Pulsar

I can only give one answer to this: the one that started it all: my 7715, as in my avatar. My first lego set ever, got it when i was three years old. My parents spent half the night putting it together for my Sinterklaas present (kind of a dutch version of Christmas). Played with it for years. In fact, i still do. :) Best toy ever.

I was looking for other possible ways to solve this riddle, and i found something... i'm sure many of you will dislike because it's oficially not lego, but it's too interesting not to post here. It seems someone designed "the missing piece of track" between 9v and 12v tracks, and submitted it to a 3D printing service. You can actually order it. I haven't bought or tried it, so i don't even know if it works. I'm pretty sceptic because a 3D printed model can in my mind never be as accuratly constructed as actual lego. Has anyone tried any of these?

This is not really what i have in mind when i think about a long lego track, but it's still awesome! Makes me wonder if lego keeps any records of how many kilometers of tracks were ever made...

Just when i decided i like 12v track over the new track because it has remote controlled switches, i find this... I guess the real question is: how much does it cost? :)

Though it's a very cute little train, the design also manages to look very powerful somehow. Nice use of lights too!

That's just plain awesome :o I can't wait to start on my permanent layout! Do you buy lots of single bricks for this? I wouldn't know how to get that many brown tiles for the tracks, or the blue for the water...

Hey y'all! I suppose my first post should be an introduction :) I'm Pulsar, 29 years old, living in Holland but originally from Belgium. I'm here because i found out about the Power Functions trains last week, and i'm hooked again... As a kid i had a 7715 lego train, the hand model without an engine. Parents didn't have the money for an electric type, so i always dreamed of the 7745 model, but never got one. As a college student, about 10 years ago, i suddenly realised i made my own money now so i could probably buy the old trains i always wanted. Everyone was into 9v by then, but i liked 12v better. Electric switches, stoplights, things to seperate a car, 9v had none of that. In no time i had a 7745, 7725, two 7755s, a 7760, and of course my old 7715 was now motorised. :D Also had a lot of rolling stock, all 12v era of course. Most my trains had the crazy rare Belgian style stickers too, i was very proud of that. Nearly all trains have the German kind. I had a ton of tracks, lights, switches and stuff, and 4 trafo's to control the seperate parts. Then i ran out of space (small student room), i got upset with having to clean the tracks all the time, and i needed money to fund other hobbys. I was also tired of having to come up with impossible track divisions to allow me to run seperate trains. The controls were just too limited. I want to control my trains, not my tracks. The trains ended up on top of the wardrobe, and stayed there for years. I sold a lot of my "new" stuff, except for the 7745 and one of the 7755s. Also sold a LOT of the old grey tracks. Needless to say i'm still slapping myself for that. I'm never going to find a 7725 with full Belgian stickers again... :( Anyway, last week, i was in a toy store, and saw an impossibly big lego box. Yellow cargo train, extra tracks, extra switches, train station ... and ... a remote? o.O Really? This suggested we can now run individual trains! Could it be? I went home, fired up the old internet, and found out my suspicions were actually true. Of course i ran back to the store to buy the box! The 7939 is now behind me, running circles on a new type of track. :D I immediately began planning ahead. Right now my track is in the living room, on the floor. Not the best place to trip over, and i need to take it apart all the time. Ineed a more permanent solution. I'm planning to move closer to my job somewhere in the next 6 months, and luckily i have a girlfriend who likes lego. :D (Maybe the rarest treasure of them all!) She was totally okay with the idea to make a lego room in the next house, so i'm gathering idea's here. Untill that time i'm going to test a couple of things, like how the PF trains work on 12v tracks. If they are any good, i'll probably convert the 12v trains i still have to PF, and use them on my old tracks. I'm also interested if someone has a working method to connect 12v and powerfunctions tracks together. I'll search the forums some more as i'm sure people have tried this before. Also as a side note: i'm totally amazed at the 7939 trains detail. It's really a few steps beyond the old 12v trains. Is this just an amazing set, or are all new trains this good?