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Re: A better boxcar? (was: Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:10:06 GMT
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Ben Fleskes wrote:
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> <snip>
> >
> > So I have joined the prestigious club of the 9V Complete (did someone
> > hear a horn toot?).
> <snip>
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> ben>> For the longest time I wanted to be 9v complete. Then I finally asked
> myself why? The one set I was missing was 4554 metrostation and finally saw
> little motivation for getting a yellow version of the red 2150 retrostation.
> Both are both sets, but why dish out the extra bucks to have yet another train
> station I do nothing with. Most of my stock 9v trains have been taken apart
> to build custom trains. For me, that is where the fun is.
>
> which is my favorite 9v freight set. 4563 and 4564, get my vote. The boxcars
> are some of the best ever designed by lego. While not prototypical, I very
> much like the look and feel of them. Also, I've not been able to match the
> Lego designed boxcar in 4563 and 4564. I've built hopper cars and other, but
> have not been able to come up with a boxcar I like as much as these.
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> Does anybody think there is a better boxcar model any where out there? If so,
> please speak up now. I'd like to hear about it.
I'd put any of mine up against theirs. Mine are more US prototypical. I
still like my RailBox, and it's almost a year old now.
I need to use their parts to do a US prototype... but my non moving
doors still look good to me. (even if they do recess when they should
actually jut out...
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