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(...) Never mind, I found it. (URL) And the thing I thought was a set, I'm now assuming was a "you can build this from your LEGO sets!" type of insert. Interesting-looking swing bridge, I think. Steve (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 Train Sets
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Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) Too bad it's isn't a sheared crossing, lik the DUPLO one. (...) it (...) set (...) DARK (...) They sure look dark grey in the catalog. Like the Res-Q base. Eric (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego Train Scale
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Chris- I too have pondered the scale dilemma. We all know that the given constraints of the pieces themselves are hopelessly out of proportion (bigger wheels, is anyone at TLG listening??). Even so, some pretty creative and realistic models have (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Rural Station, New Freight cars
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I finally got round to making a bit of room and posting some of the pics of some of my more recent work. If you surf my site, at the bottom of the buildings page you'll see my rural station. This blue/white station is intended to capture what a (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish)
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(...) You're right in that they probably won't simplify the building of them in the same way as the Town Jr sets but that's only because the train sets are inherently 8+ sets because they require the use of the AC adapter. I meant more that the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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(...) It's interesting. There are a whole ton of rejected messages from a John Neal in the dead-articles file on the server -- none of them ever showed up in a newsgroup prior to Kurt's posting. The only way Kurt could have known about them is if (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think that's it. I think it's more that they want more "futuristic" looking trains. I really can't see that 4559, with some 800 pieces, has been juniorized. It just doesn't look like a real train. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 1999 sets and beyond
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How can we encourage Lego to create some new sets that have some spunk to them? I really like the trains and would like to add onto my collection. I hesitate to add any of the new sets as they do not even fit in the general theme. Some person had (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Thoughts on 1999 Train Sets
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Here's my opinion on the new sets (in descending order) 1. 4519 Cross track. Very cool. Really the only 99 set that is in the same league as the original 1991 train sets. A Must Buy 2. 4557 Container Crane. Nice set, with almost no Town Jr (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it's a small black technic wheel with black rubber tread. (...) No, I think it's because it includes 9V track pieces which are considered as electrical parts of the 9V train system. This makes it incompatible with previous train (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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(...) Argh! I can't find the URL for those scans! Does anyone have it handy? There were one or two other train sets, besides the ones referenced by Todd. Steve (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The sets are very disappointing. I was very excited by the Austrian Rail Car, which I was never able to find, and sets like the Metroliner. The Metroliner at least looked sort of real and had a general transportation theme. Now, we have all sorts of (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <36902568.13481231@l...et.com>... (...) It's different (heard that before) but why are they using a green baseplate instead of a grey one? I guess it's a case of juniorization. (...) I don't think it's that bad looking. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) to (...) I had a look at the cat in hand. Looks like a regular 24 tooth gear in black. (...) Suppose so, but strange because it seems to slip. That (...) the (...) No! Probably just means it's part of the 9V (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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(...) Kurt: I haven't the foggiest idea what your posting has to do with LEGO trains, or where you see any postings from a John Neal anywhere on this server. If you have some kind of complaint to register, please do it elsewhere. Send email to (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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lego trains (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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Lego trains (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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John Neal a user from Minneapolis is not very understanding of the Newsgroup way of communication. He has sent many messages from odd addresses and we need to show him how to do them. Any one that knows how to find him?? Help him or get rid of him. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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I do not like the new sets. I do not think that Lego is doing anything new or exciting. The company is going away from sets that represent new ideas or complex designs. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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(...) This image is better than the one we had before, (mirror Spock's) and it is now clear, to me anyway, that the unit is not powered, but that the middle wheel picks up motion from the track. Again, Will C. did it right, this is a bit of an (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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