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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
> Just off the top of my head, I have the following thoughts on a prospective new train system.
>
> On the track:
> If 9v is dead, I don't see why it is critical to be backward compatible with the
> metalized track. I would think it might be nicer to go back to the multi-piece
> track of the 12v system (perhaps with a conversion piece to interface with the
> 9v and IR train track)
My point is that TLG should continue with the 9volt system until a new system is
developed and available. Showing off our train layouts at train shows and
telling visitors that it is discontinued for 2+ years will turn off the buying
public and they will go to other manufactures for their trains and accessories.
In 2+ years, they will have invested enough in their train layouts at whatever
guage, that when they visit our shows, they will enjoy the display, but go and
buy from other manufactures the items they need to expand or 'abuse' their
existing layouts. TLG will lose out in train purchases and all the LEGO people
would have bought to decorate their layouts.
My questions are: If the new system is electrical as stated in the announcment,
how will this operate an electric train on plastic non-metal track? Will the
new track, plastic or metal-capped, be of the same dimension as 9volt and the
current RC track? Will we be able to convert existing 9volt engines to the new
'electric' system and run our trains on both plastic and the Metalized track we
currently own?
If you look on page 6 of the Holiday 2006 catalog, there is a sample 9volt oval
that is advertized as 27"x33" and is made up of 8 curved track pieces per end.
In that same issue, on page 11, there is a oval of the RC plastic track that is
28"x37.5"... where is the 1" difference? Is the curved pieces a different
radius? Not having any of the plastic track, I am not able to tell. So, again,
my question is, will the track for the new system be compatable? And to which
system?
My 2¢ worth...
Don GtwLUG Lugnet #1239 St. Louis, Mo. USA
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In lugnet.trains, Don Cox wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
>
> My point is that TLG should continue with the 9volt system until a new system is
> developed and available.
Maybe (big 'maybe' of course) there is 2 years or so of stock left of current
track and motors and all. They are still selling track in old dark grey
afterall - quite a while after the color change has happened. This doesn't
appear to help the whole situation in the long run of course. (AFTER the two
years)
> If you look on page 6 of the Holiday 2006 catalog, there is a sample 9volt oval
> that is advertized as 27"x33" and is made up of 8 curved track pieces per end.
> In that same issue, on page 11, there is a oval of the RC plastic track that is
> 28"x37.5"... where is the 1" difference? Is the curved pieces a different
> radius? Not having any of the plastic track, I am not able to tell.
I'd bet this is just lousy editing in the Lego catalog.
Jonathan
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