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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:04:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ted Michon wrote:
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I was told by multiple
sources that the metal clad rails are flat out prohibitively expensive, not
simply relatively expensive. (I don’t know why it took 15+ years to figure
this out. Perhaps it has something to do with RoHS?).
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When you say “prohibitively expensive”, it’s important to put it in context. If
you’re talking about a 5 year old getting into trains for the first time, metal
rails are certainly expensive. If you’re talking about a Hobby Train, then
that’s a different discussion.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: All plastic track
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| (...) I would think that it is the market that TLG is/was trying to target (primarily 7 year olds - think 4561 - through tweens), not Train Hobbyists. $100+ is still a fairly large investment for some parents to make on present that potentially will (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Ehmm to put things into perspective : LEGO track : 21 Euro/meter Peco code 75 h0 track : 6 Euro/meter (about as "finescale" as it gets in Europe in h0 wrt factory track) Roco Line track with bedding : 9 Euro/meter So even for model (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: All plastic track
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| (...) Joe- I wrote that TLC announced that it is "focusing" on a new "play train" system that will be widely available and that the 9V "hobby train" will be relegated to lego.com and S@H sources, My "observations" were based on what what was said (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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