Today I have discovered that there is going to be a new Lego Train set on the way for 2011; this set is going to be called the 10219 Maersk Train Set. This particular Lego Train set is part of a small line of sets that revolve around the Maersk Company, since 1974. The 1650 Maersk Line container ship was the very first of this line, and the most recent one excluding this set, is another container ship the 10155 Maersk Container Ship. While this line was going on for a while, the Maersk Train set is the first train in the line. The train set has about 1235 pieces, and approx. 3-4 minifigures, along with a train engine, two train attachments, and a loading truck. From the pictures I have received, it does not look like it can actually come with any train tracks, or a sign that it’s a remote controlled trains, or the ones with the speed regulator, like the one in my Christmas review of the 4560. That’s when I ran across this picture:
It seems like this is going to be one of the more expensive sets seeing in this image, it requires five different accessories to make it run, like the 8878 Rechargeable battery box, 8887 10V Transformer, 8884 IR receiver, 8879 IR speed remote controller, and the one that makes the train move, the 88002 Power Function train motor. From what I can tell from research, the 8887 10V Transformer is going to plug into the 8878 rechargeable battery box, which those batteries are going to charge the 8879 IR speed remote control, which will send a signal to the 8884 IR receiver, which will then move the 88002 train motor. Everything except for the Train motor, all together cost $102.96 from the information I can gather. That is way too expensive for my budget, and seeing how massive this set is it might even be $200 when this train comes out! But I speculate that they will re-release these accessories for a lower price or they might just include them in the set. Either way, its an optional feature
Well it seems that these are a little to excessive, seeing how some sets I reviewed, like the 4560 Expressway train how it came with three parts, the 12V transformer, the speed regulator, and the cables that connects to the tracks and the train engine. That’s only 4 parts and was included with the set. Well that was so long ago, so let’s go use a different example, the 7898 was not released that long ago it had only 2 parts, the wireless speed controller, and the train engine. It seems as time goes along, there are fewer things and way more efficient. But now it seems like we’re going backwards in time making things less efficient and a lot more expensive. Again, this is just my speculation before the set even comes out, so not everything I say will be right, I might be wrong.
Recently i have posted an article about the new 2011 Lego 10219 Maersk Train set last week, and i have discovered new information to confirm my observation of what will be in this new set. The first thing i want to talk about, is whether it will be motorized or not, and the answer is no the train wont be motorized at all and you have to buy all the accessories for it. I was really hoping that at least a few of the accessories would come with it, like the train motor or the remote control, but it doesn’t have it. The set itself is sort of a creator set, it wasn’t meant to actually run, but more likely a replica of the real life cargo train from the Maersk company. The train with all three cars will measure in at 92 centimeters, or 36 inches in length, three minifigures, 2 full color instructions with the history of previous Maesrk Lego sets. The set will cost 199.99 in US Dollars, and 91.99 in US pounds If you need the list again to motorize your train, here are the Lego catalog numbers and names:
