Train set on a budget: MEHANO Thalys TGV

Hello friends, today we are going to test a budget model train set.
It is made by MEHANO, a Slovenian company and it has a very affordable price, around 75 euro.
As we speak now, you can buy it from Amazon at this price. And this isn't the only train set made by MEHANO, you can find other sets in this range of price.
We will see if those 75 euros is well-spend money to get this train set.

[@christianlanz1680]

Excellent, have a lot of fun with your Thalys.

[@Buchstabenkrahn]

This is the cheap Startset Version of the train. There was a "real" Version with a better motor, interior, metal pentographs etc. Mehano filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and now it´s only an empty cheap shell. Before 2008 there also were cut down sets, but even this versions have directional lighting.

[@markolysynchuk5264]

They made some really impressive trains and locomotives in the past. But since 2008, their quality frankly deteriorated.

[@markolysynchuk5264]

I remember having an ICE 3 set, and as far as I can remember, it had diecast weights in the wagons, meaning they were quite a bit heavier.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Nice video today.

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Thank you!

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[@kim1979oct]

I also just bought one for 80 euros and it runs pretty good

[@franciscorodriguezsalmoral8416]

Bocetos de trenes y maquetas de los trenes y cajas de la estación de tren de pilas

[@intouchkhaoviset9155]

Will they ever make the TGV sud est?

[@RandomGamesProductions]

I actually just bought one today except I got one with extra passenger cars

[@tomsmaerklintrainlayout6742]

Great review of a nice train, although it doesn't run very well: initially the loco didn't want to run backwards and it couldn't pull the train as the wheels were just spinning. After a run-in session of 15 min. in both directions, the loco seemed to run much smoother, and adding some heavy screws into the loco, it was able to push / pull the train: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2LKnpaVo9GBgbc