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Re: kadee coupler questioner
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:27:34 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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Hey all,
Over the past 3 weeks or so I have been talking with Kadee quality products
about the possibilities of making fully functional Magne-Matic couplers for
Lego trains. They have kindly asked me to gather some data from you concerning
this possibility so I have made a questioner for you to fill out. This is an
amazing opportunity to further our hobby so be honest and detailed in your
answers.
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I guess there really isn’t anything
new under the sun....
I wonder if the guys at Kadee are having deja-vu all over again. I pitched this
idea to them about 4 years ago, and even went so far as sending them LEGO
motors, trucks, couplers, and an assortment of bricks with which to experiment.
I even brought the results Kadee send back to me to BricksWest 2002 and showed
them to Brad Justus, the head of LEGO Direct at the time. Nothing much came of
the idea.
The fact is that one can use Kadee couplers right now and very easily by
simply using a small nut and bolt attaching to
this element. That pretty much was
Kadee’s solution 4 years ago.
At the time, I thought that a joint venture between Kadee and TLG would have
been the best solution, with Kadee creating a pin connection as a part of their
coupler made especially for TLG, so that the coupler could be considered
“LEGO” or “TLG endorsed”.
The bottom line is that Kadee couplers are non-LEGO. If one uses non-LEGO
couplers, why not non-LEGO trucks? Track? This may seem like a good idea to
the hardcore LEGO train fan, but might come off as a bit too impure to the GP.
I came away with the notion that, if TLG wasn’t somehow on board with the idea,
it would never take off. And even I, who was SO passionate about the idea years
ago, never even bothered to use Kadee couplers. I use rare-earth magnets with
LEGO magnets instead, and they work great. Because I’m not holding my breath
that TLG will choose to make any significant investment in the 9 volt line.
JOHN
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| (...) Amen. When LEGO decides to "invest" again in 9volt and maybe make new tracks, etc., I'll start regaining some interest. Until then, I'm persuing other themes of interest with more passion that trains. SPACE! (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hey all, Over the past 3 weeks or so I have been talking with Kadee quality products about the possibilities of making fully functional Magne-Matic couplers for Lego trains. They have kindly asked me to gather some data from you concerning this (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.town) !
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