Purpose of using the 50% trains return twice as fast during spacious railcars

Just seeking enlightenment on why does someone need more slabs, bricks, glass after they have completed all zoo and community buildings? I know you will also get hammers, nails and paint but odds are low.

I can understand if you are trying to outdone your opponents in the Transport magnate. But can't sending tons of helicopters makes up the difference in points?

@Calliie wrote:

Just seeking enlightenment on why does someone need more slabs, bricks, glass after they have completed all zoo and community buildings? I know you will also get hammers, nails and paint but odds are low.

I can understand if you are trying to outdone your opponents in the Transport magnate. But can't sending tons of helicopters makes up the difference in points?

To me its worth it for the mining tools  But I don't use any separate train booster for it

@Calliie wrote:

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I can understand if you are trying to outdone your opponents in the Transport magnate. But can't sending tons of helicopters makes up the difference in points?

Well not if you have opponents who are sending tons of helis and using the purple booster at the same time. So it depends how much you want to win the event, and if you are pitted against another player who is going all out for first place too

@BlueSkyTown. Mining tools. That will be very worth it then.

Im not keeping much of the building materials, I sell them off or turn them into power tools.  I want a big barn and lots of lovely mining tools!  I filled a chat request for 2 paint this morning, then got the paint back directly after when I sent a plane that filled up overnight, that was fun.  Plus, my trains are leveled up to 50% faster all the time, I dont have to use a booster, so why not?  

I agree. I'm in the same boat. I don't need shovels, saws, axes, bricks, slabs, or glass. I wish we could 'opt out' (even temporarily) of things we don't need that we just have to keep dumping from the barn. Seems like barn building stuff never ends up in the 2x railcar.

@Priscilla the Hun, yes. I counted 9 trains before the next hammer after 2x hammers. Odds are low.

I like this feature.  I try to take advantage of the extra barn space from the lab pass boosters to build a zoo enclosure each time we have the lab event.  Enclosures take too much materials now for me to want to accumulate that many parts during normal times.

With the double railcars plus the 2x multiplier, I can accumulate enough bricks, glass or slabs to do one or sometimes two enclosures before the event is over and my barn shrinks back to normal.  

I can see, though, why people without the barn boosters may not like getting all the extra stuff.  I suggest converting the surplus building materials to power tools now to save space, then sell the surplus tools in week 4 for the Earn Coins task.