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Beautiful and simply astonishing MOC of the most popular fast food in the world! I've really loving the menu sticker you have there, right where it should be! Really nice! Makes me hungry, by the way... Just a little comment, the 'rescue' minifigs as the Mac employess are rather ... Maybe you can try using the 'Ferrari' guys as they are dressed in red? Thanks for sharing! A truely amazing MOC!

Thanks for the extensive review of such a large set! I have mixed feelings about this set... Didnt know whether to keep it for myself or to let it go.. the overall design of the trucks and the garage couldnt really appeal to me.. However, after reading your wonderful review, i've decided to keep it! I love the orange wrecker truck! Thanks for the review and helping me to come to a desicion for this set! Cheers!

1. LEGO Set No/Name 6643 Fire Chief Truck, released in 1988 containing 74 pieces 2. Where you got/bought it from Ebay 3. Offical Retail Price RSP ? (i've checked Peeron and Brickset but no available infomation..) 4. No of Minifigs (if any), name them if you know the names Just one, the fire chief back in 1988. 5. List of parts (if possible), especially the interesting or rare parts, please highlight them Well, it is quite a generic impulse set back then, however the crown jewel piece of the set has to be the printed 'fire emblem' 2v2 smooth tile. Sweet! Being just 2x2, it can be easily a bonnet piece for your fire cars (like this one) or placed onto your massive new Fire Brigade for that classic feel ~~ 6. Your "building" experience - which you can do a step by step to show it with photos Ok. I just got this wonderful impulse set from Ebay and i really have to say what a sweet little set it was! Here, our ex-fire chief will run you through the building of his trusty 'steed' back then in 1988 where he could get there on time to plan his team of firefighters: The layout of the set. Yes, the instructional book looks like it didnt like water that much... >:( Here is our ex Fire Chief, Desmond~ Still hasnt lost his touch and look ready to go with all his fire-fighting equipment back then ~ And here is our new Fire Chief (From Fire Station 7945 set from 2007 Not included with this set~) with Desmond for comparison. Check out the difference in equipment! Technology leaps and bounds... As an impulse set, this set is highly generic, thus i do believe many of you have almost all of the pieces. As mentioned before though, the crown jewel piece has to be the printed 2x2 smooth tile with the 'Fire-emblem' printed on, which happens to be Desmond's favourite piece~~ Sweet! Also worth mentioning, the classic car chassis piece is so versatile, one can almost immediately build anything! For comparison, the new 'front hook' piece featured (marked in red) on the new Fire Chief Truck (From Fire Station 7945 set from 2007 Not included with this set~) and the classic brick built type from this set~ We start from the chassic chassis piece and details of the truck.. Yes, this truck is going to be rather high, judging from the number of plates that goes into the wheel axles! Building of the wheel guards... Yes, poor Desmond has to build his own trsty 'steed' all by himself from scratch... Going onto the front of the truck. I simply love these front grill pieces! The classic vehicle doors ~ There was another type of doors during that era that had the 'Fire-Emblem' printed on it too, but i guess as this was just an impulse set back then.. So... The printed 'Fire-Emblem' tile goes to the bonnet of the truck ~ Sweet! The rear of the truck. The rear opening door is truely versatile! Lastly, adding on the wheels (classic) to his trusty steed and Desmond is ready to go! Ta-Da! All done! Beautiful ain't it? So, where do Desmond's equipment go? To the rear of course! It can be fully opened to place/ retract items from it's rear cargo bay, or.. The rear window pane allows Desmond to quickly place/ retract his equipment without opening the rear door! Thoughtful, especially where seconds counts during fire-fighting ~~ For comparison with the fire chief truck from Fire station set 7945 from 2007~ As you can see, it really is a high truck! It has a really nostagic feel to it, while the newer fire chief truck looks like it's almost a racing car ~~ The rear of the trucks. The classic 6643 provided our Desmond with more vesitility while the newer fire chief truck has better looking and more realistic opening rear doors ~~ The cargo space of the 6643 is also more when compared to the newer one. And our heros, both master and disciple, goes to the rescue of the our minifig civilians trapped in their burning houses... Go Joe! Finally, a last look at Desmond before he goes to his retirement home.. Cheers and Thank you Mr Desmond! BONUS PICTURE: Yes, i know alot of you, like myself, face the same problem of having too many fire department, esp fire chief around.. I mean, there can only be one fire chief, right? So, with a few minor adjstments: It looks great! A regular Red and white SUV truck anyone loves to drive around that looks good and functions as a perfect vehicle for vacational holidays ~~ 7. Your overall rating based on fun, playable, value for $$$, part, minifigs, etc (on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is SUPER-DUPER-SET!) FUN: 8/10 This truck is so cute and highly generic, meaning one can almost immediately re-create one! PLAYABLE: 7/10 You can race your fire chief truck with Desmond to the fire scene as quckly as you like and the truck will not topple. With it's bright red colours and roaring sirens, you'll be sure Desmond gets there on time~~ VALUE FOR $$$: -_- Cant coment on this as i don't have it's RSP, but for the price which i got it used from Ebay, it was downright worthy! 8. Your name as the reviewer. Sammy Oh Hope you like my review! C & C most welcomed! Cheers!!

