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    They look more like a fan creation than actual child-play sets in my opinion, although that could make up for the pricing.
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    Could you not e.g. a 10928 and add 2743 to the track (e.g. using jumper tiles / plates) to make up for inclines / declines?
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    Could have been a sticker of course, that is how I 'recolored' a LiPo.
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    Very nice work aeh5040! Could you also implement other operations?
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    Even if he would know anything, LEGO has strict policies on leaking information so he would then violate LEGO terms :)
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    Yup, you did, only of the bottom. Did you see the links under on that page of bricklink that I referred to?! It might even be a prototype of some kind. 3001 is the LEGO part number so if it says LEGO on top and 3001 on the bottom, what is you conclusion?
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    Something like this? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3001old#T=C
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    LM317 is very standard though, so you should be able to find a replacement heatsink.
  9. JopieK
    Maybe you can elaborate more on the project. Now it looks you are trying to find someone to do your homework?
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    The main challenge for me with 9V was remote control of the trains. I experimented using DCC, but you need to destroy the motor more or less and it requires a lot of extra work. Apart from that, compared to model trains, LEGO trains are not heavy enough to maintain solid contact to the tracks. With PF at least you can run about eight trains at the same time out of the box. 9V + Mindstorms was a nice way to control at least some trains, but even that is limited. The combination of PF with e.g. Arduino makes it possible for 'more technically inclined AFOL's' to control trains without making too large modifications to the trains and without the need to destroy bricks etc.
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    The switch from 12V to 9V was supposedly indeed mainly because in the US regulation made 12V unsuitable for toys (also one could easily conceive a child licking the conducting middle-tracks of course). I really think LEGO is also struggling with their trains concept. Gray 12V was more or less the culmination of LEGO trains (coming from push-along and 4.5V battery trains). The remote controlled points, signals, railway crossing etc. we never saw that in the 9V era although they brought out very nice trains including the Santa Fe sets. I feel more or less the same for monorail, that were really great sets, but LEGO did not in my honest opinion get the full potential out of it.
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    Hi stokesy, you probably did not read the rules when joining, but only joining EB to advertise sales is not a good idea and violates our rules. Apart from that you posted in an incorrect place.
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    A spy cam works well indeed. The best way is to build / use a camera car IMHO.
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    Great job functionalTechnic. The builds look fabulous!
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    You mean like the Metroliner? That is more or less Amtrak isn't it!
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    Our German speaking friends of 1000steine have started a discussion on the Future of power functions (Original link, In German) The reasoning is as follows: - Power functions is now 10 years old - The newest sets including the Mack don't include PF - Bluetooth (4.x/5) seems to be the way to go seeing the success of SBricks While I don't think LEGO has a good replacement for PF at this moment and also don't see how LEGO Booster or WeDo (the latter uses PF in fact of course) would replace it, but I also see that those new sets lack PF. Any people that know more and are not under NDA by TLG? B.t.w. to add some more possible fuel to the discussion: at the Medica (Compamed) conference in Düsseldorf I have spoken several times with the two companies that co-produce Power Functions for LEGO, they weren't there last week (last year they still were though!).
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    Of course it is possible. The EV3 is indeed getting to the end of it's life time but today we even had NXT groups still at the First LEGO League match.
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    Very nice! Fabuland was fabulous, you did a great job in reusing that old design!
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    Hi legocruncher, splendid! Well, then share your ideas I would say. It is easy to generate topics, but much harder to kick-start them by pressing a great idea!
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    Yup, it works very well... Full turntables in LEGO are always huge though. A traversal bridge or a segment turntable is more feasible for most layout I think.
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    Autodesk fusion is great, you can even model your electronics right inside the 3D models.
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    Very smart the way you made those lights!
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    The most difficult thing is to align it. I have used a monorail track circle + monorail motor and that works well.
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    Nice work! I like the round pieces at the hood.
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    But probably you then get "illegal connection detected, piece was removed" or something.
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