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Re: Kadee® + LEGO® partnership? ( was:Re: Final weeks for Nova Township Railroad)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 01:25:08 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
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> Jeff Christner wrote:
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> > http://member.aol.com/regult/operation.html
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> > The second URL contains all the information on how to make Kadee
> > couplers ("O" scale #806) work with LEGO. It also shows pictures of
> > the modified couplers, decoupling magnets, how the couplers work, and
> > a picture of a custom crossover, which is two switches set up to cross
> > from one parallel track to another, not a 90 deg grade crossing as
> > some call it.
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> Cool, Jeff. I was wondering if you would share for everyone in more
> detail how well using Kadee couplers have worked out for you. What if
> TLC were to enter into a licensing agreement with Kadee to produce
> modified couplers for them with LEGO's name on them? Would you consider
> that a good idea?
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> I have had the same thoughts-- am even in contact with Kadee R&D. I
> thought that it would be great to go full bore and get prototypical
> Bettendorf trucks out of the deal as well (with a talgo style coupler
> attached).
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> Would others like to see this kind of cooperation? It is a large step in
> the direction of model trains aimed more at adults than 11 year old
> kids-- is there a demand for such a measure? What do you all think?
I would very much welcome LEGO compatible Kadee couplers. I would be
less interested in trucks, but might give them consideration. There is a
real difference. A Kadee coupler would provide tremendous operational
enhancement and replace the least LEGO like train part. A truck would
replace a reasonably functional part, with one with less flexibility and
more detail. I'm not that interested in LEGO trains heading towards
being serious scale models of any sort, since if I want that, there are
plenty of options which have a much wider variety of products available
for them. I would apply the same criteria to any third party part. Track
components are another item which easily wins in my book (better
geometry, remote control turnouts, etc). There are certain detail parts
which would probably also win for me (some different windscreens for
example - of course for the most part, I'd like them to dissapoint the
8-widers, but a line of 8 wide windscreens would be neat also to give
the 8-widers more options also).
If Kadee comes out with a LEGO compatible coupler, I will buy even if
they don't do so in license with TLC. I think they have the
manufacturing capabilities to give us a quality ABS coupler box
(actually, this is the thing I would most like to see, provide us a
coupler box with studs which fits an existing line [probably O scale] of
couplers).
Frank
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