A LOOK AT THE NEW LIONEL THEATER CAR

Its a very cool car!!!

Looks pretty cool!  Thanks Alex! 

Can someone post the product number for this car?

The NS theater car is 84230.

Neal Jeter 

Thanks Neal.

The product description says something about being able to see the video on your PC via wi-fi. Any idea what that will take (I don't have a smartphone so Apple or Android doesn't work for me).

I emailed Dave Olson and he told me the theater cars are delayed but they are still expecting them by the end of the year.

Neal Jeter

Are they not shipping out August 28th then? Lionel has not released an official Theater car update after the factory closing. 

Zach:

They are not shipping on the 28th.  I am not sure when they will ship but Dave said he still expects them by the end of the year.

Neal   

Lionlman posted:

Zach:

They are not shipping on the 28th.  I am not sure when they will ship but Dave said he still expects them by the end of the year.

Neal   

Thanks for the update, the wait continues I guess. 

Checking on the Theater Cars.  "They are due at the end of the year."  This year?

John:

The theater cars were already in production when the factory shutdown.  Dave hoped production could be completed by the end of this year.  

Neal Jeter

First, any chance of seeing a video clip Alex?

Second, our new laptop does not have a CD drive so is there an alternative way to load the software? (I might have missed it.) Otherwise cancelling the caboose.

BobbyD posted:

First, any chance of seeing a video clip Alex?

Second, our new laptop does not have a CD drive so is there an alternative way to load the software? (I might have missed it.) Otherwise cancelling the caboose.

In this day and age there are other ways of getting the software.  I certainly wouldn't cancel a car because of no having a CD drive.

MartyE posted:

BobbyD posted:

First, any chance of seeing a video clip Alex?

Second, our new laptop does not have a CD drive so is there an alternative way to load the software? (I might have missed it.) Otherwise cancelling the caboose.

In this day and age there are other ways of getting the software.  I certainly wouldn't cancel a car because of no having a CD drive.

I bought an inexpensive stand alone CD drive for these issues years ago. I would think it might be more up to date for these apps to come with a small jump drive or a download from the Lionel web site even better.

 

Alex, Do you know if the new Lionel caboose will have the same camera? I would assume so but just wanted

to be sure. Is the caboose still on schedule? Great resolution and no "skipping"!! Unclepeterr

Has anybody put figures in the seats of this car? 

Andrew

falconservice posted:

Has anybody put figures in the seats of this car? 

Andrew

Probably not because no one has them yet. 

BobbyD posted:

First, any chance of seeing a video clip Alex?

Second, our new laptop does not have a CD drive so is there an alternative way to load the software? (I might have missed it.) Otherwise cancelling the caboose.

Hi Bobby

There's a video clip on page one in my first post, also a CD drive is quite easy to get. I wouldn't cancel the caboose.

Alex

UnclePeteRR posted:

Alex, Do you know if the new Lionel caboose will have the same camera? I would assume so but just wanted

to be sure. Is the caboose still on schedule? Great resolution and no "skipping"!! Unclepeterr

As far as i know it's the same camera , as for the scheduling I'm not sure

Alex

Alex M posted:

BobbyD posted:

First, any chance of seeing a video clip Alex?

Second, our new laptop does not have a CD drive so is there an alternative way to load the software? (I might have missed it.) Otherwise cancelling the caboose.

Hi Bobby

There's a video clip on page one in my first post, also a CD drive is quite easy to get. I wouldn't cancel the caboose.

Alex

Right. I even bought a plug in floppy drive some years ago to have just in case...10 bucks.

I'm not getting too excited about the theater car not being here. I still have to buy Kadee couplers for the original 7 cars and correctly mount them.

Ironically, I waited all that time for those car passenger cars and now they sit in Tupperware bin under the layout.

I figure when this car comes it will give me a kick in the pants to get the set up and running.

Sure does NOT look like this!

Ron

I talked to Ryan Kunkle at the Lionel booth at York today.   The theater cars are on the water and should be here in four to six weeks.

Neal Jeter 

 

Alex M posted:

Hi all, 

Dave just shippped this to me so I could post pictures and videos. This is just the Prototype, if you have any questions I’ll  do my best to answer them. Dave prepped me well on this. Hope you all enjoy !