WOW! What a fun and interesting review! I love the way the utility truck is used in various situations and i have to say, the photos and comparisons were perfect! This is one of my most highly sought after set, simply because of the simple yet truely effective design of the scissor lift, the red and yellow colour design and the beautiful-yet-once-in-a-lifetime panel with 'lighting bolt' sign printed... Thanks for a wonderful review! and of course, this set is a high 5 for me ~~ Cheers!!

Well Brickster, i do believe the price i paid was rather ok, given the set conditions and the missing decals. It costs me 43 Euros without shipping to Singapore, after shipping costs in, should be about 53 Euros. Do PM me and i'll give you the link to his shop~~

Thank you for a wonderful review!! This set is truely very very rare!!! Almost extinct set! Very cute little copter with a winch to actually winch and rescue someone/ something! Cool! But i just couldnt say more regarding the jeep.... Overall quite an okay set, but given it's rarity, this set is truely amazing now ~~ I do believe straight-up boxes are very rare in Lego right? Thanks again for sharing! Cheers!!

Simply amazing Locomotive!! Wonderful detailed work! Simply love that decal on the grilled bricks and the colour scheme is simply mesmersing!! Thank you for sharing !!

OOPPSSS! Thank you for pointing that out Aliencat~ Sharp eyes!! Thank you all for the wonderful wonderful comments!! Really happy my humble little review made it to the front page! Thank you Brickster! I simply love this set! One of my most fav. train set ~~ Proud to own it~~ Thanks again all for the kind reviews! Will definately work hard to try and produce more reviews to fill up the index~~

Thank you so much people for all the wonderful comments! Feel so honoured to have my review indexed ~~ Indeed, i do love this sweet little set too, one of the lovely little restaurants that TLG town always have a lack of.. Glad you guys like my humble review~~

Brillant MOC! I love it alot! The bicycle stands with the scooter really makes the street brightens up! The bicycle stands are very well done, not to forget the colour shadings of the building!! Truely wonderful MOC! Thanks for sharing!!

