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(Please cross-post to .trains. Thanks!) Greetings! I hope that the New Year finds you all well! Several people have asked whether the engine shed and crane car models shown on page 53 of the January Shop At Home catalog are going to be for sale in (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks! One question I had was: what is a good source of the 1x4x2 grey lattice/fence? That seems about the only rare part in the engine shed... XFUT .trains per request (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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Cross-Posting. (...) -Jason (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> And this highlights the problem with restricting LD folk to one ghetto... we just got two crossposts of the same article. No way to avoid it... Jason and I did it at the same time. (Had one of us waited to see if the other was doing it, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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Jake, I really enjoyed the train yard shot in the latest Shop at Home catalog. For some reason, it reminded me of the photos on the cover and inside the 1980 European Lego Train catalog. (See cover at (URL) compare with (URL) ) This is the catalog (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GpDDIE.C0K@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Equally important is a source for the black low slope corner elements used in the roof of the small control tower building (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hogwart's Express has a pair of them. I'm not sure if that qualifies as a good source, but it's a source. :) It's the only recent source I've run across, but I don't buy the whole product range by any means... thanks, James (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could someone post a scan of this for those of us who don't have a catalog yet? Thanks in advance :) -- Pawel (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.year.2002)
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Here's one from Josh: (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) I was happy to see the reintroduction of the Assorted Roof Tiles (5216) at $4.99 in the new catalog. My next order will include at least 6 of these packs. I will purchase at least 15 bulk element packs to get the extra 15% discount that makes (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <double snip> (...) Yeah, you know how those LD folks like to run rampant all over the place. -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears Michlug - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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More thoughts on a train mini-figure pack - - I could see the track workers set being comprised of an engineer, a ticket checker and four construction worker types. - For more play value, include a hand car or other mini-maintenance vehicle that can (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:GpDGLo.n2t@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) apiece (...) this (...) I don't think it is necessarily a "re-introduction" of 5216, to the best of my knowledge they have never (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now I find out! I wonder what other unadvertised service packs and bulk element packs are out there. Bert (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes! that would be great.... and if you do this please don't make them ultramodern. Make their cloting a bit more generic so it fits with almost any era.. No silver shades or safety stripes. (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What would be really neat would be a working party like some from FR or TR in Wales in the 50's. School Jackets and all... I'd like to see some older looking (historic) minifig sets. The stuff that was faked up for the April Fools joke would (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hogwart's Express is a better source than Hagrid's Hut - it has one. Peeron lists 8 of them in 7191 X-wing Fighter. Julie (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, what's "FR or TR"??? If *I* don't know what it is, it may not have much draw to US train fans as none of them will know either. May do well with the subset of UK train fans who know Wales, though. (...) Those are hard, minifig pack is (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Larry Pieniazek (<GpDL94.D4K@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:41:28 (...) Hrrmm. Mumble. Ffestiniog Railway & Talyllyn Railway, at a guess. (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, Ffestiniog and Tal-y-lyn railways. (I just didn't want to have to look up the proper welsh spellings...I guess I was expecting too much by using the common initials, like if I had used ATSF or BN or SP or suchlike :) (...) So would I. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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I Agree. I would really like to see Conductor Charlie and Engineer Max minifigs. And how about some passenger minifigs with back packs and lugguage, and please don't forget some female minifigs - very important. While I'm at it, how about a historic (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bert, this is generally true of _ALL_ items listed in the Shop@Home Catalogs. The January catalog is historically brief and a lot of items are not pictured but they are still available. In the way of a shopping tip: When planning your next S@H (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sounds Good--excellent suggestion. My favorite minfig torso has always been the blue-collar worker guy with 2 breast pockets --> (URL) this minifig in Green, Red, Black, Dark Gray, etc. would result in me buying many, many minifig packs. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There are 8 of them in the large X-Wing.... Kind Regards, Ben (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) at (...) wheel, (...) right (...) If it helps: I ask, I even beg for big train wheels! (Smaller than 396 ones, bigger than 7750 ones.) And please add a hole for connecting rods and please make them in red and black.... To syncronise them (left (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I spent some time with the track workers when my company was developing some automation equipment for a railroad. Track workers wear ordinary clothes like construction workers. What you need is construction hats in yellow. Lester PS: Track (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) And make some without flanges, too! ROSCO (22 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Full Sized 396 ones in black, with & without flanges (4-8-8-4 Big Boy!) Josh (22 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Has anyone found the instructions to this engine shed on the lego site? I got tired of waiting and have been building an LDraw model of it. I've got the outer structure done using only bulk pieces that lego currenlty sells. Current cost is (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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