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Is it to prevent the toothed drive wheels from skipping? The outer wheel turns more times than the inner as is goes around the curve. Ralph (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains)
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My son has spend his allowance on a couple of the new Thomas sets (Percy and James). James comes with one piece of curved track (along with others including a switch). I've noticed that all the Duplo track that's come with these sets has a ribbed (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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(...) Did you check the date on that link? Feb 2004... that's 17 months old! -Scott (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)
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This was covered in Lego's 2003 annual report. More recently, in Lego's 2004 annual report, they say that Duplo contributed to their operating profit in 2004. The item about the operating profit in 2004 is one of the positive notes in the overall (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) I read a nice analysis of that move in (URL) yesterday. :) Also from the same article: Separately, Marketing can reveal that Lego has signed a partnership with Formula One World Championship-winning team Ferrari. Great, yet more Ferrari (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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(...) Yup - I was very happy with this news when it was announced over a year ago ;) Still good news :) Never did like the Explore name. Mark P Collector of DUPLO promo bricks (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)
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From the Article: [Embattled toy giant Lego is performing a dramatic U-turn by scrapping its pre-school Lego Explore range and reviving the classic Duplo products in its place.] {Lego confirmed that it was scrapping its Explore range because of poor (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) TRU in Pittsburgh, PA now has a few Thomas sets, including Toby, James, and Thomas himself. Not sure of the official set names. The sets for Dora the Explora are also available, but I think that they've been there a little longer than the (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Fair enough. I guess what I don't understand is how Thomas could have remained a relative unknown here in the US up until the late 80's. JOHN (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Ummmmm does it matter? They were very popular in countries other than the UK, so they (the characters/stories) were propelled to the world stage many years before anyone thought of a Brio Thomas or TV series. (...) Sure, but it had already (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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