INDEXED Hello again guys! ~ After reviewing the index (thanks Mods for that!), i have actually done another review of a classic town, and re-released Legend Set 10037 in 2002, the Breezeway cafe! Hope it's ok to post two reviews of the same set... 1. LEGO Set No/Name 6376/ 10037 - Breezeway Cafe, 6376 released in 1990 with 183 pieces, and a re-release as a legend set 10037 in 2002: A nice place for our minifigs to have their lunch/ dinner in a cozy, calm and serene restaurant! Now i know why it got re-released as a legend set! A quick look at the picture brings smiles and calm to your face as immediately, the quiet, serene, romantic ambience kicks in~~~ 2. Where you got/bought it from Ebay.com 3. Offical Retail Price Erm... That's another tough one, but according to Peeron, the RSP is US$23.00 back then 4. No of Minifigs (if any), name them if you know the names A total of 5 minifigs were included in this set: A Chef in white legs and classic town chef torso with red bow tie, A waiter in black suit and legs, three civilian customer minifigs, one with blue suit, grey legs and cowboy hat (loved that hat!), one in black suit and legs and a lady with white necklace torso, red legs and red hair. Nice! But i guess one more waiter would be good, if not the poor guy gotta run up and down the upper and lower stories of the restaurant... 5. List of parts (if possible), especially the interesting or rare parts, please highlight them A green 32x16 studs baseplate! Nice for forest and parks~ Two MASSIVE glass panels with the decals 'Ristorante' on them, i guess it means restaurant in France or Italian? These glass panels are SUPER huge and would be very useful if u are building a huge glass office building! Two smaller glass panels that form an arch when built together, making a nice glass entry point for any building~ Two kitchen utensils, the more common black frying wok, and the i believe super rare in City but usually found in castle sets part number 4529 minifig saucepan! Now we can have soup and stew! A huge 24x6 studs white baseplate for the 2nd storey slab! Two huge arches that are 3 bricks high! Quite alot of rare pieces in a small piece count set! Nice~~ 6. Your "building" experience - which you can do a step by step to show it with photos Ok, here we go!! It helps to have 5 minifigs to build the restaurant! More manpower, fast speed and easier job! Strength in numbers! Seen here helping out to fix the columns for the foundations of the restaurant... Everyone does their part to help, with the lady fixing up the flowers and plant, chef builds up the kitchen stove and the rest continue on with the structure... Nice! With that many people to help, the restaurant quickly took shape! One thing to note though, the bottom level is kinda empty, only filled up with one-piece columns and panels.... I simply love that glass archway for the entrance! Very Classy and nice! Thumbs up!! :-/ A little help to fix up the high archs of the top level. The higher the ceiling, the more class it makes the whole place looks... That is way normally hotels have super high ceilings at their main lobbies... :) I love the smaller arch! Shown here, the lights are fixed onto the bottom of the piece, susposing to act as maybe christmas lightings or just deco lights for the night! Very sweet!! ;) Everyone is working hard, especially the waiter, risking his life to climb all the way to the roof to secure the massive glass panel... Now now, what is that lady doing? Building up the exterior of the restaurant, fixing up the red fences and the restaurant front entrance welcome light posts... while our chef start whipping up some good food with his brand new kitchen stove to serve our exhausted minifigs later... Viola! It is completed! Quite a short build given it's piece count, but the overall look of the restaurant is simply amazing dont u agree? I feel that this restaurant looks even better than the newer one featured in City Corner 7641! Let's take more view point looks to judge better: Angled right view. Rear view of restaurant Angled Left View Sweet looking restaurant, dont u agree? 8. Your overall rating based on fun, playable, value for $$$, part, minifigs, etc (on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is SUPER-DUPER-SET!) HHmm... I'll give this set a 8 point bah. Let's go further into the Pros and Cons: Pros: Firstly, the overall look of the restaurant is truely amazing! it certainly gives one a feel of tranquility, serene, romantic, quiet, classy type of restaurant feeling that is just so nice in these stressful times... Secondly, the amount of minifigs given (5) was simply generous! Three diners and two employees. Sweet! Thirdly, the coconut tree and bird adds on the the sweet tranquality feeling, away from city bustling strssful times... A MUST go place for all minifigs with friends and loved ones for a nice sweet time-out from the city with good food and drinks... Cons: The price... Quite a hefty price to pay for quite a small piece count set... But the design kinda makes up for it a little.. but overall still kinda costly... Some juniorism here, mainly due to the huge glass panels and the wall panels and columns. I'm not really complaining, but i believe those into MOCs and parts wouldnt find this set containing quite some more useful parts... Lastly, i cannot understand why the coconut tree is on the 2nd storey behind the outdoor table... But that problem is easily solved.. Hoped you guys enjoyed this brief review of one of the most classic and sought-after classic town set, the Breezeway Cafe! Now, this restuarant is making me hungry for some supper... Hehe~ Cheers! C & C most welcomed! ;) 9. Your name as the reviewer: Sammy Oh

