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Subject:	Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:50:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote: > > I suppose (and it would have made more sense to check your reply before adding > my other one - I'm splitting my own train of thought here) that the new IR base > length makes it harder for LEGO to produce a new engine that can sell on its own > (like the Super Chief) that doesn't contain an IR unit. > > And it also makes a small engine impossible. This is for kids, right? Kids who > are supposed to grow up with Duplo Thomas? Agreed! I posted earlier that this 30 stud base totally wipes out all those cool Thomas and little trolley models. (Which, incidently, are amongst the most popular items we (LUCNY) run around the tracks at shows per visitor requests.) Even the Hogwarts model will not be able to be replicated with the new system! JB

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		Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
(...) Surely for a Thomas train, if you make the bogie versions, Annie or Clarabel could use the IR unit baseplate? (URL) Then Thomas could be made using BBB wheels and he could have working rods too. I think it will be possible to bury the new IR (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
(...) When I was at Legoworld, I soon learned that if I wanted the kids to crowd around I only had to run my green and red Percy with a small matching orange wagon: (2 URLs) Salt Wagon>> Chasing the Rocket and/or Penydarren around the same track: (2 (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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		Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
(...) I suppose (and it would have made more sense to check your reply before adding my other one - I'm splitting my own train of thought here) that the new IR base length makes it harder for LEGO to produce a new engine that can sell on its own (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)

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