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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:26:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Joe Strout wrote:
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The speakers were in fact quite emphatic that the 9V train line is not going
away. They didn’t say the metal track was too expensive for LEGO to
manufacture; they said it was too expensive for them for the youth market
where they are trying to push.
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So, maybe we should both listen to the speech again with an ear for detail,
and take notes, since you clearly have the impression they’re ending the 9V
train line, and I have the clear impression that they are not.
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Joe-
I wrote that TLC announced that it is “focusing” on a new “play train” system
that will be widely available and that the 9V “hobby train” will be relegated to
lego.com and S@H sources, My “observations” were based on what what was said
publicly as well as lots of off line discussions. I was told by multiple sources
that the metal clad rails are flat out prohibitively expensive, not simply
relatively expensive. (I don’t know why it took 15+ years to figure this out.
Perhaps it has something to do with RoHS?).
-Ted
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| (...) When you say "prohibitively expensive", it's important to put it in context. If you're talking about a 5 year old getting into trains for the first time, metal rails are certainly expensive. If you're talking about a Hobby Train, then that's a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I didn't attend that talk, but I did listen to it in MP3 form, and I didn't get that impression at all. I heard him say that they were introducing a new "play train" line, that would be in addition to the existing 9V and Duplo train lines. (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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