The Queen's £100 Tender With Plastic Coins Stuck On It | Unboxing & Review

Issue 2 of the dreadful Bradford Exchange train set "in memory" of our late Queen has arrived! Here are the treats it holds in store!
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0:00 Intro
2:30 Unboxing
10:33 Tender Detail
11:11 Track Test
15:12 Final Thoughts

[@tripel7470]

Complete the set, get the third set, we must complete the saga!

[@jimflagg4009]

We can't do that to poor Sam. I would not wish this set on my enemy.

[@x-fun3149]

@@jimflagg4009 then it's a good thing Sam's not your enemy

[@williamhall667]

Trilogies come best in threes 🤣

[@willausterman3104]

There's more than three is the sad thing.

[@adammcardle]

Do a gofundme, we'll buy it for him

[@MG-Driver]

That “thing” derailing and toppling over was the funniest thing I’ve seen all day!

[@Gfysimpletons]

Yeah, got me goin too…..😂😂😂

[@billfusionenterprise]

lionel ho-scale train track is worse

[@OlivierGabin]

The Sex Pistols were more respectful with their "God Save the Queen" than Bradford exchange with this... thing. That leads us to the most interesting question about this : salvage or scrap ? Thanks for the good laugh Sam !

[@TheSergioTurbo]

Salvage or scrap? There's nothing that can be salvaged here, and the scrap option would be cruel... to the Scrapman.

[@brandonzhou2233]

The scrap man demands rusty metal, not cheap plastic!

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

​@@TheSergioTurbo Nah I want the see the Scap Man Poisoned by Cheap Toxic Plastic...

[@2005Kam]

Honestly can we appreciate the fact that Sam is willing to spend his hard earned money on junk like this for our entertainment and also to make sure we don't make the mistake of buying them? Thank you Sam.

[@jackstrains4468]

I would refer to that not as a tender... but as (very) expensive plastic tat! Great video sam!

[@SamsTrains]

haha agreed - that's more accurate! Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@@SamsTrains They are also selling gaudy fake gold watches for the 100th year anniversary of the Irish state

[@georgeh5075]

Just like the monarchy

[@mikeandtriciajohnson7241]

I'm shocked by the price of that set, it looks like the kind of toy train that you'd get at "Pound Stretchers" around Christmas time for about £14.99. I enjoyed the very amusing video, I'm impressed that you were able to keep a fairly straight face through out.

[@rotacnisumis514]

Now the tender really looks like a box of danish chocolate. Sam should check if there is a sewing kit inside

[@matthewdevalle404]

I reckon there's class A drugs inside it. It's the only thing that makes sense for that price.

[@Transport_Around_Kent]

@@matthewdevalle404 LMAO

[@zacharyanimates]

The tender would probably be more useful for storing sewing tools than being an actual train set

[@GeohToy]

The sequel we needed but didn't deserve, thank you Sam! and Martinson for manufacturing such a lovely tender!

[@awesomealbertt1150]

Oh My Gosh! He actually bought it! What a legend!

[@SamsTrains]

hahaha!! ;D

[@radiotronic]

Sam - you didn't waste your money. You delivered a hilarious and enjoyable video :)

[@Nebarus]

The set is the best Aprils fool joke ever! Wait, they were serious about selling this?

[@nathanteach7266]

they make it look ok on the advert, abit like gaming chairs.

[@ultimateventus712]

On this episode of "This is a real product", this absolute nugget I must say that I've thoroughly enjoyed this plastic waste review. I enjoy seeing the garbage, because it makes me enjoy the good products all the more. Thank you for your service Sam. You've entertained, and more then likely stopped at least one person from suffering the same fate as yourself👍

[@olliecat1927]

The static valve gear still gets me every time

[@ericzerkle5214]

Thats just cheap and horrible. What a joke!

[@trackxolotlrailfan]

The set we were all waiting for 😂

[@SamsTrains]

haha absolutely!! ;D

[@CerberiRedWolf]

The slow fall over the train does cause the track doesnt align had me in stitches. Beautiful.

