10194 Emerald Night

[xwingyoda]

Tks for the great vid mate

Benny, around halfaw of the vid, when you see the train going around, behind, next to the GG, is a building covered with a black cloth with a big white question mark Man I want to see that new modular baby asap

Yoda

[Benny]

Ah now I see it! Man I wonder what that is. Can't remember any rumours about a new modular set so I'm quite excited now!!

Thanks for the hint Yoda!


Benny

[xzanfr]

Ah now I see it! Man I wonder what that is. Can't remember any rumours about a new modular set so I'm quite excited now!!

I’ve read in several places that theres to be a new modular building in the cafe corner style but no one seems to have confirmed what it is yet. I hope it’s something useful like a shop / office / apartment.

I notice that the Emerald Night train comes in a set with the r/c gear and some track (an ‘undisclosed’ number of the new flexi train track bits!) for £159:00.
http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=K10194&cn=419&d=328

Gary

[xwingyoda]

236 € ? They really can keep it at that price

Yoda

[xzanfr]

You do get a super expensive battery with it, though
Looking at the prices (in euro's), it's 235 for the whole set, made up of 99 for the train, a whopping 119 for the r/c gear leaving 17 for the track. It lists only 1 pack of track in the inventory (8867) meaning it costs over 17euros a box, so I hope you get a decent amount of it - I'd have expected at least 2 packs in the 235euro set.

Gary

[mutley777]

Ah now I see it! Man I wonder what that is. Can't remember any rumours about a new modular set so I'm quite excited now!!

Thanks for the hint Yoda!


Benny

Well i heard from a very good source that there will be another modular set this year for certain.

[Benny]

Well now that sounds great!

CC, GG and MP are all awesome IMO, as are the latest creator houses. Civil house building has really improved at Lego these days so I'm looking forward to this mystery set now!


Benny

[Freddie]

If you check the description for the battery, you'll see it also has its own speed-control, so you're not dependent on the remote to control speed. That, and since Lithium-Polymer is about as advanced batteries go before they jump outside consumer prices, is probably why it's so costly (to my understanding Li-Poly batteries are yet to be seen on electric cars). Also nifty if one is running these trains at exhibitions and don't want kids with remotes to hi-jack the trains.

I'll be going for the Emerald Night Collection, nonetheless. Looks like it's way cheaper to go for the collection package and not just the individual sets.

[xzanfr]

That's interesting, Ferddie.
Having read up a bit on it, I can see that there's a lot of expensive tech involved in the control gear. No doubt to make it a bit more future-proof and have a more mindstorms, pro-quality.
Even so, it's still a costly exercise to get a train up and running - not something for a child form a normal income family or even a run-of-the-mill AFOL to be able to get. However, seeing it in on the video and in the catalogue, it's clearly aimed at the specialist who'll hopefully be happy with the new functionality.
As for the new track, it looks like they're putting it on the UK website now. You get 64 pieces of if it for £34:99. It appears that the Emerald night trainset is 'giving away' a set of track for 1/2 price. It'd be nice it maybe a water tower or something was either with the trainset or coming in a seperate set later. Perhaps that was what was behind the ? sheet

Gary

[fugglewyg]

Dunno if anyone else has spotted this but it wasn't in s@h when i was there the other day.
I'm guessing it is intended to make changing some of the older trains over to the new system a little easier ?

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.as ... n=87&d=328

[xwingyoda]

Oh cheers for finding that



I think its a brilliant idea by TLC !! Once again they deserve a big congrats Creating a new power function motors that is designed for older engines is really a great touch for older train fanatics

Yoda

[Freddie]

That motor isn't new, it's the same one that the R/C trains used. And most likely the one that's going in the new train sets destined for the retailers.

[xwingyoda]

Really ? OK, this shows how much I'm a train expert My bad then.

Yoda

[fugglewyg]

That motor isn't new, it's the same one that the R/C trains used. And most likely the one that's going in the new train sets destined for the retailers.

You may be right but it is listed as new on the Lego website and as released in 2009 on bricklink which is why i posted it. It does look the same as the old one though so maybe it just has different connections for the new pf leads (i don't have any trains yet so don't know much about them).

[Freddie]

As it's own set, it is new, yes. But there are no PF-connections on it, if the photograph can be trusted, and if that is the case then it is, at least visually, identical to the motor used in 7897 and 7898.