10277 - Crocodile Locomotive

[spener90]

1 hour ago, RightDwigt said:

Just as fair to call them out on the "lit up" lasers, lightsabers and vehicle lights on any of the other sets! Some sets end up being really cool, but others you can definitely tell they relied heavily on the box art. I wouldn't call it false advertising.

It would be like going to McDonalds and expecting to get the burger pictured in the menu.

[MusiKyle]

2 hours ago, Frank Brickowski said:

Is it fair to call it "false advertising"

I also wouldn't call it false advertising, just marketing.  However, speaking of lights... those are cheap, they should have included that in the list of optional upgrades you can purchase.  The motor only takes up one of the ports on the hub, there's still an open port for lights.

[Frank Brickowski]

2 minutes ago, MusiKyle said:

I also wouldn't call it false advertising, just marketing.  However, speaking of lights... those are cheap, they should have included that in the list of optional upgrades you can purchase.  The motor only takes up one of the ports on the hub, there's still an open port for lights.

Hmm, surprisingly liberal reaction. I would have expected people to be more critical to things like this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising#Misleading_illustrations

[exracer327]

3 hours ago, Frank Brickowski said:

Is it fair to call it "false advertising" for LEGO to make it look like you could light up the interior of the train , which is actually not the case (at least not with the regular retail set you get out of that box)?

 

I never thought there was a light inside.  You can easily accomplish the same affect by aiming lighting in strategic ways.  That's not "false" advertising, that's just called advertising.  False advertising would be saying it's over 1200 pieces but they're actually nanoblocks.

Also, as someone else mentioned, there is a second port on the hub so you could always add lights.

[Darth_Raichu]

43 minutes ago, exracer327 said:

I never thought there was a light inside.  You can easily accomplish the same affect by aiming lighting in strategic ways.  That's not "false" advertising, that's just called advertising.  False advertising would be saying it's over 1200 pieces but they're actually nanoblocks.

Also, as someone else mentioned, there is a second port on the hub so you could always add lights.

Yep.  To me it looks like strong light from outside going in, consistent with the brighter top left corner of the cart

[firstofminifigs]

I noticed the Subaru "gear" webstore had non-Lego building block sets of some of their most recent vehicle models. They actually looked pretty good too. Seems like Lego is realizing they're missing out on opportunities to capitalize on those partnerships.

[elmaslıefendi]

Now available for EU. 

GWP not showing yet. Lambo GWP has a higher min. purchase than the train itself.

Edit: Lambo GWP issue fixed.

Edited June 30, 2020 by elmaslıefendi

[iahawks550]

Wrong forum, but since I'm here, not a huge fan of this set. But, I'm sure it will be good for investment one day. 

Edited June 30, 2020 by iahawks550

[House Schubert]

is this one a 9 am deal in the US, or midnight?

Anyone know?

 

 

[MusiKyle]

Goes on sale midnight eastern, 11 p.m. central, etc. in US.  In for a single. 

Edited July 1, 2020 by MusiKyle

[Mark Twain]

Live now. Limit of 3. Cannot get promo to add.

[Phil B]

Had train in basket ready for checkout at 11:55pm (must have been a glitch). Waited until 12:01 to pay. Didn't show promo in basket, but order shows up as In Process and shows promo there. Mission Accomplished.

Edited July 1, 2020 by Phil B

[TheBrickClique]

Confirmed promo also didn’t show up at checkout but is in the order status. 

[Belac]

In for for two. The Promo and my fountain also showed up in order status not in basket. 🙄

[dmind]

First few hours you could buy max 2, then shifted to max 1. Now just moved to backorder.

Happy to have secured 2  

Also bought parts to build it in black (with red wheels and accents) and white (with standard grey accents).

[Datoyman]

Trying to order from phone when entering the promo code for the fountain it says code must be 12 digits my code is only 10 digits any ideas thanks

[dmind]

Backorder shifted from July 10 to August 20 !

So the question is... to build, or to sell your copy / copies

[elmaslıefendi]

This is a winner. 

[elmaslıefendi]

Backorder September 15th. Ok.

[$20 on joe vs dan]

wow that was fast...Train enthusiast are showing strong 

[locidm]

Either that or the number of reseller has surged!

[dmind]

For inspiration

[llcooljuan]

Let’s get these gone from Walmart.com

[KvHulk]

17 minutes ago, llcooljuan said:

Let’s get these gone from Walmart.com

Still available on Amazon too...

[glostik]

20 minutes ago, KvHulk said:

Still available on Amazon too...

I do not see them on amazon - point me to them

Did my part on walmart already