First of all, congratulations on passing the 20 Million Views mark. Absolutely astounding and quite deserving. Bet you never thought of this milestone when you first had the idea of making videos and posting them on YouTube. ![[Image: cheers-smiley-emoticon.gif]](http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/friends/cheers-smiley-emoticon.gif)
Now on to Connor. Great review video. Love the new work area. We are not big fans of the Thomas, faced, trains any more but this Plarail Connor is...Fantastic. The size and details are awesome. Especially like the undercarriage details wow. (Note to Plarail: Please make this in a non, Thomas version with different shades of black and grays) One other thought I had when seeing his first run is that due to his size, I thought he may look better with the longer type traction rods that bypass the front wheel although that may not be like the real engine. Glad to see no holes in the wheels for packaging like the Trackmaster ones. You would think Trackmaster could come up with a better packaging idea than that. Plus those little plastic sticks couldn't be safe for the toddlers.
Trackmaster ought to hide its head in shame after seeing this Connor. I was initially impressed with the "heft" and gearing of the new flat drive but was very disappointed once you got into it and seen and heard it run. I agree with you on the over engineering of it. With all those great gears I would have thought it would run much faster or, at the very least, have two speeds. The drive reminds me of the first ones in the vintage Tomy trains as pictured by Tramp HERE. Hard to tell from the video but you did say it does run smoother and quieter. I wonder how a Power Dash motor would work, hope the gearing isn't designed to slow it down. It will be interesting to see how this new Plarail flat drive compares to the new, faster Trackmaster one rumored to be released later this year.
Another great plug for us here at BluePlasticTracks.com at the end of the video and hope to see more of those 20 million visitors here. Thank you for all you do Ucwepn. OH! and by the way...I will have some bacon and eggs!![[Image: nodding-yes-by-a-very-happy-smiley-emoticon.gif]](http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/yes/nodding-yes-by-a-very-happy-smiley-emoticon.gif)
Now on to Connor. Great review video. Love the new work area. We are not big fans of the Thomas, faced, trains any more but this Plarail Connor is...Fantastic. The size and details are awesome. Especially like the undercarriage details wow. (Note to Plarail: Please make this in a non, Thomas version with different shades of black and grays) One other thought I had when seeing his first run is that due to his size, I thought he may look better with the longer type traction rods that bypass the front wheel although that may not be like the real engine. Glad to see no holes in the wheels for packaging like the Trackmaster ones. You would think Trackmaster could come up with a better packaging idea than that. Plus those little plastic sticks couldn't be safe for the toddlers.
Trackmaster ought to hide its head in shame after seeing this Connor. I was initially impressed with the "heft" and gearing of the new flat drive but was very disappointed once you got into it and seen and heard it run. I agree with you on the over engineering of it. With all those great gears I would have thought it would run much faster or, at the very least, have two speeds. The drive reminds me of the first ones in the vintage Tomy trains as pictured by Tramp HERE. Hard to tell from the video but you did say it does run smoother and quieter. I wonder how a Power Dash motor would work, hope the gearing isn't designed to slow it down. It will be interesting to see how this new Plarail flat drive compares to the new, faster Trackmaster one rumored to be released later this year.
Another great plug for us here at BluePlasticTracks.com at the end of the video and hope to see more of those 20 million visitors here. Thank you for all you do Ucwepn. OH! and by the way...I will have some bacon and eggs!