Hrw-Amen

I'd get them but it does seem kind of sad to buy them to part out or as a re-sale investment, rather than use them for the great train set that they are.

So many choices of which way to send the train, lets hope they do not send the train down the wrong track! Very nice example of the old signal boxes

These look really nice, will be good to see them running at the show so if you get any film please post it for us to see. Thanks.

I think though that there is a great difference between using multiple colors as a design choice, (Like in the Voltix episode Anchir has shown us.) and just randomly thrown together bricks of all colors which have no design attributed to that color scheme. It seems though that in spite of one or two of us creating random creations most of us as children tried our best to build coherent models even if we did not have enough bricks to always pull it off as we would have liked. I wonder if there is any correlation between those who used (Or try to use.) color coordination as children in building and those who went on to become AFOLs as opposed to those who just built haphazardly, who may not have become AFOLs? Obviously I do not know, but it would be interesting if one of those big polling companies who do polls for elections and things to run a survey to find out?

A great amount of detail there in that station and also in the train. It is good to see unusual subjects like undergrounds tackled.

My favorite in Henry the Green Engine. One thing I always felt was missing from Thomas was that they concentrated too much on the engines at the expense of being able to pull stuff so I am glad that you have included some rolling stock. Like a lot of people Thomas takes me back to my youth, but in those days I recall my Thomas stories were recorded onto Vinyl, I had four records in the collection and listened to them often. Well done to recreate all of them.

That is really nice, I would like to make one myself but did not think the extra large wheel from BBB was big enough for the task, evidently you have showed us that is not the case so thank you for that. Are there and plans to make a set of coaches for it to pull? That would be splendid if there were.

Strange to read people's experiences. I think that my father helping me with MOCs or more to the point building them and I was just passing him the relevant bricks meant most of our creations were coordinated. Also I had not that many actual buildings as sets, we had a ton of white and red at least to start with. Most of the sets we had were blue 4.5V railway ones, so we had a few buildings that were made and left made right into my teenage years when classic space appeared. There were a few houses and a couple of office blocks. These were taken out to play with as a whole and then put away again whole and never taken apart. There was a big cardboard box in which they were kept apart from the other LEGO. Oddly I do not recall a station but there must have been one? Later when I had gained control of the LEGO myself to build with I assumed I was just in the habit of doing it that way. Right into my twenties when M-Tron, Blacktron and Space Police were around I would still only build with the colors I wanted and would not compromise. Many times I used to ride up to Bristol to the LEGO shop (That used to be there.) to buy a box of just black or just roof or whatever tiles, or would buy a complete small set just to get a hinge or whatever. It could be frustrating but to me I had to have it right or just not have it. I think it is the same now. I read that people use rainbow colors to try things out. I cannot say that it ever occurred to me to do that. If I need a brick or part I would just order it on Bricklink or from TLG's own website rather than compromise and the build would simply stop until it arrived. When considering a MOC I don't tend to build it in other bits first. I imagine it how it will be and get a load of parts in that color(S) first before starting and see how it comes on. True enough that if I have a bunch of parts in a certain color i may imagine a MOC in those colors from the outset, but I would not make anything using the wrong color parts, it is just the way it is. For example I seem to have somehow over the last year or so to have accumulated a lot of yellow bricks and red window parts, it is likely I will imagine my next big building MOC using those colors as then I can get on with it. No idea what yet though, it maybe just a block of flats as like most of us, my City is lacking in accommodation space but we will see. Odd really how different people's minds work isn't it?

Cannot say I have seen it before but just from the cover it looks quite interesting.

Looks really good with all those orcs attacking it.

Well done, nice to see all those wagons with the adverts going past.

I'd like to see the troublesome Trucks! Looks good to recreate Thomas, has to be one of the favourites among children, I know my mates child loves it! How about Henrettia though to go with your tram engine?

