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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G87D35.EpA@lugnet.com...
> I am under NDA so cannot go into a lot of detail, but I did want to post to
> say that and several other Lego Trains stalwarts have just completed the
> first ever LEGO(r) Train Summit.
>
> The conversation was wide ranging and very productive. We discussed things
> that LD is going to be doing, the future of the product line and ways to
> leverage the productive relationship between LTCs and LD.
>
> I am terrifically pumped up about this and very happy to have been among
> those selected to attend. While it was impossible to have every single train
> fan attend, we worked hard to make sure it was a representative cross
> section of US train fans and that many viewpoints were represented.
1st good news in a long while.
Though it had better not be anything like the 4561.
I wonder if they plan to have any meetings like this in other countries?
Germany seems very keen on trains.
Plenty of interest here in the UK too.
Perhaps I wont sell my Lego collection after all
Honest, I was so dissolutioned with their directions, I was on the verge!
regards
lawrence
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In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> 1st good news in a long while.
> Though it had better not be anything like the 4561.
I've said it before, it is my view that 4561 is a good product for the
market it is targeted at. Town Jr. is a good product for the market it is
targeted at. Bionicle is a good product for the market it is targeted at,
for that matter. None of those are targeted at us, so trashing them doesn't
accomplish much, really.
LEGO is not a monolith. The creation of products requires Product Managers.
LD has product managers now. 4561 did not come from the same place that
Statue of Liberty came from.
> I wonder if they plan to have any meetings like this in other countries?
It was the *first* LEGO(r) Train Summit.
> Germany seems very keen on trains.
> Plenty of interest here in the UK too.
>
> Perhaps I wont sell my Lego collection after all
> Honest, I was so dissolutioned with their directions, I was on the verge!
Nothing... not the dissolution of the company, not the end of the minifig,
not the decision by the company to focus on WWF action figures, even, would
cause me to sell my collection. Stay focused. What TLC does can help us have
*more* fun but cannot in any way detract from the fun we have with our
current collections unless we *let* it detract. Stay focused.
Hypothetical examples of course.
++Lar
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > I wonder if they plan to have any meetings like this in other countries?
> > Germany seems very keen on trains.
> > Plenty of interest here in the UK too.
>
> It was the *first* LEGO(r) Train Summit.
No, he didn't ask wether there would be more train summits, but having
assumed there assumed there will be, whether non-northamerican train fans
(lego staff don't really count) will be included in the invitations.
James (who is trying to hatch the Trains of Australia Lego Club, TALC)
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