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The End of 9 Volt? (was: Re: Train motors half price via S@H weekly special)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:51:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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Hi all!
At the TSL event in Berlin there came up rumors the todays 9V train line would
be shut down. And that there would come up a new train system with RC driven
trains.
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Hmmm. That is an interesting scenario. I’m just sitting here thinking what I
would do in that event. I always sort of pitied the folks who still decided to
run the old 12 volt trains. It just seemed so doomed; when stuff broke down,
that was it! Buh-bye. Now I face the same prospect, because I very much doubt
that I’d start all over with a new system, and that kind of depresses me. Heck,
I’m already sitting on a pile of 4.5 volt track from teh last change!
Now I’ll admit that RC probably has more potential for playability for a kid,
but to me, it is a wasted development. As far as our club goes, we turn them on
at shows and forget them. I don’t “play” with my trains; my “playtime” is spent
in the planning and building process. When not run at shows, my trains may as
well be museum pieces for all the action they get.
Considering the remarkable growth in clubs devoted to LEGO trains over the past
few years, one wonders how such a change would affect this progression. Did we
peak in Cincinnati? I certainly hope not.
I hope that those attending BF in a few weeks ask some penetrating questions to
the TLG VIPs-- as if anything we ever say could affect such a decision:-/
JOHN
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| (...) Hi all! At the TSL event in Berlin there came up rumors the todays 9V train line would be shut down. And that there would come up a new train system with RC driven trains. I would guess, if that would come true, the trains would run on pure (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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