BRIO World 33213 - Remote Control Train Set | Wooden Toy for Kids | Enhances Logical Thinking | Compatible Railway Toys | Ideal for Ages 3 and Up

One thing to note: I purchased this on a 40% off sale. (about $25). For that price, this is worth it. At 35-40, I think this is over priced. $30 seems like a fair price, but $25 really is more appropriate in my opinion. The toy itself is great. My child loves it. It makes a starting and stopping noise when turned on/off. It then makes moderately realistic "chugging" sounds for about 30 seconds. Then those sounds stop, but the engine keeps going for another 4-5 minutes. It will run for about 4-5 minutes or so then turns off, so it doesn't just run until the battery dies. The remote is an Infrared remote, it has to point at the engine to work. Though he doesn't use it, I will sit across the room (about 10-12 feet/ 3-4 meters) and start it up sometimes. We are using it with wooden tracks from Ikea, and it works great. It is about twice as large as the Ikea cars, but the magnetic connections work fine. It is too tall to go under the bridge that comes with the Ikea set, it's about a centimeter too tall to fit cleanly. My child is too young to use the remote, he just isn't interested in it right now. (He was 1 1/2 when I bought it). Eventually it will interest him, so I figured I would get the remote version. The three yellow buttons on top work perfectly for his needs. (forward, stop, and back)You're Though it fits on the Ikea tracks, he normally ends up running it on the floor. On tile, wood, and short pile rugs it works perfectly. A thicker, or loose carpet would bog it down. It's fairly strong, on a tile floor it can easily pull more than a dozen and half of the Ikea cars, assuming the batteries are not too worn out. I've found that rechargables, like the Eneloops, work better, they have better energy densities and provide more power. But, standard AAs work fine also. The battery door is held on with a screw, so children can't open it and get to the batteries. The batteries lasted longer than I thought they would, probably giving 10-12 hours of run time before they became too weak to work well. The rechargables were longer. It's well built, and has suffered many drops onto hard tile without any damage.

Fantastic train car for a 2.5 year and older child (my child got this for 3rd birthday). My child LOVES being able to control it both on the train and from a distance using the controller. Having the ability to make choices at this age is so important and this r/c train really helps with this. We found that each time we start playing with it we first need to hit the center button on the train to “wake it up” and allow it to connect with the remote control. We have been using it for hours a day over this past week and the batteries have lasted well and we have not had to change them yet. Two cons, which could be big ones for your child: 1) this train does not always handle gaps in tracks or hills very well. I believe this is because the back tires are not as well-threaded or thickly-lined with rubber as other battery-powered trains we own so it gets stuck when going up hills and in spots on tracks with gaps. Be sure to purchase some sure track connectors to hold pieces together however won’t help if you have a gap in viaduct or bridge pieces; 2) falls off track when going over short curve pieces - can be frustrating but that’s what the “train’s engineer” is there for. These cons, however, don’t make me deduct a star because my child still gets that much enjoyment from it. As a new mom to this world of trains and after reading countless reviews and blogs of tracks and engines and having some great and not so great purchases, here are my recommendations. - I don’t recommend the Brio RC Train Engine be the first train a child gets when they get into trains on wooden tracks - this r/c train is like the 3rd step or phase after the child “masters” or gets bored with their wooden tracks. I’ve had great luck with my kiddo and maintaining his interest by adding pieces in phases when his interest starts dwindling. “Phase 1” simple track layout and train cars my child pushes (this let my child experiment without too many choices and learn at own pace). “Phase 2” adding a battery-powered engine that only goes back and forth by clicking button on train (no remote control, some of these battery-powered trains have a “free play” option to also make them like a train your child has to push) and adding more curves and switches as options to the wooden tracks. “Phase 3” this r/c train and elevations in your wooden tracks. Please let me know if this was helpful. Thank you!

