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For a long time, I resisted buying any of the Super Chief sets. The models DO look a little top-heavy, and LEGO® has slipped on their quality control like never before seen in their history. People say that LEGO® is too expensive, and that they (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's shocking! They're obviously meant as running models because grey motor side-bars are included in the set! Why would there be alternate parts and instructions for motorising and adding rail-powered lights to a display-only set? They may (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Dear Jake, a German Co-AFOL has had trouble with the Santa Fe train as well. He called the consumer service for replacement wheel sets and got informed the Super Chief was not meant as a train set, but as a display set for the shelf only. So (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I have two Santa Fe engines and a B Unit I built to go with them. I have two moters one on each of the A units. I too had a hard time with the SF engines pulling more then 10 cars. It always seemed to bog down in the turns. Recently I had all my (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree with that! And I bought all of the newer cars (10013/14/15/16/17) and buy just making a very simple train with them + 1 loc, it has a very hard time on curves and not fast on a straight track. I never had that problem with all the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) lol, okay, I think I understand now-- I just didn't consider tweaking an existing logo as actually new. But fair enough. BTW, those sites are *my* sites-- do you want me to change them to reflect your new color scheme? If so, send me a nice (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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Hi, I'm pleased to annonce our FIRST participation at a Train Show. It is in Truro, NS this comming saturday. We will launch a new LUG called --- Novalug --- (for Nova Scotia LUG). We'll have a modest layout only 90x60 inches, but that's a start! We (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks nice -- welcome to the third dimension! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
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Hello, Maby I have an explenation. I was in Legoland Billund today. They had a factory sale with some discontinued sets. There vere a lot of Duplo trains. Both tracks and whole trainsets. Couldn't it be these trains lego was going to "ditch"? Just a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WamaLTC's new logo
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Thank you for your interest, John. May I point you to (URL) Ok, so it's not a massive redesign, but the colors are changed and the Capitol is rendered more realistically. Constantine (...) their (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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