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Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued?
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Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:14:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ted Michon wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > ..
> > Trust for now that we are discussing this with LEGO and we are trying to get all the information we can about the status of 9V trains.
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> > -Eric Kingsley
> > LEGO Ambassador
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> Eric-
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> Thanks. Glad to know you and the others are on top of this issue that means so
> much to many of us. At SCLTC we have almost 5 years invested building our club
> and have reached the point where venues come to us and we have as many events as
> we can handle. If 9V trains disappeared, we would not be able to continue.
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> -Ted
Ted,
This is very important feedback. Lets try an informal poll...
If 9V trains do get discontinued...
1. Would your club disband or significantly cut back on public appearances?
(List your club and number of appearances)
2. Are there any clubs that would continue to show using the new Battery
powered IR Trains?
3. How tightly are 9V trains and your clubs survival tied together?
It is important that folks take this seriously and post honestly. If you have
any other feedback in terms of how your club would be affected if 9V trains were
discontinued please share that as well.
The more information the Ambassadors have in terms of how a decision such as
this affects the community the more we can try to influance decisions within
LEGO before a point of no return is reached, such as happened with the color
problem.
I will take your feedback and put together a document that I will submit through
the channels I have open to me and we will see what happens.
-Eric Kingsley
LEGO Ambassador
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Message has 14 Replies:
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| "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:Iwuo0x.BMJ@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Do you want this feedback via e-mail or posted to LUGNET? Mike (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| Eric, Is there anyway for you to also gather input from "club-less" LEGO train enthusists? While I don't belong to a club or do exhibitions, I do have my own home layout for both myself and my children. And I too have a big investment in 9V gear. I (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The GMLTC doesn't do too many appearances each year. But, almost all our appearances are at 'train events' - model railroading shows and at the Jackson Street Roundhouse in St. Paul. We consider ourselves model railroaders first, and Lego (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) SCLTC (Southern California LEGO Train Club does about 6 display events covering 100 show days that attract about 150,000 visitors per year. The trend is upward. (...) We probably could not avoid having some members bring IR trains to our (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I am a Castle Builder who as only recently begun collecting trains, and even more recently, building MOC trains, and both specifically for the purpose of bringing them to TexLUG displays. Yes, they're for my enjoyment, too, but as a Castle (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Eric, The poll is a great idea. I have posted below answers to your three items. I have also added a few survey items that I humbly submit for you to include. 1. Would your club disband or significantly cut back on public appearances? (List (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: [...] (...) Hello Eric, As a member of FreeLUG (ILTCO affiliated) and a 9V train fan here are some answers to your questions. 1 In 2005 we had about 4 public appearances with train layouts. Personnally I manage (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I would assume this would cause problems over the long term. Since I own 20+ 9V motors myself, and represent the major train interest in Victoria, BC. I have done shows in the past around here, as well as aiding PNLTC, NALUG, NovaLUG, and VLC. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) (Speaking for the Twin Cities LEGO Train Club) No. We would continue to do our 2-4 shows a year until all of our 9 volt motors die. (...) Given the design restrictions that appear to be a part of the new system, I can say that, in all (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Speaking as part of Michiana-LTC, we would continue to do shows until our equipment gave out. We do about 3 or 4 shows per year. (...) Michiana-LTC will likely not widely adopt the new trains other than giving them a small loop of their own. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 1. I would not show LEGO trains in public ever again. This is because my trains are bigger than 8-wide, and I would be ashamed to mislead the public by displaying an obsolete product. I'm not prepared to change my sales pitch from an (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I asked other members of RichLUG to respond last evening so we could reach consensus. So far Rich and Dustin have responded: Rich - I don't believe that our club would disband over this. If it was a decision by consensus to use the new train (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: Dear Eric, (...) The club is already inactive as club. 1000steine is running and guiding the fan activity in Germany. Me and other (former?) FGLTC members join the 1000steine-land and other shows like the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued?
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| (...) Having not actually used the new trains, some of this is conjecture. Running one for a weekend on a layout first will give me a better perspective. But.. From what I have seen, I doubt they would be suitable replacements for the existing (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Eric- Thanks. Glad to know you and the others are on top of this issue that means so much to many of us. At SCLTC we have almost 5 years invested building our club and have reached the point where venues come to us and we have as many events (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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