I am spending some time with my grandsons and the older three-year old has a wooden toy train set just like the one in the video below. I had no idea that it could be set up to do stunts like the ones shown.
Mano Singham
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Physics. How the hell does that work?
Pretty cool.
That’s not a wooden train.
The track is made of wood, of at least it used to be.Thirty odd years ago I made a whole switch yard for my nephew out of birch cabinet grade plywood. I even had a custom router bit made to cut the track grooves to match the factory profile.
I checked — track is still wood, as are some of the cars, but there is now plastic used for some parts.
So, will we see the outtakes with all the crashes? : )
Check the comments. like this one:
For all that, I agree; the video is well done.
Just don’t start with “trolley car problems”
Marcus@6
I simply divert the trolley on to BOTH tracks, killing everyone equally. This is called “transcending the dilemma”
Cool!
Initial response: Cool, that’s neat, I wonder how they did that?
A few minutes later the conclusion is: Somebody has waaaay too much time on their hands.
@hyphenman #5
Yeah, the “jump” at the 35-40 second mark made me wonder whether it was all cgi. Or perhaps they shot it on the moon.