Battery Locos

[walkingthedog]

I see Hornby are going to produce battery powered locos and wooden trains (might both be the same thing) to attract small children 5-8 years as opposed to big ones like us.

[The son of Triangman]

Yay! About time. clockwork would be good to see again as well.

[walkingthedog]

Yes it would SoT. 

[LCDR]

 Where did you hear this WTD?

 

The market is flooded with wooden trains. There are so many 'Brio' lookalikes available in toy shops, supermarkets and even in the NRM I wouldn't think there was room for yet another player.  Ah well, what do I know!?

[walkingthedog]

In the Times business section today. I'm not sure if the wooden trains are battery operated or if there are wooden trains and battery operated trains. 

[Cronan]

 I read about this on another forum, I wonder if they doing aomething similar to a famous German firm M*****n they have a battery range for 3-6 year olds then another range for 8-adult year olds ( which is like railroad sort of budget range) then they have a normal/proffessional range which is quite expensive.

Anyway I think its a great idea and it educates young children which is good, hopefully they be the same price or cheaper as the M*****n ones ( their 3-6 year old range that is).

[Buz]

Yay! About time. clockwork would be good to see again as well.

Yes please a nice heavy retro one with fwd, rev and speed control. 

Capable of pulling two padded up triang track cleaning  box cars and caboose

regards John

[JeremiahBunyan]

Hey,

 

Just came across this topic. I myself aren't too sure whether the battery ones are different from the wooden ones, however I'd like to share my own personal views.

 

I think that it's a really good idea if it is wooden toys and battery operated ones. If it's wooden toys it should be compatible with Brio. IMO I won't be interested in wooden toys, but if it is battery operated I want it to be OO gauge compatible. It offers and even better starting point for kids and better transition to electric trains.