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Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 23 May 2005 08:41:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> Juhana Siren wrote:
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> [SNIP]
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> > My other daydream is to find a huge pile of 12 V train stuff somewhere and
> > be able to build a big 12 V Lego train layout, with signals and stuff...
> > ;)
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> It's easy to get by in Europe, I know several folks who are switching to 9V
> to be able to participate in events. But the signals usually don't change
> hands, since those can be modded to work on 9V too ;)
Yep; just change the one resistor... oh well... no such events in .fi, although
you do see some Lego trains in the bigger stores...
> As for the snipped part : remember target market! Many of today's kids can't
> properly use a hammer or something like that. Common sense got lost with
> the introduction of the "squared-eye" fenomenon it seems. I remember being
> around 7 and playing with electrics and electronics (nearly electrocuting
> myself on several occaisions :D :D ) Most kids these days hardly know how a
> lamp with switch works! Times are changing, and LEGO's changing along.
And it's a damn shame, when Lego could be changing the times instead... :P
OR at least they could be addressing a new target market: adults! :)
The interesting part is that Brio is in fact producing the following items for a
target market of _3 to 5-year-olds_ (approximately):
- remote controlled turnouts (with IR remotes)
- remote controlled locomotives (with IR remotes)
- automatic grade crossings
- automatic locomotives (that react to specific track components by whistling,
slowing down, stopping, reversing...)
And these appear to sell. They are carried by major toy stores and toy
departments in Finland (don't know about elsewhere, haven't looked).
(sarcasm on)
So, either Finnish kids are exceptionally smart so that the idea of a train
responding to commands from a remote controller doesn't immediately scare them
off, or the R&D at Lego just hasn't come up with this idea yet.
(sarcasm off)
--idealist me--
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| (...) LEGO had remote controlled locomotives back in 1968. Blow the whistle (included in the trainset) and the train went forward. Blow the whistle, the train stops. Soon a new version was introduced, which also supported the train going backwards. (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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| Juhana Siren wrote: [SNIP] (...) It's easy to get by in Europe, I know several folks who are switching to 9V to be able to participate in events. But the signals usually don't change hands, since those can be modded to work on 9V too ;) As for the (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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