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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote:
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Being this , was any AFOL planing to start making some new steam train
wheels? In RED,BLACK & GRAY. As I would like to get some . I’m guessing that
they won’t be cheap. As A mould would have to be made. Perfect design BEN !!
Many thanks , Teunis.
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To answer your question, Yes. Based on some ‘inside’ information, somebody
is making train drive wheels. I’ve heard they will be available for purchase
certainly before christmas.
It leaves me wondering, how much would you pay? What is a fair price?
Cheers.
Ben Fleskes
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It’s can only be an educated guess but further to this does anyone have an idea
of the quantities that would sell. While a lot of AFOLS seem to have an
unlimited budget many don’t (like myself!) thus while I would like about 12
axles/24 wheels; I would probably only get 3-4 axles and maybe some more later,
this would not really be affected by the price. (3-4 axles could be pretty much
said to be a minimum order.)
How many train modelling AFOLs are there out there? Most do probably not
read/post here and sof course some won’t be on the net at all.
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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How many train modelling AFOLs are there out there? Most do probably not
read/post here and of course some won’t be on the net at all.
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That’s why you’d need an extra pair of wheels to show people at train shows.
Have a business card (or a link on your website) to the Bricklink store where
??? is selling them. Make it simple for people to get these, and I think they’d
become quite popular.
And it just came to me that a wheel like this would look great on my keychain.
Yea, I’m a geek... :-)
JohnG, GMLTC
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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How many train modelling AFOLs are there out there? Most do probably not
read/post here and of course some won’t be on the net at all.
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That’s why you’d need an extra pair of wheels to show people at train shows.
Have a business card (or a link on your website) to the Bricklink store where
??? is selling them. Make it simple for people to get these, and I think
they’d become quite popular.
And it just came to me that a wheel like this would look great on my
keychain. Yea, I’m a geek... :-)
JohnG, GMLTC
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All good ideas! Heck, GREAT ideas. The keychain ones could be the ones that got
rejected for being poorly formed or out of round or whatever...
Pardon me while I dip into “fantasy mode”... Suppose LEGO themselves got behind
third party efforts and put a link to the site of whoever’s doing this... (and
to custom kit designers and to Little Armory and etc) Just a bare link with a
disclaimer saying they had no responsibility. Would that be cool or what?
Never happen, but if you really want VOLUME (which drives costs down) there you
go... that would be the way!!!!
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote:
snip
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Being this , was any AFOL planing to start making some new steam train
wheels? In RED,BLACK & GRAY. As I would like to get some . I’m guessing
that they won’t be cheap. As A mould would have to be made. Perfect design
BEN !! Many thanks , Teunis.
|
To answer your question, Yes. Based on some ‘inside’ information, somebody
is making train drive wheels. I’ve heard they will be available for
purchase certainly before christmas.
It leaves me wondering, how much would you pay? What is a fair price?
Cheers.
Ben Fleskes
|
It’s can only be an educated guess but further to this does anyone have an
idea of the quantities that would sell. While a lot of AFOLS seem to have an
unlimited budget many don’t (like myself!) thus while I would like about 12
axles/24 wheels; I would probably only get 3-4 axles and maybe some more
later, this would not really be affected by the price. (3-4 axles could be
pretty much said to be a minimum order.)
How many train modelling AFOLs are there out there? Most do probably not
read/post here and sof course some won’t be on the net at all.
Tim
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I would buy 12 axels, in all three colours !! Red , Black & Gray.
Total 36 axels @ $10us each ??? = $360us ???
But, for me to spend that sort of money the design would have to be perfected.
So that they work perfectly on 9v & 12v rails. And the push rods run smooth.
What about a Blind Driver ??? Many thanks,Teunis.
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