 | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Troy Cefaratti
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —John Barnes
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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)
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| | | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | | | (...) This is perhaps the case for those of us that already have the essentials to make a LEGO train (track, controler, motor) but it certainly is not what is required to bring NEW people into the hobby. People at the shows and at the store all want (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | (...) I can't disagree with anything you say Troy. With that said I think we have a decent chance of convincing LEGO to maintain the line if we can all come together and make our case. One thing I think that has been lost in the last couple of years (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: (some interesting ideas) That's all well and good, and I think a website might be useful but it's not the way to prove the line is viable. That requires driving demand. But how? What are the chances of LEGO (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Ed McGlynn
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| | | | | | (...) You're getting close to what I've thought for a long time, Larry. Eric, you have some interesting ideas, for sure, and plenty of passion for our hobby. Here's some simplistic opinions that I can share - it's evident to me that LEGO's looking (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Jonathan Wilson
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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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| | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Ted Michon
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| | | | | (...) Jonathan- One sad fact is that some parents don't buy LEGO trains (and LEGO in general) because they don't want to assemble it and know/believe their child doesn't have the skill or patience to put it together. (It surprises me how many kids (...) (18 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 9v Train status report. —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | (...) Interesting that "plugging in" is veiwed as a negative. Most of the people I know (myself included) would never buy a battery powered anything if a plug in version was available. That is the reason I never bought a Mindstorms kit. When I had (...) (18 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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