MojoLego

The directions for the set do not include coupling rods in the parts list, and none of the completed sets that I've seen on Flickr and Youtube have coupling rods. My suspicion is that Lego considered including them and had them in their early marketing photographs, but at some point they scrubbed them from the set. Perhaps the toy train in the movie doesn't have them. Or perhaps it was causing too much friction and trouble in a set meant for children. Rob

For those readers not trolling the Town forum, there has been a discussion regarding whether the new light rail set (4808 Public Transport) has train wheels or not. 4808 at Brickset: http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=649 Brick built example of how the light rail may indeed have train wheels: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...st&p=735873

Amazon.fr already has 7936 through 7939 listed. Brickset already received its copy of 7939 and built it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmillington/s...57623887501399/

Brickset is slowly posting a build of 7939 on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmillington/s...57623887501399/

Does this have a new part number or is it 8866 version 2?

Check post #481 and earlier. One is a motor; the other is a technic built bogie with decorative side. Both the cargo train and passenger train use them, though the latter places the motor look-alike bogie at the other end of the train. Rob

Like most people, I was hoping that this was a Li-ion battery. I also thought Lego would not go to the trouble of designing yet another battery box (they are trying to keep things simple, right?). But the lack of a DC input on the new battery box has changed my mind. And there are advantages to Lego. Not only is it much less expensive, there is nothing about the set that requires country customization (i.e., the DC transformer). It is the same set worldwide.

The stud arrangement is different between the two battery boxes. The new one also appears to lack a connector for the DC input.

New photos of the Toy Story train are available: http://www.flickr.com/photos/model_gal/451...57623831418802/ Interestingly, Lego decided not to put a coupling rod on the drivers. Rob

Okay, I see it now. There are indeed four decorative sides. They are clear in these photos in blow-up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerth6000/438...57623364733969/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerth6000/438...57623364733969/ And the dummy bogies are Technic built. The Technic beam allows for the extra half-stud that the motor has, yes? Rob

In these photos, does the decorative side on the motor look the same as what is on the dummy bogie? One appears to be the usual one, and the dummy is, well, I can't tell. It has got o-ring wheels, technic pins between the axles.... Not sure what to make of it. Rob

The more I look at the photos, the more I think the second "motor" is really a look-alike. Examining the freight engine, I see that it appears that all of its wheels have o-rings as well, though the construction of the truck is different fore and aft (or whatever the appropriate train terminology is; my apologies). Note the technic pins between the axles on the dummy. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/warrenelsmore...57623478006558/ I am guessing that Lego has gone for symmetry and that if these sets truly represent what is coming, both trains will have at least one non-motor bogie that uses technic axles and wheels with o-rings. In the freight train it will all be on the engine (i.e., a motor and a look-alike bogie); in the passenger train, the non-powered end of the train will be made to look like the powered end. But why use o-ring wheels in a non-powered bogie instead of the usual wheels? An expedient for Legoworld? Less expensive? Good to have more o-ring wheels for when the ones on the motor wear out? Rob

I'm a complete amateur so please excuse my reply, but based on: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/KC/Event...orld2010/17.jpg might the motor unit be an 8866 with the o-rings showing? Everything else about the train and layout seems to be PF. Whatever they are, there are two of them. Rob

which is a BR Class 92 if I'm not mistaken.

Some of you may have caught this already but comingsoon.net (reposted on fbtb.net) has a much larger version of the TRU Canada 7597 photo, but without the Technic beam / connecting rod under the red drivers. It is easier to note specific parts with this blow-up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/43641...9/in/pool-fbtb/