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  1. Murdoch17
    You've provided innumerable wheels to me (I actually ordered some yesterday!) for my MOC's, and I think everyone who builds LEGO locomotives will miss your wonderful injection-molded wheels. Hopefully someone will step forward and buy your store - otherwise i shudder to think of the impact on the train community if it all went away!
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    And so the spam begins again! I reported one of them as requested but there are a number of them in this subforum EDIT: it's been taken care of. A hearty thanks to the moderation team of EB!
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    Nice work on this unique, obscure electric loco @BrakeCoach! I wish I could help with you with your issues you describe with your MOC, but I haven't a clue on how to fix them. (sorry!) Keep up the good work - this looks fantastic!
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    Yeah, I really wanted that fourth car originally, but it seems to look better with just three. With just three cars, it's more like the original Metroliner anyway! Also, I'll keep your idea on couplers in mind for the future! Thanks @Darkkostas25!
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    Okay, will do!
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    @Jim The General LEGO discussion subforum is full of spam as of my writing this post - nearly three pages of it. Just letting you know!
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    Welcome to Eurobricks @BrakeCoach, since you seem to like trains, you'll feel right at home in the Train Tech sub-forum I hope you enjoy your stay here on Eurobricks, and I can't wait to see some of your builds!
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    I want to add another floor to the gingerbread house and modify the living daylights out of it by removing the candy items. In my opinion, it almost looks like a stereotypical English rowhouse if you replace the gingerbread-related stuff with regular parts...
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    Considering the OP hasn't been on since 2023, I would assume this project is most likely dead @kelceycoe.
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    What I REALLY want to know is what in the name of holy (insert word here) is the good Commodore going to use a dehydration ray for in a distillery? Did he truly invent this for peaceful ends?
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    If most of the Batman films end like that (which i now realize your guys are right about that), and he never really succeeds, then what is wrong with him - is he stupid? 'World's Greatest Detective' my foot!
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    Exactly! Not to mention those types of threads are against the rules here on EB... so, every time I see one that's just begging for votes without any real content besides a link, I report the thread.
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    Batman '66 film is the one of the few - if not only - only Batman films where Batman wins only a hollow victory. (I.E. The re-integrated national ambassadors are not *quite* correctly assembled.) It actually ends on a very dour note, IMO. Also, how the heck does an extremely obvious ex-German Submarine (which is outright stated as WWII surplus) be able to fire modern (for the mid-'60s) Polaris missiles especially when no missile doors are shown at any time on the sub?!? Sorry for the off topic post, but that has always bothered me... along with "skywriting missiles".
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    They were removed shortly after I posted that comment yesterday. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused!
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    A while back in December 2024, my brother took 2023 set 60423 (Downtown Streetcar and Station) and recolored it in Studio into the classic red, white, blue, and light gray Metroliner (sets 4558 and 4547) color scheme from early days of LEGO 9V Trains. After seeing that image, I fell in love with it. So I asked him to take his model and tweak it a bit for me (as I don't use studio), with this being the result as built in real life. (Thanks bro for all the work you put into this!) I originally had a second middle car on this train, but the rolling resistance was so great it wouldn't move very far at all. So it was removed and scrapped. Side view. I added a second pantograph to the model as it always bothered my me the 60423 set just has one, while the dual setup is much more common on real trams. As an additional measure based on real world practices, I spread the electric pickups out by placing them on both of the cab cars. Inside view. The other drivers cab is not shown, but is identical to the one seen here. Thoughts?
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    Thanks @Shiva! Makes sense to me. Thanks for your comment @LEGO Train 12 Volts!
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    Thomas the Tank Engine had Duplo sets too, but that was before Hit Entertainment (who owned both franchises) was bought by Mattel. Once that happened, it killed the prospects of those contract ever being renewed.
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    There's also a few in this subforum as well. Tagging @Jim in case he hasn't seen the mess yet.
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    Thanks @Feuer Zug! Yeah, the bigger ones look good, but they dwarf everything else on my layout and feel out of place next to my 6 and 7-studs wide trains. These new towers are much more in-scale with all my MOC's.
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    My father built his original old grey water tower in this style way back in the late 1990's / early 2000's. When he built my first LEGO train (it was a set 7722 inspired steamer, which gave me the idea for my original red & black color scheme) in 2006, he built me a matching water tower to go with it, but it wasn't until 2014 when I built myself a long-awaited coaling tower using inspiration found on the internet. The two refueling towers were taken apart around 2017, and were subsequently replaced with much bigger versions in a grayscale color scheme. Several years later in 2024, I rebuilt the water tower digitally, but in the original color scheme my Father built his (not the black and red of my original copy), with the addition of a bather up on top, Petticoat Junction style. And finally, in 2025, I've got the design finalized for the reworked coal tower in a matching color scheme. In addition, my brother designed the coal chute as I couldn't get it to look good on my own. The front of the coal tower, with the chute lowered and ready to fill a waiting steam loco with fuel. The rear of the coal tower. The front of the water tower, with the bather up on top in the tank. The rear of the water tower. "Honey I shrunk the steam loco refueling towers!" Size comparison between my nearly a decade old XL fuel towers (in back), and my new smaller ones (in front). Thoughts?
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    AFAIK, all trains will have to travel the same direction and loops are impossible per the post directly above yours @dunnowhattoputhere. So no, that idea of yours won't work. This isn't like battery trains with remote control allowing for multiple trains to run on the same track - the 12v (9v is the same way) controller is attached to the track so all train on that track go the same way at the same speed, unless power is turned totally off or the train is stationary in an isolated siding.
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    It has been officially revealed, as seen on Brickset.
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    I love the car! That gates are also extremely awesome, and I really like the Wednesday fig! Keep up the good work @Sebeus I!
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    Thanks @LEGO Train 12 Volts!
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    (Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer', as used in 'The Sting' intensifies) This fig barf is certainly the bee's knees* @evancelt! I especially love the benzine buggies**, and what I'm saying ain't no banana oil!*** * bee's knee's = outstanding, remarkably fantastic, or awesome ** benzine buggy = automobile *** Banana oil = The act of using insincere flattery and deception, particularly with the intention to deceive (For those interested where I got these phrases, see the Wiki page for 1920s slang. Beware: it's a very long article!)
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