Comments on: News: LEGO discloses the future of LEGO Trains

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Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:35:13 +0000

[...] up on their announcement a couple months ago, the LEGO Group has asked Ambassadors to pass this message along to all you [...]

By: David

David — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:57:43 +0000

I think it sucks because I like the “plug in and play”, it’s like the train I played with as a kid.

I just hope it’s not as bad as the RV trains, aka the one piece bottom platform, those are terrible.

It’s said, but i hope Lego does something cool with these new motors, RVs are terrible terrible and this has to be an upgrade from those.

Still a very dumb move.

By: Rustie

Rustie — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:43:34 +0000

This sucks. This really does. Looks like we need to find some motor suppliers to fix our 9V blocks when they go bad. I hear the Walthers’ Model Railroad Supply catalog has some good ones.

By: The Brickster

The Brickster — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:45:21 +0000

Very disappointing news. Why not just continue to make a small selection of 9V sets for the hobby collector available only through SAH? Does Lego have any idea of how many of us AFOL and Train Clubs there are that build large-scale layouts with 9V track and motors? How could sales be more than marginal if the theme is dormant? Does Lego expect anything more with the one set released this year - the $100 engine.

I don’t care the cost to Lego at this point. How about some appreciation for the loyal train collectors. This really is unfortunate and switching to a non-electric track with batteries for a few years was one more bad idea. This pretty much ends my appreciation for Lego trains.

By: Scotty!

Scotty! — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:13:16 +0000

By that I mean, unless the new motors are the same size (I.E. fit perfectly and realistically under trains) and requires no internal space for batteries wiring or w/e, then they just killed steam engines.

By: Zephyr

Zephyr — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:23:52 +0000

Lego Shark, that means Trainheads need to upgrade their ENTIRE collections.

By: Lego Shark

Lego Shark — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:33:57 +0000

I am no train guy, but those seem really cool… why a slow, painful death?

By: Scotty!

Scotty! — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:05:47 +0000

I think I’m going to die a slow, and very very painful death… unless the new motor system is similar to the 9v “plug-n-play”, we just witnessed the end of all things Cool and Train-y.