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Subject:	Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:37:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rob Doucette writes: > In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes: > > I don't think LEGO® would leave a money-making theme such as trains hang > > high and dry, it would be foolish...especially after almost 40 years of > > continuous train production. Can we be sure trains are a "money-making theme" in the longer-term? The fact that much of the newer offerings can only really be had via S@H and that these sets contain no real new parts makes me wonder what the long term plans for trains are. > > > > This is nothing more than a vicious, nasty rumour. > > > And that is your opinion. > > The rumor was a change to the track, not the discontinuation of the entire > line. It could happen. > > Suppose LEGO came out with a 9V multi-channel IR controlled train motor > (Manas? Spybotics?) that didn't require powered track? > > Jonathan's second hand rumor is not so far fetched and IMHO he had every > right to post it. I agree. "Rumour travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth." Scott A

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		Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
(...) Always true, but I doubt that they would leave the current system behind just as they're on the brink of getting trains to become readily-available to the mass market (at least where there's a Target) and thus having their popularity shoot up. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
(...) Is this really true though? After all, 3 of the 2001 train cars are available at retail. Probably more significantly, there are 2 different retail starter sets that are built around the 2001 series of trains. Does anyone else suspect that by (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
Hello, Maby I have an explenation. I was in Legoland Billund today. They had a factory sale with some discontinued sets. There vere a lot of Duplo trains. Both tracks and whole trainsets. Couldn't it be these trains lego was going to "ditch"? Just a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: I heard a rumour that lego were going to ditch 9v track...
(...) And that is your opinion. The rumor was a change to the track, not the discontinuation of the entire line. It could happen. Suppose LEGO came out with a 9V multi-channel IR controlled train motor (Manas? Spybotics?) that didn't require powered (...) (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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