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Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:20:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I re-read Jake's comments and I didn't think he was saying much
> more than this: "modeling has advanced". He's right, it has. Compare the
> ideas in the first train book with what is doable now. A lot of it is due to
> special purpose parts, parts which came about because they were developed
> for one line or another. Some people like blocky cars and ships, which is
> fine, but I like to use all the shapes the palette offers me. Are we very
> far ahead (in the palette) now from where we were in 1995? Probably not. But
> we are way way way ahead (in the palette) from where we were in 1980.
True, though part of his assertion was that the alternate models have
become more sophisticated, which I take to mean that the designs have become
more elaborate, which in general they have not. Your point about the
broader palette is correct, and I (among many others) love new,
non-juniorized parts. Several in this thread, however, have rightly taken
Jake to task for on one hand selling the company line ("we're better than
ever and we always will be") while simultaneously divorcing his views from
TLC's.
Dave!
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| (...) And so you should. As should we all, and as *do* we all, or most of us. I just don't see the value in Standard Product Rants like this particular Town Jr. one, at least not on the 99th repetition. (granted, the retail anecdotes are new (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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