Good Evening Guys! Have been a LLLOOONNNGGG time since i last did a review ... So, with some time in hands and a borrowed camera (Wifey took home ours...), here is a humble review of one of the most wanted sets for train fans to expand their train layout. May i present to you: Lego 4549 Container Double Stacker! 1. LEGO Set No/Name 4549 : Container Double Stacker; made in 1993, 451 pieces 2. Where you got/bought it from Ebay.com 3. Offical Retail Price This is a tough one, but according to Peeron, RSP was US$52.00 4. No of Minifigs (if any), name them if you know the names 2 Railway Workers. Both with blue legs and Red-and-white Danger Torso with 'Train' logo on left chest. One wearing brown minifig male hair, the other a conventional red peak cap. 2 minifigs, together with classic colourful instruction booklet. 5. List of parts (if possible), especially the interesting or rare parts, please highlight them Very rare and useful interesting parts shown here! The grey train base (which train fan wouldnt want train bases?), the red barrel with string pulley attachment, the 4studs wide door frames with opening classic doors in three colours: white, yellow and blue, the crane arm and inside arm, and of course, the star of the set, the Red 'Grabber' attachment that tightens grip when u hoist to grab the container and release grip when u lower to release the container. Very sweet! I'll get more into that later... 6. Your "building" experience - which you can do a step by step to show it with photos Alright, here we go! (picture heavy): We first start out with building the containers, first up the 'Octan' small container: Yes, i know... The green is in a different shade... Haiz.. Anyhow, our two minifigs are gonna get very very busy fixing up this huge set! The base of the container is shown here.. Putting up the white panels. The panels actually should have a 'Octan' decal on them... But these panels are very very useful, esp in building vans and trucks, or containers as shown here.. The wonderful classic door frame with door! I love these, and in this set, there are a total of 4 whites with 8 doors, 2 yellow with 4 doors and 2 blue with 4 doors! Talk about many! This is the same door as the mail van 7731 used recently for it's rear opening cargo door. IMHO, this is the absoluate best door ever for any cargo van 4 studs wide! But in this case, the containers, being 4studs wide, might look pretty small... A little 'Team-effort' to build up the roof of the container. Here, you can see the classic Octan colour taking shape (White, Red and Green) As i mentioned earlier on, the container does look kinda small now that it is completed, as compared to recent 6studs wide ones as seen in cargo train deluxe 7898 and city harbour 7994. However, the sweet cargo doors just made everything sososo sweet... ;) Up next is the red-and-white Classic Cargo container. Exact same building steps as the previous one, only in a different colour. I kinda like this one as it still retains it's 'Train' logo on it's panel~ ;) The same sweet opening cargo doors is used here again... simple yet effective sweet design for container doors as our minifigs are having fun opening and closing them... A little look at the sweet mechanism of the containers. If you are wondering why the studs at the bottom of the conatiner and the roof top smooth tiles are there: Viola!! The ingenious idea of locking the conatiners together using simple and effective design of tiles and studs to lock the conatiners while moving on the train. Smart!! :-/ Next up, the larger conatiners. U know, these containers are made to mimic real life ones, whereby the smaller ones are 20 feet containers and the larger ones are 40feet containers. How thoughtful and attention to details! Talk about realisticism to real life! Here is the base of the larger yellow container. Forming up the side panels. Again, these panels are simply wonderful for creating vans, trucks, containers and houses... Haha! My lovely cargo doors again! Shown here in smart yellow.. What is better is, doors on BOTH ends!! Sweet!!! :-/ The completed larger container. A nice comparison photo showing two smaller ones make up one large one, just like in real life whereby two 20feet containers make up one 40feet one~~ The Blue larger container. Similar building as the yellow one, except in blue... *duh* Again my lovely cargo doors on both ends of the conatiner... If u need lots of these doors and wall panels, buy this set! :) 'I'm the King of the Hill!' Haha, all the containers stacked up nicely one on top of the other.. Sweet~! Nice set and generousity of TLG for porviding us with FOUR containers!! Thank you so much TLG! :-/ Next up, the train wagon construction. Shown here is the ever-so-useful-and-always-wanted-and-never-one-too-many solid train base in old grey. The thing with these train bases is basically, u just need to detach two boggles (wheels) and magents/ buffers at both ends and u got yourself a train wagon to pull along... Sweet! Busy busy building for our two minifigs... Seen here building studs and blocks on the train base for the container parkings. Attaching the panels of the train wagon. The panels help to keep the containers in place during transit. Next, the all-important train wheels. A standard Boggle (wheels) set, with magnet and buffers to attach the wagon to the train locomotive or other wagons. Put the two boggles on the wagon and viola! a nice cargo wagon awaits! Hang on, it's not