LEGO Creator High-Speed Train set 40518 review! Mini size, mini price
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Independent, #NotSponsored, unscripted fan review of the LEGO Creator 2022 High-Speed Train with two cars in a 4-stud-wide scale.
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I think this scale could be cool for a "trains of the world" series, with this "minimalist" style of famous real world train lines? Kind of like how they make the Architecture series. Maybe even put out a display baseplate that looks like a train yard... (now I'm just daydreaming)
I'd see the merit of that. It could be fun to see Lego take on iconic or classic trains, though I imagine they'd have to do some rights and licensing. still, it'd be something to see the return of the Santa Fe Super Chief in a much, much smaller scale.
Lego doesn't care that much about real world trains.
@@butterybricks Lego just makes what they can sell. It wasn't that long ago that all the Lego trains were collecting dust on store shelves...
This channel used to be a safespace, but seeing an enraged Jang violently destroy a Lego box has caused me trauma. Every time he moves, henceforth, I will flinch in fear.
LOL
I think the wheels should've been on turntables. The size allows for that. I actually love the size but since it's not compatible with minifigs or any official Lego train tracks it's a big miss in my opinion. However, I think if Lego made trains in this scale with tracks and small motors to go with them, I think they would sell very well. They could even do smaller scale, call it mini trains or something. Might be cool.
I wasn’t expecting box destruction today!
Perfect for me - trying out some forced perspective on my layout, so a scaled down train definitely helps to 'extend' my space.
i think my favorite little detail is the sticker on the back of each car that says "LCC-HLC" suggesting that this train would connect Lego City and Heartlake City.
Hmmz, You can use this on an elevated traintrack in the background of a LEGO-city, to create the illusion of depth. Doesnt work for Jang-city, but for people with less space and having their city build up against a wall (like me), it might work.
Yes, I can see why you were tempted to get two. I am also tempted to get two, and I hadn't even thought of buying one until I watched the review. Thanks again for the live build on Twitch:) !trains
Lol as soon as I saw the thumbnail I was like if I was to get this I'd get two especially with the price.
The set reminds of the employees only “50 years on track” set. Which included a bunch of classic LEGO trains in 4 wide scale. They had the first ever LEGO train, emerald night, metroliner, space monorail, holiday train, and a classic western train from the 80s. It’s a set I’ve always wanted that not many people know about!
had it and loved it. worth the high price of admission
I think for $20, this is a decent value and makes for a great toy for kids. But for me, I'm probably more interested in this for the stickers, and I guess the parts somewhat less, than for the model itself. Although, I could see this being re-purposed, and maybe with only a little bit of modification, as part of a sort of delivery system. Think of it a little Shuttle transporting things between different parts of a city or a really big ship.
Why just the stickers though???
4:53 Jangs releasing his inner #rebelnature
I could see a series of 4 wide trains working very well they would have to figure out a way to get good turning radia.
They could fairly easily put the 4 wheel bogies on ball joints or turntable bricks, maybe even technic pins to allow for small gradient changes and to allow rotation.
Plus they could switch out the coupling they've made for a drawbar rather than a ball and socket joint
I hope Lego do more with this scale. It would be cool to see buildings as detailed as modulars but 6 or 7 stories tall and 3 cars for the price of one Speed Champs set. It’s a good scale for building a big, detailed city without spending loads.
I still think this set is conceptually very strange. It has the "Creator 3-in-1" style of box design, but there are no alternate builds. That's also how the two 'souvenir' sets from last year looked, but this doesn't make much sense as a souvenir?
Even more confusingly, it's listed as "Creator Expert" on LEGO's website, a line that doesn't technically exist anymore (as sets like that are simply branded as '18+' nowadays).
That poor box! What did it ever do to Jang! :-) But seriously.... agree totally with Jang about needing new minifig scale trains. A new steam engine for a change would be nice.
His demonstration of his reaction after seeing the train is exactly what my reaction was
My almost 6 year old son started playing with Lego about a year ago and since then we’ve bought a lot of sets, especially since I used to love building sets when I was little too. I second they bring out a big train set asap. My son’s first love is trains so Lego train sets are his favorite.
LEGO Train fans: "It's been two calendar years since the last Creator 18+ train."
LEGO Castle fans: "It's been 84 years..."
Sure, if you completely ignore the big 3-in-1 Creator Castle, Medieval Blacksmith, Castle in the Forest, & Lowenstein, and don't count the Hidden Side grey castle.
@@JANGsLEGOreviews I love the Blacksmith, but it is not a "castle." The 3-in-1 is not an 18+ set like you wish to see in trains, and it was darn near impossible to secure either Castle in the Forest or Lowenstine when released. I, like so many others, missed out on these two because they sold out in less than 30 minutes and now cost an arm and a leg in the secondary market.
