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(...) A lot of people are still building their collection, and don't want supplies to dwindle and the price of their hobby to go any higher than it already is. That is to say, I don't want my mains trains to be obsolete, but you Mindstorms lot can (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actualy, so can a remote. The IR signal from the RCX is fairly "bright" (i.e.- you don't need the RCX pointed right into the Manas IR receive units to function, it can be bounced off other objects). (...) We don't, although I suspect strongly (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Who makes people believe that old stuff is obsolete as soon as a successor becomes available? To stay ontopic in this .trains area, I'm still using blue tracks and motors and remote controled points (yes blue points!). Still working (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Ondrew, I can make a comment on two related posts here. (...) As I see it 4) and 7) are related since for me they both solve the same problem which is this: seven-wide trains are pretty much ruined by the 6x30 baseplate. Basically it's very (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Surely the automated sections of the layout can be as complicated and widespread as you have RCXs? You only have one?, that just controls passing at a second station with control on the rest of the layout being down by you, manually (for (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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