Double gratuity? Not in this economy.

I have nearly all Lego trains, but this goes too far down the memory lane for me ;).

Nobody tell Jabbo about this.

@tomthepirate said:
"I have nearly all Lego trains, but this goes too far down the memory lane for me ;)."

Me too!

I don't have the 'Double Tipper' but do have 3 of the earlier 125 Tipping Wagons!

@fakespacesquid said:
"Kids today and their big specialized molds "

Though that does make me wonder what alternate uses you could dream up for those tipper pieces. Armour pieces on a mech?

@fakespacesquid said:
"Kids today and their big specialized molds "
The tipper end pieces were pretty specialised at the time!

This set was never released in Europe, as tipping isn't considered necessary here.

@sjr60 said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
"Kids today and their big specialized molds "
The tipper end pieces were pretty specialised at the time!"

And the train base was "one" big part, with pre-installed magnets and axles.

@TeriXeri said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
"Kids today and their big specialized molds "
The tipper end pieces were pretty specialised at the time!"

And the train base was "one" big part, with pre-installed magnets and axles.
"

The tipper ends could still very well be used for other purposes, and considering the other pieces available at the time, served a clear purpose.

The big base on the other hand...I have two of those, but these must be some of the worst cases of POOP. And those couplers have a bad tendency to break...

When I've pieced 1970s wagons together, I've tended to build the chassis from parts rather than use the authentic 1970s 1-piece base, so I can use modern bidirectional couplers and low-friction wheels.

@WizardOfOss said:
" @TeriXeri said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
"Kids today and their big specialized molds "
The tipper end pieces were pretty specialised at the time!"

And the train base was "one" big part, with pre-installed magnets and axles.
"

The tipper ends could still very well be used for other purposes, and considering the other pieces available at the time, served a clear purpose.

The big base on the other hand...I have two of those, but these must be some of the worst cases of POOP. And those couplers have a bad tendency to break..."

The tipper part did get used for a lot of things, even before the "redesign" without the bar/pin ends (and 4 studs instead of 2), even in early technic sets.

As for more modern examples : 80035 Monkie Kid's Galactic Explorer used like 13 of those , 5 in yellow, 8 in teal, for the wedge shapes, that's nothing like a train

76328 Batman: The Classic TV Series Batmobile seems to be one of the last sets that still use the part (in white), and that set is retiring soon.

@oldtodd33 said:
" @tomthepirate said:
"I have nearly all Lego trains, but this goes too far down the memory lane for me ;)."

Me too!"

I only have back to 1980, the trains with Minifigures, missing 7750 as I cannot afford that one, even if I could get the pieces and 'bricklink' it.. and the latest Passenger train (which, unless I buy one used off of eBay, Ill never get.. a good time to stop as any really)... Though I also have 162 that I got in a larger eBay lot of LEGO back in the day (along with most of the trains I have acquired over the years). Though I do like this tipper too.

@madforLEGO said:
" @oldtodd33 said:
" @tomthepirate said:
"I have nearly all Lego trains, but this goes too far down the memory lane for me ;)."

Me too!"

I only have back to 1980, the trains with Minifigures, missing 7750 as I cannot afford that one, even if I could get the pieces and 'bricklink' it.. and the latest Passenger train (which, unless I buy one used off of eBay, Ill never get.. a good time to stop as any really)... Though I also have 162 that I got in a larger eBay lot of LEGO back in the day (along with most of the trains I have acquired over the years). Though I do like this tipper too."

Which passenger train? The 60337 ?

I'm missing a couple of the older sets like the 138 and 722-2 but I have the others but missing accessory sets like 705 .