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Acording to Brickfest 2005, the plan was to release the Ultimate Train Builders Set and the Train Factory palette in 2005. Can someone from TLC (Jake?) comment on why this set (and the factory palette) is not available yet and when it is gooing to (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) Hi all, I'm trying to keep track of informations as it comes on (URL) BrickWiki page>. Please edit it when new information comes to light. It includes information gleaned from here and from Brickish so there may be stuff there (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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what if the operating system was something like the rokenbok line? they have a central hub with hand controllers that use miniature 'walkie talkies' to control individual units. although, commands are only delivered while communication is maintained (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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(...) Agreed, and even if your RCXs can tell each other "I sent XX speed signals to the train" there's no guarantee it received them. I would be surprised if the control doesn't have a "stop" button though. ROSCO (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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(...) You've also got the problem that if they work like the volume control on a TV remote (which is likely) the signals are "speed up" and "slow down", not absolute speed values. Since you have no way of knowing whether the train received a (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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