The Lego 10194 Emerald Night set is one of the most beautiful train sets that I have ever seen. The color pattern is exquisite the green for the train engine and a smooth tan and brown passenger car, it is worthy of the name “Emerald Night”. This set pays attention to every detail, from the exterior of the train, to the interior of the passenger car. Especially on the passenger car, on the side they put a brick stud and made it into a diamond, it was pretty creative and gave this set a great look. The minifigures are nothing spectacular, it is the same. The train runs pretty smoothly, especially when the wheels turn when you push the train around, and so does the spokes on them. Wait, push the train around? Doesn’t come with a motor, a speed regulator, or even some tracks? No, it doesn’t. It is much like the Maersk Train set, because it is completely immobilized unless you buy all those attachment for it. If you don’t want to go back to the post and read it, here’s what you need to motorize it: Lego Power Functions 8878: Power Functions Rechargeable Battery Box, 8887: Transformer 10V DC, 8884: Power Functions IR Receiver, 8879: Power Functions IR Speed Remote Control, and 88002: Power Functions Train Motor. This is what ruined the set for me; I don’t want to spend over 100 dollars to have the set motorized. It sort of reminds me of the older sets that use battery boxes, but those sets were like in the 60’s! Why is Lego going back in time with these sets? The old sets required you have a battery box to make it run, but that was so long ago, they replaced that battery box before the end of the 1960. I suppose they are a throwback to the original train sets, which is a neat idea. And that the power function line is universal, so if you get it once you can use it for all your trains. If you are hesitant of buying this set, don’t be. It is a very beautiful set and I would recommend it anyways, even without it being motorized.
