Lego and other brick brands.

I'm a big fan of LEGOS.  I admit I haven't really got any of the recent sets because I'm more into Plarail and Tomica these days.

Ooooh those are great photos you got there!

I'd like to use this opportunity to show the two Lego trains I'm having, the orange one from Kazi and the green 60337 from Lego.



The orange one is an off-brand from Lego's 10233 Horizon Express, which itself was based on the TGV Sud-Est. The green one is the latest of the remote-controlled trains from Lego, which is praised by Lego reviewers for not having a single large piece for the nose, having doors and headlights (which is surprisingly rare in Lego sets).

Both trains originally have only one front car each, so, inspired by Japanese trains like Series 681 Thunderbird, I modify the open gangway in the rear-most cars into a Koploper-ish shaped one, extending the magnet coupler out a bit so both trains can connect.



Both trains has motors and both is required to run the train connected. 



The green one can run just fine with what Lego has provided. The one included for the orange one...Well, it's not Lego and it's unreliable. What is shown in the image is a Lego battery box that is overpowered for train-running purposes, too fast to run alone but not enough for both.
So, when I ran both trains connected, orange will do the driving and green will do the braking. 10 AAA + 6 AA batts to run but it's great fun!

That green train is so awesome! On my wishlist but each time I considered it, I tell myself to focus on the modulars (but they are so expensive...ughh).   The life of an AFOL.