 | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | Mostly I agree, BUT.... (...) <snip> (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —John Warren
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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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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —John Kelly
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| | | | | | | <Much Snipping> (...) is (...) buy (...) This also is on the slippery slope but... with apologies to Brain Williams The line on non-Lego parts to me has always been two criteria. a) Is it close enough to an accessory that it's not a specialty of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I'm sensing a little hostility here... (...) Well, no, I don't believe I said using decals is totally wrong. I just said that one cannot make the argument that one is totally pure if one uses them. This hobby, when we are considering it (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —John Warren
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| | | | | | (...) If you were sensing any "hostility" it was just a little bit. :^) The "come off it phrase" is like saying "give me a break". While reading my last comment you must imagine me grinning and speaking sarcastically. That's just my way of replying (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading? —John Neal
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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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