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Re: Now what?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 2 Aug 2002 20:15:16 GMT
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I agree though that there needs to be some new non-American models.
The shift from the old 9v models being loosely based on European prototypes
to the new ones being based on US prototypes is I believe due to the fact
that LD is based in US and therefore comissioning US designs.
While I'm sure the US market makes up a significant proportion of those that
buy trains, please, LD, don't forget us Europeans. Let's have some
European-styled diesels, hoppers, vans, 4 wheeled wagons, 0-4-0 shunters,
even the Mallard for Jason!
OTOH, I am more than happy to be able to get trains of any kind. I'll be
buying the Santa Fe cars, but immediately building something more UK
prototypical with them...
Huw
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| (...) A great way for TLC to get their foot in the door WRT to European trains would be to get a licensing agreement with Britt Allcroft and produce some Thomas trains. Since they are all based upon prototypes anyway, I would think that we'd all (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| I would love to see an Orient Express! But seriously, the "Americanization" of the trains has got me as well. A revised 7745 TGV (fell in love when I first saw it in '85) using more current parts or something really new as an ICE would certainly (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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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