The locomotive changed on the route through Europe, so I’m confused why people say it isn’t authentic since it was many different trains. As for why it differs significantly from the fan model, it’s a licensed product.
Having bought the emerald night with its far better engine and still one passenger car with the tender for $100, I am having a very hard time stomaching the price being triple for an extra passenger car and more detail in them when I miss out on the engine design and the ability to power it through my lego village.
To be completely fair to lego, its not entirely their fault about motorization. The coaches are exceptionally heavy, and this item was intended to originally be a showboat piece. And if its more meant for play, the LEGO team is more going to focus on the insides and making it more fun to roleplay with the figures. Not saying your opinion is invalid. I actually intend to purchase an additional set to make it 4 cars long and an emerald night looking train
Picked up this set recently with discount, and found that I had the wrong sticker sheet and misspelt destination tiles, customer service was great and are sending me the correct stickers and tiles which I received today, and can now finish building.
Be aware that Lego cannot create such high-detailed full on big models like the one from Lego Ideas, so don't bragg about how accurate it is to the original idea or if it's too small. In my opinion the locomotive from the Lego creator set is better than the one from the Lego ideas.
Make sure you don't melt this and drink it! I unfortunately had quite a difficult week after microwaving the back carriage and eating it with some low fat meringue.
I wonder why the couplers are not magnets like all the other trains. I still have tons of the older 9-V that ran on metal rails and no batteries needed. My favourite train is my Emerald Night and glad I bought that one back in the day. I wish Lego would bring back the 9V trains and the rolling stock you used to buy as individual sets like they used to. I was considering buying this Orient Express set, but after watching this video and the poor abililty of the locomotive driving wheels to turn, I think I will pass an dsave myself over $300.
I like the looks of it yes the original design one was a cool engine, but that had so many parts and way to complex for people to build. I don't really like amy of lego train official sets besides this one. I plan to motorize it 9v rail/motor. People have already figured out the flaw and did it and its not to hard of a fix its mostly the coal cart thats the main issue.
@@ArchitectPlaysparkitectlego trains should be launched as an actual theme and sell trains and locomotives and rolling stock separately like how the non Lego model rail set are
I wonder if LEGO could find a way to chain multiple Powered Up motors to a single connection. The carriages seem large enough to hide cables beneath the floor
I want this set despite it being $300 and knowing it is kind of more complicated to motorize it but trains were a huge part of my childhood so that is why I’d get this so it symbolizes that. For $300 it would’ve been nice to have either a motor or make it so it runs smoother on track and makes it easier to motorize though I’ll admit that but has 8 figures
Yep I would of been more happy with a blue emerald night I did pick this kit up only reason I did was I got it at a good price I will put it on the back burner until a better engine for it comes along
I would buy it, but it’s quite expensive and I’ve got lots of train MOCs at home. At the very least I can use the new minifigure parts and the official Lego train couplings.
I think this is a set with a confused identity. It fails as a display piece due to the lackluster locomotive. It fails as a functional train, in spite of a tender that will hold a battery box and L-Gauge compatibility. Hopefully Lego realizes they turned out a turd, and can learn from it.
To me the locomotive looks a bit like Gordon from Thomas the Tank Engine if I ever got another locomotive I would build and modify it to resemble Gordon and I will make Gordon
Love the reference bc Thomas was my entire world when I was really little, I’d say it kind of looks more like the size of Edward, Gordon is definitely a longer locomotive. Edward is in the middle between size of Thomas and Gordon
@@ivanmiller4502 same here, but it's very unlikely since the franchise is owned by Mattel and there was a Lego idea that got 10K support but didn't get approved but they did make a Thomas the Tank Engine line in their Lego Duplo subdivision around 2005 and ended on 2009 when Mega Bloks would make buildable Thomas sets
Hmmmm i still dont see the misspelling of München and Bucuresti…. If that is so annoying might as well use Munich and Bucharest 😂🥴for the american speaking folks
The locomotive changed on the route through Europe, so I’m confused why people say it isn’t authentic since it was many different trains.
As for why it differs significantly from the fan model, it’s a licensed product.
Having bought the emerald night with its far better engine and still one passenger car with the tender for $100, I am having a very hard time stomaching the price being triple for an extra passenger car and more detail in them when I miss out on the engine design and the ability to power it through my lego village.
