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> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > I understood it as Mark did. Personally, after 10,000, I rather see a
> > *different* engine run of 10,000 and have the Super Chief go out of
> > production for a while (based on the fact that LD can only have so many
> > different sets in production at any given time)
In lugnet.trains, Ace Kim writes:
> i agree with this sentiment. in my mind limited edition in the case of the
> super chief is a short production run of 10,000 and NO MORE. what's the
> point of having a LIMITED EDITION if only a second run is going to be made
> with the only difference being a numbered tile?!?!
Personally, I don't think 10000 is all that limited. I mean, even after
Larry's placed his order[1] there'll still be plenty to go around. What
production run would you expect of a set like this?
I'm not a huge fan of forced 'collectibility', but clearly I've fallen hook,
line, sinker, rod and copy of 'Angling Times' for this one. I'd rather Lego
Direct just kept producing fantastic sets at great prices. I can put up
with the marketing machinery for a while, but this could get tiresome if
they come to rely on limited editions - particularly if a more limited run
is ever used as an excuse to hike the price up.
Still, let's have a decent British steam locomotive next, eh?
Jason J Railton
[1] :)[2]
[2] ;)
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Jason J Railton wrote:
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> Still, let's have a decent British steam locomotive next, eh?
Heck yeah, a whole line of them (read: Thomas)
-John
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> Jason J Railton
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> Jason J Railton wrote:
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> >
> > Still, let's have a decent British steam locomotive next, eh?
>
> Heck yeah, a whole line of them (read: Thomas)
He said "Decent" not "Cute"... every club should have a Thomas(tm) but that
doesn't mean I want LEGO(r) to dump effort into licensing it.
Na, give us an A4 Mallard(1) (think of the compound curved pieces for that
one!!!)
1 - check me on that, I think that's what it is. Big, Blue, Streamlined,
Fast, Between the Wars period...
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
> Na, give us an A4 Mallard(1) (think of the compound curved pieces for that
> one!!!)
>
> 1 - check me on that, I think that's what it is. Big, Blue, Streamlined,
> Fast, Between the Wars period...
Yep, you got it. Class is A4, a Pacific (4-6-2) wheel arrangement, Mallard
was the engine which took the world steam speed record of 126 mph in in 1938
IIRC. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the LNER.
Here she is:
http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/mainline/index.asp?i=4
(running)
http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/nrm/index.asp?i=53
(Now in rail museum)
And more info
http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/mallard.htm
http://www.wandleys.demon.co.uk/mallard.htm
Kevin
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In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
> > Na, give us an A4 Mallard(1) (think of the compound curved pieces for that
> > one!!!)
> >
> > 1 - check me on that, I think that's what it is. Big, Blue, Streamlined,
> > Fast, Between the Wars period...
>
> Yep, you got it. Class is A4, a Pacific (4-6-2) wheel arrangement, Mallard
> was the engine which took the world steam speed record of 126 mph in in 1938
> IIRC. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the LNER.
>
> Here she is:
> http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/mainline/index.asp?i=4
> (running)
> http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/nrm/index.asp?i=53
> (Now in rail museum)
>
> And more info
> http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/mallard.htm
> http://www.wandleys.demon.co.uk/mallard.htm
>
> Kevin
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Thanks for confirming my memory. Now for the real test: Someone built a
LEGO(r) model of it some time back? For 50 points, who can give the URL(s)
to the builder's pics???
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > Na, give us an A4 Mallard(1) (think of the compound curved pieces for that
> > > one!!!)
> > > ...
> In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > Yep, you got it. Class is A4, a Pacific (4-6-2) wheel arrangement, Mallard
> > was the engine which took the world steam speed record of 126 mph in in 1938
> > IIRC. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the LNER.
> >
> > Here she is:
> > http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/mainline/index.asp?i=4
> > (running)
> > http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/nrm/index.asp?i=53
> > (Now in rail museum)
> >
> > And more info
> > http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/mallard.htm
> > http://www.wandleys.demon.co.uk/mallard.htm
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Thanks for confirming my memory. Now for the real test: Someone built a
> LEGO(r) model of it some time back? For 50 points, who can give the URL(s)
> to the builder's pics???
[Slowly raises hand] It was a long time ago, okay? Over a year and a half.
I didn't have any track or 9V wheels either:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.j.railton/mallard/index.html
And Larry knows this because he was there. Look on the link to Huw's
photos. All the effort went into the walking AT-AT at the time (see my
Space section).
But yes, I'd love to see Lego Direct do a nice big version of this. They
could leave the fairings off if they wanted to - many of these ran from
day-to-day without them. But, big train wheels, lots of curves. It would
be great.
Jason J Railton
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