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In lugnet.town, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
> Hi all,
>
> In my local TRU in Copenhagen I picked up a new set of road plates yesterday:
> 4108, 4109, 4110 and 4111. They differ from the usual green plates in having
> no pavements, yellow lines instead of white, and the tracks are 20 studs
> wide, leaving only 6 studs for the roadsides. The straight road plates have
> drain gratings imprinted.
> This must be the ultimate sign, that classic town sets will never return.
> The roads are wider to match the JackStone vehicles, and indeed the pictures
> on the packaging is solely JackStone. And JackStone 2002 sets are even worse
> than the 2001 sets: I also bought 4615 for the wing plates, but they are
> unusable, as they have integrated clips and 2x4 brick - bummer!
>
> regards from Denmark
> Arne
Hi Arne,
Thanks for providing this information. I just saw the road plates you
reference at the Mall of America Lego Outlet store here in Minnesota. I'm
so upset that Jack Stone sets (and roads) have taken over those from classic
town.
I am begging TLC to please bring back the town/city theme instead of just
throwing it away. I understand that Jack Stone serves an important function
to introduce younger builders to bricks before they're ready for 'System'
sets, but why not keep them and STILL have town kits as well? Please,
please, please...
Regards,
Michael
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