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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the train
elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders
Is it me, or does the new buffer look like its hard-mounted and inflexible?
Also, what happened to the old elements? Any chance well get them back?
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
| | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the train
elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders
Is it me, or does the new buffer look like its hard-mounted and inflexible?
Also, what happened to the old elements? Any chance well get them back?
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
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I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet
that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face
outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having
to have all your stock one way round. It maybe simply a crap picture tho. And
why, when new moulds cost money, do they produce another version?
Tim
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the
train elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders >
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
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I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet
that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to
face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of
having to have all your stock one way round. It maybe simply a crap picture
tho. And why, when new moulds cost money, do they produce another version?
Tim
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Could it be for this reason?
link (warning Stajinaria
link, may contain swearing, rudeness and other behaviour unallowed on LUGNET).
Tim
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Could it be for this reason?
link (warning
Stajinaria link, may contain swearing, rudeness and other behaviour unallowed
on LUGNET).
Tim
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This is my guess. The magnet looks like it might spin and pivot so it might
still work. My guess is that it will have to work otherwise they would have to
have 2 different buffers, one front and one Back.
-Eric
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the
train elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders
Is it me, or does the new buffer look like its hard-mounted and inflexible?
Also, what happened to the old elements? Any chance well get them back?
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
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I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet
that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to
face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of
having to have all your stock one way round. It maybe simply a crap picture
tho. And why, when new moulds cost money, do they produce another version?
Tim
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Well... heres a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost
the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric.
Ive cross-posted this to .technic in case the good people there can come up
with something smaller and/or more elegant. I would think there could be.
Tim
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Well... heres a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost
the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric.
Ive cross-posted this to .technic in case the good people there can come up
with something smaller and/or more elegant. I would think there could be.
Tim
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I used a similar technique in the past, though I cant find a hyperlink to the
solution (which was not mine, I think Chris Masis). It worked rather well,
though the main problem that I encountered was the frictionless pins slipping
out of the 2x3 plates with holes (even when doubly stacked) due to the weight of
the 8wides I tried pulling. I ended up using an technic axle and capping the
ends to attach the coupler to the wheel set, which created a bulkier connection
that was not as easily uncoupled.
-Jeramy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the train
elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders
Is it me, or does the new buffer look like its hard-mounted and inflexible?
Also, what happened to the old elements? Any chance well get them back?
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
|
I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet
that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face
outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having
to have all your stock one way round. It maybe simply a crap picture tho. And
why, when new moulds cost money, do they produce another version?
Tim
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet
that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to
face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of
having to have all your stock one way round.
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Or indeed the LEGO problem, back in the good old days of 4.5V trains. (At least
LEGO had the magnets in colour coded mounts, though).
Cheers
Richie Dulin
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It looks like all, or most of the expanded palette including the space palette
is online. Lots of new parts up there.
Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor,
skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs and stairs, etc...
Take a look!
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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It looks like all, or most of the expanded palette including the space
palette is online. Lots of new parts up there.
Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor,
skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs and stairs, etc...
Take a look!
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Foliage too!
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=2423
Jonathan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor,
skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs and stairs, etc...
Take a look!
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Sweet! Thanks for posting this! I just bought a BUNCH of armor!!!
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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It looks like all, or most of the expanded palette including the space
palette is online. Lots of new parts up there.
Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor,
skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs and stairs, etc...
Take a look!
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Arrrrgggghhh!!
They have bumped the price of the green Manga wig from 13 cents to 54 cents!!!
Why???
Paul Sinasohn
LUGNET #115
BAYLUG
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the train
elements:
Added
- Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains)
- Prepack With 4 Axle (Element ID: 4492719, Category: Not Aproved New Elements)
Removed
- individual axles
- the old buffers
- magnets
- magnet holders
Is it me, or does the new buffer look like its hard-mounted and inflexible?
Also, what happened to the old elements? Any chance well get them back?
--Jack
AFOL, St. Louis
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Im including images of the buffers:
Well these parts are horrible, I model mostly US trains. And Im not interested
in having my coupler combined with a buffer. I mosly use this part
or this
and toss the
regular buffers in a pile.
And if thats not bad enough, whats up with the $25 price tag for a 6x28 train
baseplate in DkBley?
Mat Clayson
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the train
elements:
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--snip--
Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and
$25.00!!!????
-Jeramy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Jeramy Spurgeon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the
train elements:
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--snip--
Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and
$25.00!!!????
-Jeramy
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I suspect that on these plates and the 16x32 baseplate, someone must have
slipped a decimal point. If they seriously are charging $20 for a train
base...theyre nuts.
-Dave
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Dave Sterling wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jeramy Spurgeon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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Im usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like theyve made some changes to the
train elements:
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--snip--
Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and
$25.00!!!????
-Jeramy
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I suspect that on these plates and the 16x32 baseplate, someone must have
slipped a decimal point. If they seriously are charging $20 for a train
base...theyre nuts.
-Dave
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For the record, the decimal place is off and this is an error that will be
corrected on Monday. I noticed the level building plate listed at $30.00 and
thought there was an error. I am still concerned about the size of the price
increase. This same plate was only $1.83 before the increase. The price and
new parts were loaded by the IT people in Europe and can only be corrected by
the same people who made the error. This will occur on Monday.
It also appears that the 9V train track and other 9V items are being removed
from the pick a brick program all together. All of the single 9V straight and
curve track that was available was in the old gray. The 9V track can be ordered
via the phone shop at home as replacement parts but the price has increased to
around $2.50 per track. In addition, there are only less than 400 pieces of the
straight track reported in the system.
I honestly expected some kind of warning before the 9V parts were removed from
the inventory. I just ordered about 50 pieces of the straight track and was
notified yesterday that they are on their way. I am hoping that LEGO will
distribute the remaining 9V inventory to the LEGO train Clubs. The delay in
launching the new hybrid line is more than a year away. It is becoming clear
that the new line may be compatible with the 9V line but will not include the 9V
track. The inventory that collectors have may be the last of the line.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Does anyone know how often new Factory parts trickle down to Digital Designer.
Do we have to wait for a new version of LDD or can it be updated?
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peter Edwards wrote:
> Does anyone know how often new Factory parts trickle down to Digital Designer.
> Do we have to wait for a new version of LDD or can it be updated?
Normally it will tell you if there is an update when you start it.
If you don't install it, it wont use any online data.
--
Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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