JopieK

well, that will only work in very good light conditions... I recently did a review of the Maersk lorry and that one is supposed to have a different Maersk blue than the current sets... But I couldn't really see that. One can see the difference between sky and maerks blue, but it is a slight difference.

what does LEGO have to say about this? Maybe we will need to ask this an ambassador?!

Well, ask Google about the colors: LEGO Colors

at least it is a very neat idea!!! good concept, goes so smooth!!!

return it to LEGO, they will probably send you a new one without hesistation.

or maybe cut a ME Models rail (or original 9V track) in half?

Happy new year to you guys!

I always use two small SMD led's (white and blue) and connect them + to - and - to +. Then using tiny wires I connect them to an arduino. By using the random function and setting the leads to +/- or -/+ it is really realistic. I hope to post a vid of it some day. This is also a nice idea but my smd solution is very simple and more realistic (did it first time for LEGO World 2010, children love it! my welder welds trains in the large red train engine shed). Costed me about 5 minutes to solder and program. Greetz Johan @AllanSmith: keep doing the good bricking work!

Well, indeed yours is much better and the train indeed resembles the time twisted set very much :( fortunately the new set has a neat locomotive... b.t.w. no inventory yet, but the small train wheels from set 6857: Nice small train wheels in white...

Yet another train: I don't think this one has track at all. Those strange wheels, uh, technic wheels with rubber rings you mean... But then again at least the loc has real train stuff on it: http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Around 0:45 http://www.mrtoystoy...asp?ItemID=6726 Lego Ghost Train 9467 ID: 16719 Due 15/8 Don't Pay $99.99 Price: $89.99 Was also seen by our EB friends here Image update from DaddyDeuce Feb 4: Image update from LegoMojo link Feb 13: FBTB FlickR image link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/sets/72157629295913237/with/6867345631/

yups you guys are right, just the old 12V rail but then without the small square openings for the layers... not nice from LEGO :( The hats are interesting though, but not really train related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV7DpaU1t3U Thx LegoPictureHQ, but at 1:19 you can see a narrow gauge train!!! Straight tracks!!!

7722 is quite simple I think, just use that PF 9V Train motor indeed.

hope they will come in brown too!!!

I think the passengers will puke though, so you will need a lot of those guys: (at least that is the only way in RCT with such a high speed roller coaster ;)) Great work!

Indeed! Nice find! Looks great. Hope it is doable in LEGO. The windows stick out just a bit!

well then you need quite some pf stuff as well ;)

Really, really cool! It must have costed you quite some time! Esso Station is nice, but a lot of the other details are evenly astounding.The hidden backloop is also very nice! It is of course done very often in model railroad worlds and works out very well here.

Yups, that's totally correct :) well, good luck with it then. Fortunately if one ages one is less sensitive to high pitch tones (although my ears still pick them up quite well, sorry for my students that try those high pitched ringtones on me ;)). Actually the signal is divided in (probably internally 255) eight steps, the specs say seven steps, but if one looks at the documentation they mention 8 steps (0..7). So seven is 100% on, 3/7 of the time on, 4 is 4/7 of the time on, etc.

Well good luck doing that, a 9V motor is very hard to work with. I have modified one for DCC control, but it doesn't drive that well anymore (although it was already not that good already).

That is quite typical for DC motors I guess. I know the reason as well. They are controlled using PWM: So you send a digital signal to it. Since a digital signal is either 1 or 0 that is a problem (0 means 0 power, 1 means full power so e.g. 9V). By switching very quickly between 0 and 1 one can control the power output. The example (from arduino.cc) gives 0 = 0V and 1 = 5V, but of course with a 9V motor (and a 9V supply, the lipo actually is 7.8 V or so) a 1 will be 9V.So if the duty cycle is too low, you hear the pulses, but the train would not move (or just move a little bit).

They are nuts, all (at least almost all) LEGO fans like more colors. Terrific sets!!! Let those feminists be kept busy with more important stuff. My wife likes to build e.g. that Unimog and Tower bridge but I know for sure that our nieces that like dolls, normal LEGO, etc. will be crazy about Friends (so hope we get discounts soon ;))

What is that yellow thing? a self-resetting fuse I guess?!: I guess it is indeed a thermistor (never mind ;)). But phillipe says: "The train motors also contain thermistor limitations. For the PF train motor, this protection trips too fast and prevents direct measure of the stalled current. These values were obtained by extrapolation." so we could maybe also modify it a bit. Although I didn't run into problems with it. I also think crossing the wires is the best option to reverse the motor.