done yet... Adding on minor details such as grills for the front and even ladders for the minifigs to climb up and down the recess! So thoughful and attention to details!! ;) Finally, the completed train wagon, fully loaded with all the containers! Heave-Ho! Looks colourful, thanks to the containers! We then continue on building the two other main attractions for this set, the truck and the container stacker! Well, there was a huge arguement as to which is the actual star of the set, but, i sincerely feel that when put together, that is the best!! Well, Read, see and judge for yourself and see which u like better! We start off with the truck locomotive/ tractor head: We start out with the base of the truck, a conventional 2x12 stud long flat plate. shown here is the open hole 2x4 plate. Upon seeing this, one could guess almost immediately the connection mechanism for the truck to it's trailer... The chassis of the truck taking shape.. Nice! Although this truck is only 4studs wide and would look like a small lorry next to the newer 6studs wide trucks, it's looks is still amazing!! Read on... The Exhaust Pipes of the truck in solid black. Nice, tall and sweet, making the truck look that tad more intimidating... Not to forget, classic sweet doors!! See what i meant? The face of the truck is simply amazing! Looks like those one can see rolling down the US highways... then transforming into 'Optimus Prime' ... Haha Autobots, transform and roll out!! Ok, i OT-ed... :) Anyway, great looking truck in terms of colour and design! Only thing that is lacking should be being only 4studs wide.... :( Next, we move on to the flatbed trailer. Chassis of the trailer... Front and Rear Panels to hold the container in place during transit... If you are wondering about the chassis of the trailer, here is a under-chassis shot. Look very carefully at the rear part where the wheel will go... There are holes there... and then... And the wheels have a pin on top... So that means, upon connection, the wheels will have free-wheeling space that will in turn make BOTH wheels run AT THE SAME TIME! That eliminated the effect of having only one wheel rolling and the other not touching the ground. Simply smart idea! Wondered why they did not apllied this technic to the recent WindVine Transporter trailer?? The completed Truck with trailer! Nice!! The red-and-white combination is really getting to me! Very nice blending of colours! And here we see the truck and trailer carrying containers built earlier on. As such, the trailer can carry either two small containers or one large container at any one time. *Disclaimer- Photo is for reference only. Please do not try this in your city and endanger your minifigs! * And finally, the Conatiner Stacker... (Phew, that's a long review!) Seen here is the base of the container stacker. Trust me, it will build up to be pretty massive... Building the foundation of the container stacker... It is becoming larger... and larger... and larger... Note the SUPER LONG String i was given... Wierd... I had to wind in all that excess string into the barrel... Look at that windscreen! It uses the same windscreen as those in helicopters... Cute! :) After the base is pretty much completed, we now move on to the strong hydraulic arm of the stacker... The completed Arm! Massive! It can extend to pretty long and certainly looks heavy-duty enough to hoist and lower those containers!! The completed Container Stacker! (Front View) The completed Container Stacker! (Rear View) I love this stacker! I personally feel that it is sososo much better looking than the recent green container stacker 7992! Not to mention more realistic too! The actual container stackers uses these grabbers too!! And not some silly hook... The grabber arm in action! It tightens when the string is pulled in to grab and hoist up the container, and loosen it's grip slowly when the string is realease to lower and realease the containers! Ulitimate engineering!!! ;) And to come to conclusion, there is how the set can be played or displayed: Lifting down the containers from a train wagon that just pulled into station... Placing onto a waiting truck for further transit into the city... And off the truck go on it's rounds to the city with fresh new supplies!!! 7. Your overall rating based on fun, playable, value for $$$, part, minifigs, etc (on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is SUPER-DUPER-SET!) Well i would Say... 10!!! Super-Duper!! This set is truely amazing with it's playability, colour scheme and upmost building fun! The only set to combine City trucks, with harbour equipments and train wagons!!! Truely wonderful set! Only Cons might be: 1) Too expensive... However, my price was still ok, but check out ebay and you will know what i mean... esp MISB sets... Now i understand why people are willing to pay big bucks even for used set, not to mention MISB ones!!! 2) 4-studs all the way.... :( Being the older generation, 4-studs was the way to go.. However, that created problems for us to integrate newer 6-studs wide vehicles and trucks with the older 4-studs wide ones... Containers are really kinda small in it's 4-studs wide and 3-bricks high dimensions... The newer containers are alot nicer, but they lack the beautiful opening doors!! All in all, a great set for any train fans! Buy it if you see it! You wont regret it! Truely wonderful! Hope you had fun reading this extensive review! Cheers!! ;) 8. Your name as the reviewer. Sammy Oh

