I wish they make a complete new train - that looks exactly like 10173 only with green ornaments and some extra minifigs.

That is probably the official picture:

http://www.brickshel...y.cgi?i=5312718

No wait, that's what happened with the toy-shop. Nevermind.

Edited April 21, 20168 yr by finish-last

Hopefully it'll come with a station, too. You can't have a winter train without a winter station.

This would be an excuse to include curved tracks so you can have it run around the base of your tree.

I just had a horrible thought -- What if we get a WInter Train, but it does not run on Lego track?

Nah, I think Lego knows the main appeal of a holiday train is to run it around the tree. I doubt it would be for their narrow gauge track; no space for the PF stuff.

Edited April 21, 20168 yr by gotoAndLego

Choo choo

Woo Hoo! Betting those will be the Death Star and this!

I bet we get a remake of last years Toy Shop. Now brandnew without a light brick.

Honestly - I wouldn't mind remake of winter village bakery. Even without light brick.

So, this train is going to be big. Do we know the price?

I'm afraid to ask this but... since the Disney Castle and Simpsons introduced exclusive characters with new molds, should we expect one for this set?

Maybe Mrs Claus or Gingerbread Woman? :cry_sad: :cry_sad:

(I'm assuming we are going to see Santa, Gingerbread Man and Holiday Elf again in this set)

Edited July 29, 20168 yr by Robert8

We got Mrs Claus already.

I wish they would come out with a 20-30 dollar set that had Santa and his sleigh.. that would be nice.

A narrow gauge train would fit in better with the look and feel of the rest of the village. "Slightly" off topic... I wonder what TLG was thinking when they decided that a merry-go-round with a few white bricks sprinkled in would pass as a Winter Village set?

Edited July 30, 20168 yr by Rotundus

We got Mrs Claus already.

Oh yeah I forgot about her.

Or maybe an exclusive Snowman minifigure

So, this train is going to be big. Do we know the price?

We don't, but I'll guess because guessing is fun.

Most trains are in the range of $120-$180. Therefore, my guess is that the train will be priced between $120-$180.

The price very much depends on whether the train will include Power Functions or not, and also whether it will come with a station of some sort or not.

Since the WV theme is aimed at casual fans, I imagine it will include PF (unlike Horizon Express, Maersk, and Emerald Night). On the other hand, to keep the price at the lower end of the train range, I think it won't include a station.

My guess - $130.

$140 seems realistic

For a Christmas tree track we need 16 curved rail tracks.

$149 for 60051 and it includes 16 curved rail and 4 straight tracks that we actually dont need.

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/High-speed-Passenger-Train-60051

I wouldn't expect super details for that amount of money.

I'd rather see more "train" like in 10173 and the power functions should be optional.

A winter village train station should be an extra set with lots of details.

No one expects a trump tower for $140 to make the winter village great again.

Do you think LEGO produced this part in dark brown just to use it in the Ninjago set 70589. Or was it really made in that color to be used in the Winter train?

Edited July 30, 20168 yr by vclarke

Thanks for posting the S@H calendar piece, CM4Sci!

Since usually S@H sets are presented officially about one month before their release, I think - and hope - that we'll get pictures of the Winter Train at the latest in the middle of August.

I bet that in the set there won't be any PF function nor any tracks included. That would make the set much too expensive since Creator Expert Sets are very detailed anyway - so we can expect the train to include many details, a nice build and some nice accessory.

Which concerns the train station: I don't see any train station to be included in the big version of the set. But nesquik a long time ago mentioned that this set should be a 2 in 2 set. So couldn't it be that the building alternative is a much smaller train with a train station?

I personally would prefer a train station to be included in the building alternative. Because in 2017 I want to get another building for my Winter Village which is a candy shop, a grocers or a town hall. And not having to wait for the next buidling / WV shop til 2018.

Klaus-Dieter

Edited July 30, 20168 yr by Klaus-Dieter

Do you think LEGO produced this part in dark brown just to use it in the Ninjago set 70589. Or was it really made in that color to be used in the Winter train?

Yes and no.

I can't imagine TLG producing a brick for using it in only one set. But having this piece in brown integrated in a Winter Train set seems looking seldom to me - esp. in the steam engine. As part of some old styled passenger waggon it could be.

Klaus-Dieter

Edited July 30, 20168 yr by Klaus-Dieter

I bet that in the set there won't be any PF function nor any tracks included.

Agree. I think it will be like the Hogwarts Express set (but bigger of course)

I hope it's not too large, so that it fits to the Winter Village buildings' scale, which is rather small.

I'm hoping to get some straights as well as curves, so it can encompass the Winter Village. Power Functions would be nice, or at least the instructions on how to do it, as i've not used them at all in builds.

Power Functions would be nice, or at least the instructions on how to do it, as i've not used them at all in builds.

I'm quite sure that TLG designed the train in that way that you can add PF to it and this is shown in the instructions, too - like it has been with all previous Creator Expert trains.

Klaus-Dieter

I'm quite sure that TLG designed the train in that way that you can add PF to it and this is shown in the instructions, too - like it has been with all previous Creator Expert trains.

Klaus-Dieter

That would be good. I've never bought one of the trains before, so wasn't aware of what the instructions were like.