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Subject: 
Re: Now what?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 20:59:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Huw Millington writes:

While I'm sure the US market makes up a significant proportion of those that
buy trains, please, LD, don't forget us Europeans. Let's have some
European-styled diesels, hoppers, vans, 4 wheeled wagons, 0-4-0 shunters,
even the Mallard for Jason!

A great way for TLC to get their foot in the door WRT to European trains would
be to get a licensing agreement with Britt Allcroft and produce some Thomas
trains.  Since they are all based upon prototypes anyway, I would think that
we'd all come out winners-- TLC gets a slam-dunk seller of a line, and we get
new parts for Euro-trains or whatever.

(Brad, this is your quarterly reminder to pursue a Thomas license agreement:)

-John



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  Re: Now what?
 
(...) well, color me confused, don't we already have all that in 4563 and 4564? Just dust those off and reissue them (in different colors perhaps)! (...) But ya, everyone needs a Thomas. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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  Re: Now what?
 
"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:H087EE.5yI@lugnet.com... (...) The shift from the old 9v models being loosely based on European prototypes to the new ones being based on US prototypes is I believe due to the fact that LD (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)

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