発売したばかりなのに、とても安く購入することができました。しかし、モーター車に不具合があり返品したところ、すぐに交換品が届き驚きました。迅速な対応ありがたいです。

Nice

基本ぱっと見た目の完成度はいい感じですが、じっくり見ると特に窓枠パーツの銀色塗装が荒かったり、運転席窓パーツのランナー切出しのバリがあったりの荒さも目立ちます。ただそれはルーペなど拡大鏡を使って見た時の話しで肉眼で見る限りはほぼ分かりませんが、ＨＧ仕様であればもう少し吟味して仕上げて欲しかったとも感じます。別パーツも多いのでそれは苦と感じるか楽しみと感じるかはユーザー次第。

さすが…安心・信頼のKATOって感じです。スロットレスモーターは低速でも安定した走行で大満足です。増結する場合に備え、683系の様な前面扉 (開) パーツを製造・販売して欲しいものです。

実際、手にとって見てもKATOブランドさすがです、あと増結セット側にも、動力を入れたら、実車と同じ様な編成、走行が楽しめると、思います。

The 215 trains were scrapped, dismantled and no longer exist. And received no sayonara event.Fortunately, TOMIX paid their respect to the JR 215 series by releasing a basic car set and an add-on car set in February 2022.There is no doubt the train is well produced and for the basic set, you get the first two trains and the last two trains, while the add-on set (98445) features six more double-decker cars.The basic set comes with the following:-Kumoha 215-0 (M)-Moha 214-0-Moha 214-100-Kumoha 215-100The front end features a motorized Kumoha 215-0 and on the front, the DDL and JR marks can be seen on the front and sides.What I also found interesting is that the coupler is attached to its wheel base. Also, the ends featured a dummy coupler on the cab side of the leading car and it’s pretty much powered with a flywheel, black wheels and uses an M-13 motor.I felt that coupling was a bit of a hassle and partly I feel is because the train cars were so light. So, while the trains really show a wonderful molding of seats, I needed to add a bit more weight. So, between the seats, I put whatever coin yen I had in which the top train cover can easily fit in perfectly.I did try to add Tomix 0733 LED lighting but it was problematic to get things staying on and I decided to pass on the LED lighting because I was spending too much time trying to get it to work on this train. But the train does feature lights at the front and tail lights with LED.Included are runner parts such as phone antenna, front display (transfer sheets/car number) deecals.But for the most part, when it runs, it runs well. Tested it at various speeds as you can see below:Overall, I am glad that TOMIX released this train series and in a way, acknowledging that the train has its fans. In reality, the train had a wonderful design but just didn’t get the respect it deserved due to the problems as mentioned.And it’s a shame that while there is no sayonara event, at least TOMIX did fans of this train a great service by releasing the 215 series!For me, this train was an instant buy and I’m glad I got it!