WOW! Thanks bro Rufus for the wonderful MOC! Indeed! it's a very nice idea of turning the truck into a semi with container ~ I kinda like your model more than mine as the color blending is so much better~ Cheers and thanks for sharing~

Hahahah~ Wonderful review done in a very comical manner! Very nice! Thanks alot again for the hard work in producing a very funny comical review that is truely light-hearted and show case the beauties of this set ~~

Thanks for the wonderful review bro! Wonderful review of a truely exclusive set! Very detailed if u ask me, esp the furnitures inside and the sidewalk... However, the price is truely putting me off a little... And, dont we have enough fire stations around? Anyway, thanks again for the wonderful review bro! Three thumbs up!

Hello bros! I was wondering for a very long time which set to get to make a truck for my upcoming BrickForge animals. I wanted a low bed truck to ferry the animals, and kept looking around for a nice 6-studs wide truck that looks good and huge enough... So after much pondering and my first experiment, i would like to share with you this MOC i made using ONLY the bricks from the set 7733 WITHOUT dismantling the forklift: Here goes: Isometric front view Working power tail-gate for loading pallets and goods Interior cargo space Rear view (with power tailgate closed and top locked) Right view of the truck Front view of the truck (exactly the same as 7733, no alterations made) Left side of the truck (note the little gauge that keeps the refridgerator truck cold) Truck and Forklift (my version) Isometric Rear view One final look~ HHmmm... Overall i'm kinda happy with it, judging that i just used ONLY the bricks in the set for the truck itself. No doubt the colour looks very weird now, but i wanted to try just using the original bricks with no external bricks used. After building, i found it looking more and more like those huge freezer truck we often see on the streets loading and unloading at major supermarkets... Kinda cool... ;) Finally, all comments and critism very welcomed! Hope u bros like my first try at MOC! Cheers~~ ;)

My jaw dropped! Massive size of that locomotive!! Wonderful work! Can i ask how long u took and how many motors are in there to move this giant?? REally nice!! Now, this is a real chief!