To be completely fair to lego, its not entirely their fault about motorization. The coaches are exceptionally heavy, and this item was intended to originally be a showboat piece. And if its more meant for play, the LEGO team is more going to focus on the insides and making it more fun to roleplay with the figures. Not saying your opinion is invalid. I actually intend to purchase an additional set to make it 4 cars long and an emerald night looking train
My main issue is the color. The real train is a classy dark blue but the bright blue Lego makes it look cheap.
I picked up the Orient Express on a Black Friday sale. Great set. The first thing I did was motorize it.
No. The engine looks fine. The engine from that movie looks wrong. This engine is what would be more used back in the 50's.
Picked up this set recently with discount, and found that I had the wrong sticker sheet and misspelt destination tiles, customer service was great and are sending me the correct stickers and tiles which I received today, and can now finish building.
Be aware that Lego cannot create such high-detailed full on big models like the one from Lego Ideas, so don't bragg about how accurate it is to the original idea or if it's too small. In my opinion the locomotive from the Lego creator set is better than the one from the Lego ideas.
They should reduce the price. 300$ is insanely expensive. With 50% off I'll consider buying it.
You're basically paying the 300$ for a static display at this point.
Make sure you don't melt this and drink it!
I unfortunately had quite a difficult week after microwaving the back carriage and eating it with some low fat meringue.
I wonder why the couplers are not magnets like all the other trains. I still have tons of the older 9-V that ran on metal rails and no batteries needed. My favourite train is my Emerald Night and glad I bought that one back in the day. I wish Lego would bring back the 9V trains and the rolling stock you used to buy as individual sets like they used to. I was considering buying this Orient Express set, but after watching this video and the poor abililty of the locomotive driving wheels to turn, I think I will pass an dsave myself over $300.
The loco appears to be based on a Prussian P8. Recolour in olive green and it's not far off.
The teacup with a lime could be referring to an espresso romano or maybe tea.
I like the looks of it yes the original design one was a cool engine, but that had so many parts and way to complex for people to build.
I don't really like amy of lego train official sets besides this one. I plan to motorize it 9v rail/motor. People have already figured out the flaw and did it and its not to hard of a fix its mostly the coal cart thats the main issue.
LEGO needs to do more trains
As I said I like the coaches
@@ArchitectPlaysparkitectlego trains should be launched as an actual theme and sell trains and locomotives and rolling stock separately like how the non Lego model rail set are
I wonder if LEGO could find a way to chain multiple Powered Up motors to a single connection. The carriages seem large enough to hide cables beneath the floor
I want this set despite it being $300 and knowing it is kind of more complicated to motorize it but trains were a huge part of my childhood so that is why I’d get this so it symbolizes that. For $300 it would’ve been nice to have either a motor or make it so it runs smoother on track and makes it easier to motorize though I’ll admit that but has 8 figures
"The names stick out on top. It doesn't look nice." Meanwhile the real thing: "has same outer names for cities as plaques the same as the Lego set"
Yep I would of been more happy with a blue emerald night I did pick this kit up only reason I did was I got it at a good price I will put it on the back burner until a better engine for it comes along
I would buy it, but it’s quite expensive and I’ve got lots of train MOCs at home. At the very least I can use the new minifigure parts and the official Lego train couplings.
You're reaching so hard on the bar/alcohol part, and limes are very common to find at bars as they're used in many different drinks.
I think this is a set with a confused identity. It fails as a display piece due to the lackluster locomotive. It fails as a functional train, in spite of a tender that will hold a battery box and L-Gauge compatibility. Hopefully Lego realizes they turned out a turd, and can learn from it.
I would buy it but I’m broke
The coaches are great but the locomotive is a big let down. Despite that I still purchased it!
To me the locomotive looks a bit like Gordon from Thomas the Tank Engine if I ever got another locomotive I would build and modify it to resemble Gordon and I will make Gordon
Love the reference bc Thomas was my entire world when I was really little, I’d say it kind of looks more like the size of Edward, Gordon is definitely a longer locomotive. Edward is in the middle between size of Thomas and Gordon
If Lego actually did make a Thomas the tank engine line I would buy it
@@ivanmiller4502 same here, but it's very unlikely since the franchise is owned by Mattel and there was a Lego idea that got 10K support but didn't get approved but they did make a Thomas the Tank Engine line in their Lego Duplo subdivision around 2005 and ended on 2009 when Mega Bloks would make buildable Thomas sets
Hmmmm i still dont see the misspelling of München and Bucuresti…. If that is so annoying might as well use Munich and Bucharest 😂🥴for the american speaking folks