By: The 1960's LEGO Kid

As I mentioned in my review of set #150, I cannot get enough of this hip blue track. Adding this set along with set #155 allows for some really far out track setups.

Box/Instructions

The window on the front of the box was great for seeing your track pieces in the store. Which was keen on the trip I took to see my aunt. She took us to Marshall Field's and they had all kinds of LEGO sets to choose from.

I did find on the trip back home that using the box for storage is ok but the window is to easily broken and lets the parts slip out. I will probably just trash the box, it's not like it is going to ever be worth anything.

The instructions are simply printed on the back of the box, and show 4 layouts. 2 of which took me a little bit to figure out that they are using regular LEGO bricks to build a over and under truss setup.

Parts

The box shows that it comes with 8 pieces of curved track, but I was able to build 9. I almost spazed out finding the extra section of track. Also I noticed that in my set some of the white plates where different.

I had some with circles on the bottom, but others came with a waffle board look to them.

The build

Using this set you can build half a circle, combining this set with a train starter set like #113 and other track expansion sets will quickly increase the complexity. Actual assembly of the track is not to challenging, but you have to keep a close eye on the smooth track piece vs the grooved ones. Mixing up the two rails will cause you some real trouble.

The completed model

A completed piece of track is shown in the Polaroid I took of it. Using the 8 sections provided you can build a half circle, a full circle will require the purchase of another set. $2 is allot of bread man. I already had a starter set # 111, so I am just expanding my railroad.

Overall opinion

This set is great for expansion and I will be buying several more sets, along with other track expansion packs. My old lady keeps going ape, she thinks I am going to take over her whole house. I keep telling her, “Mom I am learning valuable engineering skills”. I don’t think she believes me.