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(...) 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 (...) (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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(...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wonder if part of the real issue is they had to pay for the license up front to BNSF for a specific number and therefore since they were limited anyway, they just went ahead and made this a "first-edition" collectors item. Steve Martin (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Which brings to mind an interesting point: Is it *really* scrapping if the set never got built in the first place? (as will be the case with mine) Perhaps I'll have to buy a third to build for comparison. And perhaps I'll buy another one to (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Pics of them (and the kids "playing" with them) at (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) Good idea. Some of mine are gonna be scrapped the day they arrive... (I have a mind to try an Alco PA ish variant) Also probably want to correctly credit the Santa Fe "circle plus sign" logo, the chief drumhead and other decorative material as (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dan, My Blacksmith Shop arrived yesterday, and I just have to write and tell you how much I enjoyed building it. What a pleasure it was to watch all your beautiful details emerge from this model! There are so many things I like, so let me name (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey JT- As I was building an 8 wide version of the Super Chief, I got to thinking-- since my sets will be kit-bashed-- maybe it would be fun to include a place on the registry as to when the particular SC in question got scrapped:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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