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Re: The Future of Trains
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Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:28:02 GMT
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Hm.. how much to make metal rails, and then have LEGO-compatible pieces
that can
snap onto the bottom of the rail?

Scott

An AFOL already made some headway on that one, way back in '05..
http://users.erols.com/kennrice/flextrack.htm

-Rob
www.brickmodder.net
www.lifelites.com



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  Re: The Future of Trains
 
(...) 1x8s instead of 2x8s, and spaced every other-- more prototypical that way. In any event, well done, Kenn! JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
  Re: The Future of Trains
 
(...) 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 (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)

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(...) Hm, I wonder if TLG would fight them on a patent/design methodology? That would be the first issue I see. However, on that note, what I would really like to see is some way to get just metal tracks that would fit over the plastic track. That (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)

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