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Re: Now what?
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Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:23:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Adrian Egli writes:
> Nice thought. When you examine what LEGO has been putting out recently in
> its train line what do you see? My eyes see this wonderful thing called
> variety. You've got Metroliner, Santa Fe (and cars for it!), the small and
> large train engines with cars for them.
Bear in mind that an awful lot of Lego train enthusiasts look at these and
think "Metroliner -> Amtrak -> American. Big red caboose -> American.
Santa Fe -> American. Silver carriages -> American. When are we going to
see some variety?" (or whatever that sounds like in German...)
A lot of LEGO trains in the past have been bland generic ones. I really
like the more specific designs we've seen recently, and I wish I could
afford them all. But, I think they could vary the nationality a bit now.
Time to re-iterate the call for a model of the "Mallard" perhaps?
> Why not come out with two different stations?
> Yes, the 2150 and 4554 are great sets. Re-release one of them as a Legend
> set? OK, sounds fine. BUT, can we get some architectural variations rather
> than just color ones?
Actually, I don't have either of these. One in more realistic and
especially rare colours, like tan with a dark-grey roof, would really make
my day.
> Having a station of a Victorian style and another one more contemp
> (NOT 4556) or a Southwest adobe would be great. As long as they have
> the character of the particular style associated with actual stations
> is the most important thing to me.
I wonder if a set can be designed that can be built into two radically
different designs of station? They'd both have to be the same colour
scheme, probably a common platform, but the building would just be bricks
and windows after all.
> "Dan" <outsailing86@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:H06IoE.6LF@lugnet.com...
> > Hopefully, someday Trains will be as good as it once was.
I think it's better now than it ever has been. The 9V system is far
superior to the 12V center-rail track. OK, so we're missing a power tap-off
for motorised points etc., but the current train models are much better.
Jason J Railton
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| (...) Well, I guess to Europeans, the trains of the past have been bland and generic (though there have been less generic models like the Crocodile). To Americans (including Canadians), the trains have had a distinctly European flavor. I agree (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello Jason, (...) With the exception of the Metroliner, this is exactly why I don't own any of these sets. I have to admit I am tempted to get some of them just for parts, because they do have really cool parts. But I am more into 12V anyway, even (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The other night I was looking through a curent Marklin catalog and something occured to me...the shape of the front/rear ends of current Euro freight engines is just about identical to the shape of the canopy on Jango Fett's ship, all it (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Nice thought. When you examine what LEGO has been putting out recently in its train line what do you see? My eyes see this wonderful thing called variety. You've got Metroliner, Santa Fe (and cars for it!), the small and large train engines with (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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