I have had this set for some weeks now so I thought it is time to publish a review (none existing?!! what the heck?!) about this very nice set. Has been a while since I posted my last review (too busy :'( fortunately vacation now). With those recent Maersk sets I thought it would be neat to lay my hands on a Maersk truck as well. Some US bricklink seller had 12 of those sets and needed some quick cash so he put one up for a lot less and I fortunately had it in my "wanted list" so I got it while it was available :) I thought it would be neat to have it in my town next to the Maersk trains (and the ship but that is not minifig scale of course). Some Maersk history (Brickset: http://brickset.com/...?query=MAERSK): It seems to be that the cooperation from LEGO with Maersk (both Danish companies) dates back from 1974. A Maersk boat was released that year with some of those nice floating hull pieces (set 1650). Six years later we saw another Maersk release: the 1651 set with a Maersk blue and gray container Lorry. It came with a minifig with a Maersk blue hard hat just like in the newest Maersk train set. The Lorry itself also came more or less came back in that train set of course. In 1985 a Maersk truck was issued: 1552. This time with a minifig that looks more like a cowboy than a Maersk worker. Then ten years later came our 1831 set. After that LEGO released two (almost identical) boats: 10125 (2004) and 10155 (2010). Then of course came the 10219 set in 2011. Brickset mentions that Maersk set 10125 was the first one to be available in limited numbers directly from LEGO by 'normal customers'. Although I didn't do any research on that, I assume that all previous sets were issued to Maersk coworkers and/or relations just like with the Vestas sets (and sets like Velux etc). Brickset mentions that the Maersk blue color was replaced by a different blue color in later sets but I don't really see a difference between the 1831 and the train and the ship that we have. I like this 4 wide truck best since it is more suitable for city with mainly my 4-wide vehicles. There also was an older Maersk truck, but I like this one better since it fits in perfect with our mainly 4 wide car town. Name: 1831 Maersk Sealand Container Lorry Theme: Town / Special Year: 1995 Pieces: 211 Minifigs: 1 Price: ? (I guess I was lucky to buy it for $99.99 price that is, some ask $250 or more). External links to the set: Brickset Peeron.com Later versions of this set like mine have "Maersk Sealand" stickers (and so it says on the box). Older versions (also from 1995, just say "Maersk"). Review Let's first start with the box. Nice colouring and totally in style with the 1990+ era. The backside: The box has alternative models at its backside. Like with most LEGO models, I consider the main model is the best :) The upper, lower, left and right sides of the box give an idea on how to play with the set. Nice idea huh, the truck trying to pick up the trailer ;) Now let's see what is inside! All the bags still sealed. Stickers not applied yet. Of course not for long :) Here is our Maerskifig. No stickers yet. We don't see that anymore, but in those days they always included a mini catalog with different LEGO set themes. Nice thing about that is that you can see the era the truck fits in (9V trains, switch from Shell to Octan, etc.) The finished truck: Another shot, the driver ready to take the steering wheel. This hat is actually very unique, the only set it has appeared in is this set. The truck resembles the 6335 Indy Car Carrier (that was in fact released a year later than the Maersk one) The trailer, ready for some nice containers. Note the support with the 'handtruck' wheel. The completed truck, trailer and driver. Containers in the back. Original stickers in the foreground. Only a few spare parts left. The finished truck has just delivered some containers to the Maersk train. Stickers applied (though not the orginals, but my reproductions on transparent material). I really like this set. The trailer has a nice way to allow it to stand when not being pulled by the truck. I think this is a very nice all time classic. Hope for a lot of people, LEGO and Maersk will release another truck in current 6 wide style. The set is very build able, also for younger kids, but it is too exclusive for them to really enjoy it I think. The Maersk blue parts are so rare that they are not available at bricklink.com. The hat, the doors and the "Maersk Blue Wedge 3 x 4 without Stud Notches" are not even available, but they alone would cost you about € 70 (new hat alone: 18.99 at the moment). The only thing I don't understand is why they used a "Trans-Dark Blue Glass for Hinge Car Roof 4 x 4 Sunroof with Ridges" instead of the light blue version, although it doesn't look that bad. That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed it and watch your fingers on new years eve! Building might be difficult with some missing.

how do you do that with the pistons of the engine?! nice construction though!!!