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| (...) From our (NILTC) work with them and having talked to Ill Railway Museum officials about their Thomas show the group that holds the licence is VERY difficult to work with. One would think with the money problems Lego is having that they have (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: My Final Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine
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| (...) Vital body part;-) (...) Well, you are preaching to the choir here when you talk about 8 wide:-) Actually, I have a half-finished Thomas that is 10 wide that utilizes BBB wheels-- I'm waiting for Ben to mold them in blue! (...) Just so you (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) LOL! I love (URL) this quote!> ROSCO (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) snip> IMHO I like mine better... (URL) offense... After all opinions are like noses or some other body part... I like the 8-wide as the proportions work out better. I realize the wheels look to small but this one is 100% Lego Except for the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Only ONE Week Left to Pre-Register for NWBrickCon™ 2004!
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| There is less than one week left for pre-registration! This may be your last chance to save money and get exclusive goodies! If you register (and pay) by October 1st - this coming Friday!, you will get the entire Attendees Packet, including Name (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | NWBrickCon™ 2004 to Host Wacky Race
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| Now in it's first incarnation here in the United States, straight from our friends in Freelug, we have "La Rampe Infernale" or the "Wacky Race". Dig deep into your collection to create a vehicle that will travel as far as it can. Points will be (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | My Final Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine
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| I have finally built what I believe is the closest design of a LEGO Thomas one can build compared to the original Thomas, given the current parts available (save the Thomas face I used, which would need to be a new part, but which I included for (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| (...) I would note that all 5 10001s I got in the discount sale had yellow rails - every last rail was badly oxidized. I was not happy about that, but considering the price I got them at, I may not call Cons Aff about swapping them. (...) You can (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| (...) Mark, I've had the same problem with the track. And had several damaged by mice droppings, they nested in a box of track! I had to use steel wool to remove the strains. I strongly recomend Satainless steel wool, the standard version will (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| Jake, please would you put in a request for replacement train motor tyres to be made available separately, so that I can replace ones that have worn down through normal use. I suggest a pack of eight, and I will buy quite a few packs since I have (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: GP-38 MOC
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| (...) OK (7 URLs) Mat (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: GP-38 MOC
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| (...) How about some deep links until the folder is made public? Mike (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | GP-38 MOC
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| I know that TLC is coming oout with a BNSF version of this. And that Jake has a version in his train book. But I wanted to do one myself. I had started by building the one in Jake's book. Then I went online and found several great sites for (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | BWBrickCon™ 2004 Draft
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| As hinted at earlier, we are going to have a Draft! Okay, so what IS a Draft? It is an event where everyone brings one copy of the same (unopened) set. We open the sets, sort the pieces into piles and take turns Drafting the piles of pieces. The (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | H & R Train Show - October 1, 2 and 3, 2004
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| Hi all, (URL) For the 10th consecutive show the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club is proud to have a display at the H & R Trains Show. The show will take place outside of the H & R Trains Store in Pinellas Park, Florida, October 1, 2 and 3, 2004. See (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Well, I disagree. In fact, I'd bet that a LEGO Thomas would easily outsell (URL) set 10020> which IIRC is the most popular selling LEGO train ever. Make the Thomas set a numbered, limited edition one, and look out! JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Considering how many different Thomas train systems are out there right now, I dont see that "yet another" would succeed in the marketplace... (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Comcast On Demand & Thomas
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| (...) Cool! That would be excellent, Tim! Funny, one can't really even gauge scale from having seen the videos (I personally thought that they were closer to LEGO scale), but gauge 1 is larger. I actually own a gauge 1 Thomas (and James), although (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Thanks for the info, Russ. Hey, you should drop Mike a note so he can update it on the ILTCO site. JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) lol Well, I never claimed that a few of them might not be pure;-) Actually, those are faces (Thomas and Percy) from 2 wind-up Ertl trains I "borrowed";-) They are the perfect size, and they served to calm the cherubs at train shows who would (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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