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I voted for a more consistent international pricing structure as well as a few other things

Hi Ron, Welcome to Train Tech!. we have a pinned topic at the top of the forum called My the train tech index. It contains a lot of useful information regarding all aspects of lego trains and actually has a section with information for beginners. We have had a few people ask questions like this and before and its been extensively covered by others. I would start be reading those topics to get some ideas as to what may be the best option for you as each train system has its advantages / disadvantages against the other. Its unlikely that 9v will be re introduced so any track that you buy will most likely have to be from the likes of ebay or brick link. Personally I think if your just starting it may be worthwhile getting the new passenger train. It gives you some basic track and every thing you need to motorise it and control it or gives you the basic parts to create your own three car train. Depending on your country this will most likely be the most cost effective way to start out too. I am sure some of our more active members will be along to add comments to cover any things I have missed but I would defiantly advise checking the train tech index.

Hi guys I'm not 100% sure if this is the right place to be posting but I would like some ideas and feed back. I dont collect mini figs so I dont really know what the best options would be but I am trying to get two figs to look as close to me and my grandfather as I can. Are there any mini figs that have a long brown coat printed and if not would any one have any ideas on how to make one?.

thanks guys !!

I was just thinking the same thing!. Ive spent the best part of today looking over all the old patents for lego trains and was wondering what the reaction would be if a clone brand decided to re make old mono rail / 9v track. If it was reasonable I would buy some I wouldn’t use the clone brand bricks but to use it as a base to be covered over by track balased or brown tiles wouldn’t bother me at all.

WEEEE another Geordie ! I Have to agree the Newcastle area has a very poor choice when it comes to Lego. I'm not sure how old you are but fenwicks used to be the best place around but unfortunately the range they offer has seriously dwindles over the past decade. Have you been to robs in Hexham?. Its a large department store that has undergone a change of management and refurbishment. It has a toy department that can rival what fenwicks used to have and apparently it has its own Lego section. I haven’t had a chance to go and check it out yet. I had put some serious thought in to looking in to opening either a franchise or dedicated Lego store in one of the smaller towns near Newcastle due to the pure lack of interest other north east retailers seemed to show but my emails and letters to the Lego group were just ignored. Pretty sad really.

I was wondering who the other euro brick Bata testers are?. Why not let others know if you are one of the lucky ones to get a code and if so what is your ID. Perhaps Euro brick members can meet up in the Lego Universe during the testing windows and share out thoughts. Cusaeng

If your not going to be running it on PF I would advise removing the internal geearing and connecting the wheels with axels. I did that with mine as well as the above fix and it seems to be working better with the 9v motor pushing it.

You wont be disappointed . Are you running your train on 9v or pf?

The axle is 8 long and I think this is what your looking for http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=41677

Very true!. I deal with nda’s pretty much every day and as it is already public knowledge that the project exists then I cant see advising each other that we are Bata testers would be in violation of that agreement.

Very nice I like to see things like this that dont show up every day and I do like the technique that you used for the bay window. I have seen a few more seamless designs where people have used snoted 2x2 45-degree slope bricks for the sides but I do prefer this look as it has a more classic Lego feel to it. I used it on my Trans Rail Carrier for the train tec competition last year. The only issue that I had was finding a way to blend the roof in over the bay in a way that I was happy with. Dave

I agree, NDA's are taken quite seriously by most companies so I would suggest changing your post asap.

I think hes suggesting that it could be used to simulate the beeping noise trucks make when they reverse. A bit annoying if you have it on all the time and at the moment it seems a bit to fast for me. Its an interesting concept tho

I dont know thats one goofy kid kidding I was one my self im just mot sure how much a zero current account or banks relate to building toys As an afol its not motivating me lol.

not in this topic mate try this

Not 100% lego train related but its a good place to start. Later in the year I am planning on startinf an mco as a gift for some one. The mco will be of a southern railway t9 aka the grey hound. At the moment I am in the rnd phase and as it is a surprise gift for some one I am not 100% sure on the locomotives name, I am sure it has the word king in it but cant be sure. Does any one have any good sites relating to trains that I may be able to get a list of the names that were given to the engines by southern rail way?. Any way thanks for any help guys

Matt, Thanks a lot for your help :-) Those sites are fab and helped a lot.

I actually live 300m away from this bridge! Good effort but the whole point of the bridge is its curves. A lot of people say that it looks like a blinking eye when it opens and I feel those curves are lost on this mco. still a good effort tho as the curves of the bridge are hard to replicate

Come on we need to know more! The lego train line deserve a new run of products and I hope they are not disapointing.

I live in Newcastle, I don't like the way that there are so few lego brand shops in England. An issue made even worse by the fact that lego seem to refuse to provide any help to any one wanting to open a franchise or buy from them directly. Its a shame because if there were one close buy you can bet I'd spend a lot more on impulse purchases.

Does any one know if this service is offered to people in the uk? I hope so as this was going to be my Christmas present to me from me

Hello boys and girls! I'm currently planning a 5 car train moc that I was planning on lighting up with the old light and sound light bricks and supplying power by building the electric plates in to the base plate. I would like to know if any one has any experience using multiple light bricks powered via the train motor and if so did they notice any drop in train power or light brightness? Thanks :-)

sorry for digging up and old topic but I was looking for some thing else and seen this and and I thought it may come in handy for some one else. I had the same problem with a bunch of 9v points that I won on an ebay auction and when l looked in tho this a little closer I noticed that it was due to the way the trains were approaching the track. If you look at the point on the left hand side of this photo http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/4531-1.jpg you would notice that a train approaching from the bottom would need to push the rail to the left to pass by. on the tracks that I had they appeared to move freely but the train musnt have been able to move them out the way. To solve this I used some wd40 on those parts of the track to loosen them up a bit and this seemed to solve the problem without adding extra weights to the train.

Now that cafe corner has been discontinued for the uk market does any one know where you can still get them without spending a fortune on ebay or bricklink?