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Re: Hobby Train - the no future train....
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:07:19 GMT
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cjmasi@*nogarbageplease*rcn&avoidspam&.com
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Ram Sreerangam wrote:
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> > There seems to be a lot of discussion about the new battery powered trains. I
> > notice that there seems to be a general consensus that the trains are targeted
> > towards younger kids.
> >
> > What ever happened to the promised "hobby trains"? I believe this was mentioned
> > during BrickFest. It led me to believe that there may be powered points and
> > other such fancy stuff that used to exist in the 12v lines.
> >
> > Any updates?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ram
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>
> Hi Ram,
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> I think, I am quite familiar with the things one can expect from LEGO. I do not
> understand all the optimism here in Lugnet concerning the new kids trains.
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> The nowadays 9V train stuff is available in 99% of all toy retail shops in
> Germany (and lots of European countries).
Wow, trains are only available in the LEGO company retal stores in the
US. I haven't seen a LEGO train in any other reatail outlet in a couple
of years.
> This will now be discontinued (as LEGO told us),
That does sound like bad news. To have all the metal rail stuff pulled
from retail outlets doesn't sound good.
> Leg Godt!
>
> Ben
> (who will cry for every 9V motor which dies from now on.)
Chris
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| (...) This whole discussion makes me long for the early 1990s, when 9-volt trains were in their infancy, and Toys R Us (at least my local one) not only had them IN STOCK, but actually placed them in the same area of the store with OTHER MODEL (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hi Ram, I think, I am quite familiar with the things one can expect from LEGO. I do not understand all the optimism here in Lugnet concerning the new kids trains. The nowadays 9V train stuff is available in 99% of all toy retail shops in (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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