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The Academy Award-winning film, directed by Nick Park, involves a mechanical pair of pants, an annoying penguin, and a surprisingly tense action sequence on a model train set.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 July 2026 Orson Welles once said that making a movie is the biggest electric train set a boy could have.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026 Enervated cuteness and tryhard sincerity define a whole new wave of musicians, from Pittsburgh rockers feeble little horse to cringe-pop upcycler Worldpeace DMT to SoundCloud producer MASSI, whose songs spill with the tiny adorable detail of a toy train set.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026 Below it a track resembling an oversized toy train set runs through the room, delivering equipment from one robot to another.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for train set