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Matthew Bates wrote: <good theory> Man this is scary!! Take a look at this one: (URL) that be the germ of 4561? it's a lot farther apart than the scary congruence of PM 4020 and TLG 3225, but.. it has a sloped large windscreen/canopy at the end, the (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I'd love to see pics. UP as a firm is a source of some of the most behemoth engines ever... They are always trying to get more horsepower into one engine package than anybody, because they use more horsepower per train/ton than anybody (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) redo (...) When I said articulated, I mean that the body itself is hinged (ala 4551 or Eric Brok's green Croc), not that there are hinges or joints in the wheels. So my Big Red, which has a small articulation in the trucks to allow them to be (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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You're right, it would be painfully ironic- I think Lego needs to get out into the real world and see who actually IS the market for their trains- are there really that many more 4 year olds than adult enthusiasts such as ourselves? I don't think (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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While thinking about Playmobil vs. Lego trains I took another look at the Playmobil catalogue and I was rather startled. Take a look at.... (URL) then compare it to... (URL) a rip off!! [1] I hadn't noticed the similarity before. I'm assuming that (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) think, (...) I don't think anyone here is going to argue that Lego isn't the coolest construction system, that's why we all love it. And we all know that Playmobil isn't a construction system at all [1]. But that wasn't the point of my (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Not to start a "mine's bigger than yours" war or anything but... I built a UP EMD DDA40X a while back (which was, I believe, the longest loco ever built at 98'5") which was 70 studs long and could take turns (but with no articulation). Sadly, it has (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Finally, (Thanks to Steve) some new, cleaner pictures are up on the PNLTC webpage of my SPS 700 4-8-4 Steam Engine. (URL) was browsing Larry's designs and he seemed to note that Big Red was the longest non-articulated engine around. Hmmm, perhaps (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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As promised... Tail end of Containers page now has a few snaps of my 5 unit articulated container car. This baby is huge. This one car goes all the way around a semi circle of track with some spillover. 12 axles, 6 bogies/trucks, 10 articulation (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Steve, which one are you referring to? The only one that uses wall sections is the big white/black one (and the little one it mutated from...) That one has been up a while. Should I date my pictures or date the sections or something? That (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I agree that variety is good, but details... One of legos strongest points, I think, is that the same piece can be a tail light, or a hamburger- is Denmark a great country or what?! (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agreed. I'd characterise it as a suspension bridge, though, as I saw no sign of a mechanism. The plate is being unloaded from the truck by hand. I have no idea what the fig on the top is doing, though. Perhaps he's a vandal, getting ready to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Steve. Very true, especially in white... I have to tell you that those parts gave me fits, though, as the whole assembly is rather fragile until you get plates on both the top and bottom of the plate like section that sticks out of the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) Well, the new Playbobil trains are RC trains, which I think is a great idea! The plastic track lets the train run inside or outside. All in all, I think Playmobil did an excellent job at designing their new train line. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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a couple of thoughts: whom are we kidding here? If a set contains only a few new and useful pieces, we're all gonna buy it- TLG has us over the barrel. It doesn't matter how cool the set is; if I already have the pieces, I'll just build it. Most of (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice stuff, Larry! Good use of the round-top half-arches (especially since they are easier to get than the stepped-top half-arches). Steve (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nicely put comments, Matthew! I especially like your simply-stating ratings. I like the new sets because they show a great deal more diversity than has been typical of the recent LEGO sets. Which is a good indication that Trains will continue. So (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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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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