Day 127, 20/06/2013:
In the past I’ve mentioned that I’m sticking to only the Lego City sets, only to then purchase sets from Creator or limited series like Winter Village sets. I think it’s gotten to the point where I should be saying that I primarily purchase Lego City sets, as Myer just started selling a set at such an attractive price that I couldn’t pass it up: the 2013 10233 Horizon Express:
Expert Creator 10233 Horizon Express
Whilst the Horizon Express has been available overseas and at shop.lego.com, It had only just come out at Myer in Australia today (along with two other tempting sets). It was the combination of this train being compatible with the current Lego train tracks, and the awesome price that I caved in, but only one set. I realise some people bought 2 of the bloody things so they could have a double-ended complete train, but I couldn’t justify the price, never mind that I’d need to have train stations 6-freakin-carriages long :S Gonna be hard enough as it is with 3 carriages >_<
Either way, Myer was doing a 20% discount with the Horizon Express, plus an additional 10% off for being a Myer One member, and with the $20 gift card I had earned from buying most of my Lego at Myer, I managed to get the price down from 159.99AUD to 91AUD 😀
Expert Creator 10233 Horizon Express- back
This train brings back memories of the classic/awesome 1994/5 PC game Transport Tycoon, specifically in reference to the second fastest electric train you could get: the “T.I.M.” Unfortunately, considering my plans for the (overhead) railway system in my Lego City city are for significantly way down the line, it’s going to be ages until I start making this 😦 It’ll be around about that time that I’ll also put some money down for all the sets needed to make this sucker nuclear electrical and remote-controlled 😀
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