Random set of the day: Train Cars
Posted by Huwbot,Today's random set is 2126 Train Cars, released in 1997. It was the only Trains set released that year. It contains 378 pieces and 5 minifigs, and its retail price was US$69.5.
It's owned by 524 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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This one is one I actually own!
Oooh, I liked this one. It was one of the last hurrahs for the trains sub-theme, a big set of extra freight carriages. It was colourful and well-designed and unique. The designs could've been a *little* more expansive, but for what it was, I thought it was brilliant. I really liked that the logging car was compatible with Lego's trees of the time.
Although to this day, I'm not sure why the truck driver isn't wearing pants ...
378 pieces for 70 bucks? That's a steep price!
Good old 1997—when presentation didn’t matter one bit!
One of my favourite 9v train sets. Pricey but very special rolling stock. Goes well with the rare 4551 engine. Although 1997 was a juniorized age for City and Train theme, this set was designed in the spirit of the early 9v era with high standards by TLG. The log car with pine trees have some Christmas feeling but the most unique piece is the chemical(?) waggon with three barrels and sluice.
This set has everything!
I still have the truck, cars and hopper wagon built and they are used on almost every show layout I do.
"You know that dream when you turn up to work naked"
I hope LEGO goes back to making accessories and wagons for trains.
What a nice lot of train cars! I love when they make little accessory packs like this for larger collections
One of the first train sets I bought out of my dark ages (which was one of the reasons why I got back into LEGO was buying train sets). Really neat set IMO.
It would be nice to see LEGO make such a set again, considering the train sets out there now.
It would be great if Lego went back to sets like this, rather than just two train sets and some extra track. The 4.5V/12V days and early 9V days were a great time for Lego trains.