Very gooooooood! Two mode to play. Push the button or use the remote! Powerful can pull two to three trains

Like all things Brio, this is overpriced for what it is, but that aside it works ok. At first we thought the remote didn’t work - there is no LED or other indication that the remote is transmitting and the whole thing feels kind of fragile. Eventually we figured out it seems to takes a couple of minutes to link up when switching channels and it works best when standing up above the track - it doesn’t work well sitting on the ground or for long distances (maybe 10 feet max?) Once we got the remote thing figured out it does ok - It will pull three or four cars on flat track, and one or two if there are hills, and it does have controls directly on the train unit for when the remote is not working. Overall our four year old was excited about it, and it gave new life to the train set he already had. Minus one star for the fussy and possibly fragile remote, especially given the cost of Brio stuff.

Purchased for my 4 year old. He absolutely loves this train, well worth the money. It breathed several months of intense interest back into his wooden train sets. The train can actually pull a lot of cars so long as you use the large corners and don't use elevation changes (ramps). The only real issue is the IR remote needs a direct line of sight to the train.

This train is high quality and runs well with multiple cars in tow. Although, at top speed it is slower than some other brands. IR controller can be slightly aggravating with line of sight at first but you get used to it.

All these points below are mentioned by other reviews, please look at all the recent reviews vs the old ones, don't let the rating fool you, that's all based on old reviews!! It's not RC but infrared, that means you have to point the remote to the train. That in itself isn't the problem, my TV's remote works fine but this Infrared Remote is like the tv remotes from the 1980s you have to point directly, from a maximum of about 6 inches, and even then the remote fails (very) frequently. I promise you your toddler will be super frustrated with it and ditch it and just push the buttons on the train vs. using the remote. Making the "RC" part of this toy useless so you're honestly better off just buying a non RC train that your toddler can push the buttons on and save them the frustration and yourself a lot of money. The engine is not strong enough to pull more than 1 cart up a simple (official BRIO) tunnel without stalling. The design of the train prevents it from having enough traction to reverse over a BRIO tunnel (with no cars attached) the wheels will spin while the train will stay in it's place, stalled on the incline, until it decides to derail itself. The magnet is attached so loosly that it drags on the tracks behind the train, making the reverse function useless without any carts attached because the magnet will snag the rails at connections (keep in mind that the train doesn't have enough power for cars so you're going to be riding it without cars attached, thus a dragging magnet) The magnet isn't strong enough to keep more than 1 cart connected, frequently decoupling mid-ride. Now going back to my first point, if the train is more than 6 inches away when that happens your kid will have to go over and push the button to stop the train by hand and strart it by pushing the button on the train. If you are so lucky to have it decouple within reach of the remote, AND it so graces you with actually responding and stopping and reversing to couple your car(s) again we're back to my last point, where the magnet drags and snags the rails when reversing, so there you are again, manually picking up the train and pushing the buttons. Lastly (I know, how much can there be wrong with a small toy!) It derails by itself for absolutely no apparent reason other than that the wheels run out of the tracks at connections and corners. They are super loose and wobbly (poor quality). Now the good part, the train looks cool and if the remote works it's fun to sound the horn and toggle the lights.

It's actually pretty great except that it doesn't get much traction. Even pulling just two standard cars--or one of the heavier cars--up a standard incline it can get stuck. If two sets of wheels drove, instead of just one, it would work a lot better. The control does seem a little finicky and you have to aim it right at the car from not too far away. I've had lots of IR remotes and this one seems particularly weak, though for the application that's not such a drawback. I have to say, though, that the remote train is probably my son's single favorite piece. And mine too. So the flaws are not so much "don't buy" warnings as "it could have been that much better".

Update: we recieved excellent customer service and we’re sent a replacement that worked perfectly! It works nicely with our brio, imaginarium and Thomas trains and my kids have had hours of fun with it. Original: When the package arrived the remote didn’t seem secure but the packaging was attached. After setting it up for my son the train works but the remote control does not. So disappointed to have received a faulty product.

My 4 years old son was very excited with his new toy, The head light and red reverse light shine in the dark, remote control is easy to use, my son figured out the control in less than 5 min

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Ontspoort erg snel en reageert slecht op de controller.