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| | | (...) At least 20... *grin* JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Na... that constitutes a good start not a set. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —John Neal
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| | | | (...) I think a "set" would be the minimum amount, say 4. If I were Ben, I'd charge $14 for a set of 4, or $24 for a set of 8. But your points are well taken: true LTDs (LEGO Train Dudes) would purchase multiple sets in various colors:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Makes sense. Except I think it's better just to sell them in pairs because you never know how many blinds you will need... it depends on what you are building... a 4-12-2 for example needs more blinds than a 4-4-0 does (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) From the customer's POV; I said what I would do if I were Ben. In order to get back his monetary investment (nevermind his time investment), he is going to need to sell 1,000s of these. Also, he is planning to manually create the blind (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Nod. Good point and thanks for the clarification (...) Nod. IF (and it's a big if) BL will allow them to be sold there. It's currently a big open question in the BL discussion groups, with the usual suspects participating and little or no (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) Personally, I'd want to buy them in sixes. I'd guess that so would most builders of British, if not many European, locomotives. Adding in that some will want a pair of those to be blind, and some won't, I think pairs is the only way of keeping (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Jeramy Spurgeon
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| | | | | (...) Not being too familiar with loco lingo.....what are blinds? why are they useful? jeramy (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) They have no flanges. Thus, they can be a bit "off" on alignment negotiating curves. (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Tim David
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| | | | Possibly Ben should get some franchises! My suggestion would be someone for Europe, based in Germany probably and someone in Australia (possibly somone in Japan as well). This (with Ben selling to US) would cover most of the train building areas (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) That sounds like a lot of effort, for demand that will obviously peak rapidly then dwindle a bit. I have another suggestion, if Bricklink won't play - why not distribute the initial lot through LTCs? ILTCO could e-mail all the LTCs, with an (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | (...) Why a lot of effort? It saves Ben a lot of work, and all the buyers some $$$. (...) While that MIGHT work for the US, it certainly won't for Europe. Hardly any LTC's here, and most other clubs won't bother... not to mention those that are not (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!! —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) A lot of effort to make the contacts, when there are already groups of people in contact. (...) No, I said that you actually pay more this way. For any new product, costs are initially high and then come down. But, you always have some (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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