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(...) Amongst model trainheads, Lego trains do not enjoy a high acceptance factor. "They're just toys" is the usual comment (I think they mean it as an insult....). There have been a few anti Lego train comments on aus.rail.models in the past. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I'm surprised you didn't also post this to the regular lugnet.train newsgroup...it would have got some of them into the conversation. I think I have a few similiar experiences like that...I mean to start off, when some people that know me find (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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ben medinets <bmedinets@aol.com> wrote in message news:G9svJJ.FuB@lugnet.com... (...) Hmmm. Reminds me of that sig I've seen aroung lugnet.train (Larry?): "Everything else is just scenery for Lego train" (approx) ROSCO (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) At least we realise Lego is a toy :^o (...) The US shows seem to be appreciated by the public, which is surely half the battle. Most people have built with Lego and kids use it, whereas less may have had a proper model train, and less again (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Well I think I probably got (stole) that philosophy from the train groupies in that newsgroup, but also I've had that idea in my head way, WAY before I got on Lugnet or even heard of Larry P ++ ...especially when I saw the trains when I first (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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