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Nice! I was so close to buying that set recently but space is at a premium. All of the Time Cruisers sets that R.R. Slugger talked me into have been in a box since I bought them 😅. I really need to work on a display solution. Best of luck restoring the set and feel free to reach out if you need any help. BTW have you tested the motor yet?

@@BatteryPoweredBricks i have the complete set of the ufo series and the insectoids, however I spotted a second starfighter for sale about 10 years ago but the motor didn’t work so bought a new one. I’ve recently been washing the sets as they’ve accumulated tons of dust on them and noticed the wires have become brittle, I’ve already dismantled the wire blocks and cleaned them up with isopropyl to remove any residue. The length of the cable should be 15L so placed them on a large plate like on your video, I don’t have an electric tester so just going for broke lol, if the wire I’m about to buy from Amazon is ok then I shouldn’t have any problems😁

The micromotor that came with the second set didn’t work, I had a go at trying to dismantle it but gave up in the end,I saw a video on UA-cam about these having problems around 1993 onwards, I’ve had no trouble with the ones I’ve got so far (touch wood)

Actually yeah, some of those were shot in reverse so they would be straight instead of trying to line them up perfectly as I sat them down

It can be used for all kinds of things. In my Aquazone diorama project I'm working on it can control the monorail manually or start and stop programs. I imagine it will be used for more things by the end of it

Thanks! I'm glad folks are enjoying them. I had no idea how these videos would do. They certainly aren't setting the world on fire but they are doing better than I thought they would 🙂

Well you travel much more than I do, I don't leave the house if I don't have to 😅

I've been tempted by UFO sets lately, I just don't have the space! 😅

@@BatteryPoweredBricks I am working on a large UFO Queen's Command Ship for them. 😍

What kind of motor are you using? If you have a train motor I would try that and see if it works, just as a test. If I remember correctly the other motors can be temperamental but I haven't done a lot of testing myself. If you are a discord user we have some folks in there that may be able to help better than I can. Side note, you only need to comment once. It won't make me see them any fast, I deleted the other ones.

@@BatteryPoweredBricks I’m so sorry for bugging you I don’t mean to come off as rude I’m used to larger channels not being as responsive or polite as you. Thanks for responding and being helpful but I’m using two brand new technic large motors to motorize the Orient Express with danjo trains instructions. I unplugged both ports when setting it up and plugged them in after I installed the software and it worked only once but when I turned it off and back on again to check if it was actually working it went back to doing what I previously described. Thanks for responding and trying to help. And sadly I don’t have discord or I would def join yours. Thanks

I'll ask @mpersand, he's had this issue before but I'm not sure if he ever got to the bottom of it. It was kind of intermittent

I've seen this issue intermittently but haven't been able to fix it. It only seems to happen in this script and only with L motors. It also doesn't seem to happen in older versions of Pybricks. The most recent time I tried to look into it, I couldn't even get it to happen. What's happening is the hub seems to forget the motor, and trying to set the speed of the motor causes the script to crash. When this happens and the light starts flashing blue, the program is still installed on the hub. You don't need to re-install. You can start the program again by hitting the hub's green button and reconnecting the remote. It might crash again, it might not. I've found unplugging and replugging the motor to the hub helps. Once it starts working, it usually keeps working for a while if you turn the hub off and on. And it never crashes after the first controller press. So if you hit forward or reverse and it works, then it will keep working until you stop the script. What I ended up doing for my L-motor locomotive is rolling back the Pybricks firmware to a version that this didn't happen. I'll post instructions for how to do that in another comment.

@@Mpersand914 thanks for the help and explanation. The problem is exactly as you described and as many times as I rebooted the battery box it only worked once. Thanks for trying to help and I hope you can try to fix this issue because it wouldn’t be very easy for me to go through the process of removing the battery box and hoping it works every time I try to run the Orient Express. Thanks again for your help.

Thanks!

@@BatteryPoweredBricks Vintage LEGO is Best LEGO. Keep up the good work

I've thought about making a new outro in the same "Rube Goldberg" style but at the end of the day virtually no one makes it that far into a video 😅. The end of this video was planned to be the outro of every video but watch time is a very important metric to make sure UA-cam won't kill a video. I think it's still in the first 3 videos, eventually I just used the intro as an outro since it was shorter. I do appreciate the kind words, one of the best things about reviving this channel is all the awesome people I've talked to who share my interests 😀

I had been searching for those catalogs for many years now, it was such a good feeling to finally find them. I'm looking into getting a good scanner for all the stuff I've found. Some of the teachers guides and books are on Archive dot org along with some of the software. I love to use the DACTA Control Lab in my builds with the official software. If you search "Lego DACTA" on my channel there are several other hauls like this with some really cool finds. I hope to one day make some videos on the individual sets I have along with the curriculum but I feel like that's a ways off with the way life has been going lately. I never knew about the packaging for the capacitor car, I'll have to keep an eye out! It sometimes takes many years but I have had some great DACTA finds by constantly searching auction sites. One of the best things about starting this channel is to find those few people out there with as much passion and nostalgia for Lego DACTA 😁

