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In lugnet.cad.ldd, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
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As we near the release of LDD 2.0, I offer the following tale...
Two weeks ago, I was visiting the Tyson’s Corner LEGO Store. Although the
store still sells 9V track and motors, they no longer carry 9V train sets,
which number only a few these days as LEGO transitions to the Hobby Train
model of train operations. I happened to overhear a parent in the store ask
what must be an increasingly common question these days:
“Where can I find additional cars for my child’s LEGO train set?”
I did not catch the clerk’s reply, and perhaps it mentioned the LEGO Factory
website. However, the Factory website makes it difficult to locate
high-quality models that fit well with existing LEGO trains. It does not
have the feel of an electronic catalog of quality MOCs but rather a hunt for
needles in a haystack of very small pictures. For the AFOL and the advanced
young hobby train builder, the Factory website does not meet the bill.
In response, I have designed trainbase, a website that (in my opinion)
makes it easier to locate quality train models,
http://jordanschwarz.com/trainbase
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Nice site Jordan. There is also the LEGO
factory hobby trains page, which currently features some great models by James
Mathis.
I’m not sure if that will be expanded to include models by other AFOLs.
ROSCO
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"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:JF4Do6.9FG@lugnet.com...
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> Nice site Jordan. There is also the <http://factory.lego.com/trains/ LEGO
> factory hobby trains> page, which currently features some great models by
> James
> Mathis.
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> I'm not sure if that will be expanded to include models by other AFOLs.
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> ROSCO
I believe it will. I expect things to change quite a bit as LDD 2.0 and an
updated LEGOFactory.com roll out. It may not happen immediately next week
but I the difficulty in finding quality items is recognized by the
LEGOFactory.com team.
Mike
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
> I believe it will. I expect things to change quite a bit as LDD 2.0 and an
> updated LEGOFactory.com roll out. It may not happen immediately next week
> but I the difficulty in finding quality items is recognized by the
> LEGOFactory.com team.
This is good news. I've emailed LEGO about this problem myself. Simply being
able to filter by 'Trains' and 'Cool Creations' together would be a big help,
but it seems they couldn't achieve that.
It's a shame it takes such a major overhaul for these changes to come through.
From past projects I've worked on I know this is an unreliable strategy as there
are always things that get missed or untested, then you have to wait ages to get
them looked at again. Still, we shall wait and see.
Commendable as this website is, it's still not going to be something that gets
recommended by LEGO themsleves. Factory is a brilliant scheme, and I suppose
it's inevitable with something like this that the fans should take it on and get
a few steps ahead of the company itself. But it's a shame LEGO can't divert a
few more resources to keep up.
One thing I will note is you aren't necessarily solving that lady's problem.
What you've linked to are collections of some pretty big and expensive models
(admittedly by some very skilled and prolific designers). I only have the one
wagon on mine ('jjrailton'), but I do try to keep the size and affordability of
my models down.
I'd like to try some more things with the 10183 palette, and whatever we see as
a palette in LDD2. However, I haven't actually bought even my own hopper wagon.
I'd love to see if anyone else has. I'd also be interested to hear how many of
the builders you've linked to have actually bought any or all of the huge
numbers of models they've submitted.
Jason R
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