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(...) The rumor I heard was that the moulds to produce the motor housing were no longer available. I'm sure LEGO or someone else could reproduce the electric motor itself, but without the housing it just wouldn't work very well - or look very good! (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So what?! TLC is in the business of making moulds so that they can manufacture thousands of little plastic modular elements that comprise a supposed "system" of building blocks. I have the strange idea that TLC can and does make moulds for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think you're absolutely right! The stuff I speculated about elsewhere in the thread isn't technical, it's just monetary (putting an electromechanical assembly line back together again or even recreating tooling isn't *technically* (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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