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Re: 8879 no more?
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Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:03:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Richard W. Schamus wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Dave Curtis wrote:
> > It looks like the 8879 remote and the Emerald Night collection have dissappeared
> > from the Lego shop web site. Has the 8879 remote been pulled already?
> >
> > I did a little searching, and saw that it sends incremental instead of absolute
> > throttle commands -- if so, it *deserved* to be disappeared, along with anybody
> > at TLC that thought that was a good idea. Still, what are we supposed to do for
> > a remote control in the mean time?
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> > -dave
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> Dave,
> I noticed this myself. What I did in response to this was get a deal on
> clearance from TRU for the 4958 (Monster Dino). I has just about everything in
> there for power functions, except the 8879 controller. What it did have was, the
> 8885 remote controller, which in fact gives absolute throttle command, but it's
> still line-of-sight (LOS), and continuous application (you have to push it 'on'
> all the time). I think I'd like the incremental better, especially if I could
> pretty much set it and forget it. I guess I'll never know now.
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> Have Fun!
> C-Ya!
>
> Rich
Steve Witt of LEGO was able to get me a quick reply regarding the 8879
controller.
"There was a production problem with that one and it will be released later this
summer. there was just a bump in the road on getting it out on time :-)
But yes it will be coming out."
-Jordan
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| Glad I ordered mine early! Any word on if there's something that needs to be fixed with the ones that escaped from the factory, or was it solely a production issue? -Stefan- (15 years ago, 3-Jun-09, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 8879 no more?
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| (...) Hi Jordan, Thanks, that's good to know. At least it will be coming back reasonably soon. Presumably the collection will come back along with it. (...) Rich, But, is the 8885 proportional? I thought it was just on/off. I have a couple so I (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jun-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8879 no more?
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| (...) Dave, I noticed this myself. What I did in response to this was get a deal on clearance from TRU for the 4958 (Monster Dino). I has just about everything in there for power functions, except the 8879 controller. What it did have was, the 8885 (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jun-09, to lugnet.trains)
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