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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 20:20:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Mostly I agree, BUT....
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> John Neal wrote:
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> > I disagree. We are all here bpure", are working within the limits of the medium. My goal is to get
> the best representation I can within the limits imposed.
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> > > What we do want to promote is maintaining a LEGO feel to our effort
> > 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... • Larry writes:
> 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)
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 time I buy
a lego set I seem to always find something in the bottom of the box. What are
they called...let me think here for a second...oh yeah,
DECALS!!!!! TLG uses decals on just about every set they make so what is the
big deal? If the TLG made some of these trains we make I'm sure they would
include some similiar decals as well.
John Warren
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
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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)
| | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
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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?
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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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