My Parts: You need to be logged in to see your Set List. FREE Download: Available from PICSL7720 Diesel Freight Train Set is a Trains set released in 1980. It included also three minifigures.4.5V used to be the voltage standard for the first electric components (e.g. motors, lights) in certain LEGO sets. The power came from a battery box with 3x 1.5V batteries. Beside Basic sets and TECHNIC sets, the 4.5V standard was used for motorization of the first electric LEGO Trains which marked a long era from 1966 to 1986. The 4.5V standard was later used for battery powered DUPLO Trains.The requested URL /search_year.php?s=10&q=1980 was not found on this server. This is a very popular picture, which almost all LEGO Trains' fans from 1980s would recognize. I have the train in the forground, 7740, but not the 4th car (red one). Can anyone please clarify that from where it came? Also, what other trains are being shown here? The two stations are probably the same model (7822), just different builds.
Level crossing (on left corner) is 7834. trains set-identification city 12v The red car that you mentioned is Mail Van (7820). There are a number of other trains in the picture including: 7730 - Goods train (the locomotive doesn't seem to be visible) 7710 - Push-Along Passenger Steam Train (just the cars) 7750 - Steam Engine with Tender (pulling the cars from 7710) 7814 - Crane Wagon 7760 - Diesel Shunter Locomotive 7720 - Diesel Freight Train Set (the car in the bottom right carrying rails to the work crew) It's not a train, but set 6647 - Highway Repair is also present.Browse other questions tagged trains set-identification city 12v or ask your own question.Memories 1960SNostalgic MemoriesChildhood NostalgicLego 1960 SCheaper BricksLego WoodenWooden BoxProper LegoLegos ToyForwardVintage LEGO Box Set, 1960s, Denmark. Had to have Lego's to build anything and everything with.LEGO® Power Functions Battery Boxproduct_label_list_price_accessibility 50 Reviews123451FIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISAdd more power to your LEGO® Power Functions!
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LEGO® 7864 from 1980 Transformer / Speed Controller 12 V LEGO® 7865 from 1980 Motor Replacement Unit For Battery Or Motor-less T LEGO® 8888 from 1980You must be 16 or over to participate in the Brickset Forum. Please read the announcements and rules before you join. LEGOs Sold in US Built Differently Than Europe in Everything else LEGO /hobbies/legos-in-us-built-differently-than-europe/467812/Thursday, January 08, 2015Legos are popular with kids and parents across the world, but the toy company is now revealing there are some differences between products sold in the U.S. and Europe. Lego researchers tell Business Insider that American parents generally don't like toys where they have to step in and help their kids play with them. So Legos sold in the U.S. are easier to set up. European parents apparently like to sit on the floor and spend more time with the kids. Lego researchers say the difference could be because American parents want their children to be more independent.
I'm pretty sure this article is the result of something akin to the worst game of telephone in the universe. Seriously, it looks like someone just lifted a section from this article and then made up an extra narrative to go along with it.This section from the FC article stands out in particular: "There’s a clear distinction between American and European parents that keeps popping up everywhere," Flemmert-Jensen says. "American parents don’t like play experiences where they have to step in and help their kids a lot. They want their kids to be able to play by themselves. We see among European parents, it’s okay to sit on the floor and spend time with the kids." (Asked if it’s possible that American parents just want their kids to be independent, she responds, somewhat dubiously, "That’s one of many possible interpretations.") Actually, telephone is just the wrong descriptor. Pretty sure it's just flat out shoddy plagiarism. Well well well, what a diplomatic way to put it....
American parents want their kids to be more independent... ;-)More likely dad's watching the game on TV, and don't want to be interrupted.... while mom is on Facebook playing Farmville..... hehehe.... But for some odd reason LEGO in Europe has in the earliers years been geared to both parents and children alike... while not so much in the USA. Here's the earliest known LEGO commercial (from my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide chapter on LEGO TV commercials. All the family was involved in building the different basic sets of the 1957 era (700/0 (largest) thru 700/6 (smallest)... in conjunction with the 1956-62 Masonite 50s Town Plan board.Seeing parents involved with LEGO building was always common in Europe in the early years, such as this image from the 1960-65 Building Idea Book Nr.1 (238)/....Or in this 1963-65 Architectural Building set brochure....Even LEGO boxes of the early 1960s had adults playing along with LEGO with their children....Ironically one of the new chapter coming out in my next edition of my computer desktop collectors guide, gives an in depth look at the phenomenon of parents playing with LEGO with their children.
Found the original Business Insider article, instead of this cobbled together summary on the TV news site. /lego-future-lab-discovery-about-parents-2015-1The author still gets it wrong and shows an obvious lack of effort to understand how LEGO sells sets. Outside of some small promos, I can think of very few sets in recent memory that were available in one market and not to other. She "almost" gets it, but fails to connect that the discussion is about marketing, not product distribution. iccarus said:The author still gets it wrong and shows an obvious lack of effort to understand how LEGO sells sets. Here's a database query for sets that were available at UK S@H but not at US S@H. Ignoring the recent sets that are a result of staggered releases for different markets, there's a pretty common theme of sets available in Europe but not in the US. Going back to 2009, here are some examples:#10681 Creative Building Cube#10663 Creative Chest#10664 Creative Tower#4630 Build & Play Box#5749 Creative Building Kit#6053 My First LEGO Town#6131 LEGO Build and Play#5512 LEGO XXL Box#5529 Basic Bricks#5623 Basic Bricks Large#5589 LEGO Giant BoxI think the availability differences between Europe and the US support the author's claim fairly well.
That said, the derivative article is horrible. It's worded in a way that implies the same sets are different between markets, the US versions being somehow easier to build than the European versions. @binaryeye - Thanks for the info. It seems like a lot of those are boxes of mixed brick products, which would match up with what I usually don't see on store shelves in the US. The funny thing is, TLG should actually put more of those out here. One of the most common complaints I hear from non-AFOL parents is they have a hard time finding just basic brick packs.@blarghiflargh - You're right. Plagiarism is technically not accurate, since they probably have access to copy/rewrite content. Maybe not to butcher it though :) I'm in the USA and bought #10664 Creative Tower at Walmart. My sons are fraternal twins and are different in more ways than their appearance. One boy likes to build his own thing and doesn't want help. He doesn't follow the directions because he wants it to be his own creation.