legotownlinz

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  2. Posted

    On 1/4/2024 at 6:08 AM, JesseNight said:

    On the "Buy Wanted Lists" page you can hit the checkbox of multiple wanted lists on the left section, then hit the Apply button underneath.

    I'm facing a similar problem as Autumn. I have a wanted list with parts that I actually need to order. Then, there is second list with nice-to-have parts, that I don't need urgently. After selecting the stores for the first list, I want to add all the parts of the second list that are available in these stores, but don't want to add another store.

    Currently, I'm checking for the nice-to-have parts manually.

  3. Posted · Edited by legotownlinz

    It's a really nice set, I like the color scheme, that there are two coaches, even the engine looks nice. I'm happy with Lego's decision to scale it down and make it compatible with standard tracks. 8-wide was the perfect choice to make the set appealing for train fans.  I'll buy it two times to get four coaches and looking forward for instructions for the motorization and how to combine the two engines into a bigger one.

  4. Posted

    Had a look at the submissions and rated all of them with an estimated rate of 90% 'not for me'. There are a few decent buildings and modular buildings that I liked. Only three sets got a 'love it':

    https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/224/The-Old-Train-Engine-Shed

    https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/7/Sheriff’s-Office---Wild-West

    https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/344/glass-studio

  5. Posted

    I built the red V100 8-wide this weekend: Wow, that was a bad experience. The bricks are ok, but there are so many flaws in the design:

    • Without a battery box (which is not included), the construction above the battery box space is very unstable.
    • The base design is poor (seems to have been fixed for the blue V100).
    • The Lego battery box doesn't fit.
    • The magnetic coupler is at the wrong height and unnecessarily far in front of the engine.

    All in all, a major revamp is required to make it a useable model. Has someone already done it?

  7. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Ondra said:

    No no, lego is actually making all sets smaller to fit price range without price increasing. I figured it, when I saw 2023 sets, is very obvious. 

    With 'high volume' I meant a huge number of sales, not that the set is physically huge.

    33 minutes ago, Ondra said:

    No Im no mixing bricks, because is still know lego has value and still is superior in quality.

    In the early days, I kept Lego and non-Lego strictly separated. Now I have all bricks in the same boxes, but non-Lego parts are still in separate bags so that they do not mix. I consider it a temporary solution, in the long term, everything will be mixed up. The more non-Lego sets I build, the more used I get to other parts and the less I care about the stud logo. :-)

     

  8. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Ondra said:

    Small company from Poland can do everything than Lego cant, definitely its not for cost reasons. Now they have new rule they are abandoning stickers, they are doing rereleases without stickers, Im definitely shocked, its possible.

    Im seriously tired with lego price increase, its over the top even for me. They have now easy formula 100 pieces=10 euro and thats enough for me. I started to look somewhere else for my favourite themes.

    Lego decided to do only high volume sets with big margins. It's more important for them to have maximum profit now than a sustainable business for many years. Customers move to other brands in droves, and they won't come back. Once the Lego collection is 'polluted' with third party bricks, there is really no reason to avoid other brands anymore.

  9. Posted · Edited by legotownlinz

    There is no evidence Lego has any plans to offer more than a few train products for kids and an AFOL set every few years. For cost reasons, City trains will remain 6-wide, making them less and less interesting for AFOLs migrating to 8-wide like I did. I predict that Lego's role in the L-gauge market is negligible in a few years. Even this year, most of the rolling stock and track I purchased came from other brands.

    Being an L-gauge fan, it is time to move on. Not only where we buy bricks, but also where we discuss. Forums like Eurobricks are unable to change their rules and adopt to a new, more diverse era. What's the point in discussing the absence of Lego sets when the real things happen somewhere else?!

     

     

  11. Posted

    1 minute ago, icm said:

    Just offhand I'd say if Lego refunded the money then they're not obligated to send the sets again. As it now stands you haven't paid for them.

    I didn't ask for a refund, Lego did it on their own. As mentioned in the link above, if Lego was a German company, they would be obligated to deliver by law. And I wonder if this law is Germany-only or if it's the same in all EU countries.