[@tiddles4x4]

Power-Loc was originally made by Life Like (probably part of Walthers now). It was the sand coloured track that you got in the old Hornby Battle Zone and Dino Safari sets. I have lots of it and have found it to be robust and reliable, less fiddly than Bachmann EZ Track. I suspect the stiff chassis or build quality of the loco maybe the problem. Try a different "normal" loco on it. Certainly the Hornby 08 and old Flying Scotsman had no problems with it. As for the loco and tender is is very insulting to our departed Queen. People paid less for the crap metal coins that came out within days of her passing.

[@Natendo_Switch]

Rather than coal, the engine seems to run on solid gold nuggets! This is an awesome reference to how you'd get better enjoyment out of lighting the money on fire instead of using it to buy this locomotive!

[@SamsTrains]

haha yeah - that's in keeping with the high price of the set I suppose? Exactly! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@jayo1212]

Can't imagine gold would be able to create enough heat...

[@tomsommer8372]

@@jayo1212 Ooooh if you have enough of it, it definitely will keep you warm.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

My theory is that's not gold nuggets but is infact uranium ore. This locomotive has some weird nuclear reactor that is able to run on copius amounts of unrefined uranium.

[@Locomattive8572]

I genuinely woke my wife up laughing at this! 😂 Please complete the set!!!! Please

[@glhx2112]

You had me at "Slab of Resin". Rushing off to search the net for this amazing and 100% Accurate Steam Locomotive from 1800's American West. England. A land I never really knew existed, but apparently only appears when the world needs it, and, Bradford Exchange need more $$$$. 😁

[@ChrisGBusby]

Power-Loc was a trademark of Life Like Trains who got absorbed into Walthers. The track is ok and still popular. Maybe Walthers are making the whole thing via some Chinese sub manufacturer.

[@jayo1212]

Honestly, I expected better from Walthers!

[@bracdude181]

I have some of the old power loc track. Unfortunately the steel rails haven’t aged very well but the track itself is still useable and even my cheapest trains are capable of running on it without derailing. Unfortunately this new track doesn’t seem as good as the old steel rail stuff that was around when I was a kid.

[@emdB67]

Perhaps the Power Loc track has a small disclaimer somewhere about rails may not correctly align when placed on carpet. ;-)

[@ChrisGBusby]

@@emdB67 oddly it's one of the tracks recommended for carpet as it had the built in track bed lol. Same goes for Marklin and a few more. Can't blame Sam's carpet tiles this time :P

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

​@@jayo1212 Apparently Walthers was butchered and gutted by Bachmann USA after they acquired it. There was a Model Railway KZbinr who talked about how they went from good to bad...

[@Benjamin.Jamin.]

PLEEASE get the rest! That was hilarious. Please!

[@nintendofanlp]

12:20 😂😂😂😂 OH MY GOD. The way it derailed and the sound of cheap plastic hitting the ground. Especially right after you said let's watch it run... Kinda perfect timing for a joke really.

[@davewilliams6172]

I can see this loco being a collectors item...in a kind of "Yep, I am the one that was stupid enough to buy one" kind of way. Thanks for taking the hit on this one Sam...your bravery will not go un-noticed. 🤣

[@terrier_productions]

I still can't believe this exists. I would love to hear about the board meeting when someone at PlasticTat Inc suggested this lol

[@wesleysworkshop4081]

The sequel we all knew we needed

[@SamsTrains]

haha definitely!! ;D

[@findo12]

Well done Sam. I have to admire your restraint when describing this product and its nostalgic track. That track reminds me of the Triang Series 1 track I had in the mid 1950s, although my trains could run in any direction.

[@alexv3375]

Putting the _Shrek_ names on The Deed Of Ownership (™) was priceless!

