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(...) I was thinking this, too. Lego now uses the "<-o->" symbol. Not to mention that the stickers are poorly applied, and Lego doesn't even use stickers for the door symbols anymore (I think, they didn't with 4558). (...) Right, too much (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "3x3 wall part, with the window in it", but all windows have appeared in other sets. Jeff (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm going to hope that it is real... I'm thinking these aren't the final versions of the pictures, that this is being used to test layout, colors, whatever. Yes, the picture quality is lower than what we're used to, but I've seen prototype (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes... "engines", but not motors. That is, you'll have to find a hollow space in your engine body somewhere for the DCC receiver module (that gray thing in the picture with the power truck, Nr. 4468) and then replace your current power truck (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Hi everybody, please read the message below I rarely watch this group But i am amazed by the pictures, but the following things puzzle me 1. Since when those DB stickers come back? I thought they belong to the 12V not to 9V 2. Look at 4450 Right at (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Infrared? Could this possibly work with the RCX?? :-b... (drooling!!) JohnG, GMTLC (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Jeff, (...) feel (...) You know, I was thinking the same thing to some extent, the pictures, the font, who knows? I was wondering, though, did you ever see the part in this set before: (URL) red part, the 3x3 wall part, with the window in it. I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) OK, my German s frightful...but here is a very loose traslation of the IMHO most important paragraph (top left) on this page: (URL) and ride the new Lego Digital Train! Now begins a new railroading fun with digitally controlled (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I had someone here at the office translate part of it for me and it mentions that you can convert you old type engines to work with the new digital system!! Excellent! jt (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) is (...) I'm with you Larry! The red weird train front is back again. It looks like street lamps in red will be back, (service packs hopefully available for those, sorry, it might cut into your new business). A few people are concerned that (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, (...) Indeed, and train doors and windows! Blue, red, white. Gosh, my credit cards are going to melt again. : ) Excuse me for being a naive trainhead here, but with this digital system, you will be able to operate the points and things with a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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That would be the most amazing April fools day trick ever if it was. They would have had to actually make some fake pieces or some some really good image enhancements. Pawel Nazarewicz wrote in message ... (...) the (...) 1st (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm with you on this ... did you notice the pirate torso on the woman at the station? If it's a fake then it's a well done fake ... Could it be April 1st already? -- pn (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmmm... Anyone besides me find these suspicious? The images just don't feel right... Not to mention the font is wrong... Jeff (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) GMLTC for one... but i'm more worried about accessories than trains. However maybe you use NETWORKED PCs, each controlling 16 accessories on one layout section... in other words, maybe blocks aren't dead just yet. They just got bigger, that's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That grey steamer is going to be a gold mine of dark grey parts. Also, for Mike Stanley... (and other castle heads) did you see what the farmer behind the white horse is holding in set 4479(1)? 1 - which begs a question, why 44xx? Are we (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love people that casually talk about owning more than eight trains... (...) Hmm, not sure which bits you can't read but here goes. The bottom corner of the first picture advertieses a competition to drive a train, visit a museum in Berlin (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Upper right of first page, above the switches. ++Lar (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Oops, never mind I see them now. My vision was blurred by the excitement. jt James J. Trobaugh wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, Where did you see 1/4 track sections? Did I miss something? jt Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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