LEGO City Cargo Train 7939

Great set with a large variety of components. Easily packed per item so easy to set up. Always been a big fan of Lego when I was young and boy Lego has evolved along with the technology of today! The train comes with a remote controller allowing you to drive multiple trains and is a great gig for every child. The train track has nice diversity with various nice additions such as a container carrier, truck and lifter.Although I thought it was a bit expensive at first, it is worth the money, and of course lego quality is phenomenal.The box said from 6 years on and I got this for my 4 year old girl. She couldn't do the assembly except for the larger items, but loves playing with it.Highly recommend this set. It can be used as a starter kit, but has a lot of additions, so you could give the extras as bonus to get the feel of expansion.

Santa brought it to our almost 8 year old son for Christmas. He spent all day building the pieces on his own with no help and has been playing with the train since. Definitely worth it, but we got a great deal, wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise. It does use 9 aaa batteries...and I despise the constant need for batteries in toys. Luckily santa brought enough rechargeable batteries in the stocking that we don't have to worry about it for a while, The price greatly inflated by Christmas so I'm glad we checked on Black Friday where it was on sale for $124.99 down from around $159.99. We also used amazon points we had accrued and got the train for $85.00!It has more track than the red commuter train, but it would still be nice to have more track..,.which actually is harder to find and quite expensive, with not so great reviews.Great train, our son is in heaven!

My seven-year-old boy received this for Christmas. He has loved trains since he first discovered Lego Duplo trains at 18 months. He graduated to regular Legos at age five and has never stopped loving trains, so this was a huge hit and something he's wanted for a long time. He was so excited to find this under the tree and plays with it every day. The details and features in this set are awesome and it comes with plenty of track to get started. All you need to add is batteries. It requires nine AAA. The three in the remote will last a long time, but the six that power the motor will run down quickly if your child plays with the train daily. I highly recommend purchasing rechargeable batteries though, or you'll spend A LOT of money replacing six batteries about once a week. We purchased Tenergy AAA batteries on Amazon and they work great, last longer than regular batteries, and can be charged about 1,000 times.

I would really only give this 3.5 star, but I rounded up to 4. The train is nice and very detailed. But I have a few complaints.One, the two small cars that came with it could have been a little better. One of the car, blue and black, is put together in a way that it easily falls apart. A few more interlocking pieces to make it more secure would have been nice.Battery box is screwed on with tiny screws. Lego isn't exactly a toy for infants because of the small pieces so for the life of me I don't know why it has to have a childproof battery box that is cumbersome to replace batteries. It should be snap on and off easily. I guess you can always get the rechargeable battery but that's going to add to the cost.The remote control was not high quality. You can touch it slightly and it would register, the "click" doesn't exactly mark the point where you change from one speed to the next. When you put the train on first speed, it doesn't move, you have to click it 2 or 3 times.Overall I like the train, just wished it was a little better.

This was a Christmas gift for my five year old son. He loves it and built the entire set in just a few days with almost no assistance and assembled the track around our tree. I was very satisfied with the Lego online demo of how to assemble the battery box and the online phone help even on a weekend. I think that the robot that puts the 2 small screws in the battery box is torking them down too tightly. (The way machines tighten lug nuts on tires so much that you can't manually remove them to change a tire) I had difficulty removing the screws and was afraid of rounding out the Phillips pattern and making them useless. Other then that problem the set is great! The detail is excellent and the directions are clear and straight forward. The train runs smoothly. We want to add more track and perhaps another train.

He opened it on Christmas and went on a mission to complete assembly the same day. It took him about 9 hours. The train is really nice looking and moves really fast. The directions for working the remote control are very cryptic. The remote can actually control more than one train. So, you really only use one side of the controller. You have to make sure the electrical connectors are well seated. This is totally battery operated. The remote doesn't draw current unless you push a button or turn a knob, but the locomotive has a an on/off switch. Make sure you turn off the power when you quit or you will be replacing six batteries. This was a great purchase.

This is an exceptional kit!! Well worth the price. Plenty of track for a simple design, but very expandable. The Locomotive was designed to easily incorporate the Lego Light kits for front and back lighting.The only issues seem to be with the Minifigs. The crane operator is constantly complaining about the lack of ladder to the crane operators seat, and the truck driver is union so he only hauls certain loads, and refuses to deal with the non union Minifigs. The Engineer might have a substance abuse issue, as he is regulatory seen with his red coffee mug, and after the last derailment that ended in the locomotive having to be completely re-assembled, he was quoted as saying "Atleast I didn't spill my drink"