It could work as a mini train theme park ride with removing the roof and some modifications to sit mini figures in, that would be my use for it.
its a really great looking build IMO
the rage moment against the box made me chuckle :D
Would this set be compatible with the rollercoaster track pieces?
If not I reckon that’s a missed opportunity. (As it could be a great way to make a monorail type line (either in its current scale or scaled up). (If not what do you guys think?)
It can't go around turns unless you modify it, but it _would_ fit on the tracks.
Jang destroying the box will probably be the LEGO highlight of 2022.
Another great review Jang!
4:50 best part xD
I could see this as a really nice monorail style stand in for smaller cities. Think an elevated rail line, but using 4 wide tracks and this alongside forced perspective to make it seem like a minifig inner city train line on a budget
Use this with a bunch of repainted microfigures and build a fun little scene.
I guess you could use the 1x2 grill pieces to make a rudimentary track depending on how widely spaced the wheels are.
This train looks awesome!!
Jang over here punching air over trains. Respectable
Delayed release due to supply chain issues? That's ironic for a high speed vehicle.
Nooo! RIP box :,(
Hurts to see a good box die like that...
Also, I see in back there that you've built the Kyrios :D
Didn’t know I’d watch jang angrily beat up a box today, but oddly glad that I did.
I gotta believe this is a tease for the next wave of minifigure scale trains. Hopefully Lego ups their game with the next wave, to include an expert level train.
Jang, I really like how you are doing your reviews. It does look better using something else than an all white background for when you are in camera and transitioning to the all white background for just the Lego set.
Looks good, just wish it came with some track to display it on
i'd buy 2 and make the bogies (TrUcKs) pivot as they should. possibly buy another 2 and scale up to 6 studs
If I got this I'd probably turn it into a monorail by just taking the "wheels" off and adding some slopes. I'd probably have it as a background decoration
With the old blue rails you can create a 4 wide track or you can add a single blue rails track inside the newer double rails. You can use a 2-by-2 rotating plate (two parts: light grey round and black square frame) to make the wheel sets rotate to make them go through curves and you should connect the couplers to the wheel sets to make it all work.
4:49 When Jang keeps the box for the sole purpose of destroying it in the review, haha. Production value!
Though small, I still like this. Might use the peices to make one suited for minifigs
Not gonna lie, I'm pretty disappointed by the fact that the wheels can't move.
Hi. Waited for your review. Verry nice. I made the weels articulate so it can take curves. Now i want to motorize it. Wish me luck.
Love your review videos. See you🚅
I'm actually currently working on an 8 stud version of this engine by doubling all of the dimensions.
4:51 yeesh
I can't wait to get two of these!
Imo its a good price for two peices, if they sold it as a 3 or 4 car set it may have been overpriced for some folks so it makes sense that they do this.
In your experience, do you think it would be easy enough to convert one of the power cars to a middle carriage if you got three sets? So two power cars, three complete carriages and one spare power car converted to a carriage?
Can you do a compare with the old school airport shuttle monorail? Size is similar I guess
It’s a really good price, good for a display or even part of a city, if u had some tracks.
Great budget option for kids looking for a train. We don't all have 200$ budgets.
This looks like CRH trains. Will need to buy a few to make a full train
If this goes on sale for $16, like some of the speed sets have, I'll be in for 2 of then as well
jang, jang, it's okay. the box did nothing wrong
I didn't know they confirmed a continuation of what started with the Crocodile, that's very exciting! Personally, and I think I am not alone in this opinion, I much prefer more detailed trains that fit on the existing track, especially if they can be motorized in some way. However, I don't mind little train sets like this being made, since they seem to be a supplemental thing to exist alongside the current line of Lego trains. The low cost makes them especially appealing!
The train has a nice design for being a smaller scale. Though many others and I would prefer the 6+ stud wide trains, I hope this train isn't a one-off as it's neat to have different scaled trains in LEGO form.
the stickers are going to be vary desirable for custom train builders. that is what i think the main draw will be for this set down the road.
Waiting for 60337 and (hopefully) its cargo companion. I don't have high hopes for anything Creator though.
I got two of these sets but I wanted a 6 stud wide train but there so expensive and we can't afford them but I still like this set I love your vids jang
I want them to do a Monorail, for those of us that can not afford the old one!
i bet several viewers had a heart attack when seeing Jang trashing the box :D
lego had never done small scale vehicles of this price range for a long time
Four-wide, minfig-scale trains are perfectly viable, LEGO! Jang's got a great elevated rail at that size (and there's that little red easter egg of a train peeking over in the background of this video...)
