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Hello, I am new to this forum and I have been reading several threads concerning railways in the garden. I have come back to LEGO after many years away, (I had the old railway with blue tracks many years ago.) and wanted to get a train set. I see that nowadays they are remote control which seems like a good idea. My problem is that I live in a small and already full house with no room for a layout even to be put up for a limited time. I have a small garden, (Very small.) and wondered if I could put a track around the outer wall. It is quite high (About 6 feet.) and brick built, I figured I could run a shelf along it just above ground level to put the track on. However I see that in the sets there is not really that much track and it seems difficult to get hold of seperately unless I am looking in the wrong place? I was also wondering how the LEGO track holds up to the weather and what people do to protect it especially in winter? I would not keep the rolling stock outside except when I was using it, but it would be a real nuisance to have to keep taking up and relaying the track every time I wanted it. I am living in the south of the UK. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Is there another manufacturer of track of the same gauage that people use which is more resilient to the out of doors climate in southern England? Also, does anyone know what range the current LEGO remote controls have? My garden in only about 20 feet long by 15 feet wide so would they cover that area or is that too far? Any suggestions would be welcome.

Yes, that is exactly what I was after. Thank you.

Hello, Being new to thhis site I am looking around the forums to see what is what. I have noticed an awful lot of abbreviations being used and a lot of them I have no idea what people are talking about. Is there anywhere where there is a list of these and what they mean, I have looked but cannot find it? Thanks.

Hello, I have just started collecting LEGO again. I have tons of it at my parent's house that I had back in the 70s as a kid. I remember my father teaching me maths using the bricks to count, asking me to find specific bricks for a model. Those are some of my earliest memories we had a lot of the early buildings and a railway with blue tracks if I recall. Later when I was a able I started to buy some of the classic space sets when they first came out with pocket money and I kept this up buying the M-Tron (I think if I remember?) Blacktro and Space Police. Later when I moved out and bought a place of my own I continued collecting space sets. It was some time ago and I am not sure I remember the correct names, but I think they were Insectoids and Ice Planet? Back then I was still single and I rememeber I was working and living away from home so had plenty of time in the evenings. I built a huge Blacktron ship and I think, (Hope.) it is still complete in my parent's attic where I left it along with my entire early collection. I would love to get them out again but my current house is small and I have limited room. Maybe one day! Nowadays I am married and my wife has just got me back into LEGO with the Minifigs releases which we have been collecting. She is quite keen on the Firemen sets as well, although I amhoping for more space stuff. (I'm not really into the Star Wars ones though.) We have bought a few of the smaller sets, but as I said we have limited room.