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kiwiAlan		#1 Posted : 06 February 2018 18:32:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Can't see a price ... but there is a YouTube video on the page.
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Ian555		#2 Posted : 06 February 2018 18:44:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,240 Location: Scotland		Wow!!!...I'd better get some roads sorted... Ian.
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kiwiAlan		#3 Posted : 06 February 2018 18:51:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: Ian555 Wow!!!...I'd better get some roads sorted... Ian. Just don't let Max near it!!!
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Rwill		#4 Posted : 06 February 2018 19:52:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/05/2015(UTC) Posts: 777 Location: England, London		Its £85ish on Ebay. However its the kind of thing in our house which as a Christmas pressie may not last until the new year before being destroyed by persons or animals unknown!
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Minok		#5 Posted : 06 February 2018 20:43:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,311 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest
		Toys of tin and wood rule! --- My Layout Thread on marklin-users.net: InterCity 1-3-4 My YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@intercity134
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DaleSchultz		#6 Posted : 07 February 2018 00:25:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		I think charging the vehicle battery from the 3 AAA batteries in the controller is plain dumb. Looks promising otherwise.
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kiwiAlan		#7 Posted : 07 February 2018 00:49:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: DaleSchultz I think charging the vehicle battery from the 3 AAA batteries in the controller is plain dumb. Looks promising otherwise. maybe, the vehicle runs for 35 minutes, and the transmitter power is listed as 10mW, so all the power requirements are low. It is listed as 2.4GHz, so I suspect it is Low Power Bluetooth or something similar. So charging the vehicle battery from the transmitter batteries is probably not a problem in terms of operational longevity, and vastly simplifies the infrastructure needed. Besides using AAA cells in the transmitter will keep the weight low, and using alkaline cells would provide pretty reasonable capacity.
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river6109		#8 Posted : 07 February 2018 01:51:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,727 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square		Euro 94.99 https://www.der-schweighofer.net/
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seatrains		#9 Posted : 07 February 2018 04:56:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 669 Location: Shoreline, WA		Awesome but I think I will wait for the version with sound
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kiwiAlan		#10 Posted : 07 February 2018 09:56:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: seatrains Awesome but I think I will wait for the version with sound You could always be a small boy and go brrrrm .... brrrm ...
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Rwill		#11 Posted : 07 February 2018 11:06:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/05/2015(UTC) Posts: 777 Location: England, London		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: seatrains Awesome but I think I will wait for the version with sound You could always be a small boy and go brrrrm .... brrrm ... Sound would be very useful to identify which cat had eaten it.
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xxup		#12 Posted : 07 February 2018 12:08:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,473 Location: Australia		I have seen these before - in fact there may be one in Miss 18's old toy box.. When I saw the cable used to charge the car, I remembered her old toy.. It was not a scale item like this one, but the hand controller is nearly identical.. I am also very sure that we paid nowhere near 90 Euro for it either.. This looks like it -> http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=234227
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kweekalot		#13 Posted : 07 February 2018 19:48:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,437 Location: Holland		It seems to me that operating the car gets pretty boring soon. The Faller car system is more convenience.
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waltklatt		#14 Posted : 07 February 2018 19:56:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 138		I would concur with kweekalot because I have only one pair of hands. The Faller system is automatic. Both are required to operate one VW bulli around the layout, almost like a drunk(as the sample video shows) running through the stopsigns and improper lane changes. Are you required to have registration and insurance? I would rather like to enjoy the Marklin running around the layout. The remote controlled cars are best enjoyed throughout the house or outside.
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Minok		#15 Posted : 07 February 2018 20:26:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,311 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest		I can see this one car being a fun side adventure - have the layout running in autopilot for a while (so this is for computer controlled layouts needless to say) and rather than manually working a train or shunting, instead pick up the remote and drive the road vehicle around the layout - obeying the signs/signals/guarded crossings/etc. Even more fun if you have a faller car based system in place that does auto-distance keeping and your driving the one manual car and not getting in a wreck.
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David Dewar		#16 Posted : 07 February 2018 20:28:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,342 Location: Scotland		Originally Posted by: xxup I have seen these before - in fact there may be one in Miss 18's old toy box.. When I saw the cable used to charge the car, I remembered her old toy.. It was not a scale item like this one, but the hand controller is nearly identical.. I am also very sure that we paid nowhere near 90 Euro for it either.. This looks like it -> http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=234227 Miss 18. I am sure I can remember when she was Miss 8. Blimey I am getting old.
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EMD_GP7		#17 Posted : 07 February 2018 21:55:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: U.K. Midlands		Originally Posted by: waltklatt I would concur with kweekalot because I have only one pair of hands. The Faller system is automatic. Both are required to operate one VW bulli around the layout, almost like a drunk(as the sample video shows) running through the stopsigns and improper lane changes. Are you required to have registration and insurance? I would rather like to enjoy the Marklin running around the layout. The remote controlled cars are best enjoyed throughout the house or outside. Hi all. If you want a VW van running round your layout with your trains how about one of these ? I had a VW Samba some years ago and wanted to build a small circular layout in the back over the engine compartment to give some interest at car shows etc. Made by Brawa/Eheim and available for 3-rail although my version is 2-rail. They still turn up occasionally and there was a recent model by Brekina. It took me about 20 years to find one ( no ebay in those days ) but eventually found this one in Germany. Unfortunately by that time I had sold the van so never achieved my aim. Regards, Colin.
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dzug		#18 Posted : 08 February 2018 02:58:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/04/2011(UTC) Posts: 34 Location: Coquitlam, BC		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Can't see a price ... but there is a YouTube video on the page. Very cool. I have seen lots of these micro RC cars before and thought they were close enough to HO that once could hack them into an existing truck or van from Brekina etc. The failure was always the turning radius was too wide for any type of realistic streets (and many were too fast as they were geared to toy use). They seem to have got it right with this little guy - not sure the price is right though! Reminded me of this video I had bookmarked of a home-made unimog in 1:87.
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kiwiAlan		#19 Posted : 08 February 2018 10:41:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: dzug Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Can't see a price ... but there is a YouTube video on the page. Very cool. I have seen lots of these micro RC cars before and thought they were close enough to HO that once could hack them into an existing truck or van from Brekina etc. The failure was always the turning radius was too wide for any type of realistic streets (and many were too fast as they were geared to toy use). They seem to have got it right with this little guy - not sure the price is right though! Reminded me of this video I had bookmarked of a home-made unimog in 1:87. Oh wow, wish I could find the files and other parts for that.
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kiwiAlan		#20 Posted : 10 February 2018 16:24:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		looks like there are three different Bulli's available ...
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Leitner		#21 Posted : 15 March 2018 19:40:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 274		I bought it, it runs really smooth and nice, quite funny to use it around the layout.
		Ep. III (My layout is set in 1962). I collect mainly DSB, DB and SBB but I'm quite... Open minded. I'm quite a big collector of NOHAB lok :)
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river6109		#22 Posted : 16 March 2018 07:17:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,727 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square		or you could try this one:
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