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| (...) Perhaps they were trying to design the world's first remote control piggy bank. :) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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| (...) I have a hard time believing that the size of the part is to blame. I give you three examples of large parts that have no gaps. These all come in the new Passenger Plane 7893. (URL) LEGO® has no problem with making large pieces fit together. I (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | New MOCs
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| Just posted some new MOC pictures: Coaches to extend my Hogwarts Express, Hopper Wagons with SNOT lettering and my station building. Coaches here: (URL) including pictures of the underside and bogies. These are 8mm:1ft scale British Mk1 coaches in (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
| | | | | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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| (...) "Only the cheapest is good enough!" * * potential new slogan of LEGO. (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | 7897 - quality issues
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| Wow! These gaps are wide enough to push coins of any size through! (URL) Jan Beyer of LEGO told at 1000steine, that all trains will look like this and he gave a (lame?) explanation, that there are limitations in designing the single-piece-mould, (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | QuéLUG at the Canadian Railway Museum
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| (voir le message en français plus bas) Hi! August 19 & 20, QuéLUG, the group in Québec, Canada, will display at the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant (south of Montreal) with a 21 ft x 8 ft train and town layout. Find all the infos you need (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | Re: Legoland train
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| (...) Try modelling that in lego... :) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Legoland train
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| I've found some pics of a Legoland advertising liveried train. Its probably been around for a good few years now and may even have been repainted. (URL) South West Trains> (URL) 455856> (5 URLs) Another one that I can't imbed> Tim (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Sorry, I've tried to get that email address sorted out, but nothing seems to move around here. The address in my profile is correct. Try j dot j dot railton at btinternet dot com. Jason R (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Hey Jason, I am trying to get you in touch with the member who built this train, but your email is bouncing. Can you send me a current email address so I can pass it on to him? -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: New train set?
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| (...) Thanks for posting this! I was really hoping to find the basic my-own-train type engine, coach and caboose instructions in an easily printable PDF format. This is just what I needed! As for the quality, it is a bit saturated, and sections of (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Poem: TGP
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| Here is another poem for you all. (URL) -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) I can see a train motor every other car, but I presume the red wheels then are BBB wheels, and the feature drive is taken from the axle? I've got a piggy-back train that gets its drive from half-bushes with minifig car tyres, suspended between (...) (18 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Yes. Each car has something animated on it and the ferris wheel spins. We call it the "Goofy Train". -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (18 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
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| I tried this solution out for myself, and it didn't produce the best results for rolling friction. Not to say it isn't a good solution, because I do see major improvements, but just that there is a better one. Adding the metal sleeve around the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) That's cute. Is that fairground train animated? Jason R (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Pleasanton museum pictures
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| Here are pictures from our latest train layout in the Pleasanton museum: (URL) Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: IR train base alternative
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| (...) Actually, it would be easy enough for someone with electronics and microcontroller experience just to build a new receiver. You typically record the IR signals on a PC, figure out how they're coded, then program a microcontroller to decode (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: New train set?
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| (...) Roughly, maybe a little more. For a push-along set with no track or motor. Jason R (18 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: New train set?
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| (...) Um, isn't that the same price as 7897? (18 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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