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(...) It's all relative. Five minutes to replace a few bricks versus Several months painstaking skilled modelmaking/painting. I know which I'd rather do! (cue 'age of instant gratification ruining classic creative toys' debate) Jon (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I'm not so sure about the robust construction even when dropped part. I think most creations disassemble themselves when dropped on the floor. The difference from fine-scale models is that chances are nothing actually broke, and even if (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I agree with William here - there is so much more to model trains* than the phsical realism of the models. I would love to explore automated operation, bar-coded freight yards and more 'realistic' operation, all possible using Lego trains of course. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FpqBAD.2Hr@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) guys (...) as (...) large (...) comes (...) covering (...) I will second that. My collection grows faster an cheaper when I buy with the intent to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow I see what you mean.It looks a bit fragile ! I think a monorail would take up less room and of course they can throw themselves into reverse automatically. (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think James has that much, he's just a shrewd builder. As to how people afford large collections, I know people that have very large collections who have got there with a budget of 500 a year... the rest comes from shrewd trading (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Those pictures are slick. I have been very impressed with the work i have seen many of you do. I dont have a ton of lego. Maybe 200 sets. You guys (and girls) seem to have lego out the wazoo. What do you people do for a living to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, John Neal (<38A246A4.48DF7A6E@...west.net>) wrote at 05:03:40 (...) Ok. point taken :-) Perhaps what I mean is, there is no ultimate answer to the 'What Scale Is Lego?' question. Perhaps it deserves a FAQ entry. Perhaps there is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Tony Priestman wrote (...) I only bring up scale because of the track gauge issue. I think trains built 8 wide compared to 6 wide "look" better. More realistic? Kinda. I just want my trains wider than a snowmobile. I want my trains to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Still only two cars: one engine and one passenger car. But, I did get a hold of a digital camera to take some more photos of my Cisalpino passenger train model. There are a few picts of how the front nose is constructed in case your interested. (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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