Review of Daron Motorized New York City Subway Set

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2 жыл бұрын

A quick review of some Daron MTA / New York City Subway toys. This isn't a paid or sponsored promotion, they're just something I picked up at an auction and wanted to try out.
Spoilers below!
The result: Total junk! These trains are cheaply made and extremely flimsy, with easy-to-break track connectors and train couplers. The tracks have little ridges or cogs for some reason, which looks stupid and makes more noise. The two engines I got had one with broken wheels and one with broken sound. They're a low quality novelty toy that would last the average kid about 10 minutes before breaking.
These are definitely not worth money, if I found some in the trash I'd take the train cars for spare parts, but I'd put the track back in the trash.
That being said, I was able to make one working train out of two sets, and they'll work with my existing '90s Christmas tree trains, so I can just use that track instead! These might show up in a future video as decor in our underground speakeasy cave, the Sand Bar.
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@MomWifeLove 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your review!! I was just about to purchase a set from QVC for $37.99!!!! For some reason it didn't have a video like thru normally do, so I jumped on you tube to see if anyone reviewed it. So glad you did!! Thanks!!

@maestromecanico597 2 жыл бұрын

The ridges on the rails are for added traction for the single-powered axle with the rubber tires.

@SpartanA054Moose 2 жыл бұрын

These cheap plastic breaks after christmas day toy trains are what inspired the President's Choice Insider's Express line of model train sets that lasted for years in Canada

@SMTMainline 2 жыл бұрын

Those President's Choice sets (Mehano IHC) where arguably the best budget train sets ever made, the rolling stock and track might have been cheap but the locomotives were high-end for the money and I rarely see them break despite not having been made in over 15 years.

@SpartanA054Moose Жыл бұрын

2 months late but yeah! Im still trying to collect them all! Awesome sets take note hornby🤣

@SMTMainline Жыл бұрын

@@SpartanA054Moose If they were still making them for the north American market I bet they would blow bachmann out of the water.

@Neville60001 Жыл бұрын

@MooseA054, I one met a lady who bought one of these sets you mentioned ; she said that she way buying it for her _husband_ who wanted a train set. I told her about the Bachman Acela set, but then I remembered how much the Bachman Acela HO scale set cost ($500.00 CDN) and I realized that she'd never buy him a set for that amount of money as a Christmas gift. There needs to be-for children and adults-safe electric HO scale train sets that won't cost $200.00-$500 dollars made by some manufacturer, somewhere (or at least a radio-controlled train set run on batteries that both children and adults can use that's also not so expensive.)

@M.TTT. 2 жыл бұрын

I need to look into some of these auction sites, but I also shouldn't lol

@NurgamingYT Жыл бұрын

It's ACTUALLY good, you just got the bad version. I watched many vids about it and it's perfect

@tomc8617 4 ай бұрын

Are the train cars smooth and flat on the sides with the doors and windows being mere decals? It's hard to tell from the video.

@saveitforparts 4 ай бұрын

Mine are flat with stickers. The roof has some molded detail but they cheaped out on the sides.

@Thunderboltsiren1000alt 9 ай бұрын

Come on don't be too harsh it does look cute. You probably got a broken version or one that was thrown around in the mail. That's why I was broken.

@alexhale980 10 ай бұрын

Can anyone give me an idea on scale for this? It looks between O & OO gauge but can find any specs on the cars. Thanks

@saveitforparts 10 ай бұрын

The closest I've been able to guess is "S Scale" (1:64), but there are a bunch of cheap imported playsets like this which don't conform to any real standard. Nothing else is really S scale except Matchbox / Hotwheels cars.

@johnpaulvalentin5819 Жыл бұрын

Can you confirm that it does run on the dickensville rails?

@brew.matawan 10 ай бұрын

I was looking into this but I need waaaay more track for my space. Where would I be able to get track. I'd like to know if I can even get teack before I buy this

@saveitforparts 10 ай бұрын

I've been buying old sets on eBay that use the same track size. You'd probably be better off with something standard like G-scale vs these weird off-brands that aren't matched to any particular scale.

@brew.matawan 10 ай бұрын

If I was to buy this set new, where could I get better or additional straight track

@saveitforparts 10 ай бұрын

The closest thing seems to be "S scale", if you can find track that size, it might work.

