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  1. legotownlinz
    The 8-wide trains have the same bricks as all other Bluebrixx Specials. The Bluebrixx Pro sets are made for Bluebrixx by other companies, e.g. Xingbao. So their quality depends who made the set.
  2. legotownlinz
    You get what you pay for. I wish I could pay more in return for a better quality. Bluebrixx needs to learn that quality is as important as pricing. They need to find a balance, e.g. order their bricks from GoBricks, even if it makes the sets more expensive. And improve the instructions and print them.
  3. legotownlinz
    Lego is lucky that Bluebrixx doesn't understand the AFOL train market neither. Bluebrixx's focus is on price, but AFOLs actually want detailed models and good quality. It might be possible that their cheap products attract new customers, but they won't make Lego customers switch to Bluebrixx. At least I never considered to buy any of their crappy 6-wide stuff. Only the upcoming 8-wide models are of interest if the quality of the bricks is sufficient. But if half of the bricks need to be replaced with Legos, then taking their instructions and source everything from Bricklink is the better choice. I'm excited to build my first Bluebrixx set, hopefully this weekend.
  4. legotownlinz
    No, it's this way: The battery does 10 A and then it explodes. All batteries can provide much higher currents than the limit of safe operation. A battery back like the one shown in the images above should have internal protection. But it is from China, so you never know if it is really safe.
  5. legotownlinz
    Some of their 8-wide designs look good. But if their brick quality is low, this is the way to go. Not all their parts are available from Lego, though.
  6. legotownlinz
    Sure, but if the battery can only handle 500 mA and the overcurrent protection limits the current to 800 mA, then the battery could get damaged, or even worse, melt down, catch fire, ...
  7. legotownlinz
    Sure it works. The board doesn't care where the power comes from as long as the voltage is the same. One thing that may need to be considered is the overcurrent protection of the board. It has been designed for AAA batteries, so it might draw more current than allowed by the spec of the 9V battery.
  8. legotownlinz
    It would be really helpful to share experience with Bluebrixx trains. The problem is, the forum rules say that competitor brand discussions are allowed in the Community section, so I assume there should be no Bluebrixx discussion here in the Trains forum. In my opinion this rule needs to be changed because nearly all train-related products nowadays are made by competitors. There are several indications that Lego also targeted the AFOL market with this set: Listing it in the Creator Expert section Absence of children on the lifestyle photo Review samples were provided to AFOL YouTube channels, e.g.
  9. legotownlinz
    Me too. I will get my order of a few coaches and the crossing this week. So far I bought only a few third party modulars and tracks, but otherwise kept my part collection Lego-only. I'm now thinking about mixing all parts. The decision depends on whether I see a perspective in buying mostly Lego. But being interested in trains, I'm pessimistic.
  10. legotownlinz
    So you say they market leader is unable to do what the small competitors can afford? Because there is a compatibily issue with trains if they do not have train wheels and have the right gauge that does not exist with cars and ships. Ok, other models don't look well if the scale is off, too, but the issue is not as severe as with trains and tracks. I once got one of those Creator trains as a present and the guy who bought it was rather disappointed that it did not run on my layout. The average customer assumes it is compatible but it isn't. Therefore such sets should be avoided.
  11. legotownlinz
    Or they could have made it a 2-in-1 6-wide set with the option to build either the engine or the coach. A full train would then require four sets, a perfect idea for greedy Lego ;-)
  12. legotownlinz
    There's even a lifestyle photo for this set. Do they really think any AFOL will put such garbage on the table? And take a look at the crappy box art, they didn't even manage to draw a track that fits the scale of the train:
  13. legotownlinz
    It definitely is. If they had made a Creator 3-in-1 coach compatible with City trains, many people would have bought it several times. I don't see any reason to buy this set at all.
  14. legotownlinz
    If they made it 6-wide it would be a decent train. I wonder how many parents buy it and later find out it doesn't run on the tracks. It's not hard to foresee lot of disappointed or frustrated customers. Silly. Mouldking has a similar train in 8-wide.
  15. legotownlinz
    It's not a City set number. Let's hope it is minifig scale und runs on tracks. But it could be in a smaller scale.
  16. legotownlinz
    This is a smart decision. From a business point of view it is very important that the products are useful for 9V DC, PF and PUP users, too. I'd estimate that PF and PUP is >90% of the market, so anything that has value for PF and PUP will sell much better. I'm hoping for a PUP battery box that can be recharged with power pickup wheels. I like all the cool TrixBrix items too much to switch entirely to 9V. But I'm open to convert parts of my layout to metal track for automatic charging.
  17. legotownlinz
    Same for me. I'm not as excited about the 2022 City trains as I was about the current ones. I've decided to go 7- or 8-wide but I doubt Lego has serious plans for the AFOL train market.
  18. legotownlinz
    I neither care about single piece noses nor if it is Amtrak or not but rather if it is well-designed. I hope for innovation, new train specific parts, better use of Powered Up, accessory sets (e.g. additional couches, railroad crossing, station, ...).
  19. legotownlinz
    But no rumors for a train set yet... We can safely assume that there will be no train set in 2021. Let's hope for 2022, it should bring us at least new City trains. I wish they make great use of Powered Up and add some automation features or at least lights. Let's face it, even the Duplo trains are more sophisticated than the City trains.
  20. legotownlinz
    Space is always an issue, no matter what Lego theme you are collecting. Train layouts can be setup temporarily and otherwise stored efficiently. I'd say collecting stadions, ships, flowers and mosaics is much more limited regarding space compared to trains. Do you really run long 8-wide trains? If it's working fine, then you are certainly using lots of third party parts.
  21. legotownlinz
    Other companies could charge as much as Lego does if their designs would be on the same level as Lego's and not stolen from MOCers, if they had no missing parts, good instructions, a support team in Europe and so on. Brick quality is only one factor out of many. Cobi is a good example of a company that is nearly as expensive as Lego because they are acting professionally.
  22. legotownlinz
    It's not a niche. Take a look at the statistics of 'owned' and 'want have' sets of the last few months at brickset.com. You'll see that the Crocodile did pretty well and is in the middle of the most/least popular sets. There are so many sets that did worse, e.g. stadions, nevertheless Lego continues such collections with one set per year. I see the following reasons why Lego doesn't pay more attention to train fans: None of the designers has a passion for trains and pushes the management to release train sets. The current train components (tracks, wheels, motors, hubs) are not good enough for heavy 8-wide trains. Releasing sets that only require standard parts is more profitable than trains sets with all their special parts, despite the high demand for trains.
  23. legotownlinz
    Or maybe there's demand because kids like trains?
  24. legotownlinz
    Why don't they use any other power supply?
  25. legotownlinz
    One general remark regarding the controller: To my understanding, it does exactly the same as any other controller for analog H0 railroads. It is the component that is least urgently need for a Lego 9V system because any H0 product can be used. Wouldn't it be better to focus on other components first?
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