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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IGJnyJ.1rEv@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Gary Quinlan wrote:
> > Fellow Lego Train Enthusiasts
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> > Check out the link to see ideas for a new geometry of Lego Tracks,
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28054
> >
> > Maybe with enough chatter on Lugnet and other sites Lego might decide to
> > investigate the possibilities! Can't hurt to try.
>
> No, it can't, but this topic isn't new. Check out the ILTCO library for a
> presentation by Ben Fleskes about
> <http://iltco.org/library/?PHPSESSID=1058e043ee0a5c5f3b1a073054254af9 • track
> geometry>. He served up everything TLG would need to proceed with this • idea
> {years ago}. I believe that TLG will never make the intellectual leap • from LEGO
> trains {as a toy} to LEGO trains {as a hobby}. It's too radical. (which • sounds
> kind of silly, given some of the stinker ideas with which TLG has decided • to run
> (ahem, {Galidor}, Znap, to name a few)
I agree. The idea is good, but the problem is simple - the market is narrow
for these. Yes we would buy it, but just look at the new containercars - and
the dicussion about whether there should have been doors instead of bricks.
The answer was simple - it cost too much for a model for a market that small
(basically S@H and some other places).
Just thinking of cars are selling better than switches - I doubt they will
come.
And - the new curves - lego is a toy, and making it too complicated for
children is not always good (sorry to see children getting more stupid, I
think it would have worked 20 years ago).
BR
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| (...) Too true Gary (...) Silly is perhaps not strong enough (try stupid) They have not seen the potential that we see at train shows from the true hobbiests that would like to try it. I am sure that the same thing ould be said in the USA. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) It's called bread and butter marketing. Keep producing the goods that pay the rent, expand on them if your gaurenteed sales. They pay for themselves and help pay the rent. That way you can then venture out and try other things that are unknown (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) No, it can't, but this topic isn't new. Check out the ILTCO library for a presentation by Ben Fleskes about (URL) track geometry>. He served up everything TLG would need to proceed with this idea years ago. I believe that TLG will never make (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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