I am not a great fan of the Powered Up system. I had this train set up at a recent public display and was unable to pair up the hub with the controller. This could be due to spurious Bluetooth signals that occur whenever there are lots of people, with lots of smartphones nearby. The male E-car driver's ginger hairpiece is a new colour and his face print is new. His torso has only been seen twice. To a non train fan like me, pretty much every one of these freight train sets is exactly the same, so it would be interesting to know what sets this one apart, or doesn't, besides simply the price."

I did have the 60337 Express Passenger Train, that uses the Powered Up system, operating without any issues. So I am unsure why I couldn't get the 60336 Freight Train to run.Now that they’ve making sets with sequences of numbered bags being opened at the same time, maybe they plan to do away with duplicate bag numbers. If they do, all you’d need to know going forward is the highest number…assuming all the bags are from the correct set.

Then just ignore it. Easy solution. Some people find it to be a useful metric - I don't care about the horsepower of a car that I buy, but I understand why some people care, and I'm glad that number is reported for those who want to take it into consideration. I also wonder how sets like this will function when the software for them inevitably gets delisted or outdated in the next decade or so. ]] However, I would have certainly appreciated more opinions throughout this review. Bar a couple of sentences here and there, the majority of this review reads like a description of the images. It's handy having the recolours pointed out, but what about the design of the train? There are two Dark Orange containers. This is the first instance of the Wall 1x6x5 part in this colour.Shame to hear about the trouble syncing the controller in a big convention/expo type setting. I suppose some of the strengths of a Bluetooth connection compared to an IR connection (e.g. having a greater maximum range, not requiring a clear line of sight between the controller and receiver, not experiencing interference from bright sunlight, etc) aren't always worth the trade-offs. agreed. This review is nothing but captions of pictures, with very little analysis or critical thought provided. Comparisons to real world trains, discussion of building techniques, anything? " At the same public display I had many trains operating using the former IR Power Functions running all day without fault. Third, you will be able to modify the train to the then current motor, just like you can convert a 9v train to PF/PU. Cars will run just fine as is, it's just the engine that will need to get modified.