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Subject: 
Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 3 May 2005 21:37:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > 
> > Er, perhaps that statement could be qualified a little.  Maybe North American
> > prototypes resonate with the American audiences that you tend to find attending
> > American train shows.  I'm not sure you can be so definite about the entire rest
> > of the planet.
> 
> How big are train shows elsewhere though?

This one looks pretty big http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=13277 (I must try to
check it out one year). And there are many smaller shows across Australia each
year.

> How big is the market elsewhere?

Well, that's another good question. From the feedback we received at our first
small show, I'd say "bigger than we thought", but couldn't put a number on it. I
feel sure it could be serviced much better by LEGO Australia though, for example
the 4512 cargo train has been available here for a couple of years, but never
gone on clearance. Many "mundanes" baulk at the $275 price tag.

But we're trying to do our little bit ;)

ROSCO



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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) 100K is not too shabby at all. Bigger than most shows we do in the US actually. (...) Question: My read of AU prototype stuff (from the smattering I've seen mostly thanks to the good offices of AU AFOLS sharing their knowledge) is that while (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Fair cop. How big are train shows elsewhere though? How big is the market elsewhere? In Singapore, no one I talked to (small sample) had even heard of a train show! I suggest that there IS a market here, one worth trying to serve. The US (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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