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RE: New release of Train
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Tue, 25 May 1999 23:21:33 GMT
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Hi,
A bit off topic, but where and when is the NMRA convention this year?
Thanks,
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of David VinZant
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 3:49 PM
To: lugnet.trains@lugnet.com; lugnet.dear-lego@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: New release of Train


In lugnet.trains, David K. Z. Harris writes:
> In lugnet.trains, David VinZant writes:
> > Why not just write them to do a rerelease of the Metroliner in another • color.
> > Then they wont have to do sevice packs and everone could get the • metroliner
> > again. We would get a whole bunch of train doors and windows and the roof • and
> > nose peices. they could make a white one and call it an ICE.
> 
>  There was a popular rumor that the Metroliner was going to be re-released
> back in '98, and again in '99. The first year, the rumor was kept pretty
> quiet. (*Yes. this is a first-hand account, not an urban legend...I spoke
> with a daytime rep at S@H, and her husband was a trainiac, and she told
> me the red retrostation was coming back, and that Metroliner would be
> following that. At least I got a retrostation.)
> 
>  I wouldn't mind a Metroliner-like trin in another color. (How about
> orange, like the TGV? Think of the plethora of orange elements in *that*
> model! ;-) White would be OK, or red. :-)
> 
>  On the other hand, I don't like the 4561. At this point, I'd rather buy
> train service packs and make my own.  Even if they bring out a new,
> Metro-liner-like train, I'd still want service packs for making extra,
> variant cars, like the mail car, freight/luggage, diner, sleeper, etc.
> (If you look back over the train lines, back in the 100's, you'll find
> that LEGO let you buy individual cars, so you could have 50 Cargo Wagons
> if you could afford to buy them. You can see some of these in the PAUSE
> trains directory, http://www.lugnet.com/pause/trains.html)
> 
>      -Z-      http://baylug.org  SF Bay Area LEGO USers Group

I was someone that badly wanted a Metroliner, but I was young and didnt have
the money to get. And now I have the money but you cant get one for $200
anymore. :( So I wouldnt mind a white Metroliner or even and orange one. It
would need some redesigning. I made a TGV like train, goto
http://members.xoom.com/legotrains/tgv.htm
But I would realy like them to come out with the metroliner again.

Dave



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  Re: New release of Train
 
(...) Mark, it is July 23- 26 in St.Paul, MN this year. See (URL) complete details. -HTH, John (...) (27 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: New release of Train
 
(...) I was someone that badly wanted a Metroliner, but I was young and didnt have the money to get. And now I have the money but you cant get one for $200 anymore. :( So I wouldnt mind a white Metroliner or even and orange one. It would need some (...) (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

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