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| (...) Amen, Bruder! You and I are so in our thinking, Ben; as if only 1 stud apart;-D JOHN (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) (SNIP) (...) Hi Steve I even would guess that a special sleeper plate with flat bottom (to float on studs beneath), with 242 studs on top and a kind of retaining clips to fix the metal rail would be an option for any "third-party producer". (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) sleeper like Ken's modified 2x8 plate, bundle it with the 3rd party connectors and rail stock, and voila - hobbyist track kits! All things considered, this won't happen, for a lot of reasons. But an AFOL can dream... Steve (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Doesn't look like it would work out as nicely. The connectors have two metal tabs on the bottom that appear to line up nicely with the studs that were cut off the 2x8 plate. Switch to a 1x8 plate and you'd have to cut away part of the base and (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Chris brings home a good point. 9V is what it is, probably because of the powered rails. No other LEGO Train system has that. However, I do beleive that one day very soon (if not already) battery technology will allow more power than can be safely (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 1x8s instead of 2x8s, and spaced every other-- more prototypical that way. In any event, well done, Kenn! JOHN (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) [...] (...) Well, I guess at least we now don't have to worry about if or when the 9v line will be discontinued. Like some of you, I am upset. I am upset that LEGO marketed the 9v line so poorly, but I also suspect that in the current (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) An AFOL already made some headway on that one, way back in '05.. (URL) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | What would YOU like to see from TECHNIC?
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| Hi all, I've got a question for all TECHNIC enthusiasts out there... six questions, really. What types of TECHNIC vehicles would you like to see? I've created six polls on LUGNET, each with 3 or 4 choices for a given price range. Now's a good time (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| (...) Well, simple straights and curves could easily be made with flexible rails and individual ties, but many of the specialized track pieces that seem to be of real interest to the hobby are complex crossovers and points. Those would require (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Scott pretty much summed up my concern over this one. Get a commercial entity involved, and you're in danger of crossing the line for patent infringement. I doubt they'd ever go after Ondrew for his hand-modded track (indeed, since he uses (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) As problematic as it is for long term track maintainence, and modifying track, it's actually a very simple solution to an ugly problem. Have you ever noticed how regular model railroaders link two sections of track together so power will be (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Ok well I'm not really OUT out. But out in terms of not buying new stuff, like the battery stuff, I passed on, since I had no interest in those kind of sets. If the new power system they are talking about is as bad as the battery system then I (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| On the positive side of things, the new battery trains run fine on my old blue track, and the new plastic-only track is a whole lot cheaper than the old electrified track. I also like that useful 4-way switch they introduced. Electrified track gives (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) And presumably a "large" one too... Tim (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) :) And don't forget, 'sauna' is a three-syllable word. The 'u' is not silent! Steve (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Actually "guys" is a gender neutral term: (URL) definition 3 entry 3b -Orion (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I can only speak for myself, but part of the fun, for me at least, is the challenge of staying within the confines of the Lego product. If I wanted to build track, etc. from other items, or do my own molding, I'd work in N or HO scale (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Now that is kind of what I was advocating in my post. The whole LEGO system is a modular system--why not come up with modular way of creating tracks and motor housings or whatever using perhaps the system as the glue and outside parts as part (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) If you go far enough north it isn't! They also use the other variant, youse guyses, as in, "You got da deep snow over to youse guyses place, eh?" to which the response would be, "Ya, sure, but we cleared da path to da sauna!" (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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