@brandoncastro7624 6 ай бұрын

If you could please show me where I'd be able to find the track you have that works with this MTA set. I'm looking to extend it to be longer without trying to buy 5+ sets . TIA

@saveitforparts 6 ай бұрын

Anything from New Bright labeled "HO gauge" should work. Dickensville Express, Wintersville Express, etc. They're not made anymore but they're at thrift stores and garage sales or sometimes eBay. They're not really HO, just a 90's imported knock-off that's closer to S gauge. Seems someone in the overseas toy train factory latched onto this size and started using it for everything 😂

@haydensreview3425 2 жыл бұрын

If you do what I think you will do with this train at the sand bar then it’s going to be cool. If you make underground tunnels for the train at sand land you should try to put a GoPro on its. You should also check out a KZfaqr called half asleep Chris, it should give you some inspiration.

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 2 жыл бұрын

I've always noticed that battery powered trains with the plastic black tracks were always terrible. I've had atleast five of them over the years. They would usually be like this: -Loud unrealistic sound chip -Red light -Derails all the time -Unrealistic looking -Track breaks too easily The only battery powered trains that are actually good in my opinion are the Geotrax ones, Lionel Great Railway Adventures, Tomy Playrail, and Powertrains. These have mostly been discontinued. At this point the only good toy trains are wooden ones and model trains.

@saveitforparts 2 жыл бұрын

I've also heard good things about Tomy Playrail, but haven't tried them myself.

@Neville60001 Жыл бұрын

As I just said, the Tomy ones are still being made _and_ sold: www.plazajapan.com/toys/plarail/

@NurgamingYT Жыл бұрын

How about MTH Railking?

@bizness4270 Жыл бұрын

I had that and I tried to unconnect the tracks resulting in them breaking

@saveitforparts Жыл бұрын

Yeah they're pretty terrible! I'm going to get rid of the track and use the trains on some christmas train track.

@mike97525 2 жыл бұрын

THANKS

@Ryan1415 2 жыл бұрын

Are the bot videos coming soon?You did a good job last year doing them.

@saveitforparts 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean boats? I haven't had much time for the jet boat this year, hoping to get it going soon though!

@Ryan1415 2 жыл бұрын

@@saveitforparts Sounds good .Yes that is what I meant.Thank you for the News.

@TheAmazingEddySarr_train Жыл бұрын

at least the trains are good

@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762 Жыл бұрын

I purchased one

@Neville60001 Жыл бұрын

Was it brand new?

@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762 Жыл бұрын

@@Neville60001 bought it new and put it under the christmas tree

@EllisLux22 Жыл бұрын

Thanks For Reviewing, I Was Gonna Buy This But needed To See what it was like. And Im interested In The Dickensvile Trains, Might look into them later.

@saveitforparts Жыл бұрын

Those Dickensville trains are way better IMHO, the track is more realistic and the quality is a little better. You can find them on eBay but they're usually more expensive there. I'd try local thrift stores or Craigslist and see if you can get them cheaper.

@AaronzDad 2 жыл бұрын

With the humidity level in Sandland I can't imagine any battery powered anything will last very long

@saveitforparts 2 жыл бұрын

We've been surprised before, and with enough grease you can actually keep stuff sand/waterproof for a while.

@AaronzDad 2 жыл бұрын

@@saveitforparts Yeah, one nice thing about a cave is there's no wind to blow sand into every damn thing

@tomc8617 4 ай бұрын

I would think that $20 or $25 would be a fair price even if one simply want to display the train cars on a shelf. Does anyone who has them agree?

@davidzdziarek-zl8cu 11 ай бұрын

A mouthful of the warning before I buy anything regarding this one.

@bretteballantine2596 2 жыл бұрын

You should buy for the mine a rocker shovel mine loader track machine speed up under ground digging

@saveitforparts 2 жыл бұрын

I considered trying to make the mini-tank into a loader. I think the sand would kill it though!

@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762 Жыл бұрын

I wish they sold extra tracks

@saveitforparts Жыл бұрын

I have a video coming up where I 3D print some tracks!

@Neville60001 Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought you'd say.

@yelyab1 Жыл бұрын

What prop are you running. Do some math. Make sure your motor is not too deep in the water. The cavitation plate just above the prop should be even with the bottom of the boat. If you have a long shaft motor on a short shaft transom, you won’t go anywhere. Use good gas. Use recreation gas, no alcohol. Most premium fuel is sans alcohol. Check your points and timing under the flywheel.

@saveitforparts Жыл бұрын

I assume this is a comment for one of the boat videos, maybe the tri-hull? I've gotten rid of that one, never got the thing to run even after checking all that stuff. I think the new owner replaced the motor right away.