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Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:01:01 GMT
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Hi Lawrence
While I sympathise with your sentiments, it's not true that
Lego are somehow pulling out of trains in the UK, as you
imply. For a very long time, the train selection in the UK has
been more modest than across the Channel - I'd guess that's
because of the higher use of real trains in other European
countries compared to the UK.
For several years we have had one train - the 4559 Cargo
Railway. That has been replaced this year by the new passenger
train. We've lost the level crossing, though gained the cross-track
set. The new train is in the shops - I've already bought one
from a toy shop in Blackburn, and
I've seen it in several other shops. It's only just come out - which may
be why you haven't yet seen it in shops.
Frustrating I know that we don't have more - but then we
do have Busy Bee, which is almost as good!
Great to have you in the loc.uk group btw - it's always nice to
see a new Lego fan start contributing.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> >
> > > Busy Bee, if you read this, what reason do Lego's give?
> >
> > I think Busy Bee either stock it, or have plans to.
> Yes I got that impression too.
> But why no trains in the UK catalogue, why none in usual shops?
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> Why have Lego taken what is clearly a conscious decision NOT to allow us
> access to the full train range?
> There has to be someone in Lego who said "lets not sell trains in the UK, • but
> sell them in USA, Germany, Holland, Austria....etc".
> So why?
> Having sold trains for so long in the UK why did someone last year make a
> decision to not do so this year?
> Will they come back next year?
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> Are we not worthy?
> Dont we buy enough?
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> (as you can see I am annoyed by this!!!!)
>
> No doubt there are other sets in other themes that are not available here.
> Perhaps vice versa too.
>
>
> regards
> lawrence
>
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| Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message news:FJrupp.3FF@lugnet.com... (...) I didnt say that Lego gave us no trains, but it seems for many years they have made a decision to limit the amount we have access to. My point was that (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Yes I got that impression too. But why no trains in the UK catalogue, why none in usual shops? Why have Lego taken what is clearly a conscious decision NOT to allow us access to the full train range? There has to be someone in Lego who said (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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