(03-24-2015, 05:35 PM)Wartsilaone Wrote: Don't get the motorman! Go for the ACS control unit.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Plarail-Ad...46355494ff
Alastair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkUIbwiLhs0
Could you please elaborate? It looks to me that disadvantage of the Motorman may be the short running times as the rechargeable battery-receiver unit is supposed to run only 60 min. I am not sure, but looking at the pictures in the eBay adds, it may well be that the charger can handle only one battery at a time. On the plus side Motorman uses radio and, can control up to four trains, has sounds and, maybe, more realistic driving.
(03-24-2015, 09:56 PM)plarnold Wrote: Another piece of advice: Running Plarail Advance and standard Plarail together looks awkward and is a little bit difficult to manage. If you are the type that likes everything to look in order and you already have lots of standard Plarail, stay away from Plarail Advance as it will only cost you a lot of money in the future to re-purchase almost everything besides the simplest tracks. It is also quite a hassle to make sure that the tracks you are using are suitable for Plarail Advance train sets as discussed in this thread. Furthermore, standard Plarail seems to be getting much more support and is also cheaper in the long-run. Plarail Advance items are far more expensive than the standard Plarail items.
-plarnold
I have started Plarail Advance a couple of months ago after my kids asked for a "realistic" train, meaning no Chuggington or Thomas stuff. I considered the standard Plarail and a proper N scale set. I went for the Advance as a good compromise. Kids can play independently, we can set up go-round "spaghetti" railway or a very sophisticated operation, and it is way way cheaper than N scale. Compared to Plarail, Advance is a bit finicky but IMHO the trains look a lot cooler. The Advance trains are maybe a bit under-powered and too light. They would need more powerful batteries to solve these issues.
Overall, I am quite satisfied anyway.