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Of course it can! You can't use the dual motor block that is meant for driving vehicle wheels but you can use the motor blocks in parallel. See e.g.: (http://robotsquare.com/2013/07/16/ev3-nxt-compatibility/)

That is not in a mall, it is just in a shopping street. Centro Oberhausen is what I consider a mall.

Well it did not disappear: "Hi there, though it is my first post here I will try to help out, as I have been sorting out the huge amount of information during the last months. I am also writing a guide for dummies and for people who just want some basic pogramming. First of all.... I got the RCX (serial with USB adapter) and Control Lab (with null modem USB adapter) running under W10 32 bit :) just apply the compatibility mode and admin mode on every exe.file you need to run Second... it is important to install the software in a sequence and English version RIS 2.0 + patch Robolab 2.5 I must admit that I am missinh the original Lego Control Lab software and I am using the LEGO Interface B 9751 (70909) Modbus I/O Server Gateway to check the in- and outputs. And I am quite impressed that at least I can control the outgoing power, so I run some MOC smoothly rather then putting the gears under stress. Give me a couple of days and I will upload a pdf-file with screenshots, pictures and links to the software I use..." You just posted using the report button I think (read: I'm sure of). Glad you figured out how to post now.

Really nice :) That was also a really long track you guys built.

I only prefer the LDD viewport setup. We should upvote a LDD legacy viewport mode ;)

Great winyew29. Very extensive tutorial. That might help me migrate from LDD, (I have to let it go, now I don't use it anymore as it won't work on Catalina without opening Windows 10, really too bad, I have created a lot of stuff in LDD in the past, fortunately Stud.io lets us import LXF of course).

Amsterdam official LEGO store is also in a normal street, so are the ones in Essen, Cologne, Hamburg.

Welcome Nashnet, I think you will find a lot of people here that might have the same concerns so you will feel right at home, but of course don't stop being creative, (that is what LEGO is all about for me at least). The world has become a town and that has a lot of advantages (like how fun is it to communicate with other enthusiasts all around the world about our hobby), but of course also draw-backs you like things you mention.

Some people are not using tiles but normal plates: the shadows cause the sensor to detect anomalies. The sensor itself is probably very simple: a colored LED and a light sensitive transistor. It quickly alternates between the different colors and can thus create a reflection profile. Certain colors are too close in the spectrum to perfectly differentiate between them. Also the speed of the train influences the process. Apart from that is does work well enough to make it usable. Look at the Duplo train that has this functionality out-of-the box.

Sad to hear, but he will be remembered through his works. How many households are there (at least in the 'west') that don't have a number of minifigures.

Maybe something like this? Uh wrong link, fixed it: or is that still too old-fashioned?

So how you can work around it @TrainWorldFan is by presenting your idea and get feedback from the members here. We appreciate it if you would do it like that, create a new topic. I will close this one for now.

The original is rusting away near Amsterdam Central station, sad to see... Great MOC of course that is why I nominated it :)

Very nice job!

Indeed @zephyr1934, same principle(s).

The yellow part is not a capacitor but a resettable fuse @TechnicBrickPower.

I normally use a trick: you can elevate the points a little (two plates total), tiles underneath, on top of that use a 1x4 plate (92593) with a corner tile (14719) on one of it's ends. You connect e.g. a technic beam plus an actuator to the other end (e.g. cheap servo or any type of LEGO motor or pneumatics solution). The spring in the point will help you out: does not need a lot of force and no need to modify anything, you can even keep the yellow handle attached.

You can do it either way. You can even use the BLE modules. 9V and RCX is a brilliant combination of course, I did the same years ago with that combination (hopper, RCX, 9V rail/train car). If you are ok with Arduino look at @AlmightyArjen and how he pulled it off. You can also use an in-between, e.g. a Raspberry Pi that is a bluetooth master and Powered Up / Control+ / Boost / WeDo 2.0 peripherals.

Really great! Most LEGO watermills look unfinished because of the lack of water, you fixed that definitely.

i-Brix failed his kickstarter campaign, set the bar way too high. I advised him about that. Also he should have made this technology open source instead he is thinking in patents for such a niche product. It is a cool idea however.

So you don't expect Minifigs becoming alive like zombies or something (that is what Mori talks about isn't it ;)). I really like model trains, but the pity is that you build it once and then more or less are stuck with it. I very much like more detailed sceneries like the Carl Greatrix scenes and layouts in Germany and the US that are really realistic and it is even hard to see it is LEGO sometimes.

Of course low battery could be an issue. What OS does your phone run? Bluetooth Low Energy is a radio protocol so maybe you also might have interference from other appliances.

Great set of course, but only a few people would be inclined to buy it. My wife and I like the LEGO Movie 2, but she did not like the apocalyptic tough of the set (if they would have have changed it to a 2-in-1 before and after the apocalypse or something my wife might have liked it better)... but then again, those sets are really expensive, even we can't afford to buy too many expensive sets (with two reasonable incomes, both teachers and no kids). For kids it will be only doable for very wealthy parents :) We have bought the Disney train, are into modulars, my wife also buys the nicer technic sets (currently building the Jeep), but then we have run out of LEGO budget I'm afraid ;) ...

Great scenery but the train is the real showpiece!!!

Quite nice alanboar. Enjoy the holidays!