I have been wondering this for a while now. When we look at models made by youngsters sometimes into the teens even we see things that have no color ethic and are just cobbled together with all different colors as though they cannot see what they are doing. Now it does not really bother me in any way at all, other than a curiosity as to why this happens? When I was introduced to LEGO at a very early age my father used to build with me. I learnt my numbers, as well as the basics of building strong structures from him. He was in the building trade so knew how houses went together. We always made things out of cohesive colors, usually white or red as we had most of those. But even when yellows and blues and blacks came along we still kept to color cohesion. Certainly we did not always have enough of one color, but we would put a stripe of another color not just randomly mix them all up. That was just the way I learn't to build, I never had a phase of rainbow creations. So what did other people do? If you used to build like that as a child then why and what made you stop? I am just curious as to what motivates children to build something that has no color cohesion and is just a random assortment of colors as opposed to having an overall color scheme and then what makes them stop, why and at what age does / did this happen to you?

Very nice little houses there, it would be good to get a shot with all the modulars together with them?

Make tunnel entrances for the railway, that way it will look like your trains are going off somewhere and appearing from somewhere else rather than just going round and round. It will also give you raised ground on which to place other structures, things like a windmill or small church and perhaps a farm house come to mind.

Actually I like the look of the cargo plan but I suspect it is made of huge un-LEGOy parts? Still it seems to have several other little useful airport vehicles and bits. One thing I would wish with these LEGO planes is that they could be made in such a way that the undercarriage can be raised. Does anyone know if it can be on this plane? I also like the Vertical takeoff Helicopter / plane thingy, that looks like a great set with a nice cockpit. Seems like a lot of aircraft this time around what with the coastguard stuff as well. I do like aircraft but a decent airport layout would take up a huge amount of room so is not really practical for me, shame really. Maybe one day I will have a huge house!

I like the plane much better than the original LEGO plane for the Forest Fire Dept. I bought that one but was disappointed by it. I wish I had been able to get one like your's it is much better I think.

Looks really good, lots of wheels and nice tender. Good to keep the colors simple as well, give it a powerful look. How many motors do you have pulling /pushing it along? I am guessing that there is one in the engine (Under the cockpit.) and possibly another in the tender, is that right?

Indeed a good idea for the third wheel. Can I ask how it handles the curves with that third wheel, does it bind at all or is it OK? Looks as though you have the main features in and it is easy to see what the engine is supposed to be. Hiding the battery box was the most difficult part of the build when I attempted one myself and a similar plate setup was needed.

Looks really nice and colorful. Especially like the Minivan type vehicle, it is so bright, reminds me of when I was young and people drove around in things that looked like that.

I have to say that I have never heard of the Rescue Rangers myself although I am sure i could Google them. I did think that it looked a bit top heavy (Not from a model perspective, just from standing up.) and was a bit concerned it may fall over. However you say it is quite steady so I will be happy as it would be a great shame if it did fall off your shelf. Are you working on the figures to go into it? Especially as you plan to keep it made for a while.

Looks nice, a pity you cannot make something like it in real life. How about making a smaller Micro scale version of it?

It is very nice and looks just like the real one going through countryside. Can I make one small suggestion though. Between the coaches the real H/E just like the TGV and others has Jacobs Bogies. I am sure that a small modification to your tiny train can accommodate this though and then it would look even more realistic.

Very nice scene the tower is great, the colors in the windows, all look very nice indeed. I hope the king's bath is not ruined by having a custard pie thrown at him!!!

I would also like to know how it is possible to amass such a huge army of anything without spending a fortune, even going on the cheap (Relatively.) CMF 500 is going to be around £1,000 which is an awful lot of cash. Still not one to begrudge someone what they want and this looks like a really good build. Will be great when it is done and i cannot wait to see the photos. I am wondering how mobile it will be though as i see lots of stacks of bricks (Duplo?) holding up higher raised parts but they seem to just be resting on different levels of desk / chair etc so I hope that they do not all fall apart when you try and move it?