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Cheek. A simple crosspost of this
would have sufficed. Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO trains
(that is, if you blindly ignore this;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Cheek. A simple crosspost of this
would have sufficed. Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO
trains (that is, if you blindly ignore this;-)
JOHN
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Yes, but it was more fun this way.
A bit of 8-wide teasing is good for the soul.
Mat
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO trains
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Well, they DID make 8 wide LEGO trains, but not sell them.
From idea book 240:
Niels
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In lugnet.trains, Niels Karsdorp wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO trains
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Well, they DID make 8 wide LEGO trains, but not sell them.
From idea book 240:
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Whoa, that’s awesome, Niels! I never really realized that. Thanks for
pointing that out!
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, Niels Karsdorp wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO trains
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Well, they DID make 8 wide LEGO trains, but not sell them.
From idea book 240:
Niels
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Niels,
thanks for sharing this. These are very advanced for the time they were made.
With 2 motors no less. The 2 models on the left are on straight track, but with
8 wide I assume they were mounted with turntables.
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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Niels Karsdorp wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Everyone knows that TLG doesn’t make 8 wide LEGO trains
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Well, they DID make 8 wide LEGO trains, but not sell them.
From idea book 240:
Niels
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Niels,
thanks for sharing this. These are very advanced for the time they were made.
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(snip)
Fantastic models. Simple, basic, yet clearly recognizable as the German DB v200
class.
I feel like I just stepped into a time-machine due to seeing these pictures.
I have played with LEGO bricks since childhood (early 1970s). While I remember
with great fondness awaiting every year for the next LEGO catalog...to see what
new sets...and, more importantly, what new piece shapes were soon to be, I was
embedded in the process. The evolution, or progression, of part shapes seemed
gradual, almost methodical and purposeful, and I grew along with it. But, here,
presented with this flashback to the blue-era of trains, and the most elegant
and advanced model showcased from this Idea Book, I am amazed with what is
state-of-the-art today in the LEGO Train Hobby. I blink, and I see blue-era
circa 1960s. I blink, and I see new grey era ICE. Simply stunning.
I am grateful and hopeful that The LEGO Group maintains the brick in the balance
of more model-specific shapes/parts. Build style as showcased with the blue-era
loc pictured above is still accessible today, it just may not be quite so
obvious. I hope the new official set IR trains and system perform well. There
are a good deal great parts, and a lot of MOCs tumbling about in your minds just
waiting for the release of these new trains. I can’t wait to see what you make
tomorrow.
later,
James Mathis
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