Emerald Night in Monorail form

Name of Model: Emerald Night on monorail.

Created by: .eti

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eti-eti/4170972925/

Details: Seeing that we covered a rendition of the Metroliner set in monorail form, we would be remiss if we did not mention a similar rendition of the Emerald Night. There are few real flagships in the Trains series, with the high raw costs of the sets (if you think in terms of price-per-part and factor in comparable other trains, they're usually inexpensive, but that's not immediately apparent) frequently scaring off even most people who are impressed by the designs, but both the Metroliner and the Emerald Night stand out as important classics. The Metroliner was in the first round of 9V system kits, and looked snazzy with its Amtrak color scheme (slightly more European stylings elsewhere made it a tough sell to some serious train fans, but it was decidedly more realistic than other 1990's LEGO train kits). The Emerald Night is the first train kit to feature the new steam locomotive wheels, and the options for motorizing it introduce the new Power Functions system. Which is why the both warrant microscale tributes, but doesn't say too much about this little version (I'd like to see you try writing this many words about other people's LEGO creations every day and not getting a little off-topic). This is a simple and elegant build that mimics the features of the original set fairly closely.

This is Saturday's model of the day

Brickcon 2009

Judging by the copious amounts of fun that was had in 2008, 2009 is looking to be even better. I'm eagerly awaiting photographs from the convention to see what kind of fun/craziness is taking place. And Brickcon always seems to have alot of that. And yes, Steve Witt will be there in all of his Nerf gun wielding glory. He was in Atlanta catching a flight to Seattle earlier today. Sadly, I have to report that Nannan will not be at Brickcon this year. Something to do with DNA and splitting I'm told. On another note, I'm wondering if we will see a set revealed to the world for the first time, as was done at the convention in 2008. So here's to everyone enjoying themselves at this year's Brickcon. Held, as always, in the Emerald City.