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Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 01:26:42 GMT
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> I bet it's closer to even money, if you compare to the good HO, not the junk.
> Lego in never junk, even if we don't always like the design. I have spent a
> few thousand on both N-scale and LEGO in the past 5 years and I feel I get at
> least as much value with the LEGO. If the parents (above) have already
> invested hundreds or thousands in non-train LEGO kits for their kids than the
> scales tip to LEGO. All those sets suddenly have new possiblilities. Try to
> do that with HO.
I'd agree with Jim here too. Even in the 'live steam' scales, the cost of
modeling something in relation to the space it takes up is relatively constant.
The average is $2-3 an hour for the hobby of model railroading. That's not to
say that it has to be that expensive, or that you cannot spend 7-8 million
dollers (a la Train Mountain). It is just an average cost that most modelers
seem to spend per hour of the hobby. When I think of the expense compared with
the hours I spend building, I would think that this is a bit low, but not
excessivly low for LEGO modeling. (I think you could manage it for sure, but I
doubt I do)
To fill a 4*8 sheet of ply with equivilent quality trains (Marklin comes to
mind), would cost about the same as for lego. You cannot compare with say
older lifelike, where the quality just is not even in the same universe as
lego.
James Powell
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| (...) I bet it's closer to even money, if you compare to the good HO, not the junk. Lego in never junk, even if we don't always like the design. I have spent a few thousand on both N-scale and LEGO in the past 5 years and I feel I get at least as (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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