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(...) Wow, maybe I ought to hold onto that 4558 after all. I guess I'm halfway to being able to make as many Club Cars as I want with these sets. What do you figure on cost for 3401? I'd say $10 or less except for that goofy action-keeper thingie. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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The ones in the soccer bus look white. compare the gray to the white in the grandstand, and then look at the bus. KL (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I'm not so sure they are gray... look at the caption picture that shows the action shot of the minifig kicking a ball. Those look white :-( Maybe Kevin can clarify for us, but I'm not optimistic. They look gray in the one shot but it is shadowed and (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Woo Hoo!!!...!!! Gray train windows in the 2000 sets! 3 gray windows in a SMALL set. We can get all we want now. Set #3401 has probably 50 pieces and 3 are gray 1x4x3 train window frames. Also, in set #3405 we will be able to get 6 white train (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's a nice little gondola. It looks like those parts come from the Scala set 3110 Four Animal Friends (which comes with one of them and costs USD 7.00 from S@H). No if only there would be a matching wall section so that one could make a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Jim Rorstrom writes: <snip> (...) Thanks for the compliments. I'm happy my design has inspired you. The large drive can be found in such sets as: (URL) are used for the large fuel tank on the shuttle. Each drive wheel is connected (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, that explains it very well. Thanks. John (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) To start, great train! I love late steam locomotives but, have been frustrated trying to come up with a drive mechanism that is both reliable and prototypical in appearance. My current design uses two drive moters in an articulated set-up with (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes: <snip> (...) to (...) Correct. The trucks stay on the same pivot point at all times. The drive wheels simply move away(towards the back) from the front truck around the curves. There are no springs used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Consider the potential buyers motivation to purchase a custom car. I am a proud owner of one of Larry's coal cars. I considered what other Lego kits were available (blue hopper) and the price I could expect to pay for one ($45). I considered (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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