{"id":4329,"date":"2018-10-15T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2018-10-15T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:38:02","slug":"octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"OcTRAINber 2018: The Foreign Challenge \u2013 The Prizes Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised in the first part of this three-part article of OcTRAINber 2018 prizes, we would go out with a bang, and what a bang to go out with! Here at BMR we have always been enthusiastic about the PFx Brick, because of the options it gives to customize your engines when it comes to light, sound and power, making sure your models look more and more like the original.<\/p>\n<p>So, our friends over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxbricks.com\/\">Fx Bricks<\/a> have decided to supply us with a very special gift. You know how Lego last year sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/brickset.com\/sets\/10254-1\/Winter-Holiday-Train\">10254 Holiday Train<\/a>? Well, this year Fx Bricks is going to help you add light &amp; sound plus superior controls to the whole thing with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fxbricksinc\/videos\/1084539488388339\/\">Holiday Train Conversion Kit<\/a> (link = movie)! As already announced, this will be the second of the two Grand Prizes for our Real Life and Digital Entries!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4346\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/43400040290_364cd74579_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?fit=3970%2C3142&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3970,3142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1539085615&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"43400040290_364cd74579_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?fit=474%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4346 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?resize=474%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C810&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43400040290_364cd74579_o.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OcTRAINber Grand Prize, however keep in mind:\u00a0 Also including a PFx Brick 4MB, but minus the 10254 itself. That one was already last years Grand Prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4347\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4928,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1539098033&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"43399916080_fa202d368c_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?fit=474%2C314&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4347 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?resize=474%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43399916080_fa202d368c_o.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Light, sound, action!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not all, they have also decided to supply a second prize, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxbricks.com\/store\/index.php?product\/page\/1\/PFx+Brick+4+MB\">4MB PFx Brick<\/a> plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxbricks.com\/store\/index.php?product\/page\/3199\/XL+Speaker+Brick\">XL Speaker<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4348\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/prodpfxbrickrender\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?fit=502%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"502,438\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ProdPFxBrickRender\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?fit=474%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?resize=474%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?resize=150%2C131&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdPFxBrickRender.png?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second prize from FX Bricks: PFx Brick 4MB&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4349\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/prodxlspeaker\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?fit=709%2C709&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"709,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ProdXLSpeaker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?fit=474%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?resize=474%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?w=709&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ProdXLSpeaker.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230; Plus a XL Speaker!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Holiday Train Conversion Kit includes the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fxbricks\/44491568734\/in\/album-72157702043686354\/\">All electronics, wiring, LEDs, etc to make it the perfect Light &amp; Sound<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fxbricks\/44302033425\/in\/album-72157702043686354\/\">build for running around the Christmas tree.<\/a><br \/>\n2. Extra LEGO bricks to properly convert your Holiday Train<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fxbricks\/44491562284\/in\/album-72157702043686354\/\">5x new colour printed instruction books for making the conversion as easy as possible<\/a><br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fxbricks\/44491476074\/in\/album-72157702043686354\/\">An extra wagon (which encloses an XL speaker) including lights.<\/a><br \/>\n5.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxbricks.com\/store\/index.php?product\/page\/1\/PFx+Brick+4+MB\"> A 4MB PFx Brick with IR and Bluetooth control<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the conversion kit, you can easily transform the LEGO Holiday Train (10254) into a fully illuminated train with sound effects.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see more about this Prize, so that you know why you are contesting, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fxbricks\/sets\/72157702043686354\">Fx Bricks Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feel like joining the contest after seeing these prizes? You better! For more information you can <a href=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/23\/octrainber-2018-the-second-challenge\/\">check the official announcement for OcTRAINber here on BMR.<\/a> Or, just go directly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/3699484@N23\/discuss\/\">our BMR Flickr<\/a> to upload your entry!<\/p>\n<p>Happy building, happy OcTRAINber!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised in the first part of this three-part article of OcTRAINber 2018 prizes, we would go out with a bang, and what a bang to go out with! Here at BMR we have always been enthusiastic about the PFx Brick, because of the options it gives to customize your engines when it comes to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/octrainber-2018-the-foreign-challenge-the-prizes-part-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OcTRAINber 2018: The Foreign Challenge \u2013 The Prizes Part 3<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[74,75,724,353,144,114,354,33,93,302,729,34],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contests","tag-bmr","tag-brick-model-railroader","tag-challenge","tag-christmas","tag-contest","tag-electronics","tag-holiday","tag-lego","tag-lego-train","tag-octrainber","tag-prize","tag-train"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OcTRAINber-header.jpg?fit=2128%2C1181&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8egNP-17P","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4350,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/4350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}