Would dark green have been better? Perhaps, but then 10194 Emerald Night was dark green so using it again was unlikely. The two biggest contributers to the discolouring of the plastic of Lego toys are long term exposure to sunlight and cigarette smoke. Try to minimise these when storing your Playmobil. I'm just surprised that Lego has decided on this particular locomotive as the "next big thing" . While it's appealing to the European market, an American or a Chinese train might have been a better money maker."

LEGO 10194 Emerald Night Instructions, Trains LEGO 10194 Emerald Night Instructions, Trains

Richard Stollery (1 October 2007). "Lego 9V Train Communication". Lego Group . Retrieved 13 January 2009. 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/designThe model is based on a Swiss Ce 6-8 Krokodil electric locomotive, which are so called because of the long 'noses' at each end. They were built around 1920 and three preserved examples are in still use on heritage lines in Switzerland. They are iconic in continental Europe, where several similar designs were used in other countries, but perhaps not so much in North America and the UK. I’d love to see a more well-known train, such as a Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy”, the Southern Railway 4-8-4 “Mikado”, or the LNER “Flying Scotsman” done in this style!" Prefacing by saying I've never had a Lego train before; so I know very little about this area of Lego. I would like a steam engine with coaches; and as far as I know, Emerald Night is the only official Lego set like that. I have seen tons of amazing steam engine mocs, but haven't found any with free instructions that are similar to the Emerald Night. So EN it is, then. Since it's my first train, I should start smaller anyway. As Jamie Berard explained in our interview with him, LEGO is hoping that it will appeal to adults who are not AFOLs, but who are looking for something quirky to display, as well as LEGO train fans. I had to drill small holes into the all-plastic double cross over total fail thing:, remove the bottom covers, throw out the levers, add nylon wire encased in original(!) LEGO flex tubing and - now it works. Is the anything wrong in turning a fail original part into a custom working part? Guess not.

LEGO MOC Emerald Night Carriage (updated) by mikalagrand LEGO MOC Emerald Night Carriage (updated) by mikalagrand

I'm with Huw on this one. I have tons of reddish brown as well as dark brown pieces and never had any problems. LEGO Train Projects. Authored by Charles Pritchett. Published by No Starch Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-71850-048-8. Even the worlds first electric railway , which was in the US in 1895, used a train that looked like a mini-crocodile. I had to make my own half-wide Technic 13L beams. What's that saying, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself?It has to negotiate not only curves but also at least slightest slopes. I think this is also main reason for blind wheels being elevated a bit. Without it it would derail on 1plate elevation changes like orange City tram does... Still doesn't mean that any serious redesign would be required. Not at all. Swapping those few bits out is super easy. Especially with the updated 6x28 baseplate with it's larger holes for the Power Functions connectors. Lots of authentic touches including elements in rare colors and all-new large train wheels with piston motion! The centre section of the locomotive, constructed first, is nominally 6-wide but tiles attached to the sides make it more like 7-wide. The decorated tiles, and the tile/clip piece between the wheels, are all printed