WOW! Firstly, when i saw this topic, my heart stopped three beats... It's my most anticipated set ever reviewed!! Three cheers to you bro alex54 for bringing this wonderful review of the, in my humble opinion, the best train set ever!! WOW! U have the legends version! Nice! And i believed u bought it MISB? Very very hard to find these-a-days... I'm awaiting patiently for my own metroliner (4558) to come in real soon from evilbay, so in the meantime, i can see the wonders of this set and really didnt regret getting it even though i understand the pain of getting 9v tracks now... It's just a beauty! Very through review, painstakingly created for us to enjoy. Really appreciated the hard work and i was busy whipping my cpu screen as i was slowly scrolling down and reading every word and sentence... This set is truely a legend! Well, i guess the poll is not necessary since i believe it'll definately be a train-tacular track! Maybe the only minus point would be the cost of it now... Thanks again with upmost gratitude for reviewing my most anticipated set!! Cheers!!

Hi there! I'm a new train-nee too! I just got the passenger train and got myself hooked on trains... Getting the metroliner next to fulfill the 9v fantasy.. Well, brothers here are most probably more informed in trains than me, but i think they're all correct. It's better to move with the times as 9v train tracks are really getting more and more scarse and costly, esp the straight ones.. The new PF trains can run both on 9v tracks and the new RC tracks where-else the old 9v trains require electricity conducting metal 9v tracks... (sad..) Plus, with the addition of the new flexi tracks, the possibility is endless! Not to mention the new RC tracks are also alot cheaper then their pre-ancestors 9v tracks... There is a minus point though, in my humble opinion, the 9v trains look ALOT better... And the PF functions, esp the lithion recheargeable battery, is very very costly right now.... U might wanna wait a while for the prcies to drop a little? Hoped my limited train knowledge helped! Cheers! and have fun train-ing!!

WOW! MR Mark, 2 of the hoppers, 5 tankers, 10 cabooses and 10 log wagons!!! My god!! Thanks for the wonderful review Brickster! Very nice set superbly reviewed! I kinda like this tanker now that u have reviewed it. It looks great, big enough and the tankers are brick built! I was afraid it would be a huge cylindrical piece like that of the plane nose... Wish i could get my hands on it when i love into freight.. Right now, fancy still appeals to me better~~ Cheers! And thanks again for a wonderful review of a great set!!

WOW! I love the 'Scruffy' too. The letters are very nicely built onto the wagon. Very nice! Great MOC!

Thanks brothers for all the valuable info! Well, i have confirmed, the nipples he was referring to was the four little studs highlighted in the picture Richie posted. So, i'll be getting the metroliner complete with speed regulator REAL soon!! Very happy!! INHO, it's one of the best train sets ever!! By the way, i'll post a small, poor resolution picture of my mirco-small train layout right now: With the absoluate shortage of straight tracks (i only got the four that came with the RC 7897 passenger train set), my train is wobbling around curves... I have a very short video of the train in action, but not sure how to upload it here... Cheers! And thanks again!!

WOW! Fantastic looking city! Thanks for sharing! Very nice! I like the MOC of the new tow truck into a flatbed car carrier! Fits in perfectly with the SUV as normally, more expensive cars are transported in flatbeds i think. ~ Oh, the poor pizza guy probably didnt make it... I cant believe he'll survive if a SUV of that size ram into his mirco van... The overall view of your city is truely fantastic! I'm loving the overhead passenger train best of all! Can't believe the tracks actually hold up the weight of the train!! DO u have any problems with the tracks collapsing at all, esp when the train moves? Cause i also have the train and it feels pretty heavy to me... Your City's structres are smashing! Almost all of the creator houses and the exclusives Modular houses are in there, not to mention MOC of your house with that cute little garden on top~~ Sweet ~~ Thanks for sharing again! Wonderful city! If only mine was 20% like yours....

OOOhhh... Very interesting! Didnt see it that way... Thanks guys! Guess that makes the 9v system a dying system... Which makes me think even harder... Oh the dilema... Expensive Batteries or Expensive Tracks and sets...

Nice transporter! Thanks for sharing! Immediately, the previous transporter 8654 Ferrari Scuderia Truck came into mind... Serveral similarities! Indeed! I too was shocked when TLG introduced a set almost like your MOC! Seems to me you and TLG are on the same line, so maybe u can send in your MOC and ask them for an application form for Lego Designer? Bet they're sure take u in! Cheers ~~