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Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:04:38 GMT
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Can “new trains” ever be a bad thing? Doubtful, but here are some
observations based on the pic below that explore this question:
- It appears that the battery motor has metal flanges like the 9 volt motor. Probably good; will last longer than mere plastic.
- Battery box is large and comes in white and black (so far) I don’t know what that side thingie is on them, but might complicate attempts to build 8 wide trains.
- The passenger train appears to be legitimately lighted; the Croc’s lighting seems to be a croc, unless they have developed lights to fit in headlight bricks and jumper plates.
- And speaking of the passenger train, it appears that the nose, while cool, is a 1 piece mold, thus rendering it useless for 8 widers. It’s very existence mocks the effects of James Mathis over the years, a true builder of LEGO trains. Has an agent of Playmobil secretly infiltrated the design team at TLG?
- I might be less critical if the new roof piece (apparently 8 studs long) is like this element rather than this element. That would be cool, especially WRT the smoke window section. If not, I’ll file it into the “missed opportunity” bin, which is badly overflowing;-)
- All town vehicles appear to 6 wide now, threatening to dwarf the train line. I am reminded of an 18” Stonehenge...;-)
That’s it based on observation. RC has a lot of potential, but my fear is that
it won’t nearly be powerful enough to exploit beyond stock LEGO sets, and
certainly not to pull any 8 wide lash. I bet we get printed missives like we
got with the 4.5 volt battery trains: “motor only designed to pull 3 cars” or
something to that effect. Lashing motors together? Will this even be possible?
Doubtful, thus condemning the trains to being short, toyish, and unimaginative.
But that is all speculation at this point.
As I mentioned previously, I probably won’t run these trains, however tempting
the prospect of RC control might be. The problem is that I don’t “play” with my
trains; I turn them on and let them run, period. Nor have I any desire to do
so. The whole concept is lost on me.
So I can only hope that TLG continues to produce the 9 volt motor. Actually, I
don’t trust them in this regard and I will probably do what Ben will be doing
and that is to stock up on about 50 motors in order to be ready when the death
knell finally sounds. I will join the ranks of the sad clingers-on-to-the-past
12 volt fellers and become a dinosaur myself.
JOHN
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| --SOMEWHAY SNIPPED THROUGHOUT-- (...) Maybe it is the old motor, or a slightly modified version. In some ways it wouldn't surprise me if they reused the existing manufacturing line. (...) This is what puts me off. At least with eight wide you can (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IsoCFq.1t2F@lugnet.com... (...) That looks like an optical illusion to me. It appears the light is coming from a nx4 brick between the 2 headlight bricks and under the jumper plate. -Rob (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) I share the same POV. I just wish I got into trains a lot earlier and had more train elements at this point. (...) Same here, unfortunately. I plan on getting more track now as well. What I am wondering is if one of the trains is RC and the (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) The white one looks like the train version of the (URL) new airliners> - i.e. like a Playmobil set. It wouldn't bother me (as much) if these were 4+/Jack Stone sets. But the airliner has almost the same age recommendation (5-12) as something (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) Having metal wheels has its ups and downs. One down is that you won't be able to run it on a 9v line independent of the 9v train. We probably won't be able to run to IR controled trains independently of each other (one remote will likely (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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