[@akumaurufu7524]

I honestly wonder if they're planning on releasing a 4th 'issue' or if it was scrapped late cause it looks like there's some sort of flatbed behind the passenger car on the store's page. Going onto how the locomotive and tender are, that flatbed would be just as bad as everything else though

[@craigmarriott6759]

The website does mention "a fully-sculpted and removable replica of the Gold State Coach " I can only imagine how terrible that would be.

[@joshmason6177]

I’ve been waiting patiently for this and it certainly didn’t disappoint!! “Was The Queen a particular fan of loose change?” Really got me idk why 😂😂 Also isn’t that an old pound coin on the tender?!

[@PetesPrettyGoodTrains]

12:20 LMAO! It gets funnier every time watching it!

[@leekmuncher7474]

It just reminded me of that episode of Top Gear when they kept flipping Reliant Robins on their sides going round corners! Hilarious! 😂

[@dmulders5347]

You cant stop now we need to see the other parts 😂

[@DarthSantaFe]

I tend to be more forgiving on some of the cheap products made for train sets, but Life-Like/Walthers Power-Loc has always been poor next to the Bachmann and Atlas roadbed tracks. They made it to power their cheapest plastic train sets, and last time I used it, pliers were needed for rail alignment.

[@chrisbaines6931]

That loco seems to be the top candidate to see how long a model engine can run once set on fire (outside of course).

[@kc4cvh]

2:39 The box doesn't look that bad, when one considers that it spent much of the last decade in a Chinese warehouse awaiting Her Majesty's demise.

[@dylanSNL816]

I think the track is meant to be like that because the enjoyment I got out of watching that piece of tat derail is far greater than the enjoyment (or lack of) I got from watching it work properly.

[@samgineer9857]

My theory surrounding Walthers' involvement is one of two things. Either A: They purchased Walthers' track and stuck it into the package which would fall under illegal distribution unless Walthers somehow gave them the ok to do it. Which leads me to... B: The company behind the "Bradford Exchange" set is a subsidiary to Walthers in the UK.

[@freebrickproductions]

The loco seems to be a Bachmann chassis with a custom body attached to it, looking-up Hawthorne Village train sets. This seems to be a hodge-podge of different manufacturers!

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@freebrickproductions Did you notice the actual driving wheels? They actually looked decent (unlike anything else about the 'model'.

[@CustomiZe_]

I know you want those coaches really 😂😂 There's a temptation inside you which wants to buy them to see how bad they really are 😂

[@asteroidrules]

I don't know what's more entertaining: that there's clearly a spot in the packaging where the locomotive was supposed to go, or that they managed to misspell the word "car" on the "certificate of authenticity."

[@david103857]

"Bradford Exchange makes Hornby's latest range look like excellent value for money" In all seriousness they do offer their infamous 365 day money back guarantee if you're not 100% satisfied. Are you 100% satisfied @Sam?! I'd love to see the 3rd edition because that includes a carriage to derail too! Think it said somewhere on their site there might be up to 8 editions to collect! I mean you could buy a 14-car APT for that!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Or the complete 'Coronation' streamliner train (including Hornby's full-detail A4)...

[@94Angelwing]

Well thats 2023's worst loco of the year decided already! You're a brave man for buying that, Sam.

[@paulcaswell2813]

Heljan management breath an enormous, collective sigh of relief!

[@drgunsmith4099]

The Bradford Exchange tried selling me a £400 pound watch that had a £6 cheap quartz movement in it 😂 stay we’ll clear folks.

[@paulcaswell2813]

£400 will get you decent Tissot (Swiss) automatic with a genuine Swiss-made movement. I've one on my wrist as I type this, and it keeps brilliant time and I've never had need to manually wind it apart from its first ever wind! I don't know if it's a fluke, but all I can say is 'what a difference from Bradford Exchange's offerings' LOL!

[@connorjohnson7834]

Those four coins that now adorn the loco and tender is actually a display of how much it cost the Bradford Exchange to make it.

