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Re: New RC Trains Are Posted on LEGO.COM
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Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:39:35 GMT
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cjmasi@*nogarbageplease*SAYNOTOSPAMrcn.com
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ondrew hartigan wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Clifton D. Chambers wrote:
> > The new RC trains have been released on LEGO.com. The Cargo set is expensive at
> > $149.00
> >
> > http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=7898&cn=249&d=12&t=7
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> ahhh yes but the passenger train is only 79.99.
[snip price per part analysis]
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> both sets are very viable for the bricklink market even at full retail and i
> suspect that they will show up there very quickly. i for one can't wait. =)
I can wait... I think the engine is cool. The self propelled crane is
cool even if it is simple, but the other cars well... the nicest thing I
can say is that there are three more cars. To spend $150 I need to
really like _everything_. Also I have a hard time paying full price for
this set if I am buying it just for parts. There are so many parts that
I know I'll never use...
> both trains are running around $.15 a brick which is expencive but on par with
> other train sets of the past.
And I didn't buy many of those at full price either because they simply
weren't good enough. I should note that I have happily paid full price
for train stuff when I liked that train stuff.
[snip excellent comments about track mods]
> it will however be nice to be able to experement creating new switches like my
> doubble crossover and 3 way switch with out the huge cost.
Yeah, will you ever be producing that double cross? I love the modified
switches that you made for me.
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> > Regular track is a little more expensive than 9V.
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> > http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=7896&cn=250&t=5&d=12
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> 7896
> 8 straight 8 curved
> $15.99
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> technicly it's cheaper. i do see your point however. i hope TLC discovers this
> flaw in the product line and fixes it. equal numbers of straight and curve rails
> makes little or no sence. a 4-12 ratio would be a much better value and would
> make more sence.
I've become cynical enough to think that this is LEGO's solution to
there problem with the curve track. I am guessing that they have noticed
that curved 9v rails do not sell as well as straight 9v rails, so their
solution is to force consumers to buy curved rails every time they want
to buy straight rails. Of course, they wouldn't think of producing fewer
curved rails, because the price per rail would go up. However, I not to
cynical to think that eventually someone will realize that this is a
stupid idea that makes the LEGO Company look unfriendly to their customers.
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> ondrew
Chris
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| (...) i know the feeling i'm an 8-wide builder so allmost everything is useless to me. (...) i agree. 2003's cargo train set was the only train set i've ever payed full price for. (...) YEP. i will be making more but on a per order basis. it takes a (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) i took a miniute and did a little math. these sets are not priced as bad as one might think. 7897 passenger train 501 parts $79.99 price per part .1596 with cost of track removed $60.0025 or .124...per part now this doesn't exclude the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains)
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