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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Eric Kingsley wrote:
> [First, what we have been authorized to release.]
> + LEGO will continue to sell the current 9v system including the train motor,
> metal tracks and the speed regulator through LEGO Shop at Home and LEGO Brand
> Retail only, from mid 2006.
Ouch. First TLG, after offering a train set
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/65537
to train/hobby shops, wouldn't actually supply the product, and now is
cutting the smaller stores that have been faithfully carrying trains out
of the loop. A stride forward for vertical integration, perhaps, but not
the sort of thing that's going to give small toy stores warm fuzzies for
TLG.
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In lugnet.trains, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Eric Kingsley wrote:
>
> > [First, what we have been authorized to release.]
>
> > + LEGO will continue to sell the current 9v system including the train motor,
> > metal tracks and the speed regulator through LEGO Shop at Home and LEGO Brand
> > Retail only, from mid 2006.
>
> Ouch. First TLG, after offering a train set
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/65537
> to train/hobby shops, wouldn't actually supply the product, and now is
> cutting the smaller stores that have been faithfully carrying trains out
> of the loop. A stride forward for vertical integration, perhaps, but not
> the sort of thing that's going to give small toy stores warm fuzzies for
> TLG.
Actually buying that product is what finally got me into lego trains. "Steam"
train for under $100.00 is what it took for me to take the plunge.
Damn it :)
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