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Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
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:

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 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).

I'd like to be told otherwise, but so far they look like a no-go, at
least for me. <shrug>

                                        -- joshua

Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:

Really? I never saw any around in Michigan. May I ask where you reside?

Scott Sanburn

D Blomberg wrote:

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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  Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
 
(...) 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. (26 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Possible Source of NEW Trains
 
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 (...) (26 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.trains)

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