While discussing Lego DACTA in Discord today (come join us if you are a discord user!) I made a playlist featuring most if not all of my haul videos that include Lego DACTA items or curriculum. There's some really cool stuff in there, hopefully I can one day complete my DACTA collection 😁

I've never overloaded my BUWIZZ 2.0 but if it has the same protection it could help

I have the Control Lab software, but there was dedicated software that came with the Intelligent House that I have yet to find

Ahh right I use to have have that lost all my old 💾's in a fire but backed up the lot on a hdd I'll see if I can find it 👍

As much as I've tried I still can't tell different models of locomotives apart 😅

@@BatteryPoweredBricks a gp9 has a high nose lol

That's the plan, I need to buy a good scanner first

I need to figure out the best place to upload them. After I get a scanner that is 😅

Spoiler alert, I only had to order one piece to complete the submarine set 😁

@@BatteryPoweredBricks Nice!

It was the most interesting to me by far. Maybe one of these days I'll get around to making a video about it. It had some great builds

It's everything I like in a single catalog 😁. It took so many years to find them it's hilarious I got a duplicate in the same haul video 😅

Yeah I really wish Lego would start making the train windows again... or more train sets in general 😅. The MOT line was so cool, it would be awesome to buy individual train cars again

The RCX can send VLL commands to the micro scout but not through official means like the scout. pbrick.info/index.html-p=45.html

I'm a regular Darth Vader over here altering deals 😅

Sometimes I still think I should have stuck with the DACTA Control Lab but I think the remote + RCX + NXT solution is much better for many reasons. It's also more expandable once I integrate more things into the build. For example a claw to (pretend to) unload the hopper wagon using another NXT controlled by bluetooth commands.

BrickStickerShop. I have entire videos for the Maersk project. I pieced them all together from Bricklink and used dark azure instead of Maersk blue to save a fortune. I also didn't use the grey doors on the containers since they were only in the Maersk set and a couple VERY exclusive sets

I have used 9v in yards and then RC track for the rest of a layout. It's much easier to make small switchers with 9v instead of trying to cram a battery box in one

@@BatteryPoweredBricks i agree

They'd really have to be very short wagons I would imagine. I just use them in yards for switcher locomotives

Some of my older videos focused more on Mindstorms. I hope to eventually make videos about the old Mindstorms sets but have never had the time to devote to such a project

The inspiration goes both ways 👍

I've heard this many times and tried it on a few boards years ago. It was actually shown on camera in my second video on the channel. In my case the LCD ribbon cable was always to blame.

I couldn't remember if the IR Link sensor was bi-directional but was so glad to figure out it was. It can send and receive RCX messages and send PF commands but I don't think it can receive them. I have an IR Receiver sensor as well if I ever needed that functionality. So glad I picked these up in a lot on Ebay like 8 years ago, they have been invaluable. Mindsensors make some very useful sensors but nothing like the HiTechnic IR Link

Well it was 😅, I've used the DACTA Control Lab for tons of projects but I think the remote + RCX + NXT solution will work much better in the end

Controls are kind of my thing 😅, it's definitely content you aren't likely to find elsewhere. I kind of expected these videos to max out at a thousand or so views each but so far they seem to be doing much better than that. Plenty of comments as well, which makes it all worthwhile. I just make the videos I want to make and then it's up to the algorithm to "giveth" or "taketh away" 😅

Thanks! I wanted those so bad as a kid! Even when I saw the display at Toys-R-Us they often didn't even work. We've talked in our discord a few times how cool it would be to combine Lego GBC, RC and Mindstorms to create a Roken-Bok layout out of Lego 😁. Maybe one of these days I'll give it a try

It's Starmachine2000 by Wintergatan. It's linked in the description towards the bottom. Very happy they allow the use of their music on UA-cam! I've used many other songs in videos as well 😀

Pretty sure I've seen it used before, I think it looks better than having them all along the sides without the gaps. It feel like something Lego would do in a set as well

Thanks! I really didn't expect these videos to do well but they seem to have found an audience, I'm hyped to see the final result too 😅

@@BatteryPoweredBricks Heh, I found you for your train videos and that stuff some months ago, you insipired me to make a red maersk locomotive, you probably have seen it, anyways, what I want to say it's that I just love your channel and what you do in general!

Ah ok I recognize you now, thanks!

I considered it, but I think I like the octagonal pieces on their own. Feels fitting for Aquazone 😁

Still working this out. I have 2 inputs left on the NXT I could use but the pneumatic switch has been very reliable so far (after increasing the pressure a few PSI). The only time I have issues is when the IR message is missed. I think I'll just have the NXT confirm it got the message to the RCX or else the RCX will just send the message again