[@nathanteach7266]

What a work! I can just see these soaring in value as the years go by! Better pick up a few.

[@marknelson2073]

Plastic tender covered in plastic tender. 😂 🇺🇸🏆

[@peckettproductions]

We just need a compilation of the engine falling over. 😂

[@SamsTrains]

hahaha I know! ;D

[@markrutlidge5427]

If you want a queens commemorative loco set , grab ( or buy) a tatty old loco and decorate it yourself, much more fun.

[@XtremeTrainz]

I always wanted these as a kid when I saw them in the TV guide... Thank goodness I never did! Thanks for sharing (and taking the chance for us)

[@timbervalleyproductions]

Great vid Sam this is hilarious! Not sure what Walthers were thinking 😮. I recently got a Bachmann Ivatt 2 Mogul, BR lined black late, DCC fitted, runs like a dream, £42!

[@SamsTrains]

haha me neither - don't know what they've gotten themselves into here! Ahh very nice - those Ivatts are quite nice too, great pricce! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@CaNNoN1981]

Sam, we need the coach review as well........ reverse points test 😀😀

[@phidias523]

Great review, Sam... snarky, truthful, hilarious and sincere all at the same time! I watched this video yesterday and my eyes still hurt!

[@r.a.monigold9789]

One of the BEST comedy train videos I've seen. What? Not intended as a comedy production? Oh dear me. So a half refund on me ticket then? - I swear, it IS funny...

[@madduckuk]

You should sample their returns process.

[@clockwork3494]

My grandmother spent around $800 AUD on the full set of this for me and I just.. I feel so bad for her oh my god.. I know she meant well so don't want to sound ungrateful or mean spirited but she literally could've bought a Lionel American Flyer set (some of the most expensive model trains I know of) for the same price or even less and gotten *so* much more value for money.. I'm not even mad.. more than anything I'm upset she fell for something like this.. I don't know how to tell her nor do I want to hurt her feelings in doing so but I know I'm likely to never even run this thing.. please send help 😭

[@enisra_bowman]

i don't know how the Law for returning things works for you, but i would say that the Set is plasticfantastic and don't work and you need to return it since it's not working properly. And if a replacement comes up, say it's a manufacturing problem and it will never run properly. Maybe throw some false advertisment in for good measure, that the "Handpainting" are "just some cheap stickers". So you're not sound ungratefull, but you would be unhappy everytime you look at that way overpriced rip-off thing

[@thebigengine]

Seeing that On30 that thinks it’s a HO scale engine rolling through that town in the beginning of the video really does give me 50’s giant monster movie vibes. All that’s missing is the black and white filter and maybe some people screaming in terror

[@doodemog]

A beautiful addition to the magnificent engine ❤️

[@ian_b]

Sad to admit I've been looking forward to this since the locomotive.

[@SamsTrains]

hahaha so have I admittedly! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@johnholt7874]

I wonder if they are going to make a coronation set? Thanks for a fun review, Sam. 😊

[@kevinhale9400]

Hi Sam. Impressive train set/pack. When I was in the Royal Air Force, one of our instructors, an R.A.F. Regiment sergeant had an unfortunate saying which never failed to raise a titter of amusement amongst my fellow apprentices. Instead of saying excellent, he would say excrement. This I find absolutely relevant to a description of this product, lol. Happy modelling Sam.

[@yorkiepudd2]

This is the most entertaining and funniest thing I've seen in ages. I get why you don't want to waste any more money on this tat but part of me would just love to see it. No need to apologise by the way, it was hilarious.

[@napsbrickrailways2290]

Makes you proud to be British, doesn’t it!

[@SamsTrains]

It sure does!!

[@regal_type]

I think more than likely this locomotive and tender were designs reused from something else, and if that's the case, Im very curious what the original product looked like and what it costed. I'd be willing to bet this exists somewhere as a Christmas tree train set you can get for a third of the price.

