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Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 1 May 1999 17:20:11 GMT
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Josh,
Thanks, I never saw any around here. Bad quality, huh? Oh well, at
least it was an attempt. Ugh!
Scott Sanburn
Joshua Delahunty wrote:
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> I've seen (held, checked-out, put back) the military sets in a Target in
> the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
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> Among other problems, the plates look really flimsy. That, along with
> other general flimsy appearance meant I wasn't willing to chance the
> price to find out if they were as bad as they looked from the outside of
> the package (flip the top, and you can see through the clear plastic
> windows at bags of pieces).
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> I'd like to be told otherwise, but so far they look like a no-go, at
> least for me. <shrug>
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> -- joshua
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> Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
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> > Really? I never saw any around in Michigan. May I ask where you reside?
> >
> > Scott Sanburn
> >
> > D Blomberg wrote:
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> > > The military sets are available in some Target stores in the U.S.
> > >
> > > see news://lugnet.com/F9zv0r.Kn2%40lugnet.com
> > > or if that link doesn't work, it's 4/10/99 Best-lock post by Ben Vaughan
> > > in the off-topic clones newsgroup
> > >
> > > I got an e-mail in January from their U.S. Distributor
> > > which said at the time that the military sets would be available
> > > at Target... leaving me to assume that they had no distribution
> > > agreement with any other U.S. retailer for any of the other set
> > > designs.
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| (...) I felt the same way. I fervently hope they do not make trains unless they can improve the quality a LOT. Their molds can't be THAT imprecise so it's got to be the speed at which they eject the parts. (27 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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| I've seen (held, checked-out, put back) the military sets in a Target in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Among other problems, the plates look really flimsy. That, along with other general flimsy appearance meant I wasn't willing to chance (...) (27 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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