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Re: Not Kirk, Cook, Cagney or either of the Saints...
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:52:48 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, John Porter writes:
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> > Though the Kitbash etc.. does sound funky!
> > We could always pursue the line that its a display of how kids can be
> > introduced into the world of toy trains.
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> Hmmm..
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> You had better not say TOY trains, it is a "Model Railway", not a toy
> (According to them, anyway, we don't want to get them off-side) Same rule
> goes for describing the model as a "train set"
Yeah I've known that they get uptight about such things. But to me a toy is
something you have fun with and enjoy. I hope they do have fun with their
Model Trains, or why else would they do it? There's real railways out there
that need fixing if they want to be really pedantic!
Even If I was managing Cityrail (hopefully never) If things were running
smoothly and working well (again..never), then I'd be having fun and calling
the network my train set!
Theres a point when, if a hobby becomes too serious, then it no longer is a
hobby but more of a job/chore.
Santosh
(Do what you enjoy and you'll never work a day of your life)
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| (...) Sadly for them, that is how toy trains came into being, as...TOYS. At least AFOLs don't seem to have that problem. Even in the Lego catalogue, the age range on the top of the page for Mindstorms is 12-99 (a bit sad for all those century (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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