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| | | (...) Bert- This certainly doesn't look good. I couldn't see anything good when Jake announced at BrickFest the introdution of the new "play train" system and the reclassification of the 9V train as the "hobby train". So far, there has not been a (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Bert Waters
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| | | | | (...) Thanks Ted. I was going to request to cancel this post before anyone responded because of the rambling and negative tone. Plus...it is not very well written. I don't post very often in lugnet.trains but follow it regularly. I've been buying 9V (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) The more and more I think about the whole LEGO train deal, the more I think that we've set ourselves up for these let downs. Almost no other model railroad sub-hobby limits itself to a single companies products. The exceptions I am aware of (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Ted Michon
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| | | | | | (...) Frank- I see two signficant differences between LEGO train enthusiasts and fans of defunct products from defunct companies: 1. TLC is not defunct and although it's had problems, we all expect it to recover and thrive. 2. While many (most?) of (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, this is an interesting question that is distilled into the LTC vs LUG debate. I think that there are distinctions between the two. The TCLTC's motto is that our layout is simply a background for our trains. Without the trains, the whole (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | That may all be true (but I would point out that last I heard, Lionel is alive and well, yet there are folks who only do vintage tinplate Lionel), but my main point is that by chosing to be 100% pure to a single manufacturer, we are totally at the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) These are apparently (URL) available> from customer support in Europe. (...) The (URL) 8421 crane> definitely uses the new 9V motor, and a new (apparently studless) battery box has appeared in some photos of the recently announced Technic (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Ted Michon
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| | | | | (...) Ross- Gee, I've despaired of getting any 9V electric plates for a long time. Last I look there were some in Spain or Hungary, but that was about it. I wonder how someone in the US places an order in France? (...) Ross- OK, so "almost no". (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Didier Enjary
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| | | | | | | (...) AFAIK you can't (this type of order can be placed "everywhere" in europe but is not publicized by TLC and you have to know LEGO item numbers - the ones you can see in the BOM at the end of some 2006 BIs) . Anyway, I'm afraid the Electric 2x4 (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | "Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:IwtA9E.oJw@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] You have to find a "ship to" address in France. I ordered a bunch of stuff from LEGO Sweden a fair number of years ago and had (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Dean Earley
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| | | | (...) The battery box is the same as they've been using for years (albeit a new colour) (URL) Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk) irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/ web: (URL) +44 (0)780 8369596 (18 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) ROSCO (18 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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