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| | | (...) Aha! This is the important bit for me. Did the hint mention 8-wide-compatibility or just "new curved track" all alone? Pedro (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | BTW The santa fe that lego brough to show us WAS GIVEN away as a prize at the last minute. It was number 84,???. I think. As for the curved track the word was that new track geometry is being worked on and will be coming soon in the curves. The (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Yes BUT they already HAVE an 8 wide set... the tanker. :-) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | (...) which in fact has no problems with the actual curve radius. Stay 6 or 7-w and you don't need new curves. I want big train wheels and red wheel blocks now... (But to be honest: I've already got more news to buy in 2002 than I ever had (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Well, we've had this debate before. I want big wheels too. But the curves need fixing. We need two radii so that parallel tracks look better. We need the turnout/switch geometry fixed so you can do a proper diverge and a proper crossover. We (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | (...) Agree. Only in my priority list it's quite far down. (...) Some lines above the curve radius. (...) YES! Maybe this would be even my number one wish. (...) Again: this is really great news. If they are going to work on new curves, new short (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Rick Clark
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| | | | | | (...) This has been mentioned before, but don't forget that short straights are easy to make, and quite functional. Rick C. (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) If you're willing to cut up long straights, that is. I'd prefer to get them from Lego(r). (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Bryan Kinkel
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| | | | | "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GrrICE.HoK@lugnet.com... (...) done. Not to start another 6 vs. 8 wide debate, but I hope Lego Direct concentrates on the continued revival of the six wide, 9 volt train line and expanding (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) I feel that it's not just width, you have to increase length a fair bit and height a small bit when you go to 8 wide, so I would argue that the brick increase is anywhere from 30% to 100%, tending toward the higher of that range. J2 disagrees, (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Andreas Stabno
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sounds like a good project for someone. J2, how about an 8-wide version of the new Super Chief? Are you up to the challenge? Compare well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Rick Clark
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| | | | | | Bryan Kinkel wrote: <snip> (...) Don't forget that automated points probably won't come cheap. In olden (12v) days, a single automated point cost as much as two manual ones. Will there be a market for a single $30 automated point? A layout gets (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Steve Martin
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| | | | | | | (...) I'd be willing to pay for that (and my layout has 14 points!). Besides all Lego really has to invest in to get a DCC solution started is DCC compatible engine motors and points. I think everything else would be able to be bought off the shelf. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | | | | | Keep dreaming about DDC... LEGO is NOT going to do that anytime soon. Directs prioroty it is show more people that LEGO makes trains. From the expression on his (Brad) face the idea of investing in creating new molds and looking at DDC is not going (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ludo Soete
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sad, but i'm working on a kit to do so. If you still see Mr.Brad Justus, can you ask him when we will get our bulk discount in Europe too? I mailed Shop At Home Europe, and they replied with the message that there aren't plans to do it. I, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | | Price point taken, yes, they would be expensive in the individual packs like 7858 & 7859. Speaking as a former 12V user, there was that nice little add-on called 7863. When I bought my system in 1985 (great year for American Dollar) in Europe, I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | Two more things on this topic and then I'm going to post the transcript of the Q&A. 1) The train engine that was given as a goft was number: A8841. 2) Train engines 1 - 5 will be auctioned off on eBay.com by LEGO in the future. This is something new (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | Ahui Herrera wrote in message ... (...) Well, they'd better hurry it up. Santa Fe engines are already appearing on eBay. Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) Hospital 2396 piece kit! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | | | | There is enough engines for everyone to get 1 or 2. Besides the VP said "It's a series of 10,000. We run out of the numbered ones at 10,000." He laters says that if they need more they will make more (most likely without the number). Also on the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Enrique Durand
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| | | | | | | | I am debating the urgency of buying a couple of these right away. I definitely want a pair, but economic circumstances are not as good as I'd like right now. (Are they ever?) (...) But in an earlier post he wrote: (...) My emphasis on "only." Can (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | | | | | I just finsihed the transcitps the of Q&A with Brad Justin at Brickswest. On the question of 10,000. This is what he said. Question 39: How limied (on train engine) is limited? Answer: "It's a seriesm of 10,000. We run out of the numbered ones at (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Mark Rideout
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| | | | | | | | (...) That is how I also heard it. My interpretation was that *IF* any more were produced, they would not be numbered (this was not implied one way or another, just my interpretation\opinion.) -Mark (#2) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) I understood it as Mark did. Personally, after 10,000, I rather see a *different* engine run of 10,000 and have the Super Chief go out of production for a while (based on the fact that LD can only have so many different sets in production at (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | | | | (...) The sooner a LEGO Direct item becomes unavailable, the sooner that item begins to show up on eBay at inflated prices. Isn't that one of the things LEGO Direct was supposed to help stop? I am personally against any sort of 'Limited Edition' (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Ace Kim
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| | | | | | | | i agree with this sentiment. in my mind limited edition in the case of the super chief is a short production run of 10,000 and NO MORE. what's the point of having a LIMITED EDITION if only a second run is going to be made with the only difference (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Personally, I don't think 10000 is all that limited. I mean, even after Larry's placed his order[1] there'll still be plenty to go around. What production run would you expect of a set like this? I'm not a huge fan of forced 'collectibility', (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Heck yeah, a whole line of them (read: Thomas) -John (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) He said "Decent" not "Cute"... every club should have a Thomas(tm) but that doesn't mean I want LEGO(r) to dump effort into licensing it. Na, give us an A4 Mallard(1) (think of the compound curved pieces for that one!!!) 1 - check me on that, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Yep, you got it. Class is A4, a Pacific (4-6-2) wheel arrangement, Mallard was the engine which took the world steam speed record of 126 mph in in 1938 IIRC. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the LNER. Here (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) LEGO(r) model of it some time back? For 50 points, who can give the URL(s) to the builder's pics??? (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not? —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | | (...) [Slowly raises hand] It was a long time ago, okay? Over a year and a half. I didn't have any track or 9V wheels either: (URL) Larry knows this because he was there. Look on the link to Huw's photos. All the effort went into the walking AT-AT (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Rob Doucette
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| | | | | | (...) I only see one listing: (URL) pathetic listing, and no picture? -Rob. (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) could've at least grabbed a pic from the LEGO site, though. ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Martin Scragg
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| | | | | (...) From the pictures here (thanks Rosco): (URL) A unit has the 2 windows, but you would need the expansion pack to build the B unit, along with grey motor sides etc. Any hints on what the expansion pack includes? Martin (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 10020 at brickswest and what the Sr. VP of lego direct said —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Is this posted yet? If so, where? best LFB (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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