LEGO Disney Train and Station Announced, Buildable Motorized Disneyland Railroad and Main Street Station
It’s another big moment for Disney Parks and LEGO fans-- this morning the internationally popular toy company announced the Disney Train and Station LEGO set, which replicates Disneyland’s Main Street Train Station and a motorized version of the world famous Disneyland Railroad in buildable brick form.
The Disney Train and Station LEGO set, available Sunday, September 1-- or Wednesday, August 21 if you’re a LEGO VIP member-- includes 2,925 pieces, five minifigures (Engineer Mickey, Minnie Mouse with a cloth skirt, Conductors Chip ‘n Dale, and-- for the first time ever in LEGO minifigure form-- Goofy!), and a full loop of track so you can run your very own Disneyland Railroad to your heart’s content.
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LEGO Disney Train and Station is set #71044 and will retail for $329.99 in the United States. The steam-style railroad train includes tender, passenger car, and a luxurious parlor car (which Disneyland fans know as the Lilly Belle). Builders can control the train with a downloadable app, with forward and backward movement plus realistic sound effects. Remember: batteries are required but not included!
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Other cool details of the LEGO Disney Train and Station building set:
- Train cars connect via magnetic couplings.
- Panels on the parlor car open for access to its interior complete with table, armchairs, teapot and cup.
- Inside the train station there’s an array of intricate brick-built furnishings, including draped windows, wall clock, and a ceiling chandelier.
- The tower section holds a LEGO surprise-- a tiny minifigure-scale version of the 2016 Disney Castle set’s packaging.
- Set includes 16 curved pieces and 4 straight pieces of track.
- Locomotive features a large red fender, red wheels with working coupling rods, a big smoke stack and a driver’s cab.
- Tender contains a LEGO Powered Up 88009 Hub and a LEGO Powered Up 88011 Train Motor.
- Station exterior features a detailed facade with balcony, clock and two flagged towers.
- Station interior features a ticket counter and café corner.
As a lifelong Disney Parks fanatic and LEGO collector, I’m personally very excited to own the LEGO Disney Train and Station, though I do think it’s a little odd that they went with such a generic name for the set, even though the building and train are clearly modeled after those you find at the original Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California.
I also don’t love that the station building is only a facade. I would have paid a little more to have the complete building and even the loading platform, though I suppose that’s something I can complete myself. After all, that’s the wonderful thing about LEGO-- it’s endlessly customizable. All that said, I can’t wait to get my hands on this set, and the best news is I won’t have to wait too long!
