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Re: Merry 9V Christmas!
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:23:14 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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You got no farbvergnugen, Ben??? ;-)
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Hi John,
I hope you had a nice christmas time with some nice ABS presents aimed at you
and Ross? I myself was lucky enough to get a 2000 brick bucket (free from
gray bricks) and a Potter set. In fact I still have no fun with the colors
from sets 2004+ ...
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Actually, there were only 3 LEGO boxes under the tree this year for Ross
(8652, 8671, 8420). I continue to receive my
presents from Bricklink stores;-)
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They might have great play value and nice part assortments, but still they do
not fit into the SYSTEM I used to collect.
I got my first “Wasserleiche” into my collection now - It’s christmas time
and so it came into my Minifig community. I fear my other Minifigs will see
them as strangers in my private LEGOLand.
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Fantastisch! As you probably know, all of the TCLTC’s layout figs are
“fleshies” of some shade. I tease you about coming over to the “Dark Side” (8
wide). Perhaps now there is another “side” to tempt you -- the “Wasserleiche”
side:-)
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Very clever render, Ben! Frohe Weihnachten!
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Frohes Fest auch Dir, John! Was sagst Du inzwischen zu den
Plastik-Eisenbahnen? Vor einigen Monaten konntest Du Dir noch nicht
vorstellen, wie es sein wird, ein altes LEGO-System zu lieben. Und jetzt?
Steigst Du auf Plastik-Schienen um? Wass sind die Pläne für die Zukunft?
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Na ja, du sprichst über diesen post.
Well, I am too old to learn new tricks or begin collecting a new system. The
TCLTC layout will stay 9 volt-- I, too, must stock up on 9 volt motors! We are
almost finished adding to the layout, and after that is completed I will move on
from 8 wide to 12 wide. I will switch scales from 1:48 to 1:32 (where minifigs
will be 4 feet tall to scale) and utilize G scale motors, trucks, and track.
That is what the future hold for me:-)
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And sorry: I didn’t wanted to rub salt into anybody’s wounds. I still feel
quite relaxed about the toy trains. I have spent lots of money into spare 9V
motors and 4512 sets recently - that will last for ages till I run out of
spares.
Additionally I think the toy train pictures we have seen now appearing at
bricklink look better than expected (less toyish as feared).
I still wonder, that there are no public speculations about an end of 9V
trains here at lugnet. Seems that lots of people do not care about this at
all. Or are we all just so patient to wait till we see all advantages and
disadvantages when the trains are available at last?
I myself will wait. But for now and in near future I see no need to switch my
train system again. I switched from 12V to 9V not earlier than 1999 (because
I had several dozens of 12V engines running on more than 130 meters of
track....). Today I own more than 40 9V motors and again 100+ meters of 9V
track, so I will overthink it twice before I launch again into a new system
(which additionally will not promise any Farbvergnügen to me).
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I think the hope is that the new system will be in addition to the current 9
volt system, not a replacement. If we ever learn that that is the case,
then I’m sure you will hear more than a few protests;-)
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P.s.: The reder of the LEGO train christmas tree has been done engine by
engine (using ortographic camera for my first time) and photoshopped later to
the complete picture. With all 7 engines in one render-file my PC system
crashed, because the occupied RAM memory overstepped 4 Gbytes.
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Wow. Well, it was certainly worth it-- the result is beautiful!
JOHN
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| (...) Hi John, I hope you had a nice christmas time with some nice ABS presents aimed at you and Ross? I myself was lucky enough to get a 2000 brick bucket (free from gray bricks) and a Potter set. In fact I still have no fun with the colors from (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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