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Re: RMS Titanic MOC (in progress...)
Thanks Ryan for sharing photos of your work in progress! I love the way you mounted the light strips-- recessing them was a great idea. Please continue to share photos of your progress-- can't wait…
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Re: Mercedes Arocs Truck # 42043
Thanks for your feedback everyone. I'm finishing up the wiring schematic now, and will aim to finalize installation instructions this week, then the kit will be ready.…
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6 yrs ago
What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Brickstuff logo brick :-)
Hi @Benoit Robert , we always like to add a little surprise to our packages! Over the years we've had many different designs (I can't even remember them all)-- usually we get a batch of bricks,…
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Re: Mercedes Arocs Truck # 42043
Hello everyone! We are still planning to release this kit in the next 1-2 weeks. One question we're wrestling with is how to make a single kit that will work for people who use the model as a…
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Re: New Millennium Falcon # 75192
@Christian Nanini thank you so much for sharing your progress-- amazing work! Since we don't (yet) have one of these kits to work with ourselves, watching your work is great and very helpful as we…
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Re: 10249 Winter Village Toy Shop Christmas Tree
Great work @Jim Pirzyk -- really gets us in the holiday spirit! FYI to others reading this thread, the effects module Jim used was something we made way back in 2013-2014 for one season.…
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New Millennium Falcon # 75192
We've received many questions about our plans for a lighting kit for the beautiful new Millennium Falcon (LEGO set #75192). We have developed a kit for this model that includes not only lights,…
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Re: HESS Themed Fire Truck
@William Henderson Thanks for the additional detail photos!
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Re: Best long-wire ideas?
@Paul George The wire splices are a great find-- thanks for sharing!
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Re: Haunted House # 10228
Ask and ye shall receive! We just opened pre-orders for a limited quantity of lighting and sound kits for the Haunted House. This is our first sound-enabled kit and has to be heard to be believed!…
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Re: HESS Themed Wrecker
Thanks William for sharing! Such great work, and perfect implementation of the easy access for the Lighting Effect Controller.
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Re: HESS Themed Fire Truck
Fantastic job, William! Thanks for sharing. I know many people have questions about how best to light emergency vehicles-- yours is a great example.
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Mercedes Arocs Truck # 42043
We've received many requests to make a lighting kit for the LEGO® Mercedes Arocs truck (set #42043). We've had the model in our shop for several months,…
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Re: Chaining IR Controller + LEC?
@Brett Halper Awesome!
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Re: Chaining IR Controller + LEC?
@Brett Halper Thanks for the additional details-- sounds like a great project! Let us know if we can help at all. FYI one tip for the flashing lights: you can use our LEDs with built-in flashers to…
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Re: Chaining IR Controller + LEC?
@Brett Halper You can use any of the outputs on the IR receiver to control LECs-- they can be controlled like any other connected light. The challenge is that you will still only get the effect you…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Paul George Thanks for testing and posting, Paul! @mellojello does this achieve the type of effect you were after? Would be curious to see if anyone had come up with a solution to light more of the…
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Re: New Connectors
@Tom Laermans Agreed, thanks for the feedback. We're continuing to experiment-- not giving up on the need to have friction connections. Stay tuned.
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Re: New Connectors
@Tom Laermans Hey Tom! We did experiment this summer with some connectors inserted inside LEGO train couplers. We made horizontal and vertical models. Here's a shot of the horizontal model:…
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Re: Lighting the Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator #42055
Hi everyone, well it has been some time since we last posted about the magnificent Excavator kit! In that time, we have acquired the model and assembled it, but have not yet had time to light it up.…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Paul George thanks as always for jumping in Paul. Let us know what you are able to work out!
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Let us know what you need, Chris. Happy to send replacements parts to get you up and running!
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Kathryn Forbes Hi Kathryn, since you're in the UK, the closest place to pick up some orange Pico LEDs would be from our UK Stockist. Here's a link to their product page for the orange Picos: link.
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Looks great! let us know if your torch is unfixable-- happy to send you a replacement.
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Sorry to hear you are having trouble! From the behavior, it sounds like an electrical short circuit (i.e., wires pinched somewhere) in the top section.…
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