Subject:
|
Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:23:07 GMT
|
Highlighted:
|
(details)
|
Viewed:
|
4506 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Paul Rutenberg writes:
> > Hello
> > Look at following link, about time we get something before the USA, gtfthis • is
> > a scan of of upcoming sets for Lego end of the year, YEAHHHHHHHHH:
> > http://members.tripod.de/legoit/herbst2000.html
> >
> > A happy 9V Trasin Collector and builder
> > Paul
>
> If this is a prototype, why is it in German?
> Wouldnt the danish do it in Danish first, or at least english?
>
> Why would we see a leak in German first?
>
> Any history of sets coming out in Germany before anywhere else? Or German only
> sets?
In my opinion, yes. In 1981, I eleven years old on a Europe trip with my
family. We were in Germany, soon to travel to Denmark to visit LEGOLAND,
Billund. In Germany, my family went to a toy shop where I saw the 7820 red
Mail Waggon. Knowing that we would soon be in LEGOLAND, my parents opted to
wait to get me any LEGO train sets until then. Poor choice, for LEGOLAND had
not yet received any of the gray-track 12v trains at all. Germany was first to
get them. Don't know if toy shops in Denmark got them before LEGOLAND, or not.
We reasoned that "normal" retail toy outlets may get them first due to wider
market availability. Or, that perhaps LEGO considered Germany a "better"
market for sales. Dunno.
> Also, given recent train history with lego, focused on more modern, stylisted,
> juniorised trains, why would they revert to seniorised old sets?
> Well, I guess that digital trains are aimed at an older audience who would
> appreciate these models.
> But I am surprised there is not a modern hi-tech, hi-speed european train in
> there like TCV or Eurostar
I'd like to see this type of train, too. As long as most of the "new" models
are German, perhaps the ICE-3. I have mulled that design over for months. The
nose of the ICE-3 is just TOO sleek for any design concept my pidly brain can
imagine. But, that's the challenge I love, so I don't know if I'd want to see
an entire dedicated one-specialized-piece to build the front of an ICE-3. Then,
again, if there were, I'm sure I'd buy it....
later,
James Mathis
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
|
| (...) If this is a prototype, why is it in German? Wouldnt the danish do it in Danish first, or at least english? Why would we see a leak in German first? Any history of sets coming out in Germany before anywhere else? Or German only sets? Also, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
|
149 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
