LEGO Appreciation Thread

holy fuck that video!

 

how are the Lego trains powered?

My nephew got the EPVII Millenium Falcon and ROTJ Imperial Shuttle for Christmas, and he told me "Uncle these have too many pieces!" gotta love that kid, lol

  On 12/30/2015 at 10:36 PM, Joyrex said:

And if you needed any more convincing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIjSCkMqrc

I believe the 70s-80s Engines are powered by a ton of Double AA batteries, but maybe the new ones are LiOn? Joyrex do you know? You guys are seriously making me consider buying a set for next Xmas.

 

If they made a Moon train or Star Wars train, the argument in my mind would be over, lol

Shit, there's a whole history to the LEGO train scene I was unaware of:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Trains

 

My Uncle used to have his entire basement rigged out in a massive O-Gauge locomotive landscape, I wish I had pictures.

Man if they sold this set I would totally buy it, def one of the coolest ship designs in the prequels:

Lol duh duh duh duh

The new trains are powered by a rechargeable battery module that you build into the locomotive. Then you control it with an IR remote. My old 7722 ran off of 3 C batteries that you stuck in the tender car, and the on/off switch was on the tender car itself.

A sweet lightsaber handle with an opening chamber for the crystal:

 

  On 12/31/2015 at 10:47 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 12/30/2015 at 10:36 PM, Joyrex said:

And if you needed any more convincing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIjSCkMqrc

I believe the 70s-80s Engines are powered by a ton of Double AA batteries, but maybe the new ones are LiOn? Joyrex do you know? You guys are seriously making me consider buying a set for next Xmas.

 

If they made a Moon train or Star Wars train, the argument in my mind would be over, lol

They made a space monorail back in the 80s:

 

http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6990_Monorail_Transport_System

 

I wanted that thing so bad when I was a kid.

  On 12/31/2015 at 12:12 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Man if they sold this set I would totally buy it, def one of the coolest ship designs in the prequels:

 

 

 

Lol duh duh duh duh

 

Nah it was one of the never ending list of cringey things that ruined the prequels. Star wars made ships believable, the millennium falcon? A piece of shit but really believable so why did they create an even more futuristic ship for the past? They were more focussed on proving what they could do with the new cgi than making the story and it's elements work in the story. AND, even flight of the navigator got mirror finish looking better 30 years ago. Sorry to piss on your chips ;)

I have a lego truck and speedboat to build with my lad at some point.

  On 12/31/2015 at 10:47 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 12/30/2015 at 10:36 PM, Joyrex said:

And if you needed any more convincing:

I believe the 70s-80s Engines are powered by a ton of Double AA batteries, but maybe the new ones are LiOn? Joyrex do you know? You guys are seriously making me consider buying a set for next Xmas.

 

If they made a Moon train or Star Wars train, the argument in my mind would be over, lol

 

 

 

  On 12/31/2015 at 1:01 PM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

The new trains are powered by a rechargeable battery module that you build into the locomotive. Then you control it with an IR remote. My old 7722 ran off of 3 C batteries that you stuck in the tender car, and the on/off switch was on the tender car itself.

Yep, 3 C batteries. That is one of the problems with the LEGO trains; they've changed how they run over the years, so if you have sets from different eras, you have to retrofit them.

I'm discovering that, I think I'm gonna go with an older 9v setup, at least for my first working train. My goal is to have one at each of my parents' houses for Christmas with the fam.

 

I also want to retrofit the Lone Ranger Constitution Engine with a motor, but according to the forums, it's a little involved.

These guys have developed an actual metal track system for the 9v powered trains:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/memodels/me-models-railway-system/description

Massive 120,000 piece Titanic sinking:

LEGO Sinking Titanic by Ryan, on Flickr

  On 12/31/2015 at 3:03 PM, Chesney said:

even flight of the navigator got mirror finish looking better 30 years ago.

Omg I forgot about that. Just got goosebumps thinking about it... How in the fuck??

  On 1/19/2016 at 8:34 PM, Joyrex said:

Massive 120,000 piece Titanic sinking:

LEGO Sinking Titanic by Ryan, on Flickr

 

that's insane, and would be pretty grim to look at every day.

Star Wars Imperial Base on Tatooine:

IMGP5462 by Nikolai Mordan, on Flickr

  On 4/27/2016 at 2:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I saw this this morning - pretty damn awesome, especially the removable inside parts.

i want some star wars lego. why it have to be so expensive. always wanted a good sized mil falcon or something.

 

 

I love the LEGO Technic super cars

Edited April 29, 2016 by Charles Nelson Reilly

We always needed a LEGO Mr. T, lol

 

FUN PACK

Most of the Rogue One LEGOs are meh, but this one looks kickass

 

This was Mrs. ghOsty and I's cake topper at the wedding last Saturday...


http://imgur.com/a/88NkG

Edited September 2, 2016 by ghOsty