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Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:36:55 GMT
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lpieniazek@noveraNOMORESPAM.com
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Mostly I agree, BUT....
John Neal wrote:
> I disagree. We are all here because we enjoy LEGO. Trains just happens to
> be one theme in the LEGO family. Why should we rush out and bring in
> non-LEGO material?
<snip>
> Getting back to trains, if you really want all of the things the MRR world
> has to offer, why model in LEGO? Why not just model in "O" gauge? There
> are plenty of opportunities to build in MRR, and from scratch-- arguably a
> more creative process than building with bricks.
Not more, not less. Just a different type of creativity. I've expounded
on this before: what we do is work in a medium and we, when we stay
"pure", are working within the limits of the medium. My goal is to get
the best representation I can within the limits imposed.
> > What we do want to promote is maintaining a LEGO feel to our efforts.
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> Not possible. If it isn't ALL LEGO, then it will cease to have a LEGO
> feel. We at the GMLTC are proud to say that *everything* on the layout is
> LEGO (save decals). That has impact. Once you open Pandora's box of
> non-LEGO accessories, watch out. The slope is slippery, and the shades are
> gray...
You dilute your own argument because you use decals, you know... the
slope may only be 1 degree at that point, but it's a slope and you're
started down it. (Tubing and string are not the same in kind because
Lego does make tubing and does make string that looks exactly like what
we use)
> All of your ideas, Frank, are good ones, but I think 1) no manufacturer
> would ever invest as such for such a tiny market and so the point is moot,
> and b) wouldn't it be awesome if TLC did these things? I think *that* is
> where we should be directing our efforts.
Disagree with 1). The MR market has lots of manufacturers who have
solved the small production run problem. I support some third party
making things (at the same quality level as TLG) that TLG COULD make if
they chose to, but hasn't chosen to.
Agree with b). it would be nice. How to get them to? Show them there is
a market, and maybe make some coin at it. I am going to move my hopper
to more of a commercialish product... maybe.
--
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| (...) Larry writes: (...) Oh come off it Larry! I'm getting so sick of this stupid argument. Hmmm, let's see, you say using decals is totally wrong but using string and tubing is fine because lego makes it. Well gee Larry, explain to me why every (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Agreed. (...) Perhaps, but somehow I find decals an excusable exception. They have so many applications <sorry> other than trains. Think Joe Davenport and his farm, etc things. I don't think that they lesson the purity concept in the same way (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I disagree. We are all here because we enjoy LEGO. Trains just happens to be one theme in the LEGO family. Why should we rush out and bring in non-LEGO material? For instance, I hear plenty of grumbling in .SW about the lack of blasters, but (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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