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Re: Lego Direct Q&A about to start at BrickFest
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:51:37 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > (Brad's answers to some questions)
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> > <extracted for emphasis>
> > > [train track] Geometry is being examined.
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> > Seriously?!?!?!? Can you (or someone) elaborate on this?
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> > Wow. That's it's even being examined enough to mention that it's being
> > examined is cool.
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> I have no new info to offer... geometry was mentioned at the january summit
> as you know. Think about the tooling costs of something as large as a
> turnout, though!
I am. That's why I'm surprised it's being examined. I personally wouldn't
expect LEGO to revisit track geometry until the molds reached retirement.
(If they even did so then.)
Hunh. I'll leave further speculatin' to people more train-savvy, but I
think it's cool that they're even willing to look at the geometry.
James
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| (...) I may be dreaming, but I thought I caught a hint that TLC has considered the possibility of an alliance with a model railroading manufacturer. I suspect the LEGO track market is at least as large as some of the specialty model railroad track (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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