LEGO Special Collectors 10194 - Emerald Night

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Personally I think after 12v and 9v they tried to get away from the "special use parts" and more toward parts that can build any type of model/design Here comes the Emerald Night! Build this incredible classic-styled train with loads of amazing details, from the steam locomotive with furnace to the opening tender and dining car with removable roof, opening doors and detailed interior. Measures 27.2" (68cm) long! Includes three minifigures, elements in rare colors and all-new large train wheels with piston motion! Add LEGO® Power Functions to motorize. I feel like a driving rod isn't something you can really fake - it's a specialized part that just needs to be what it is. The thing is, though, were they to design, say, a three or two-couple driving rod mold, that could be reused on all Lego-designed steam locomotives going forward for the next 20 years or more; it would definitely have multi-set use. I think the fact that they haven't done a proper rod since the early 80s is really pretty chintzy - especially when they go ultra cheap with cop-outs like this: Thanks for the review @Huw . I’m happy that LEGO are releasing this and will get it, even if the ideas submission looked better. But there is one thing that looked awkward in the press release: the 3rd axle wheels don’t have the inner rim and looked like they were floating. That looks less apparent on your photos but they are taken at an angle. Can you elaborate whether this gap is really present on the real model?

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At 45cm long this is the longest locomotive LEGO has produced and I think it looks excellent. The brown livery looks understated and sophisticated and, as Jamie said to us during our interview, it's a colour that is often overlooked and doesn't see as much use in LEGO sets as perhaps it should. This is an updated version of the carriage of 10194. I replaced all of the outdated pieces with cheaper ones.

That said, it is my biased hope that this is the beginning of a new, regular line of elegantly-designed Expert-level, "18+" train sets. And if the history with the Technic supercars can teach us anything, it's that the next trains will be even more impressive and desirable, leaving this one (as pioneering and wonderful as it is) in the proverbial dust, desirable really only to completists. There sure are plenty of iconic US trains but I would love to know whether there are any Chinese trains that could even remotely be called iconic. Hell, I am quite the train guy tbh, but all that comes to mind when I think of Chinese trains is either licenced versions of other countries' locos or run-of-the-mill utilitarian workhorses with no sort of rememberability whatsoever. Overall, a worthy addition to LEGO's loco shed and one that will undoubtedly be highly sought-after and revered long after its retirement. Find sources: "Lego Trains"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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Even the worlds first electric railway , which was in the US in 1895, used a train that looked like a mini-crocodile. Tomorrow I will discuss motorising the locomotive with both Powered Up, for which it's been designed, and also Power Functions, for which it has not.

The Emerald Night instructions show you how to add the Power Function motor, IR receiver and battery box. Powered UP may be the better way to go if you don't already have Power Functions. Substitute the PU hub and motor in place of the PF parts. LEGO Train Projects. Authored by Charles Pritchett. Published by No Starch Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-71850-048-8. Most Lego sets are suited to play with from age 4 and up, because of the small parts they include. The special Duplo theme is suited for children aged 1,5 and up. The recommended age is always mentioned on the box. Can anyone who is running a Large motor (PF or PU) with an Emerald Night comment on whether you made any gear changes? Designer Pierre Normandin has done a commendable job of producing something that not only looks good, but which can also be used as a regular LEGO train, on LEGO's ridiculously tight curves and points, should you wish. Personally I think it looks a bit daft when traversing them, but it's good that it's possible.