Jakks #71960(CAN) Power City Trains - Batman (2014) Pt 7 FINAL (Set Up and Ready To Play)

These photos were all taken outside on the patio because, it was at the time, the only place I had with enough room. The oval of track measures 41.5" (105.41cm) L x 17.5" (44.45cm) W. Soooo, if I were to make a scenicked board to display this on, I'd say a 2'x4' sheet of whatever (plywood, Masonite, chip board, etc.) would be just the right size. I had also made a YouTube video showing it in action. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Jakks #71960(CAN) Power City Trains - Batman (2014) Pt 3 (The Buildings: Gotham City Hall, Police Station)

I really like the buildings included in this set. Kenner had made a couple of buildings for their micro-figures line (I have the Batcave and Gotham City sets) which might work okay with these Jakks buildings. But I don't know of any other playset that attempted to at least include Gotham City buildings in it. I mean, good grief, isn't that what Batman is all about - fighting crime in a big city? Where's the city? I wish there were more kits out there that you could use for the effort. BTW I did look into HO scale model railroad buildings (which would be the closest fit) but there's not much in this small scale, other than a few pricey 3D printed ones. I also looked at Clevermodels.com which sells downloadable files for building kits, but their products trend toward small town-ish type structures. PTF Designs does offer several 'flats' that are suitable as background buildings. I'm still looking.

Anywho, this is a nice combined building which has both Gotham City Hall and Police Station and measures 5.25" (13.33cm) sq x 8.125" (20.63cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Jakks #71960(CAN) Power City Trains - Batman (2014) Pt 2 (The Train)

The Jakks playset is centered on the trains (that is if you go by the playset title). To that end it has a small battery operated engine pulling three cars all splendidly decked-out in Batman graphics - Gotham City celebrates its most famous citizen! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Engine: 5" (12.7cm) L x 1.25" (2.85cm) W x 1.75" 4.44cm) H

Cars: 4" (10.16cm) L x 1.125" (2.85cm) W x 1.5" (3.81cm) H

Jakks #71960(CAN) Power City Trains - Batman (2014) Pt 1

This past year or two has seen more Batman-related toys come into the collection than I've seen in some time. I don't know how I came across this Power City Trains set (I think someone mentioned it in one of the fb groups) but anywho I'm glad to have latched onto one. Prior to this I'd never heard of the 'Power City Trains' series by Jakks and once it arrived I was thinking "Where have you been all my life?" 😄 The set itself was made for distribution to Canada and includes everything you need to start your own miniature Gotham City: Batman, building's, a train, accessories, in loosely 1/64-ish scale - perfect for all those Hot Wheels Batmobiles. Speaking of which, the set does not come with a Batmobile so you need to provide your own. The train is undersized being a bit smaller than HO-scale (1/87 scale), but hey, overall, with a little work and the addition of roads, more buildings, and accessories, this could be turned into an awesome Gotham City diorama.

Today we'll look at the set box and instruction manual. Enjoy! Opa Fritz