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In lugnet.trains, “Reinhard ”Ben\” Beneke” ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com
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Hi,
this third message in a row is to highlight that just nothing appears to
happen at Lugnet any longer...
10 years ago any news on LEGO trains would have caused excitement here. Now a
new set comes up and vanishes unnoted.
At least I have my 3 sets of 10277 at home.
• One built and modified for play.
• One for display - built after instruction
• One as MISB
Leg Godt!
Ben
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Oof. I admit that I only now stumbled upon your post, Ben. Yes, I’m afraid that
LUGNET’s role from now on will be THE historical record for the genesis of the
worldwide phenomenon of the AFOL. And I admit that I certainly feel like a
dinosaur among the newest generation of trains MOC builders. But I will never
forget the magic of the beginning, of which we were all a part. And it’s all
documented here in beloved LUGNET.<3
Leg Godt, Frieden
JOHN
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P.s..:
any rumors on new PU trains? The two series before had each a short time
addition.
7938+7939 got accompanied by 3677
60051+60052 got 60098
60197 and 60198 do still lack such an addition (71044 disney train does not
count).
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In lugnet.trains, “Reinhard ”Ben\” Beneke” ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com
wrote:
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Hi,
this third message in a row is to highlight that just nothing appears to
happen at Lugnet any longer...
10 years ago any news on LEGO trains would have caused excitement here. Now a
new set comes up and vanishes unnoted.
At least I have my 3 sets of 10277 at home.
• One built and modified for play.
• One for display - built after instruction
• One as MISB
Leg Godt!
Ben
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Oof. I admit that I only now stumbled upon your post, Ben. Yes, I’m afraid that
LUGNET’s role from now on will be THE historical record for the genesis of the
worldwide phenomenon of the AFOL. And I admit that I certainly feel like a
dinosaur among the newest generation of trains MOC builders. But I will never
forget the magic of the beginning, of which we were all a part. And it’s all
documented here in beloved LUGNET.<3
Leg Godt, Frieden
JOHN
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P.s..:
any rumors on new PU trains? The two series before had each a short time
addition.
7938+7939 got accompanied by 3677
60051+60052 got 60098
60197 and 60198 do still lack such an addition (71044 disney train does not
count).
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I didn't realize the new Crocodile won't operate at all without a smart phone.
That is sad to hear.
I haven't yet seen on on the track - it looks like it is much more of a display
model than an operating model. Is it almost "too realistic" for Lego?
-Matt
In lugnet.trains, "Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke" <ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this third message in a row is to highlight that just nothing appears to happen
> at Lugnet any longer...
>
> 10 years ago any news on LEGO trains would have caused excitement here. Now a
> new set comes up and vanishes unnoted.
>
> At least I have my 3 sets of 10277 at home.
> • One built and modified for play.
> • One for display - built after instruction
> • One as MISB
>
> Leg Godt!
>
> Ben
>
> P.s..:
> any rumors on new PU trains? The two series before had each a short time
> addition.
> 7938+7939 got accompanied by 3677
> 60051+60052 got 60098
> 60197 and 60198 do still lack such an addition (71044 disney train does not
> count).
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Hi,
this third message in a row is to highlight that just nothing appears to happen
at Lugnet any longer...
10 years ago any news on LEGO trains would have caused excitement here. Now a
new set comes up and vanishes unnoted.
At least I have my 3 sets of 10277 at home.
• One built and modified for play.
• One for display - built after instruction
• One as MISB
Leg Godt!
Ben
P.s..:
any rumors on new PU trains? The two series before had each a short time
addition.
7938+7939 got accompanied by 3677
60051+60052 got 60098
60197 and 60198 do still lack such an addition (71044 disney train does not
count).
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Hi all,
maybe this is limited to the German community, but many LEGO fans there dislike
the idea of using the smartphone to control LEGO models.
Especially when it comes to trains (and kids being involved in playing with
them), many do prefer a remote control over an app.
Unluckily the 10277 is intended to be driven via such app system only. And I do
only own one phone, but have 7 PU trains at home...
If you use a regular train controller on technic motors, it will only act as a
"bang-bang"-control with 100% speed in the one or other direction. Magnets and
even the internal ball joints in the crocodile will detach in result.
There are two options to control your Crocodile with smooth acceleration:
1)
Create two shortcuts in the supply cable of the motor. Takes 5...15 minutes of
work and is reversible. The shortcut mimics that the technic motor is a train
motor and can controlled in 10 speed steps.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehRkw1TuSCg> Gives a detailed view on this.
2)
As most of the LEGO stuff and software appears to be open source, some talented
IT specialists have prepared an app to overwrite the software on the hub (that
"intelligent" bluetooth batteriy box.
Once it is overwritten you can run it as before, but you can hook on two train
motors (either running synchronous or even better in opposite direction but same
speed). And you can hook on the crocodile with technic motor and it will operate
in speed increments that you can even modify within the software if you like.
I tested this for the maybe more interesting approach 2 motors in a train
engine; making it stronger than ever.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBL6hdr6PS0>
Pybricks Software allows the player to control Lego models via the PU train
remote control.
It can either:
A)
drive two motors synchronously
B)
drive two motors sync. but 1 forward 1 rearwards (like done above)
C)
drive technic motors (drive Crocodile via Remote Unit with many speed steps).
No Smartphone and App needed in play.
First time the hub's firmware needs to be exchanged. That is the only and last
time to deal with mobile and Apps. (Best case less than 10 Minutes).
A good collection on this topic is collected here at 1000steine in this thread:
(unluckily in German, but Google translate is your friend).
<https://www.1000steine.de/de/gemeinschaft/forum/?entry=1&id=457307#id457307>
Feel free to check out other content uploaded by user Lok24 at 1000steine. He
did a lot of promotion and interesting stuff with PU and modified software.
Best Regards,
Ben
(also as Stiegsfeld at YouTube)
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