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Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:29:30 GMT
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2006 times
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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--SOMEWHAY SNIPPED THROUGHOUT--
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- It appears that the battery motor has metal flanges like the 9 volt motor. Probably good; will last longer than mere plastic.
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Maybe it is the old motor, or a slightly modified version. In some ways it
wouldn’t surprise me if they reused the existing manufacturing line.
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- Battery box is large and comes in white and black (so far) I don’t know what that side thingie is on them, but might complicate attempts to build 8 wide trains.
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This is what puts me off. At least with eight wide you can pad one plate at
each side. With seven-wide (which I use for my Soviet stock) I have to add a
half plate to the sides which is a challenge to say the least.
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- And speaking of the passenger train, it appears that the nose, while cool, is a 1 piece mold, thus rendering it useless for 8 widers. It’s very existence mocks the effects of James Mathis over the years, a true builder of LEGO trains. Has an agent of Playmobil secretly infiltrated the design team at TLG?
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I wouldn’t expect to get a brickbuilt nose to be honest. It would add a lot
to the price and would detract from the look in the eyes of most kids. We
live in a slick age and bricks just aren’t going to cut it, no matter how
clever. My preference is for brick builds but I’m not ten years old.
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I don’t buy this argument. The Super Chief proved that brick-built designs can
be both aesthetically pleasing and popular.
And how could a brick-built design be any more expensive than that Playmobil
wanna-be? 20-30 small bricks made from existing molds would have to be cheaper
than designing an entirely new mold for a piece that will only ever show up in
one or two sets. How much use did TLC get out of this
monstrosity?
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I'll take your "I don't buy this argument" and raise it. We know that the Super Chief proved popular amongst AFOLs, but not neccesarily amonst the population at large. (...) Fortunately we don't need to think about this one, the prices are (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| --SOMEWHAY SNIPPED THROUGHOUT-- (...) Maybe it is the old motor, or a slightly modified version. In some ways it wouldn't surprise me if they reused the existing manufacturing line. (...) This is what puts me off. At least with eight wide you can (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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