Subject:
|
Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 02:23:01 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1226 times
|
| |
|
|
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
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
|
| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
|
| (...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
44 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