[@WolfoftheAurora]

I was shocked to see Power-Loc type tracks in this £100-£300 "set." My experience led me to believe that the Power-Loc tracks were on the lower end because they came in Life Like train sets you'd find in toy stores. Life Like wasn't too realistic with lots of molded details, stickers, plastic carriage wheels, mechanisms from the 1970's and 1980's, and the sets were around $20-$40 in the early 2000's. But these sets came with scenery such as billboards, telegraph poles, cattle pens and a loading ramp, cattle, buildings, figures, cars and trucks, trees, road signs, signal lamps, elevated tracks and bridges, and probably even more things I cannot recall. I had many hours of play time running those Life Like sets to the point where the plastic wheels on the rolling stock started to shred themselves apart, so for the cheap price, Life Like trains and the Power-Loc track has served me well. But it's a bit much to see this, again, £100-£300 "set" with such lower quality in...well... everything. Edit: Also, I don't recall having as much derailment (or any derailment) issues that you encountered with my Power-Loc track besides the non-Life Like locomotives and rolling stock that couldn't handle tight 18 inch radius (2nd radius) curves.

[@daystatesniper01]

A American friend who watched this and who loves anything Royal said he would not even toss this in the recycle bin as it would be rejected

[@MrBnsftrain]

It was until recently that Bradford Exchange train sets came with Bachmann E-Z Track. That stuff is much better than Power-Loc track as you can easily connect that to whatever track you want without adapter tracks. I had some older Power-Loc track with the black roadbed and steel rails and I never had derailing troubles when running clockwise like you did. But the train would slow down if it went farther away from the power source (either controller terminal track or 9V battery) I bet the controller you would get would be an American one that you can't plug into your British outlets. Godd luck trying to cancel your order as other KZbinrs who bought these have trouble canceling their next order in the series.

[@SamsTrains]

Ahh interesting - wonder if Bachmann is no longer involved then?? I've cancelled and not had anything else delivered yet... so we'll have to see what happens! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@jayo1212]

Of course, Bachmann has the issues with the rails and joints being pushed back or coming broken off, which is why I've gone with KATO Unitrack!

[@shadowcitizen545]

Please! I beg you buy the rolling stock. I wanna see this in its entirety 😂😂🙏🙏

[@SamsTrains]

haha I kind of regret cancelling the subscription now... but I did it! :( Thanks for watching, Sam :)

[@Jaidencharlotte]

The way that “model” just gives up and falls off the track has the same energy as the video of the waffle falling over

[@christopthergray1134]

Complete the set it nice to see all

[@adammcardle]

Please, please do a gofundme for us to pay for you to buy the remaining issues

[@chrisatye]

It’s not tat, it’s ‘A Fine Collectible Product Not Intended For Children’. It says so on the instructions, so it must be true :-D

[@callumcamden9290]

Yes Sam we all need you to complete the train set

[@patriced3364]

I was really shocked by the absence of sprung buffers!

[@iybjs5308]

The set must be completed. It’s what Big Liz would’ve wanted!

[@masterdracolupus1455]

Sam, I know you don't want to hear this but I think you need to complete the set with you coach

[@AtheistOrphan]

There are EIGHT sets in total!

[@masterdracolupus1455]

@Atheist Orphan I thought there was three, the Loco, the tender, and the coach?

[@davidshepherd397]

This train set reminds me of the Top Gear episode where Jeremy tries to drive that Robin's Reliant and keeps turning over.

[@vespasian606]

The perfect gift for that elderly relative. Who you can't stand. At this price that would have to be a lot of hate though.

[@steveNCB7754]

On the plus side, all the other manufacturers that produce locomotives that you will be reviewing in the future, have now all heaved a huge sigh of relief- safe in the knowledge that none of their offerings could possibly end up in last place on your list! 🤡

[@Horrifying_turtle_penis]

I like to think that plastic attachment with the coins is really part of the tender and the loco actually burns silver coins for fuel. It's funnier that way. It kinda reminds me of those cheap plastic Christmas train sets where they fill the tender with wrapped presents and stuff (if they even remember to include a tender at all)

[@kyletrummel69]

"if anyone requests this during a live stream, I will throw it down the loft ladder." Guess I'm requesting this train forever now.

