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Hi All, Last weekend I went to an annual Model train show mainly to see if I could find anyone with a similar interest in Lego trains. 80% of people I spoke to thought I was talking about Duplo trains and did not know that Lego produced "mains" (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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(...) Wow. Double Wow. I finally got the chance to visit your page and I'm just amazed at the incredible amount of workmanship an imagination that went into this train. Anyone familiar with the actual train will be able to easily recognize it as (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: just for fun
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(...) A bit heretical, but one could get one of those Mega Bloks slot car sets (and paint the track tan so it blends in with the desert theme - its not Lego so its ok to deface it by painting...)... (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Known groups (Worms for Larry [AND ME])
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J3- Would you dig up 3 more for me since I was first in .puns, .QOTD and .legoland. *I* will be there to accept, except *where* is *there*? Conan's or Fudd's? J the duece (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Known groups (Worms for Larry)
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(...) I'm sure I can dig one up in my back yard. Will you be there tomorrow to receive it? Also I've got some pics of mine and some other guy's reunion trip to Enfield. -john (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Known groups
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I just noticed in filling out forms for the upcoming NMRA National Convention that a group must belong to the NMRA in order to participate in the contests at the shows. Larry, J1 and J3, do we want to becomes members (we being the GMLTC) so that we (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Known groups
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I know of the following "organizations" (and I use the term loosely, formality varies) devoted to trains PNLTC (the first) - Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club NGLTC - North Georgia Lego Train club GMLTC - (the most disorganized, and proud of it) (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.trains.org
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[Followups set to lugnet.trains.org] A new newsgroup lugnet.trains.org has just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.trains (group and hierarchy): Train mania: modeling, layouts, (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Welcome to lugnet.trains.org, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.trains.org (group): National and local LEGO® train clubs/organizations: group formation, founding, planning, announcements, etc.; inter-group coordination and planning; (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | 4561 "The Alp Express"
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I saw an interesting close-up photo of the bogus little "engine" from the 4561 and it appears to me that the blue corrugated used are 2 1x4s, which would be a new element. I was wondering if anyone else had that same impression. BTW,the catalog (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | just for fun
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Well I got home today and I was just finishing some work on the train I just built and had a weird idea. I took Anakins race pod, that I bought a couple weeks ago, and mounted it on the 9V motor and had it run around the track. it looks very cool. (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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(...) Robin, YES! My thoughts exactly about the windows from the upcoming 4561 set. Glad to see BOB have a brother. ;-) later, James Mathis (26 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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(...) BOB's coloring: The brochure's front cover art looks to have been "artisticly" enhanced, turning selective patches into grayscale images of varying contrast and color depth(?). I thought the same thing at first. BOB's total number of units: (...) (26 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Loco Group Session Sunday 5/2
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Greetings all! I'll (definitely this time!) be hosting a Lego Loco Multi-Player Session tomorrow, Sunday, May 2nd, at 6:00pm Mountain Daylight Time (8:00 EDT). Please e-mail me if you plan to join so I'll know what size layout matrix to use, and so (...) (26 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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(...) I felt the same way. I fervently hope they do not make trains unless they can improve the quality a LOT. Their molds can't be THAT imprecise so it's got to be the speed at which they eject the parts. (26 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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Josh, Thanks, I never saw any around here. Bad quality, huh? Oh well, at least it was an attempt. Ugh! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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I would guess it would be similar to Megablocks, just as a guess. But maybe if TLG would see some of their themes (i.e. Military, Suburbia, etc.) and some of their pieces, maybe they would think twice on their Town Juniorizing everything. I would (...) (26 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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James, Nice train, I like it! I think I'll make one for my next show. Maybe I will use the parts from that new thing the TLG calls the Railway Express(4561). It has a lot of those 4x3 clear wall part that would make nice windows for this kind of (...) (26 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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Are the Bestlock bricks the same (or near) quality as LEGO? If they are as crappy as MEGABLOCKS, then this discussion is over for me. Just wondering and hoping.... John Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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