If only this was in minifig scale.
4 stud wide trains are pretty perfect for HO scale track, if anyone wants to try motorizing this!
Anyone know what the Titanic (or other ship) in the background is? Is the 18+ Lego one? And has Jang done any videos about it
To be honest the colours on the vestibule ends is somewhat believable as the ends of passenger cars/coaches are usually covered in all sorts on nondescript markings anywhos
Great review, I love your honesty and the way you happily look at the pros and cons even if it's not to your taste, perfect job as always Jang!
I like seeing the growing gundam collection on the back shelf! Is there any potential of you reviewing any kits on maybe your second channel?
3:05 Thanks for pointing this out, a rather common issue in Lego models these days - off colour pieces on the inside being seen on the outside. Please stop that Lego.
Do I see the Monkie Kid City of Lanterns in the background?
In the City line, what would you want to see different from 60197 and 60198?
This set reminds me of when I asked my parents to buy a spiderman subway set so I could get the subway cars lol. didn't even care about spiderman
I like my trains, but I'll likely pass on this one. Having a really good price-to-parts ratio, I can see picking up a couple of sets for the parts and stickers. Thanks for sharing.
Try make this in minifigure scale
Nice looking train, but i would like it better if LEGO came up with a solution to make the trains (any train set, not only this one) to be able to be coupled together without having to swap pieces or turn the railcars in a specific direction, like in real life, and in other model train systems (Märklin, Fleischmann etc).
What if you used this scale alongside the Architecture scale to create the illusion that your city is larger than the space you're restrained with.
I really want LEGO to do an 18+ model of an American diesel locomotive.
They could redo the dope Santa Fe Super Chief model
I want one where I can make the Spiderman 2 train scene.
As cute as this set is, perhaps this hints at a future 6-wide minifig compatible 3-in-1? who knows.
This would be great in a Lego city as a forced perspective piece
Wish it came with at least one pair of narrow gauge rails
This thing is weird. But yet kind of interesting.
Can fit nano scale figures?
I think it's slightly too big for those
This looks fun.. not exactly what I want, but its cheap and its a train lol. I wish lego would branch out from European locos a little bit other than the late 1800s American style. I mean lets be honest here, all trains are cool but 1930s America put out genuine masterpieces on wheels. The art deco styling was the greatest thing to happen to the industry. I would genuinely cry if they made a Pennsylvania GG1. They certainly can't argue its iconic status, but they'd prob say its too similar to the crocodile or some nonsense (its not)
I know what is coming ... Lego says "hey, we released a Train 2022 but nobody buys it, trains must be unpopular. Let's stop making 6W trains completely then"
I can't say I dislike how it looks, and it seems reasonable value, but I just don't get the intention behind this set. I think it fails as a display set, as without tracks there's no proper way to display it. It fails as a play set because there's just not much you can do with it, I just don't see any 7+ kid push this around on the floor, they should have made it 4+ for that. And it fails as a souvenir because it's some generic design that doesn't look like any real train.
That said, I do see some potential here. I would love to see a range of similar sized (and priced) models of actual trains. With a few pieces of track included, and a plaque with some information about that train. That would be a great collector series, like a Speed Champions equivalent aimed at railway enthusiasts. I'd buy those! NanoBlock does have something like that, though mostly Japanese trains, and with their limited part inventory those look somewhat crude. I'd love to to see something similar from Lego!
HAHAHAHA the box.
I like train
A narrow gauge train but still no straight tracks and no bogies for the curves? :( Well, I'll stick with the alternative brands for my narrow gauge setup then.
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I basically had the same reaction when I saw this train. It's disappointing to me personally as it doesn't run on tracks or fit the existing scale. (I'm still salty about Speed Champions changing) I also believe they should've allowed the trucks to rotate.
The only thing I would get this for is a display piece, and that seems to be what it was intended to be. Why does lego seem to be stacking the odds against trains?
RIP, box
It’s like the creator taxi that doesn’t hold a minifigure either
Rip box
It's sad how more detailed and much better proportioned this train is compared to a Lego City train, almost like a self critique.
Poor box hahahaha
I think I'm gonna get it
Hello
"But it should be"🤣
I really like this design but static wheels are an unexpected disappointment for me
Hilarious reaction when you first saw that the train was not what you expected. #boxlivesdontmatter
Its cool but I'm not sure who this is for. The wheels don't roll suggesting its not meant to be played with, its not mini fig scale so its not for cities, and its not really a display piece.
Not the box! We barely knew you...
I like the mini scale but I can see why someone would be disappointed it's not the bigger scale train