Uploaded August 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hey Guys and Gals here today we have 2006 Trackmaster Ben from Hit toys, have been looking everywhere in the local shops here for a Ben but sadly there are many Bills but no Bens. Ebay was my savior yet again hehe, this beauty arrived today and I immediately equipped him with a front coupler to double head with his brother Bill.
The locomotive is very similar to Bill (almost identical), there are a number of small differences and the 2009 Bill is the one that lacks the detail of the 2006 Ben. Ben has cab windows and a rear door? black sticker, Ben also has a red line around the box toward the front under the boiler, the shades of color are different on both locomotives but that is to be expected being manufactured by different companies but using the same tooling and years apart.
Ben runs fast and is faster than his 2009 brother Bill, although his drive unit suffers from that annoying noise from the later type of drive units, his 2009 brother Bill runs very quietly. fitting of the front coupling was very straight forward and no glue was needed, a small slot was made in the chassis and the buffer beam and there is plenty of room for a coupler in this cavity in front of the shell battery cover screw.
Not much to say that i didn't say in the Bill video but they certainly look great running together as a team.
I will not score this locomotive because it was not brand new so i can't give an honest review of how it performed from the factory.
Thanks for watching!! Drop a comment peoples I love it when you do!!
Hey Guys and Gals here today we have 2006 Trackmaster Ben from Hit toys, have been looking everywhere in the local shops here for a Ben but sadly there are many Bills but no Bens. Ebay was my savior yet again hehe, this beauty arrived today and I immediately equipped him with a front coupler to double head with his brother Bill.
The locomotive is very similar to Bill (almost identical), there are a number of small differences and the 2009 Bill is the one that lacks the detail of the 2006 Ben. Ben has cab windows and a rear door? black sticker, Ben also has a red line around the box toward the front under the boiler, the shades of color are different on both locomotives but that is to be expected being manufactured by different companies but using the same tooling and years apart.
Ben runs fast and is faster than his 2009 brother Bill, although his drive unit suffers from that annoying noise from the later type of drive units, his 2009 brother Bill runs very quietly. fitting of the front coupling was very straight forward and no glue was needed, a small slot was made in the chassis and the buffer beam and there is plenty of room for a coupler in this cavity in front of the shell battery cover screw.
Not much to say that i didn't say in the Bill video but they certainly look great running together as a team.
I will not score this locomotive because it was not brand new so i can't give an honest review of how it performed from the factory.
Thanks for watching!! Drop a comment peoples I love it when you do!!
