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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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I’m usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the
past couple of days, it looks like they’ve 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 we’ll 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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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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I’m usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like they’ve 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
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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
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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I’m usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like they’ve 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 we’ll 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... here’s a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost
the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric.
I’ve 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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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Well... here’s a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost
the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric.
I’ve 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 can’t find a hyperlink to the
solution (which was not mine, I think Chris Masi’s). 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
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