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  1. dr_spock
    Welcome aboard, William "will" Cutter.
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    21980 WeDo Medium Motor is the same size as the Power Function M-motor. It has a PU connector and works with the PU Hub. Ignore the PU-PF hook up in the pic.
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    Nice job recreating the toy in LEGO format.
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    You can look up compatibility charts on the product manufacturer's website like for Super Lube:. https://www.super-lube.com/compatibility-charts Some are safe for ABS plastic, some are not. Refer to the charts before using or buying.
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    Perhaps something like a Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi train can be a good seller for kids. They can have all sorts of fun making different kinds of FART out of it. FART 52 by silvano vecchi, on Flickr
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    You could take input value and inverse it before it goes to the motor. Then that motor goes in the opposite direction. Controlling two PU train motors back to back without a PF switch to reverse one of them.
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    I suppose LEGO sets can also be like buying expensive fine wine, storing it, and opening years later to be consumed. Thanks. Yes, I built it from event bricks I got in the registered attendee loot bags. Every now and then, people would come up to me trying to turn my crank and grind my gears. I should put some of those event displays-look but no touch-signs on me. Yup, I am pre-historic school.
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    I think people are free to purchase things to decorate their home. LEGO sets, paintings, swords, vases, posters, whatever. It's their castle. MOC or no MOC, do what you enjoy. No need to worry about what other people like to do. It's not really hoarding until you run out space. Not sure how many more AFOL con bricks I can add to the collection before it is unwearable at conventions.
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    They could be useful for those very long train tunnels in the mountains or under the sea. Transport the injured folks to a spot where a regular ambulance or helicopter can rush them to hospital. Rescue Train Car Interior by dr_spock_888, on Flickr
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    Nice idea. Like climbing the corporate ladder at work and going nowhere.
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    Interesting, Lifelite put up warnings on the Studly couplers they sell. Covering their butts and/or avoiding a stop-sale order from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission? Caution: Not for children. Keep out of reach of any child. Do not swallow or ingest. Magnets can pinch skin. Handle with care.
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    I think there were some regulations in the USA but were overturned. No rules stopping LEGO from offering a North American style bufferless magnetic coupler buffet in the States, it would seem. https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/little-magnets-are-a-big-health-hazard-when-swallowed-/2021/04
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    My 1988 Nissan had chips but no ESP or ABS. ABS was me pumping the brakes. I found out that brine water and chips don't mix. NIssan installed the engine controller under the passenger seat with no waterproofing. Needlessly to say the chips corroded off the circuit board when brine water got in there. It's probably better for your body to walk over and throw the LEGO switch than pressing a button. Muscles use them or lose them.
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    Swallowing one is probably ok. At least two strong magnets are needed to pinch your intestine walls to cause life threatening issues. Maybe if LEGO stop being a children toy company and change to an adults toy company, they can produce those couplers.
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    Are the batteries good? Do both remotes behave the same way? Do you have flourescent lighting?
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    Rechargeable batteries are cheaper now too. Amazon Basic AAA rechargeable batteries are around $1 each. In the early 2000s, I was paying around $4 each for a no name brand rechargeable AAA.
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    IR Receiver uses PWM. PWM pulses the motor instead of a steady voltage/current out of the 9V train regulator. I think PWM would put less heat on the thermal fuse than a constant ON state of the regulator.
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    Our LUG don't have a permanent layout. We basically assemble it at each public event. In one design, the buildings weren't permanently mounted to baseplates. We tiled spots for buildings to sit on. Members brought buildings to drop in and take home afterwards. Then we stacked and packed the baseplates with tracks.
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    That's great. Target did expand into Canada years ago but they didn't offer the same kind of deals as in the U.S.A. They couldn't achieve their financial targets and left the country.
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    I had 22 cars and one PF L motor going.
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    As a kid, I found locomotive power swapping fascinating. Once I took the train from Boston to New York and was riding in the front passenger car. I got to watch the change over from diesel loco to a GG1 electric from the car end door window. It was so cool to see the GG1 headlight like a huge eye watching you through the end door window on the rest of the way to NYC.
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    You have to get permission from LEGO to use their trademarked logo on products that you are making to sell if you don't want cease and desist letters or end up in court if you persist after the C&Ds.
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    There's always a new batch of kids who haven't gotten a passenger or freight train. Now if people stop having babies, LEGO can focus more on us.
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    You could try adapting RC brushless motors and their associated controllers and power source to work with LEGO.
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    What kind of health issues? Did you look up the material safety data sheets?
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