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I start with my conclusion:
If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go
buy this Christmas Train!!!
I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
Highlights:
- a huge pile of parts; 915 pcs, 208 different.
- a very nice selection of parts, also suitable for many MOC's
- 7 Minifigs, mostly combinations of excisting parts.
- I think, really value for money.
- After unpacking on Christmas Day: you won't have time for family-fun anymore
:-)
- hours and hours of building fun!
- it's LONG: 115 cm/45,28 inches
- NO bad/missing parts. No discolored parts!
- improved train wheels, rolling very well. Easy assembling.
- it's a push along train, no instructions for adding a 9V motor
Oh well, just check it out:
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124190
I've uploaded the Inventory on BL. Not confirmed yet, but I know it's correct. :-)
Kind regards,
Klaas - Netherlands
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In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
> I start with my conclusion:
> If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go
> buy this Christmas Train!!!
>
> I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
> Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
I'm unclear on whether the 10173 Christmas Train set will become available to
the general public later this fall via Shop at Home. Does anyone have
authoritative information regarding this?
Thanks,
Jordan
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In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
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I start with my conclusion:
If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids:
go buy this Christmas Train!!!
I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
Highlights:
- a huge pile of parts; 915 pcs, 208 different.
- a very nice selection of parts, also suitable for many MOC’s
- 7 Minifigs, mostly combinations of excisting parts.
- I think, really value for money.
- After unpacking on Christmas Day: you won’t have time for family-fun anymore
:-)
- hours and hours of building fun!
- it’s LONG: 115 cm/45,28 inches
- NO bad/missing parts. No discolored parts!
- improved train wheels, rolling very well. Easy assembling.
- it’s a push along train, no instructions for adding a 9V motor
Oh well, just check it out:
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124190
I’ve uploaded the Inventory on BL. Not confirmed yet, but I know it’s correct.
:-)
Kind regards,
Klaas - Netherlands
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Question for the general train set builder...
I only own a few train sets, but this was something that surprised me...
(from Klaas Meijaard photo set)
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Greenman/ChristmasTrain10173/christmastrain_10173-03.jpg
Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as
separate pieces? In my limited amount of train sets, I have yet to see this,
and found it very curious.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.trains, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
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I start with my conclusion:
If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your
kids: go buy this Christmas Train!!!
I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
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Question for the general train set builder...
I only own a few train sets, but this was something that surprised me...
(from Klaas Meijaard photo set)
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Greenman/ChristmasTrain10173/christmastrain_10173-03.jpg
Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as
separate pieces? In my limited amount of train sets, I have yet to see this,
and found it very curious.
Janey “Red Brick”
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The wheel sets in the train factory and the new IR train sets are the same. This
is the new wheel set for Lego trains.
Bruce
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In lugnet.trains, Bruce S. Chamberlain wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as
separate pieces?
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The wheel sets in the train factory and the new IR train sets are the same.
This is the new wheel set for Lego trains.
Bruce
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Oh okay, thanks for the quick reply, I was not aware of that.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
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I start with my conclusion:
If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids:
go buy this Christmas Train!!!
I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
Highlights:
- a huge pile of parts; 915 pcs, 208 different.
- a very nice selection of parts, also suitable for many MOC’s
- 7 Minifigs, mostly combinations of excisting parts.
- I think, really value for money.
- After unpacking on Christmas Day: you won’t have time for family-fun anymore
:-)
- hours and hours of building fun!
- it’s LONG: 115 cm/45,28 inches
- NO bad/missing parts. No discolored parts!
- improved train wheels, rolling very well. Easy assembling.
- it’s a push along train, no instructions for adding a 9V motor
Oh well, just check it out:
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124190
I’ve uploaded the Inventory on BL. Not confirmed yet, but I know it’s correct.
:-)
Kind regards,
Klaas - Netherlands
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Thanks for the pictures - it looks like a nice set. UK Shop-at-Home lists it as
“Coming Soon on 27 Nov 2006”, for £50.
How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
With this picture though, I can’t help thinking:
Doesn’t Easter seem to come earlier every year? :-)
Jason R
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
> > I start with my conclusion:
> > If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go
> > buy this Christmas Train!!!
> >
> > I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
> > Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
>
> I'm unclear on whether the 10173 Christmas Train set will become available to
> the general public later this fall via Shop at Home. Does anyone have
> authoritative information regarding this?
I guess it should reach *every* european countries soon as the sets available
thru SaH for France. Eric Borrega from FreeLUG has shot some pictures :
7898 : http://photos.freelug.org/main.php/v/chatpin/7898/
7897 : http://photos.freelug.org/main.php/v/chatpin/7897/
Didier
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> Thanks,
> Jordan
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
With this picture though, I can’t help thinking:
Doesn’t Easter seem to come earlier every year? :-)
Jason R.
