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Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:32:50 GMT
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The 396 Thatcher Perkins engine is classed as a "carpet" train as it has a guage
which is unsuitable for the standard lego train guage. It was designed to go
anywhere the child wanted to push it.
Mark H.
"G. Benedikt Rochow" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, those 2 (each) red, yellow and black pieces are the ones I'm talking
> > about. No they aren't labelled as unique in any catalog. I was only trying
> > to make a point that if you decided (like I did) to make a Thatcher Perkins
> > from scratch (only spare pieces), what would most likely prevent you from
> > completing your model. These 6 pieces (and of course the stickers) are the
> > "key" to completing your set. All other pieces are found in multiple other
> > sets.
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> > So maybe "unique" isn't the right word, so "found in no other set regular
> > set except this parts pack" would fit the bill..
>
> But how *are* these different from the ones used in several period
> train sets?
>
> -gbr
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| (...) guage (...) I _do_ have a firm grasp of the obvious :) (though the 396's gauge is narrower than you'd expect from looking at the pictures) - I was asking about the (apparently not) unique rod/piston parts. BTW, where's the panic about the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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