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A truly inspirational, finely detail model that is light years ahead of some of the disappointing trains from the Hornby stable. The loco captures every detail and the artwork printing detail on the coaches are excellent.. Fitting the coupling are fiddly and time consuming, but once constructed the set makes a brilliant centre piece on the mantle shelf. It is fragile and therefore running is limited. The collector will view it as an investment rather than a working example on their layout. There are reported issue with overheating decoders, but hey there are other chips more reliable than Hornby own on the market - and smaller. The box is faithful to the original, if a little tight when removing and returning the loco and coaches to their slots. Is it worth the money? This seems to be a gripe with modellers throughout the years - just look at the detail and what it represents and I would say its well worth every penny.Read full review
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Sorry but the previous 3 reviews totally detract from what has been delivered. Firstly, you have a beautifully detailed scale model of Rocket with painted figures which is far better than the original Triang version. Then you have 3 properly scaled coaches. Yes they are plastic but (1) They are really detailed and (2)What do these people expect? The motor in the locomotive wouldn't be capable of pulling metal coaches, it is far too small. Yes there have been some problems reported but MOST genuine Hornby collectors absolutely love it. It received rave reviews in Hornby Magazine (Not owned or affiliated to Hornby). So please make up your own minds.
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Too fiddly wires rot wagon which get pulled off when handling the rocketengine
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Wasn't expecting much given all the 'Hornby bashing' and average reviews. In fact, it's a lovely well detailed loco, with smooth and quiet running. Easy to convert to DCC. Huge improvement to the original, and runs beautifully, especially when speed limited on DCC to a realistic maximum, scale speed, and with good acceleration / deceleration settings.
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Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned