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I didn't know how many wheels 9007 I needed for my projects. So I got a couple more boxes. For those in Europe you can find them on VINTED or WaLLAPOP. I'm selling them at the same price as fx bricks, plus the VAT I had to pay from Canada. The boxes are sealed and new and untouched.

try it now, I did it. Meanwhile, Micheal has posted an update

It's probably like this for everyone. You can see that they are inserting more material and have temporarily blocked shipments while waiting to have everything ready

Same problem. It does not ship to Italy. Yet the other time I bought very well from the site

If they have put prices out, it means they won't be long in coming. I believe they will be available in June at the latest. Let's hope sooner.

The prices of the new products are coming out. Oh my! 60 euros for the wheels About 30 for the track connector Let's wait for the others...

Thank you very much Michael for the reply. We therefore await the new products. Overall I trust you a lot, you are doing something wonderful and extraordinary. I leave these considerations on Lego and FX wheels to the readers of the forum. I would also like to know other people's opinions. I'm actually waiting for these wheels to light up the wagons (and convert all the old 12v to Fx). And in fact you can use just one for wagon by combining it with the original Lego ones, but in that case the color is not guaranteed to be homogeneous. In any case, I'm in no hurry. I just hope that special lights will be made for passenger trains in the future. I completely understand the idea of focusing on the essential things at the moment. Instinctively though I would say that the FX metal wheels will be used much more for lighting than for running engines. In fact, those who have power up or power function engines have ultimately chosen batteries. Of course he can decide to switch to electric, but at that point perhaps he is better off buying an old 9v engine or waiting for the new 12v FX engine. Buying FX bricks tracks and then running the PF and PU motors on them thanks to the FX wheels, I don't know what use it will have in the long run. It can only be something interlocutory and ultra-minority. The situation is different for old 12v trains. If there is currently no plan, due to cost issues, for an engine capable of replacing the 12v ones with connecting rods, the only option is to connect the FX bricks wheels to the old 12v engine. I already have the tender ready for the old 7727. And this makes sense, because then with a decoder you will be able to exploit a lot of the FX potential, even with this hybrid solution (in fact, I think that Micheal said that the FX wheels are also ready for the DCC). The real problem in this case is that the 12v engines from the 1980s are increasingly older and sooner or later will still need a replacement. From a friction point of view, Lego wheels, also taking into account non-original and third-party ones, I believe can be classified as follows, from worst to best: original large and small wheels with cross hole and technical plastic axle old original 12v wheels with plastic axle (type 7740) New original wheels without axle (Orient Express type) non-original wheels with Bricktracks metal axle original 2878 wheels with metal axle (Maersk train type) Non-original Bricktracks wheels with metal axle and ball bearings. Now Micheal says that the Fx wheels have some friction due to the tab to get the electricity. However, I don't think the friction is that great or it wouldn't make sense to do it that way. It would be interesting to know, before purchasing, at what level on the scale I made, the FX wheels fit. I believe they are between the 2878 of the 9v era, and those with ball bearings. In the future, taking into account that Lego wheels are terrible at friction (2878 with separate metal axle), the problem of the FX tab could be overcome with identical wheels without a socket. It shouldn't cost any new molds. Because wheels with bearings, however good, are not professional and are often mounted poorly, not too symmetrically. Finally, in the future, it would also be nice to have professional and large fx wheels for Orient Express and Emerald Night. These could also be done without the need to draw electricity, or in both ways.

Incredible! The exchanges didn't last a day, they're already sold out. I hope we don't have to wait another year to see others that last a day. In any case, I hope to see the new products put on sale all together, because for shipping costs it is better to place a single order than multiple orders. I ask @michaelgale: 1) - wasn't it better, for the wheels, to make a box of 4 or 12 or think of more modes? If you think of a train at least you need 10-12 wheels. I'll take about 80. 2) - Do I see this strange segmented track in the photos? Is it perhaps the prototype of the traffic light track? 3) - Shouldn't the power supply also include 12v? I'm aiming for your brand new engines and it would be annoying when they come out to have to change the power supply. 4) – I see the 4x6 plate but not the 5x6 one you announced. There are many 3rd party manufacturers making 4x6 and I doubt the fx pricing will be competitive. Wasn't it better to focus on the 5x6 that would be truly original? 5) – The wheel cover of the lego engine is really ugly and not very realistic, is a restyling planned in view of the release of the FX engine? 6) – I'll ask you again about the conversion of old 12v trains: when the intelligent engine comes with everything integrated (with the first one it's not worth it), why not make a red and black version with connecting rods for the old freight trains of the 12v era? (A 12v-9v adapter cable would also be useful, although I had them made. Thanks to the FX wheels you can run the old 12v motors on the 9v track, but you cannot use the professionalism and torque power of the new FX motors)

Sorry, regarding Brick Model Railroader (BMR), does anyone know if it's still active? The website has been down since 2023. The store, however, dates back to 2025. I placed an order for wheels, but no one has responded.

All products will be DCC ready, even simple wheels. Unfortunately, however, the times seem biblical. We are always still. We hope to see something by the end of the year.

Looking at the wheels they don't look very black. Let's hope that the black problem has not been solved with something in between.

The wait is unnerving, because Michael hasn't been heard from in these columns for some time too. In the meantime I have made progress with 9v-12v adapter cables. As soon as the wheels come off I can easily adapt the freight train 7727. I can't wait. For the adapter cables I used the bntechgo cable. It works great.

Hi thanks interesting. But I don't want to upgrade my 12v. I would just like to convert it to the FX system without too much trouble, an adapter plug would be enough. It can also be done without it and I'm already half successful, but I would gladly get a professional adapter. Also it can be done in any case for train like 7740. But for 12v trains with red motor and pistons, this is impossible. I hope Michael thinks about it. That's all. I'm enthusiastic about the project and even if it's late I think the important thing is that it's worth it. We await the wheels.

an update is out. In short, we are still on the high seas at least until the summer. There are already adapters for 9V and power functions, nothing for 12V. Yet he closes the post with the yellow-red train of the golden era

They inserted instructions to motorize the exchanges. Apart from the fact that I haven't yet understood whether they will subsequently provide their own personal control, but in any case this motorization is not good for parallel crossovers because it surpasses the 8 studs with which the system is built