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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, 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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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.
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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
Hi Klaas,
Will you take it to LegoWorld?
Hope to see you there, Jeroen
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In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote:
> Hi Klaas,
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> Will you take it to LegoWorld?
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> 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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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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