[@mikew-d7834]

"Oh God I can see track".. Priceless.

[@redred7289]

The only good thing about this train is that it makes a hilarious video. 😂

[@mikebrown3772]

I never thought I would see the return of Rovex/Triang Standard track 60 years after it was replaced by Series 3.

[@brianwillson9567]

At least the triang standard track worked!

[@robertpowell7672]

The fashion in certain countries is that the more bling a thing is, the more attractive a thing is. Think frilly tapestries adorning lorries and you might guess the part of the world I am thinking of.

[@paulcaswell2813]

Same with their film industry: colour saturation at maximum, volume at maximum, the same film is simultaneously a thriller, a romance, and a musical.... LOL!

[@ianhudson2193]

Same world that bought you brass tissue dispensers n the car rear parcel shelf and fake stained glass panels sandwiched into double glazing.....😂

[@AJSAN1971]

Based on this review I've ordered one of these for each member of my family. They are wonderful people and they deserve the best. I was going to buy some Hornby tat for them but now I've seen this I know where my money needs to go. Anyway, I must sign off, nurse says it's time for my tablets.

[@somersetashton-lewis3415]

Sam, you have to complete the collection! The holy trifecta must be completed.

[@philbartlett7898]

What an absolute box of tat. Thanks for your endurance Sam.

[@lapiswake6583]

Absolutely amazing! I need to add one of these to my collection immediately! Thank you for wasting 18 minutes of my day... lol

[@thegeek0017]

Watching it immediately fall over is worth the price of admission

[@cacline72]

I recognize that track that came with the tender, that's PowerLoc Track used by Life-Like in their cheap train sets from the 1970s to the early 2000s!

[@hellfiregrowler]

Next they will do a Coronation set with a huge resin face of Charlie Boy on the front. Just avoid running it through tunnels as the ears will likely be out of gauge!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Now now now ;-)

[@paulhart2065]

Thoroughly entertaining. Please buy the complete set.

[@Damocles178]

Woah you actually got the tender. Fair play mind once you've the loco it feels like a must to get the rest. I think you yourself deserve a commemorative sculpture for such an endeavour but hopefully not from them..... Though I gotta say the track does take me back. Hornby actually used that sort of track for some of their more unique trainsets such as Battlezone (I had that) and Dino Safari. Though of course in Hornby's case it was better thought out. I would be curious how that thing would perform on the Battlezone set etc. I like to think Hornby's track was better but who knows maybe bigger locos would suffer on it as the Battlezone set had a class 08.

[@mariebcfhs9491]

the coins on top of the tender remind me of WWII German locomotives with massive radiator fans on their tenders to cool down exhaust steam and converting it back to water because they ran low on water to fuel the locomotives.

[@technoandrew]

I'm so glad you revisited the instructions at 13:50, for pure entertainment value.

[@cameronbradley4]

I love how the opening music is King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, when the loco and tender is more Duke Artie and the Knights of the Lopsided Table with a Missing Leg 🤣🤣

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

Hi Sam. I did laugh when it fell off the track. It had to be the track; it couldn't be the lack of weight of the loco and tender, both being made of solid gold!

[@davenwills7605]

12:21 killed me 😂😂

[@johnDoe-ir3qy]

The biggest laugh i’ve had all day….highly amusing.

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

Interesting thing about the power lock track. It was originally made by a company called life like back in the 80s or 90s. Walthers bought out life like back in the 2000s I believe and changed the track from steel to nickel silver. Even still the track was garbage and was simply a copy of bachmann ez track.

[@stevenplyler6306]

The first “ Life-Like “ train set I had was a disaster from the year 2000 !

[@digitalcareline]

Glad to see the UKCA mark on it - Guaranteeing a high standard