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Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:09:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> 
> 
> "Jason J. Railton" wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.trains, Mark & Milissa Millère writes:
> > > Do not know if anybody else noticed or not, but all 4 engines are different.
> > > The ones without tender are open cab and the ones with tender are enclosed
> > > cab. Also, the placement of the 317 is slightly different
> > 
> > I saw that.  The ones with tenders are open at the rear, whereas the others
> > have an inverted sloping coal scuttle on the back, and redesigned open
> > sides.  Whilst this is an interesting design (particularly on the large
> > one), I think the bigger you go the more value-for-money you get.
> > 
> > In fact, if you add up the price of a wagon pack, plus wheels and buffers,
> > and compare that to the price of the large set with a tender - well, it
> > makes very good value for parts, particularly with the rarer green, brown
> > and dark grey colours.
> 
> I agree.  And to get the airplane windows, you must get the largest version.
> 
> > What isn't so great is the smallest engine of all doesn't even have a front
> > buffer bar - take a closer look at the pictures.
> 
> That's good-- more American that way:-)
> 
> > Odd also that the colours look like they're painted on in many of the
> > photographs.  Look at the black engines; the black in place of the coloured
> > bricks is not the same as the black the rest of the train is made from.  Did
> > someone foul up in the photography department?
> 
> I think that they are all the exact same photograph with the colors actually
> altered in Photoshop or something.  The gray looked almost like the new green to
> me!  (Perhaps the original photo had the color *white*)
> 
> > And, sorry Larry, but I reckon they look early American.  The desert
> > background suggests that TLC think so too.
> 
> I think they are rather neutral.  A little modification either way will make
> them more Euro or more American-- you chose.  After all, they are *custom*
> trains;-)
> 
> I applaud LD for these latest offerings-- let the buying frenzy begin{:^D

yeah!  I'm looking at only the ones with tenders, the non-tender ones look
cheep.  BTW where's RED, Yellow, & Orange?  I'd like a red one for the
tender i have sitting here.
Josh

> 
> -John
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Jason J Railton



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  Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
 
(...) I agree. And to get the airplane windows, you must get the largest version. (...) That's good-- more American that way:-) (...) I think that they are all the exact same photograph with the colors actually altered in Photoshop or something. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)

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