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(...) Ouch. First TLG, after offering a train set (URL) train/hobby shops, wouldn't actually supply the product, and now is cutting the smaller stores that have been faithfully carrying trains out of the loop. A stride forward for vertical (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Great looking rolling stock Mat. I wasn't able to get to Legoland over the weekend to see your Thomas the Train locomotive and other character engines. Are you going to be displaying them at the upcoming train show at Fullerton too? Ray Original (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That was really neat--did anyone notice as the plane went into paint, it had two engines and when it left, it had four? I'm surprised no one added a Type-R sticker while it was in there too. Speaking of cool videos, those of you (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Eric, First off - THANK YOU for the news. (Good to see actual Lego discussion is going on in lugnet.trains.) My initial thought - on reading this news and the other thread about club participation - was "How did we get HERE?" It seemed like there (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Eric, First and foremost -- thank you. This gathering and reporting of information is exactly the sort of thing I that I imagined the Lego Ambassador program would be useful for. This is also the first time that any ambassador has done (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (URL) photos of the "real" Trevor. I think she is either a 6 or 7 NHP engine, which makes her moderate in size...not too big or too small. (I think also that it is just Foster, not & Rastrick...). I know all about the problems of Lego scale (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) I believe this has been stated elsewhere by Jake. Tim (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Eric- 1. Thanks for all your efforts. 2. Count SCLTC in whenever/wherever/however 3. What does "from 2006" mean when you wrote "LEGO will continue to sell the current 9v system including the train motor, metal tracks and the speed regulator (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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OK, we have been given a limited amount of information that we have been authorized to share. Now I am a fan first and Ambassador second so I am going to give you all the nuts and bolts first. After that I am going to break down each statement as I (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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I tried so hard to stay out of this farce but I can't help it any longer. Normally Eric's antics are at least entertaining, but now I'm mad. This is what pushed me over the edge: (...) What is WRONG with you people?! Suzanne?! I can't believe this (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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(...) The way Lugnet is built, any changes like murlfing or editting of one's post and including FTX format, won't work in NNTP. Back when I'd chat with Todd often, I'd give him ideas on improvements to Lugnet's software, and many of those ideas (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Often in the past we have lamented the sort of "fringe group" stigma attached to LEGO as an adult hobby. An air of "geekiness" or "nerdiness" seemed to linger, no matter how many dazzling sculptures or mosaics or train layouts are displayed. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !
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(...) It seems to me the message remains the same on the NNTP server, and more importantly the search index, so searching for any word in the original post will retrieve it. In fact, searching for one of the known "questionable" words in the post (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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Heads up, I'll be on the FJSradio.com show today after 5:30pm until I go to the Open MiC tonight to preform at the Waterbug Hotel tonight. (URL) WARNING ADULT CONTENT (URL) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | NXT retail or education version - which are you going to buy and why?
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I am really excited to get my hands on a NXT and will order on April 1. But where to order it from. LEGO S@H or LEGO Education. The following site has some good comparisons: (URL) I'd like to get it sooner rather them later, I'm inclined to go (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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