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Where abouts? I occasionally do crazy road trips - for example, round trip from New Haven to Hellertown just to go to the closest Waffle House. Could make a slight detour to see the Springsteen Museum.

@LvdH Thanks for the list. Any ideas how many of each part are visible in the final model? I suspect that not all of each need to be replaced. Maybe need to get a digital model built to estimate.

Ordered two, not sure to display them front/back or perhaps build a B unit. I may have missed it, is there a link or location to the B unit instructions?

Well, I'm still enjoying my collection with no plans to stop, while my kids conspire behind my back to list my sets on marketplaces. So, not an issue for me, my descendants already know what to do when I kick the brick. Regardless, having a plan is always a good thing, and prevents being a burden on the executor of your estate.

SLS parts - I am curious how much of a commitment LEGO has to making these. Since I am not familiar with the technology, can anyone estimate how long it would take to print the small train in the new Winter Train set? Multiply this by the number of WT sets they may sell - maybe 50,000?, then divide by the length of the production run, maybe 2 or 4 weeks?, then you have the number of SLS machines, plus engineering and prototypes. How much does each machine cost? If this effort is less than say $1-2MM, then its a fad. If this effort to make SLS parts is more than, maybe $10MM, we are going to see more of these parts if we like or or not.

Set 21362 has created a great deal of excitement in the rock/mineral/nature collector community. Any idea when it might ship in October, available for pre-orders now.

Yup, I should have checked - https://www.railpictures.net/photo/693421/ thought it looked familiar. If I get the set, I'll get some custom stickers made.

Glad it worked, but I am a bit concerned about the 'max load limit' and 'no step' stickers being ignored

Please correct me if I am wrong, are these the colors for Santa Fe Railroad?

As a fan of Virtual Railfan on Youtube, I think you've done a great job modeling BNSF engines - there are still some of the old green runs in use, although many are being retired. Any plans to add the logo on the side? Black or the rare 'golden swoosh.?

Perfect for a Snowpiecer MOC, just need about 200 or so more cars

Emperor of the North is one of those unrecognized film classics (cult film). Awesome to see the train and Shack, A-1, and the rest of the crew as well.

That's really cool. I can see you had some connections issues, lets not look at the underside

Space sets - might bring me back out from the dark... (and into the dark of space...). Will remain skeptical that this is not a City theme list until some images emerge.

Nice, Amazon US has it from RRP of $699.99. More interesting is the number of sales, Amazon claims over 50 units sold with only 4 remaining, as of 2 Aug 23. Not sure if this is disappointing or good.

https://www.wfsb.com/2023/01/24/lego-announces-move-enfield-boston No comments, but its a shame to see them go. The customer service people were neighbors and we could chat about places to eat, etc. while getting orders finished. Hope all the folks can be accommodated.

One word - gears Longer answer - all the stuff that attaches to gears, various means to translate rotary to linear motions, and the limitations of LEGO gears (torque, slack, ratios...) and how to design around the limitations to get something close to want you want. And yes, I am an engineer as well, but not a mechanical engineer.

I'd consider Mindstorms as universal sets to some extent, and now they are gone as well.

May make a good micro mixer for your fruit smoothie, though

Excellent build, seems a bit too steep. True story from some years ago: once, when I was on a cruise to Cancun, etc. they offered a pair of day-trip excursions, one departing to Tulum, the other to Chichen Itza and both queuing up at the same time and location. Cruise director: "All those going to Tulum depart out the starboard door, all those going to Chichen Itza depart out the port door," Amongst those in the Tulum group, a little girl shouted out, "HEY, they're getting Chicken Pizza!!!" Needless to say, we were all hungry for pizza the rest of the day

I used to drive a 1964 Chevy Malibu, a very similar in appearance model, with the Impala SS of course having the more powerful engine (ours was a straight 6 - or, was it a 4 cylinder???). Those '64's were nearly indestructible, I sold mine in 1983, and saw it running around town for at least 5 years after. Aside from the fact that mine was blue, this LEGO model is nearly dead-on accurate (except for the shag-rug covering the rear deck that everyone added to cover the peeling surface). The only significant detail that is missing are the triangular opening "air-conditioner" window insets in the L/R door windows. Great job!

Wow, it's been a great run Jim. Your reviews were one of the reasons I've joined EB. But, change is good and look forward to your mocs.

Can you automate a slide rule next?

Really, a LEGO set based on a show that portrayed aggressors and killers of millions as bumbling fools, and with the star of the show having 'issues' - I think not.

Very nicely done, I'm old enough to remember using similar designs, just dial 'L' for LEGO! But, is the original so blocky along the cradle and handle? Also missing the cord from the back bottom that went hard-wired into a wall receptacle.