To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.loc.ukOpen lugnet.loc.uk in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Local / United Kingdom / 1534
1533  |  1535
Subject: 
Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 21:02:59 GMT
Viewed: 
1325 times
  
> David Graham wrote:
> > I display my trains at model railway exhibitions and
> > the most common comment from parents is "I didn't
> > know that LEGO did trains".
> 
> Where are you located I'd like to do LEGO Train exhibitions - maybe we
> should form an LTC!

Scotland, but I am probably doing an exhibition at the NEC Birmingham
in Nov 2000.
> 
> > One good sign was that I saw 4561 Blue Turbo on sale in
> > John Lewis - they haven't sold trains for several years.
> > The price was £109 so I told them about Beaties mail
> > order at £99.99 so they should reduce it.  I haven't
> > seen 4561 in Toys R Us or any other shop in the UK.
> 
> It's still a lot of money for a train.
One reason why trains don't sell well, they are too expensive.
Children cann't aford them only adults!

> > By the way, I bought 4562 for £83 in Amsterdam, at that
> > price maybe more people would buy it.
> 
> 4562?  What's that? • Sorry, 4561!
> 
> > We need to keep on asking LEGO about trains, keep on
> > writing to them.
> 
> Who do we write to?
Customer Services, LEGO UK, Ruthin Road, etc. see catalogue

David



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
 
(...) Where are you located I'd like to do LEGO Train exhibitions - maybe we should form an LTC! (...) It's still a lot of money for a train. (...) 4562? What's that? (...) Who do we write to? (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

16 Messages in This Thread:








Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR