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Re: I've got mine (too)!!!
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:26:48 GMT
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john@tcltc.orgNOMORESPAM
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Mike Walsh wrote:
> Do we know for a fact that LEGO paid for a license or did they just have to
> get permission from BNSF? I read the transcript of Brad's talk at
> BricksWest but don't recall how this was phrased.
Oh, I doubt that they paid anything to do it-- they just were covering their
bases. There's got to be some unwritten rule (maybe it is written somewhere)
allowing model railroad set manufacturers to reproduce train logos new and
old. Why object to free advertising? And if you did, how would that reflect
on your company in the eyes of enthusiasts?
-John
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| (...) From what I've heard/read, Santa Fe will be allowed to sell the model in their gift shops. I'll bet that was the deal made... Dean (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: I've got mine (too)!!!
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| (...) It varies. If you read rec.models.railroad you will find that some lines are quite willing to work with hobbyists (Norfolk Southern, for example) and others are quite tight (Union Pacific, for example)... which is why I say in my MTW-2001 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Steve Martin" <martinsa@mail.com> wrote in message news:GrwJz2.AqL@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) item. (...) Do we know for a fact that LEGO paid for a license or did they just have to get permission from BNSF? I read the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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