The last video (if it works ) is a video of a video if that makes sense, it won’t let me upload the theater car video. I had to use another I phone and take a video of the video  LOL  😂 If I figure it out I’ll let you all know  

Alex,

In looking at the manual page above, it shows a "Pan/Tilt Control" - so can the Lionel Theater Car camera (and presumably the Lionel Caboose camera) pan and tilt around so that you're not stuck just looking straight back in a rigid fixed position?

Very nice. And if you get bored watching where you've been, you can put it on the front of the train.

A couple of years ago I saw one of these cars on the tail end for a train pulling out of Harlingen.  I assumed the guys sitting there were boozing it up.  Apparently my mistake.

My question.   What is the point of attaching this car to rear of the train on the layout and seeing where you have been?  That is never a compelling view.  It is like trying to watch life in reverse.  Why not stick the car in front of the engine and get a real look at where you are going.

Several years ago my wife and I rode the BNSF theater car....it was her first ride on a train. That night it was cold and snowing....great view with the snow flying around in the outside bright lights.

Would you please post a photo or two of the underside, especially of and around the trucks? I would like to see how difficult it will be to convert to two-rail. TIA

Lionlman posted:

I talked to Ryan Kunkle at the Lionel booth at York today.   The theater cars are on the water and should be here in four to six weeks.

Neal Jeter 

 

Do you know if this applies to the station sounds dome cars as well? 

Will Ebbert posted:

Lionlman posted:

I talked to Ryan Kunkle at the Lionel booth at York today.   The theater cars are on the water and should be here in four to six weeks.

Neal Jeter 

 

Do you know if this applies to the station sounds dome cars as well? 

I’ll try to ask him tomorrow.  

Lionlman posted:

I talked to Ryan Kunkle at the Lionel booth at York today.   The theater cars are on the water and should be here in four to six weeks.

Neal Jeter 

 

YES YES YES YES!!!

I dont see what's hard to understand. To view is not from the engine forward because it is based on the passenger's viewpoint. That view is more common for more people total, including crew Cab view was done already. I got along fine with a similar view from the back of a station wagon as a kid. But it can cause motion sickness in some folks well. I have a pal that wouldn't be able to handle the reverse view without getting sick. I doubt the view being a camera and screen would help him .

The dome cars with StationSounds and the other 21” passenger cars are on the water.  My guess is these are all in the same container with the theater cars.  

Lionlman posted:

The dome cars with StationSounds and the other 21” passenger cars are on the water.  My guess is these are all in the same container with the theater cars.  

Fantastic! I can't wait to see and hear them! 

Well, back to the origins of the topic, cameras in a train car.  At York, in (about) 1994, Neil Young had his portable layout there.  All of his engines had forward facing "invisible" cameras in them.  There were many screens in the tent, so one could watch as the trains went around his well detailed layout.

You could actually purchase a video that included a view of yourself, as you watched the motion of the trains!

The look was simply awesome!

Alex,
Thanks for posting!  I finally received my theater car.  I think it is a blast to play with, although I was disappointed with the weak written instructions that gave minimal information about the app and the lack of help menu in the app itself.   There is one thing I have not figured out.  How do I save/download recordings and snapshots to my camera roll?  When in recordings tab I see download arrows at the top of the page but I was unable to initiate download (the camera was off line at the time).

thanks!

Now the big question is how do you adjust the height of the tombstone camera when the bottomobo the video from this car pics up the floor edge of this car before the big glass window?

Electronically if there is a crop or zoom adj. otherwise I'd look for physical adjusting screws inside for tilt/pan. For recordings a good video editor or free app if you can run one, will often have a zoom/crop to clean up with. I recently saw a railsounds era video cam engine for under $100. How good or bad was it?

Got mine yesterday, I have noticed the same about the camera. On contrary the color difference doesn’t truly bother me. 

T4TT posted:

Alex,
Thanks for posting!  I finally received my theater car.  I think it is a blast to play with, although I was disappointed with the weak written instructions that gave minimal information about the app and the lack of help menu in the app itself.   There is one thing I have not figured out.  How do I save/download recordings and snapshots to my camera roll?  When in recordings tab I see download arrows at the top of the page but I was unable to initiate download (the camera was off line at the time).

thanks!

When i did the review i had the prototype car , i didn't have any instructions or a manual. So unfortunately i don't know how to do that. Plus my theater car is still sitting at my local hobby shop waiting for me to pick it up. LOL 

Thanks, Alex