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Re: New cars at lego shop at home
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 23:35:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Chris Leach writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.trains, Michael Reynolds writes:
> > > > I'm not a big train fan, but I stopped by lego.com and saw they have a new
> > > > passenger wagon, a tanker, and another car, but I forgot the name of it...
> > > > Check them out at lego.com
> > > 
> > > His domain is rr.com and he's not a train fan??? :-)

rr stands for road runner, my internet provider, hehe.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the pointer. We appreciate it. Seriously.
> > > 
> > > Hopefully, though, it won't be a big surprise that we knew about it within
> > > minutes of when the images first hit the site, right???
> > > 
> > > Train fans are the most rabid brickfans there are. Who else makes the
> > > massive displays we do? :-)
> > 
> > <Blatant challenge. Must respond...>
> > 
> > Star Wars fans:
> >  http://www.nelug.org/mindfest99/
> > 
> > Castle fans:
> >  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=0iannai0
> >  http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
> > 
> > Brikwars fans:
> >  http://www.nelug.org/bw063001/
> > 
> > Space fans:
> >  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5191
> > 
> > ... and many other examples, but these were what sprung to mind, and
> > responded to quick & easy searches.
> > 
> > Keep in mind that one of the big reasons that trainheads get more visability
> > than other LEGO fans is because they're tapping into an existing support
> > structure (Model RR community).  Hopefully, other Lego fans will tap into
> > similar structures more often in the future, which will increase the
> > visibility of other things, too.  Michlug doing a space display at a con is
> > a *great* example of that.  So are some of the static displays that have
> > been put in Libraries.
> MichLUG Rules! Yea Baby! MichLu..........wait was that out loud?<grin>
> 
> 
> > (Keep raising the bar, though; don't wait for us to catch up.)
> > 
> > James



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