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  Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
 
(...) Ouch. Comparing to Lionel;-( (...) Which is fine with me. I don't run any out-of-the-box stuff anyway. What kills me is when they produce elements that *restrict* me to 6 wide (windshields, sharp curves, etc). (...) Mike and I have discussed (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
 
In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: <<<SNIP>>> (...) I was thinking of setting up an amusement park train with a technic figure as the driver, and minifigs as children. It would work great in either 6 or 8. But in either case would look VERY (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
 
(...) This is the canonical "tinplate" dilemmna from old school model railroading. If you look at Lionel O or O-27 stuff you will find the same problem, although not with as wide a variation in scales. So DO you use things in your layout that are a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Favorite Lego Train?
 
(...) Well, that's what this subthread is about, after all. :-) 5 is too low IMHO and I told you it was to a close friend that I sold a set for 10 so you could derive that 10 is too low too to the general public. The question posed several posts (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Centipede Train
 
(...) bookmark (...) That's Ben Fleskes' Dodecapede train at: (URL) cool model! later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)


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