Freddie

Jeg tenkte å slenge inn litt binært, men jeg så at det allerede hadde blitt gjort, så dere får nøye dere med norsken min. Norwegian

For most of the time my LEGO sets are, unless stored away, set up on display. I may occasionally take them down and play with them for a few minutes, or if it's technic sets, admire them and study their functions in real-time. And then there's the occasional experimenting, before restoring them back. So I chose "other", "play" and "display".

I have absolutely no idea how to do so, but I do know there are tutorials lying around on the web somewhere. I've seen my brother try to break open one of his, with dire results, so do go look for and at them before making any attempts. See, my motors are yet to be run into the ground (apart from one, but then again it's fine enough for stationary "use"), and one hasn't been run at all since I got it. So I haven't had any interest in converting my motors into pick-ups.

Jamie Berard, the guy behind the modular buildings, created that ppt. He made it after he was hired at LEGO, so you could say that it's official, but it's just as much fanmade.

Here's a link to the Bricktopia site, and while the firestation isn't listed on the site, it is on it's brickshelf gallery. Lots of neat ideas there, not to mention architecture!

I've got one; never let them run hot, but let them cool down to avoid overheating and thus severely reducing their lifetime. Stress is a major factor in a motor going warm - let motors work in tandem, and have as much power up front, preferably all of it, to avoid motors working uneccesarily hard by pushing cars. Few people know that the "RC"-motors are just as violent as their older cousins, and when they pick up their power through the older motor, they're just as useful. The real killer with those was the meek battery-box which severely limited the power available. Otherwise they should run fine forever. If you've already got a dead motor, it's possible to take out the motor and drivetrain, and simply convert it to a power pick-up and let the newer motors pick up power through it.

Whoa! I've seen that building technique for arches before, used for a Bricktopian firestation. But, I reckon using fewer rails to build the arch, would make it cheaper to purchase without actually making it less solid. But the station's "Whoa!"-factor, it's just, Whoa! That is just a stunning station, simple as it is. Edit; can you give us a link to it, so that we at least may download it and see if we can make it cheaper?

According to the EB glossary; Studs not on top.

Thank goodness that I'm not the only one with limited space! I have a similar layout to that one with the modular buildings, altough I must admit I have a fair amount of more space on my shelf to put to use than what you've got. But with limited space, gotta use it creativey. I'm liking what you've got there. Excellent buildings, love the interior (especially the garage with sofa and cupboard) but maybe you should consider downsizing the choice of vehicle?

Depends on how you can transfer the photos, I guess. My SE walkman phone can transfer pics to the computer by bluetooth, and then I go the normal route from there. Altough if you're going to take pictures with a phone, get one that's capable of taking pictures of more than decent quality (like SE's camera phones) - mine requires plenty of light to function properly up close indoors.

This video was linked to at my club's forums a few days ago - It's a recommended watch. *y* It is extra interesting for me personally, because this connects easily to the subjects I have at college, or rather, those I have in next term. Anyone who runs or works in buisiness will find it at least as interesting as I do. :-)

Those wheels rotate independently from each other, so a missing cable would obviously be the least of worries. But if they had a cable in the first place they would have noticed...

To my understanding, there are no current train sets. Well, not in Europe. The RC Trains are sold out, so is the hobby train set and the christmas train was sold out a long time ago. I'm more curious to what will happen to all those factory creations, if everybody needs to update them with the new buffers before purchasing. Edit: legotrainfan: I stand corrected. I doubt they'll update the sets, seeing as how they'll be replaced next year.

I was just about to post about this in the embassy forum, since I am curious to know how the new couplers work, if they are backwards compatible (very likely, considering who's been involved in the project) and how they connect to each other (hopefully not of the BRIO-type couplers *shudder*) - hoping maybe an ambassador could shed some light on this, because it isn't very easy to make any conclusions from the CGI pictures elements we're yet to see "in the flesh". Edit: Pick a brick; Category: Transportation -> "Train Buffer 1" and "Train Buffer 2"

How and why are Google a member of EB? I am still yet to see/notice any ads from them, altough to be honest I'd rather do without them. Please explain.

I think it is well known among space fans, or at least among the more advanced moc'ers, that some of the colors are highly louminiscent, which they obviously use to their advantage when they take pictures. There's very likely to be pictures of it on brickshelf and other moc-sites. Edit: Here's one:

I will be going as well - reserved my "VIP"-parking spot and "free" entry. Don't have much of MOCs to show up (only a few train cars), but will be contributing in form of rails for the enthusiasts' layout and manpower. With an event taking place so close to where I live, it would just be shameful not to participate.

He posted a high number of posts in a few days, some "justified" with one-minute-MOCs. And he gave off the impression that it was to gain rank - that's a big no-no.

The battery box seems to be of similar size to the old battery boxes from '89 which held 9V-batteries, and which saw extensive use in different Town vehicles and every single monorail. Plus it sounds like the battery box is seperate this time around (which I hope, because that would benefit the entire PF-system), which should facilitate more flexibility in regards to locomotive designs and/or tenders, minus the necessity to have a receiver, but at least it's compact and flexible enough itself. The recharger will also be interesting, because I have no idea to which "current transformer used" LEGO is referring to. Big plus: New hobby train set. Yay! X-D And this time we're likely to have LEDs instead of light-bulbs!

I quite like the new look. The background has a pleasant "child's playroom" feel to it, which is nice. And the colors chosen for the forums are nice and easy on the eyes, very nice. And as I've just noticed, I like the new reply box with drop-down menus, too. Congrats on a well done job, guys. :-) *y*

I picked up mine yesterday and built it in approx 6 hours. The single most impressive thing I noticed with this set, is how stable the fire escape is. I had the impression that it was flimsy and would disintegrate by looking at it, but I was proven wrong! Another thing, which I first noticed when setting it up next to Market Street's bazaar, does anybody else think this setup looks better compared to TLC's setup in the instructions?

Oddly, the main attraction there is not the town itself, which I honestly find a little bit bland (except for those independent buildings, those are great), but rather the NOHAB MY/MX/MV locomotive, which are used here, plus I love the looks. That is probably the best MOC of one of those I've seen. It's faithfully captured the real locomotive's looks.

They certainly look fantastic. Pity the rendering tools have troubles with the transparent pieces, otherwise it would have looked real. Still, would have been more impressive if they were real, but not everyone have the resources to make it so.

An interesting update: Brickjournal has now posted an interview with Jamie about Green Grocer, as well as a review of the set itself.

Very nice. Very nice, indeed. Lots of lovely, little details, even at the back. This review hasn't changed my opinion one bit, I'm still looking forward to when I can finally pick up mine at the post office. I'm crossing my fingers that there will be more buildings following after this one. I'm guessing that LEGO's just testing the waters to see how far AFOL's are willing to go regarding price vs. details. Green Grocer is still epic, though.