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:-) :-)
I guess it’s supposed to be an alternative for the well known toy-bear. A
toy-Christmas-bunny. :-)
About the triple wheels: I haven’t tried that yet, I was fully occupied with
building, inventoring, making postings in 3 languages etc.
Tonight I’ll build a 9V motor on the engine, just to see how many parts you have
to add/exchange.
I’ll be back with some pics.
Klaas
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How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
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I haven’t tried it with this set, but I did try a six-wheeled version of the
locomotive from 4563. It worked fine, as long as the wheels were one set right
after the other. If there is any additional spacing between, one runs into
problems as soon as the locomotive enters a curve.
Of course, builders have various tricks for getting around this. Some use
sliding wheels, and BBB offers blind drivers for the purpose of making 6+
wheeled trucks.
-Jordan
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
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Like Jordan I found that triple wheel sets work fine as long as the wheels are
close together. However, with my
breakdown crane, I
found that it did increase the rolling resistance somewhat in corners, so your
trains will slow down more than normal.
ROSCO
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
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Like Jordan I found that triple wheel sets work fine as long as the wheels
are close together. However, with my
breakdown crane,
I found that it did increase the rolling resistance somewhat in corners, so
your trains will slow down more than normal.
ROSCO
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Not really...
It’s a push along train, you just have to push it a bit harder !! :-) :-)
Klaas
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greenman schreef:
> In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points?
> >
> > With this picture though, I can't help thinking:¬
> > <http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=779999
> > <http://www.maj.com/gallery/Greenman/ChristmasTrain10173/thumb/christmastrain_10173-11.jpg_thumb.jpg
> > Show me the bunny!>>¬ Doesn't Easter seem to come earlier every year? :-)
> >
> > Jason R.
>
> :-) :-)
> I guess it's supposed to be an alternative for the well known toy-bear. A
> toy-Christmas-bunny. :-)
> About the triple wheels: I haven't tried that yet, I was fully occupied with
> building, inventoring, making postings in 3 languages etc.
> Tonight I'll build a 9V motor on the engine, just to see how many parts you have
> to add/exchange.
> I'll be back with some pics.
>
> Klaas
Hi Klaas,
Will you take it to LegoWorld?
Hope to see you there, Jeroen
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
> I'm unclear on whether the 10173 Christmas Train set will become available to
> the general public later this fall via Shop at Home. Does anyone have
> authoritative information regarding this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jordan
Starting yesterday, Shop@Home is selling the train in European countries. Change
'country' (top-left) in the S@H site, and check it out.
On the details page they also mention a K101== nr., regarding a set with 9V (!)
track and motor! Usually these 'extra's' come first available in the USA.
Klaas
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In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote:
> Hi Klaas,
>
> Will you take it to LegoWorld?
>
> Hope to see you there, Jeroen
No problem. I'll be there to build-up on Wednesday, visitor at Sunday and
break-down on Tuesday. You will find the train at the gigantic Belug display.
The ZOO-display from Rick and me is integrated in that Belug layout.
See you soon!
Klaas
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In lugnet.trains, Bruce S. Chamberlain wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard wrote:
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I start with my conclusion:
If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your
kids: go buy this Christmas Train!!!
I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in
Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics.
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Question for the general train set builder...
I only own a few train sets, but this was something that surprised me...
(from Klaas Meijaard photo set)
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Greenman/ChristmasTrain10173/christmastrain_10173-03.jpg
Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as
separate pieces? In my limited amount of train sets, I have yet to see
this, and found it very curious.
Janey “Red Brick”
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The wheel sets in the train factory and the new IR train sets are the same.
This is the new wheel set for Lego trains.
Bruce
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That is pretty cool. The Wheels could be then swapped out with custom
wheels...example the wheels available from BBB.... then???
Ben
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In lugnet.trains, Jeffrey Jarvis wrote:
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True it doesn’t have instructions for adding a 9v motor, but its still a very
nice set. Oh and speaking of 9v motors, I made conversions in MLCAD for 9v
and 12v motors. One drall back though, it doesn’t allow for adding a power
cable for a light since the buffer plates sit on top of the power
connectors(for both motors). Enjoy and happy building!
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NOW we DO have instructions for adding a 9v motor! When Lego S@H actually ships
the Train set, the instructions, together with 2pcs 1x4 plate, are added!
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=797939
I also build my motor in the tender, but the designers at Lego made it very
simple. Not a very nice solution in my opinion, a bit too simple....
AND, from yesterday on, the Set is available as a K10173, Extra’s: 3 packages 9V
track, transformer and motor. Very expensive though: these add-ons cost more
than € 100,- (!) extra. No way I would pay that......
Klaas
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