legotrainfan

Hello everyone! I have got a small shunting locomotive. I built it after I found instructions on brishelf. That little engine fascinated me and I bought all the necessary parts. I needed two train windows 2 x 6 x 2 (the ones of set 4512) and a 6 x 16 train baseplate, element number 3058, and several other parts to build it. What I liked most about that engine was that old dark grey, light bluish grey and very few dark red parts were used. I found that colour scheme fantastic. The following dark red parts are needed: plate, 1x2, five pieces plate, 1x3, two pieces plate, 1x4, one piece plate, 1x6, two pieces plate, 2x4, one piece I am not going to list all the needed elements here. The ones listed above should help you figure out what locomotive I mean. Some black parts are also needed. Today I disassembled the engine, thinking that I had the complete construction manual for it. I remembered having saved it once. You never know: Sometimes things are taken off Brickset. I actually wanted to check and count the elements the engine consists of so that I could add them on Rebrickable. However, when I wanted to reassemble the shunting eninge, I found out that I had only saved one half of the construction manual. And now I am sitting here, not knowing how to reassemble the whole thing. You can see the little engine in this picture on the very left. But the engine is a bit far away and the quality of the picture is not so good. If you think you might be able to help me, let me know. I could send you the part of the instruction manual I have. I could take some photos of the partly assembled engine plus the several parts still lying around and upload them on Brickset if you think you could help me better that way. I'd be glad if anybody had the complete instruction manual or good pictures of that engine.

D'oh! One of my own posts could have helped me. When I asked you guys for help, I had totally forgotten about that post! Well, I started that thread 8 years ago. Freestorm, you are a real detective!

Thanks, freestorm! That's the engine! Thanks a lot! And thanks to those who offered help!

Here are some pictures: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6483793 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6483794 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6483796

Those are really some awesome and fantastic creations! Keep up that excellent work!

This is now slightly off-topic, but has anybody noticed that on Pick a Brick you can find the train wheel holder and the black train wheel, but not the axle you need to connect to wheels and which you then squeeze into the train wheel holder? That's a bit strange and also a bit annoying.

The big 5005031 black storage brick plus the small one (5005020). Because of that purchase I am also going to get a 5005047 Nexo Knights poster and the 5004419 Knights Retro Set.

Hello guys! I need your help in deciding which battery box I should buy to power my Emerald Night. The AAA Battery Box (88000) is much cheaper than the rechargeable one. However, what advantages/disadvantages does each type of battery box have? Which one permits you to run the Emerald Night for a longer period of time, for instance?

Thanks for your review. I like the building's detailed interior and from the outside it also looks awesome! It's definitely on my "must get" list, but I need to save some money first.

A lack of money, maybe? That's the thing that usually holds me back. Anyway, I have the older version, so I am not interested in this set.

Why were there two different types of black 12V wheels? I'm asking because I have a 12V set which is MISB. If I lift the front part of the box, I can see that the wheels have a red pin in the middle. However, I have a used 12V waggon and its wheels are entirely black with no red parts.

I have one of each except for Grand Emporium, of which I have three copies. Two of those three copies are still sealed. All of my modulars were bought as brand new and sealed sets.

I bought a used 4554 railway station on eBay. In the pictures it looked perfect and the seller has a perfect feedback record.

This is a Winter Village set that I don't need since I have two copies of set 10199. I'm not going to buy the re-release. At least this decision will help me save money.

OK, I have assembled that wonderful set. However, somehow I must have made a mistake because the yellow lever mechanism doesn't work properly. Has anybody got the same problem? I don't know where to look for the mistake. Help is highly appreciated. Edit: The problem has been solved. The lever wasn't in the right position. That's why it didn't work properly. Now everything's in order and works well.

Especially with bigger sets, I'm glad that there are numbered bags. It would be very time-consuming to build a large set without having those bags. Despite the bag system, it still takes me a lot of time to build a modular building, but I enjoy every single second of the build. However, I wouldn't want to spend more time on a modular.

Do you use the PF battery box to operate your PF trains - the box that comes with PF train sets anyway - or do you use the rechargeable one? I have recently bought train 60052 but I don't use the battery box. I use the rechargeable one. I don't like taking batteries out and putting them back in all the time. This way I can simply recharge the entire box by just attaching the cable of the charger. In my opinion this procedure is just nicer and less annoying.

I love that harbour scene. The crane looks awesome and so do the engines!

It would be nice if the steam engine plus the waggons in The LEGO Movie were available as a set. TLC has released many things from the movie. It would be great if that engine and those waggons could be bought too. Yes, I might be dreaming! But what is a human being without their dreams?

Thanks for sharing this information. I had the same experience when I got Tree House (31010). The fences in the set were not like those shown in the manual.

I bought lots of bricks to build bumper blocks that look like the one in set 4512, which I also have. I used white and red 1x2/2x2 tiles for the two printed 1x4 tiles that come with set 4512. Most of my bumper blocks have been disassembled. My train layout is very small at the moment.

I bought it in an ordinary toy store in Switzerland.

When in March are those double-VIP-point days? Might be great to buy the new pirate ship then.

I once bought several elements at shop.lego.com. Even though one element was available according to the website, I later - after ordering - got a message saying that that element had been removed from my order because it was no longer in production and they had run out of stock. Just at the beginning of this year I bought Santa's Workshop for the sales price. The set was on backorder and I hoped I'd get it soon. I had also ordered Detective's Office at the same time. Well, a while later I was informed that Santa's Workshop would not be delivered and that it'd been removed from my order. Too many people seemed to have bought it and only some were lucky enough to really get it for that price. Have such things happened to you too?

I bought 10246 Detective's Office and 10245 Santa's Workshop. A free 40140 Flower Cart was added to my order.