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Re: The first "real" train engine from Lego
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:51:51 GMT
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"George Notel" <lego@notelin.com> wrote in message
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> I'll be the first to admit my Lego Train experience and exposure isn't • big,
> but I don't think I could have picked a better time to get involved, • with
> the release of the Super Chief. I've looked a few of the older Lego • sets,
> and the current ones, but for what it's worth, I think the Super Chief • is
> the first real looking engine that Lego has put out. Please note, I'm • not
> saying the MOCs that exist aren't on par, just Lego. The Metroliner • is
> great, but honestly, who wants to show of a long train with a • Metroliner as
> the engine. The MOT program is nice, but I think for many train fans, • who
> probably remember a lot of HO and Lionel trains, they wanted a diesel • train
> that "looks" like a train. Just my two cents. Here's hoping that • maybe
> Lego will license a few other engines!
In Europe, certainly the UK, real engines DO look like Metroliner
engines. And have done for many decades.
It is only the Americans who seem to think that train engines ought to
look like something shunting around in a goods yard, instead of a
streamlined head of a high speed train.
lawrence
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| (...) And us Canadians, too!!! :) Have a boo at my engine MOCS: (URL) a pic from rtlToronto's last train show.... (URL) it doesn't look like a Canadian Pacific or Canadian National engine, it's just not right! ;) btw, I'm very impressed with the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| I'll be the first to admit my Lego Train experience and exposure isn't big, but I don't think I could have picked a better time to get involved, with the release of the Super Chief. I've looked a few of the older Lego sets, and the current ones, but (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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