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Re: 9v Train status report.
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:41:09 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Eric Kingsley wrote:
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- In early 2007 the decision will be made – based on sales performance of the 9v system during the fall of 2006 – if LEGO will continue the 9v System with metal rails after 2007.
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So, is LEGO going to actually have any 9v product available during this time to
accurately guage the performance of said product? Or will it be just the
remains of what they currently have, which most people already have.
It seems to me that it would be unfair to base the future of the 9v line on the
current high speed train (the only full train set currently available), which
IMO is one of the worst train sets ever made.
Also, do they plan on supporting the line at all? I keep hearing about this
so-called lack of interest from retailers and consumers for the train line, but
everytime we do a show, or every time I am at work (at a local toy store) the
only comments I get are along the lines of “I didn’t know LEGO made trains” and
then they buy some...
It seems to me that it is a lack of effort on the part of LEGO, not a lack of
interest. The store that I work for originally started out as a LEGO Train
retailer at the weekend train shows. The only thing keeping them from doing
greater business is that it is next to impossible to get product out of LEGO.
There have not been any full train sets available to them for months now.
Troy
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 9v Train status report.
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| (...) This may depend on your interpretation of hobby train I guess. I think the purchaser of sets will want the all plastic train and track. I can't recall the last train "set" I bought. But I have bought a lot of track, points, motors, track (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: 9v Train status report.
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| (...) The "lack of interest" is comming mainly from the big box stores like Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart, Target etc. The problems for those stores are: 1.Compared to other toy trains (such as blue track thomas the tank engine or any of the various wooden (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| OK, we have been given a limited amount of information that we have been authorized to share. Now I am a fan first and Ambassador second so I am going to give you all the nuts and bolts first. After that I am going to break down each statement as I (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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