  12. Posted · Edited by legotownlinz

    Hi folks,

    I've got a problem, two sets of the BrickLink designer program have not been delivered successfully because DPD did not leave a delivery notice on my door or the neighbors removed it. The sets went back to Lego and Lego refunded the money. However, I want Lego to deliver the sets again, but they refuse to do so. I didn't cancel the purchase.

    My question is, is Lego legally obligated to sent the sets again? On Google I found https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/rechte-händler-unzustellbarkeit.html, but it is German law.

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    3.) Grundsätzlich kein Rücktrittsrecht des Händlers

    Wie der Verbraucher bleibt allerdings auch der Händler grundsätzlich an den Vertrag gebunden. So kann er die Rücksendung an ihn nicht zum Anlass nehmen, sofort von dem Kaufvertrag gemäß §§ 346, 349 BGB zurückzutreten. Wenn vertraglich – etwa in den AGB des Händlers – kein Rücktrittsrecht vereinbart ist, steht dem Händler zunächst kein sofortiges Rücktrittsrecht zu. Erst nach fruchtlosem Ablauf einer durch den Händler gesetzten, angemessenen Frist, mit der der Verbraucher (im zweiten Versuch) zur Annahme der Ware aufgefordert wird, kann der Händler nach § 323 BGB vom Kaufvertrag zurücktreten.

    Are the laws in Denmark similar? Or do Austrian laws apply (where I live)?

  13. Posted

    On 9/24/2022 at 4:24 PM, Sunil766 said:

    Thanks that makes sense so far - except what's the point in the "coach wheelset"? A differential function can't be it, since maneuverability is not an issue with the 2x9V axles and the standard wheelbase. 

    PS: I now understand that the second pair of wheels does NOT utilise axle_2 from the PU motor and the motor itself must be kept in place differently. Not being able to imagine the underbody of this tram I'd need to see a picture though - to understand why you wouldn't be able to keep the second pair of wheels and have a third one from the 9v motor in between... 

    The axles of the motor would be too close together. To get a wider spacing between the axles, they did not use the second motor axle but used the wheel set that is otherwise used for coaches.

    As this model is obviously a San Francisco cable car, a third axle would be wrong and might also prevent the model to run through curves.

  14. Posted

    22 minutes ago, Sunil766 said:

    Why doesn't 9v work on the cable car when it relies on a PU motor with the same form factor? 

    Because the 9v motor has two fixed axles while the pu moter can be disassembled. On the picture you see that only one axle is used, the other axle is a coach wheelset.

  18. Posted

    38 minutes ago, Aanchir said:

    Yeah, I don't think a gap between releases is reason to think LEGO has given up on those sorts of premium/exclusive train sets. Look how long a gap there was between the release of Ninjago City Docks and Ninjago City Gardens, or between

    And if you count licensed train exclusives like the Disney Train or (rumored) Hogwarts Express, then the interval between those sorts of train sets in recent years has been roughly the same as the interval between Creator Expert trains like the Emerald Night, Maersk Train, and Horizon Express around a decade ago.

    But while the number of 18+ sets has increased in recent years, the number of train sets hasn't. 

  20. Posted · Edited by legotownlinz

    The engine and the wagons are fine on their own, but they do not fit together. There are too many different colors. It seems they used whatever color was available instead of producing missing parts. With a consistent color scheme, the very same train would be quite appealing.

    I doubt they chose the colors because kids prefer it this way but just to save money.

  22. Posted

    The set is ok. I just wonder why Lego fails to make iconic sets like in the 12V or 9V era and why there is no innovative use of Powered Up.

    It would be interesting to see the pictures of the prototype the leak was based on. Maybe it had a more muted color scheme?

  23. Posted

    It seems like a mistake that the picture of the cargo train has been published, otherwise Lego would have officially presented the set by now. Could it be possible that they used the wrong picture and the train is actually red? ;-)

  24. Posted

    31 minutes ago, M_slug357 said:

    Rumors can be wrong...

    I wish the leaked image was wrong lol but hey

    So probably the passender train isn't green neither.

    Same for me, a red-only color scheme would have been nicer. I wonder if kids really like the colorful City sets. I didn't when I was a kid. Btw, the image has not been leaked, it's from the instruction page of lego.com, therefore 100% correct.

    My interest is in 7-8 wide trains now, so I don't really care if the City trains look good or not.