Let me know in the comments below what you think of this fabulous train! The crocodiles lasted in service until the 1980’s. I have long been a fan of printed elements in kits. A surprising number of early parts have been discontinued because they were really fragile, like the old 2-stage ladders, the aerial antenna, and anything that featured the same toothed design as your Technic plates (I know there were half-bushes, plates, and axle connectors). Only negatives for me are the huge gaps between the center section and the noses and the wrong construction of the chassis versus the drive train. The Crocodile, at least for now, proves that. @Paperballpark said:"To add to the Reddish Brown brittle debate, I took apart my UCS Sandcrawler a couple of months ago and got a few 1x1 tile clips that broke on me, but that could be why that part was redesigned a couple of years ago. @gabrielebellini:That project washed out with only 2277 supporters of the 10k needed to get to review. Or more importantly… we can hope LEGO® puts out more train sets for us to put the motor and hub in…, Tagged: Crocodile Locomotive, 10277-1, Technic, Hub, Motor, 88009, 88013, Powered UP, train, Set Review - #31109-1: Pirate Ship - Creator 3-in-1, Set Review - #75979-1: Hedwig - Harry Potter. "Oh please, that model was submitted to Ideas and had some possitive feedback. Along with Fiat 500, it shows that TLG is using submissions that did not passed review stage as their own ideas.Not cool.https://ideas.lego.com/projects/899ca545-49a5-4102-aef8-154bb71ac6ea"I had the same thought after reading about this new Lego set. The instructions said to make sure the batteries were all the same. It also has sounds effects for starting, stopping, and braking. A lightsaber bar is clipped in, and you can use other parts in the set to center it. Its clean, looks cool, and does cool things. Just like the real locomotive, the three sections of its body are articulated to enable it to negotiate sharp curves. 10277 Crocodile Locomotive sold out very quickly online and is now backordered for a … As mentioned in the review, the set is just the locomotive and a display track. You can attempt to motorize it on your own using a Power Functions or 9V motor on a separate car. JangBricks published a video about this along with some tweaks: LEGO Crocodile Locomotive Easy Fixes for gaps & derailing – 10277. Lifetime LEGO Fanatic, July 11, 2020 By GJBricks Leave a Comment, This is a video review, unboxing and motorization of the new for 2020 LEGO Crocodile Locomotive (10277). I think this is also main reason for blind wheels being elevated a bit. Creator Expert trains are among the most sought after and expensive sets on the secondary market so, with a seemingly obvious demand for them, it's perhaps surprising that LEGO makes so few of them. Thanks @HuwI'm waiting for your tomorrow's article about the motorising.I'm wondering if the AAA Battery Box will fit with the IR Receiver and a M-Motor (part 16512).The XL-Motor (part 16513 or 58121) used in the Emerald Night seems to be to large. I swear, I’ve had at least 15 parts crack on me. "Thanks for the info! I'm happy to report that there are no discernable colour inconsistencies in the parts, which might not have been the case with dark green and certainly wouldn't have been for dark red! There are three unique sounds for this button> two variations of a long horn and one short blast. @Huw"With the notable exception of 10194 Emerald Night, LEGO trains tend to look like toys and not the sort of thing that many people would want to display in their living room. I am not one to speculate; I prefer to wait until I have concrete knowledge. Without it it would derail on 1plate elevation changes like orange City tram does...I'm impressed with the design from functional point of view. Anyone the BZPower Discord server might have seen my awfully long rant a few days back about other trains I think would be appropriate for this series as it goes on, and there is a lot of possibilities in the future if Lego commits to keeping the trains coming. So don’t have any plans to send a text or check something out online. That may force them to switch to stickers if the numbers are fairly close, but in extreme cases it's far more likely to happen if they can piggyback on a major licensed theme that has a lot more resources at their disposal. Doesn't make sense at all. Similarly, this could become the new "Technic Licensed Supercar" thing and a new train could be released every other year, meaning this one would be gone after 2 years and indeed go up in value. I took 75020-1 Jabba's Sail Barge apart just a a few days ago, and nothing broke - including clips, of which there are quite a lot. Unless you know you live around a lot of Lego newbies or just plain saps who will pay whatever you say its worth, Lego investment is a fool's game unless you just happen to have tons of capital already to throw at it.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. Many people expressed their opinions on these leaks, explaining their beliefs that the image was fake, and citing a failed Lego IDEAS project from some time ago which featured a model of the Swiss Crocodile modeled in roughly 10 studs wide. With that dense "reasoning" the entire SW line is stolen. There seems to be no pleasing some LEGO fans! I've had a tonne of reddish-brown bricks and plates crack, shatter and break after a few years. ), and since then the designer-video was also released. @yap said:"And the German Crocodile in Turquoise. 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. Not long after that, the ball joint which connected that traction motor housing broke free and the rest of the locomotive began moving away from me. Thank you for showing how the 7-wide ends are constructed! I am asking this as like buying 2-3 of them as investment. Can you elaborate whether this gap is really present on the real model?Cheers. Inspired by the Class Ce 6/8 II locomotive, first built for the Swiss Federal Railways between 1919 and 1927, this beautiful LEGO® model is packed with realistic details. The II and III classes made up the production locomotives, 33 and 18 of them respectively. And, because these are all boxes of LEGO parts, rare parts can have a weird and unpredictable influence on set prices. This really is a case of slow and steady wins the race and the design went on to be used by several other railways. We get two of these tiles with some printed information on them. I’m pretty sure they sold out online in less than half a day and are now backordered until September, but don’t quote me. I think the earliest batch-related issue I've ever heard of was the black rubber bands from the earliest Bionicle sets that debuted in 2001. Quite the opposite. Unless you know you live around a lot of Lego newbies or just plain saps who will pay whatever you say its worth, Lego investment is a fool's game unless you just happen to have tons of capital already to throw at it.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. Clear your mind and escape the daily grind with this fulfilling building project. "Here you go. The comment about buying two Horizon express was to join them together to make a more realistic length train, which does not apply here. Given the expansion of sets using Powered UP, I’m hoping I can use the hub and motor elsewhere.