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Re: My first visit to a model train show.
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 9 May 1999 17:12:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Harrison writes:
> Last weekend I went to an annual Model train show mainly to see if I
> could find anyone with a similar interest in Lego trains. 80% of people
> I spoke to thought I was talking about Duplo trains and did not know
> that Lego produced "mains" powered train sets. The other 20% remembered
> them but had not heard of any active members who built them in the last
> 10 years. A rather discouraging result.
That is what I find when I "do" train shows, the most common comment
is "I didn't know that LEGO did trains".
I let the children control the trains, I've just got some new power
adapters to limit the power to 7.5V rather than 9V it results
in less crashes.
David
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| Hi All, Last weekend I went to an annual Model train show mainly to see if I could find anyone with a similar interest in Lego trains. 80% of people I spoke to thought I was talking about Duplo trains and did not know that Lego produced "mains" (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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