognerà spingere il contenitore delle batterie verso l'interno, così da azionare la molla per la sua espulsione poiché è interamente alloggiato all’interno della caldaia. Una volta alloggiate le batterie, basta ripetere a ritroso le operazioni appena descritte.

    I binari sono in plastica facili da unire attraverso due agganci ad incastro e sufficienti a compiere un giro intorno ad un albero con una base di 160cm di diametro (il mio è alto 240 con una base di 160cm). Una volta acceso sia il telecomando che la locomotiva l’accoppiamento (pairing via Bluetooth) è immediato, e da quel momento è possibile eseguire tutti i comandi.

    Sul telecomando sono presenti 3 pulsanti ed un potenziometro con scala ad incremento positivo e negativo, che in questo caso corrispondono ad una marcia avanti ed una retrocessione.
    Ai 3 pulsanti sono abbinati il suono della campana posta sul frontale della locomotiva ed uno per il fischio a vapore, mentre il terzo a treno fermo riproduce in inglese la frase che Tom Hanks pronuncia per l’incarrozzamento dei passeggeri (nella parte iniziale del film) “All aboard…this is The Polar Express!”, mentre a treno in movimento “i am the king of the North Pole!” che invece pronuncia il fantasma (sempre interpretato da Tom Hanks) sul tetto della carrozza di coda.
    Tutti i suoni compreso quello di locomotiva in attesa di marcia e di treno in movimento e corsa vengono emessi da una cassa presente solo sulla locomotiva.

    Rispetto alla scala “O” in cui sono presenti più carrozze e tutto ha una propria illuminazione (poiché trasmessa attraverso le rotaie elettrificate), in questo modello soltanto la locomotiva ha come illuminazione il faro anteriore, mentre la carrozza di coda non è dotata dell’illuminazione rossa del fanale che indica la coda del treno. Sulla locomotiva lato cabina (appena sopra lo sportellino del vano batterie) è presente un led bianco che si accende solo quando riceve segnali dal suo telecomando.

    Di per se già da solo sotto l’Albero il Polar Express (o PolEx affettuosamente chiamato da Tom Hanks “Conductor”) aggiunge un tocco Magico all’atmosfera Natalizia, ma con la Campanella della slitta di Babbo Natale (inclusa nella confezione!) tutto è più Magico!

    Se avete bambini in casa, credetemi…ne resteranno davvero incantati!

    Sono veramente Soddisfatto!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful train!
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    Andy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Très réaliste
    Reviewed in France on December 2, 2018
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