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Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:50:07 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > I wonder what the acceptance factor is amongst model trainheads for wonky
> > scale Lego trains.
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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.
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> Amongst the crowd of kids that turn up to train shows, acceptance of
> Lego is very high. They can relate to it (they don't mind the odd
> Thomas the Tank Engine either).
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> Cheers
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> Richie Dulin
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 out about my interest in collecting
Lego...they have a notion that it is "just a toy"...even my mom's boyfriend
who collects model trains, thinks its a bit "wierd" that I still collect
it, and am realy into the train series - I have 6 trains at the moment,
and 2 more coming that I won/bought off e-bay.
I am really into town, but I think what has kept me into town is the
prospect of having several train sets, and building the town around the
trains....
In case you are wondering i am 26, and only stopped collecting Lego for
4 years, and most of the stuff that Lego put out during that time was
not as good as between 1989 and 1995. Actually, the stuff right now I
don't really like...they need to put out some more sets in the town and
train lines like they did in the past.
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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 (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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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. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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