TaltosVT Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 Just finished up my latest, a microscale timesaver switching puzzle. This puzzle is based on the original HO version by John Allen. Most model railroaders have probably heard of the timesaver, and I've been wanting to do a LEGO version for some time. The idea hit me at work today to build it microscale so that it would be portable. The goal of the original game was to move cars to designated spots in the least amount of time. The track lengths were design to hold a certain number of cars each (1, 2, or 3) so that the operator had to make a number of moves to attain their goal. I've attempted to do the same on my version. Variations of the game include moving cars to designated spots using the least amount of moves. Due to the tight fit on the diagonals of my model, it's best suited to these sorts of games. You can see a simle example of move counting in my Flickr set -Elroy Quote
peterab Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 Just finished up my latest, a microscale timesaver switching puzzle. -Elroy This is such a nice idea and really well executed. I'm smiling just at the thought of taking this along to pass the time while displaying a layout at train shows :-) Quote
MetroiD Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 Brilliant, this is quite simply brilliant! Following up on peterab's comment, are you selling these? Quote
Odyssey Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 Wow, now that's sweet! I had one of those when I was young and loved it (it wasn't made from Lego though...). This is a great idea and beautiful rendition. Quote
fred67 Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 That's just awesome... I'm a fan of mini trains, I've never seen micro. Well done! Quote
legitimatealex Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Too frustrating! Remove the trains and stick them back in whatever order they're supposed to be : ) Quote
dr_spock Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Awesome puzzle! I used to read John Allen's stuff in Model Railroader way way back in time. Maybe you can send a pic to modelrailroader.com Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Pretty clever puzzle Taltos, and you've done a fantastic job at creating a LEGO version. I'm interested in seeing how the train cars are attached on the other side. I think this is most unique and deserving of a front-page. Quote
Toa_Of_Justice Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 This is a great MOC, TaltosVT! I think it would fit well with the current assortment of LEGO Games. Too frustrating! Remove the trains and stick them back in whatever order they're supposed to be : ) I don't think that could be done with real train cars though--they weigh too much! Giant hand-shaped cranes could be built to lift train cars all around a switching yard, but they might be prohibitively expensive. -Toa Of Justice Quote
peterab Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 Giant hand-shaped cranes could be built to lift train cars all around a switching yard, but they might be prohibitively expensive. -Toa Of Justice Yeah, but think how cool they would be, and they would be easy to model in smaller scales, in fact, you could use your own hands Quote
TaltosVT Posted June 30, 2010 Author Posted June 30, 2010 Thanks everyone for the comments. It was a fun little build. -Elroy Quote
Trainmaster247 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 AWESOME you should try putting it on LLego Ideas I would definitely support!!! Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted August 30, 2016 Posted August 30, 2016 Sorry to bump this but I was looking up plans for Timesavers in HO, and I couldn't help but notice your Lego adaptation. This would definitely save more space than the HO one could ;) Quote
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