It is heart breaking to review this beautiful and specially designed kit. It has enchanting characteristics like it’s hight, the colorful curves, the 11 mini figures beautifully dressed and prepared to roll through the coater; the hot dog, ballon and pretzel carts, at any rate, a spectacular scenery and details that should have made it an amazing kit. But, and there is the “BUT” which stains the effort placed by the artist/engineer who spent endless hours designing such a wonderful kit that does not properly work as expected and makes an engineering marvel, a small flaw of engineering in the eyes of some, and I. I do have to echo the voice of those who found a flaw in the elevator system, a flaw that takes away most, if not, all of the ability to play and fully ... MoreIt is heart breaking to review this beautiful and specially designed kit. It has enchanting characteristics like it’s hight, the colorful curves, the 11 mini figures beautifully dressed and prepared to roll through the coater; the hot dog, ballon and pretzel carts, at any rate, a spectacular scenery and details that should have made it an amazing kit. But, and there is the “BUT” which stains the effort placed by the artist/engineer who spent endless hours designing such a wonderful kit that does not properly work as expected and makes an engineering marvel, a small flaw of engineering in the eyes of some, and I. I do have to echo the voice of those who found a flaw in the elevator system, a flaw that takes away most, if not, all of the ability to play and fully enjoy the total beauty of the Coaster. Manually, raising it is a disaster! It is almost impossible to raise the track and coaster car at a good pace without jerks due to the ratio of the gears! And when they get to the top, they try to leave racing out, most times derailing. Amazing how fast they go down the slope and how neet they take the loops! That is impressive! Then they come to a stop, some of the times, that is if the track has not slammed down and is out of alignment or worst! I tried the power up function and the situation got even worse. The motor is too fast; the tray mostly stays half way and the coaster carts smash against the lower stop or came out of the track; in other instances the coaster cart already was down and the elevator smashed down against it! I tried a different slower type motor, the large low rpm, and it kind of worked better but still the counter weight had difficulties! One thing I noticed is that the tower, no matter what I do to it, it alwasy has some curvature, it is not perfectly straight. I used some crazy glue to prevent some of the bricks from coming loose since I understand the weight is not rhe problem but haven't had the time to sit and play more with it. I guess it has not been a good seller, I bought mine the same night it became available and it has never been backordered as I expected! Truthfully, I was going to purchase another for a nephew but after my experience, decided against it. I am sorry not being able to give a good or better review on this one. I am a Lego enthusiast and lover of almost 50 years; have built hundreds of intricate and multi thousands brick Lego's! However on this one, well, I beleive it still needed some work before turning it to us. Perhaps some retrofitting will be available later for use to purchase or free and fix it or better yet, we will work some fixes on our own!

While I was a little skeptical about this set utilizing an elevator system to raise the roller coaster, but it did not disappoint. More-so than prior coaster offerings, this set runs very reliably continuously with a motor, with the timing of the elevator's reset, train's return, and next lift cycle lining up well. (Though, I only run if for a few minutes at a time.)It was a fun build, and for those who have loved the idea of Lego creating a modern, looping coaster... this delivers.Now some nits: It has a fairly short track cycle for how fast the train moves, so I imagine it would be fun to purchase a second set in order to experiment with a second hill beyond the loops. And eventually, I'd like to see a modern coaster with more of a traditional lift hill ... MoreWhile I was a little skeptical about this set utilizing an elevator system to raise the roller coaster, but it did not disappoint. More-so than prior coaster offerings, this set runs very reliably continuously with a motor, with the timing of the elevator's reset, train's return, and next lift cycle lining up well. (Though, I only run if for a few minutes at a time.)It was a fun build, and for those who have loved the idea of Lego creating a modern, looping coaster... this delivers.Now some nits: It has a fairly short track cycle for how fast the train moves, so I imagine it would be fun to purchase a second set in order to experiment with a second hill beyond the loops. And eventually, I'd like to see a modern coaster with more of a traditional lift hill design. Many of the details are spot on. Great color scheme and elements. This is the first set with a swooping-steel inspired loading platform, just as you'd expect from a coaster in this style.

The main selling point of this set is obviously its mechanic to lift coaster carts all the way up the drop, and have it loop back around and repeat seamlessly. I absolutely love this when it actually works. I’ve rebuilt whole sections and have checked over instructions multiple times but even then the carts will occasionally get stuck at the top. I’d say maybe 80% of the time it works flawlessly, otherwise the carts end up getting stuck at the top; as in they aren’t able to fully transition from the lift to the rest of the coaster at the top. Again, i’ve checked over the build a ridiculous amount of times so I know for certain I haven’t built anything wrong but even then the mechanism just doesn’t work nearly as well as it should. $400 for something to maybe work is ... MoreThe main selling point of this set is obviously its mechanic to lift coaster carts all the way up the drop, and have it loop back around and repeat seamlessly. I absolutely love this when it actually works. I’ve rebuilt whole sections and have checked over instructions multiple times but even then the carts will occasionally get stuck at the top. I’d say maybe 80% of the time it works flawlessly, otherwise the carts end up getting stuck at the top; as in they aren’t able to fully transition from the lift to the rest of the coaster at the top. Again, i’ve checked over the build a ridiculous amount of times so I know for certain I haven’t built anything wrong but even then the mechanism just doesn’t work nearly as well as it should. $400 for something to maybe work is actually disgusting. I’m not alone in this either, others online are complaining about alignment issues at the top. As for my issue it seems like a lack of polish of the design itself as it appears to be perfectly aligned, it’s just the mechanism itself is sloppy and unreliable. First Lego purchase that I can honestly say i’ve regretted. Pretty disappointed:(