Electric Train and Battle Set
Bringing this feature back, so this time out we look at one of the more unique items in the Transformers universe. First, this was made by Tyco and not Hasbro.
I always had a fondness for model trains but never the room. The set here features a train (of course), a mat, several Transformers figures and a few buildings. The train is the main feature, and it is a beau. Every car changes, although some are more advanced than others. The engine, for example, just has a panel that flips up, whereas the caboose changes into a Hawkjet. The coal tender just flips over to reveal a laser turret and the box car turns into a weapon center. Impressive, all things considered.
The figures, with Autobots one color and Decepticons another, were basic and non-transforming. Nice but nothing amazing. The buildings were your basic cardboard but the set up was nice.
Interesting idea but train sets were quickly fading as a child's toy by this point. Tyco went all in on licensed sets, ranging from Rambo to MASK. The Transformers one at least changed the playmat up a little bit.
Odd but sometimes odd isn't so bad.
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