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Re: Train1 Equipment List
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Date: 
Thu, 17 May 2001 14:17:29 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jeff Elliott writes:
> 
> > In brown, of course.  Without decals, though -- I don't like marking
> > up Lego pieces on a permanent basis...
> 
> Am I not the only one that's not crazy about the said new trains?  I am
> awestruck by the number of variations and the enthusiasm by Lego, but some
> how they don't look right to me on second viewing...

You are not alone. To many Europeans they look too "american" while to many
Americans, they look too "european". I find them cute, but not particularly
representative of anything in particular.

However I expect non train buffs to like them more than train buffs.
(witness, of course, the crazy fascination with Thomas the Tank Engine among
the mundane population)

++Lar



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  Re: Train1 Equipment List
 
(...) Am I not the only one that's not crazy about the said new trains? I am awestruck by the number of variations and the enthusiasm by Lego, but some how they don't look right to me on second viewing... Calum (25 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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