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Re: New release of Train
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Wed, 26 May 1999 05:04:16 GMT
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Mark Benz wrote:

> Hi,
> A bit off topic, but where and when is the NMRA convention this year?
> Thanks,
> Mark

Mark, it is July 23- 26 in St.Paul, MN this year.  See
http://www.tfs.net/~jashaw/nmra/trainsh99.html
for complete details.

-HTH,
John

> 
> 
> -----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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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...net.com]On Behalf Of David VinZant Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 3:49 PM To: (...) (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

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