Is this train set made in die cast metal? Or is it made from plastic?
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The locomotive is all metal. The passenger cars are mostly plastic, but they are nice. I imagine plastic makes the cars lighter and makes for easier and smoother pulling by the locomotive. Train set is well made in my opinion. I am very happy with it.
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The engine is made from metal and has some weight to it but the cars are made of plastic.
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The engine is mostly metal with plastic details; the tender and cars are plastic.
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It is plastic. My son has over 17 different bruder trucks. We have not had a single item break. These are made of high quality material.
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I dont know exactly what it is made of, but it is metal not plastic.. I think it is Aluminium .. From my experience it is of good quality :)
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Hi Marshall in sorry I gave the set as a gift to a train collector who really kniw his stuff. If I can get an answer from him I'll try. Ty
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It's real metal and it's definitely wood. Couldn't tell you what kind of metal. I don't think it's cheap diecast either. Nice replica overall.
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Hello Dena, Yes. The body (engine block) of these models are diecast. The added parts are plastic. Thank you for your interest. Model Empire Inc.
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It is made out of plastic. The only metal parts are the crank and the disks. All of the gears are also made of plastic. The one I purchased worked fine for a few times, but then one of my children cranked too hard and stripped the plastic gears.
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Metal. Pretty well made and sturdy. Our almost 3 year old grandson loves the trucks we got him.
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No it is not. The ones that come with the take n play sets are small metal die cast trains.
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The trains are solid wood and have a good weight to them. Not sure what type of wood because they are painted with nice detail. I bought two sets of these trains and are happy with them. My four year old grand kids play with these trains and show no wear.
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Yes it is. It is like all the standard wooden tracks. It does not, however, fit the die cast thomas or chugginton trains.
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It is made of a soft metal, maybe aluminum that has been painted. When I received this item, two of the metal pieces were broken and one was bent up.
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It is not cheaply made. It's high quality die cast and plastic. Every single person that has held it that I've met has said "oh wow, it's a lot heavier than I thought It'd be.
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If you are referring to the die cast ones that go on plastic tracks, the answer would be no. I don't know of a motorzed Thomas set designed for wooden tracks.
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The body of the engine and cars are very durable plastic. The undercarriage of the engine and moving parts are metal as are the wheels of the cars. Most model trains are built the same way they just vary in size and detail. We are very happy with this set, and Bachmann is very good about their warranty.
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Yes, my son has both wooden and plastic tracks . He uses both for his trains .
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Most of it is diecast metal with a few plastic parts as indicated by this image: http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery2/gallery/d/706616-3/Plastic.jpg(Image source: http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/2013/capricorn_shura_ex)