Honestly much more entertaining than I expected. Setting the dominoes up normally takes forever, so having the train do it automatically makes the whole thing way more fun. My daughter loves making curved tracks and then seeing if she can get every single domino to fall in one go.
This has been a massive hit in our house. My kids love loading up all the dominoes, steering the train around to make their own little paths and then setting off the chain reaction at the end. They’ve already come up with so many different layouts and somehow don’t get bored of resetting it haha.
My son loves watching the train lay all the dominoes out by itself. He keeps changing the direction to make different tracks and then knocking the whole thing down.
Putting the dominoes back into the cartridge became a little routine after each run. The kids did not seem to mind because they knew another chain reaction was coming.
The first run was slightly crooked because we turned too sharply, which actually made everyone laugh. After that the kids got much better at steering gradual curves.
At grandma's house, our oldest made new paths around the playroom. The custom paths stopped it feeling repetitive; sharing turns was easier than expected.
The domino trail looks especially good when the colours are mixed through the cartridge. The kids spent nearly as long arranging colours as they did steering.
The train became the part everyone wanted to control, especially once they figured out the steering knob. Once the dominoes start falling, everyone stops to watch and then immediately starts planning the next run.
We used this during a sleepover and it became a group activity almost immediately. One child loaded the train while the others decided where the track should go next.
My granddaughter spent ages planning where the train should go before switching it on. The final chain reaction felt like a proper reward for all that planning.
I expected them to play once and move on, but they rebuilt the track several times. Sharing turns worked better than expected because one child could steer while another prepared the next dominoes.
My niece was fascinated by the cartridge and wanted to reload it herself every round. It turned into a really nice activity for a wet afternoon indoors.
The setup feels much faster than arranging a long domino line by hand. That means the kids get to the fun part sooner and are more willing to start again.
The dominoes were scattered across the playroom within minutes, but in a good way. The kids were building paths together and genuinely excited to see whether each run worked.