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Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 02:23:01 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ...
> > Existing sets is not going to tip the balance much. Notice that no one • other
> > than the GMLTC is doing modules the way they are, and the reason they are
> > able to do so is due to a once in a lifetime person who happens to have • more
> > bricks than most people could even remotely conceive of.
> 
> Sorry Frank Deeppockets Filz, (you always outbid me on eBay!) but there is
at

I don't ALWAYS outbid you... I looked at an auction just today which you had
bid on which I didn't bid on...

> least one other who is making modules - me.  I am trying to get people in
> California to have an LTC here, but have been too busy at work to really • push
> it right now.  But rest assured, the GMLTC is not the only one making
> modules.  If they come out the San Jose for the NMRA convention, they will
> find me there with 5 modules to tie into their system, if they want.  (If • not,
> I will be kind of stranded on the mainline, which won't be able to loop • until
> I get 8 modules made!)  My plan is to have a 12 module layout of my own.  I
> should be there in about 3 years, if I am lucky.


What is your cost per module coming out to? How much more would it cost if
you didn't sell the extra bricks?

> > This to me is what makes LEGO trains an interesting and valid hobby. It • also
> > does not the least bit require that the only supplier of the parts be TLC.
> > 
> > Frank
> 
> Thank you Frank!  Now I can use the three 1x1 clear Tyco Lampshades I have!
> (Any purist out there have any they don't want?  I will pay you for them!)


Go for it! The main reason I haven't used much Tyco stuff is availability of
sufficient quantity to do anything with. I occasionally throw out bids for
Tyco stuff, but haven't won any yet. I've picked up a bit of Tyco here and
there (got about a buckets worth in a lot I bought of a local kid, bought a
bag of fluorescent bricks from a used toy store etc).

Frank



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(...) Yeah! I did a search of Lego lots not bid on by you and chose one of them to try and get. It looks like you found that one, too. Sigh. At least I have TRU and Kay-Bee. (By the way, the model team 5561 is on sale there for $40 and has 6 white (...) (27 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) Sorry Frank Deeppockets Filz, (you always outbid me on eBay!) but there is at least one other who is making modules - me. I am trying to get people in California to have an LTC here, but have been too busy at work to really push it right now. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)

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