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4.5
Amazing for the price. I got it for $15 when it was fulfilled by Amazon. At the moment it's not and it costs $25, but for $15 you really can't beat it.1. It is super long. It's not 62 inches.. hahaha not even close. I actually didn't look at the description before I bought it but as one of the other reviewers notes, the description does say 62 inches. There is another section, however, in the description that has the actual dimensions which is about 19 inches long or so. I didn't measure because I don't really care but just know you're getting a product that's less than two feet or so. This didn't lose any stars from me because I wasn't expecting that. I was going off the photo, and it looks about what I was expecting. That being said, its about two times the length of my sons brio viaduct and costed less so I'm totally fine with this length. They should probably update that item description because I have no idea where in the world they got 62 inches.2. It's pretty tall, taller than the brio viaduct which is nice because the brio one you can't get some trains under when track runs under it. But with this one, at least for the five middle sections, track and all my sons trains go under it very well. Especially that middle hole though. There's tons of clearance under it and it's a good half inch or more taller than the opening of the brio viaduct which some of my sons trains won't go under, even some of the brio trains! (For shame brio! *shakes fist*) in fact even the second most outer rings are still a hairs thick taller than the brio viaduct opening. You cannot, however, run track and trains under the two outer most openings, and there are some trains that are too tall to effortlessly go through the two second outermost openings. That's ok because that leaves three out of seven openings that you can clear track and all my sons trains through compared to 0 out of 1 on the brio viaduct.3. You can connect this viaduct thing to any other bridge or brio ramp, the ramps end at the same height as every other brio ramp. Alternatively you can use these ramps on any brio bridge. This is a nice feature which the brio viaduct also lacks. With the brio one you can't hook it to anything but its own ramps and you can't use the ramps for anything else. I'll include photos to show what I'm talking about.4. I love the painted sides, yet another plus over the brio viaduct that costs more and is less detailed.5. My son loves it. It's a lot more stable than the regular bridges with the regular wooden risers so he has a lot easier time playing on it. It is less stable than the brio viaduct, mostly because it is tall and long making it a bit top heavy.6. You can fit truck under all five sections in the middle comfortably without the track pieces running into each other even if you are using curved pieces in the process (I included some photos). There is enough space between each viaduct opening for this, also the openings them are a little wider so you can put them through at a slight angle if you need to, but you won't be able to put through pieces with side rails on them (bridges and the like), at least we don't have any bridge pieces that will go through and we have quite a few. That's alright, that would be kind of unnecessary.Some cons:1. I have noticed this is a thing now with not only off brand but also brand name wooden track.. but the connector knobs are made out of plastic. I wish it weren't this way but I guess anything to save a buck. I'll admit though, I wish they were wood knobs and id have payed an extra dollar or two for the wooden knobs. Maybe it's just me. This doesn't detract from my rating because it was so cheap. It if I were paying $25, I would have expected wooden connection knobs.2. Sure it does topple over sometimes but I noticed its mostly just when on fluffy carpet. We have both fluffy carpet, firm carpet, and wood floors. On the firm carpet and wood floors it hardly knocks over but on the fluffy carpet it can knock over pretty easily. That's ok but I think the could have curbed the issue by making the piece just a bit wider. Again at the price I paid that won't detract from the rating.3. The connectors connect pretty loosely (Tried to include photo). Not a huge deal, because I guess it gives you some room to curve the bridge a bit if needed, but I do wish it was a bit more snug so they wouldn't come apart as easily as they do.That's about it. Over all my son loves it, its seemingly great quality.. but if you have really fluffy carpet you want to put this on you may run into some issues. I have tons and tons of different brio and non brio track parts and pieces and accessories and I have to admit, this is one of my favorites if not my most favorite piece, I'm really not sure why all the negative reviews. It's five stars from me.
