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Re: I have a dream...
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Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:34:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Didier Enjary wrote:
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Hi,
Guess what I’m about to talk... : 6wide vs 8wide! no trolling inside :-)
I was reading Jeramy’s blog and more precisely this post :
http://indylug.org/blogs/jeramyspurgeon/archive/2006/11/02/The-Great-LEGOAE00-Train-Width-Debate.aspx
One could say the post by Jeramy is nothing really new on the 6vs8 debate. I
don’t agree, for instance the talking about converting 8 to 6 is interesting
and 8widers (hi John)
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Bonjour, Didier!
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will not worry as Jeramy ends with saying he sticks to 8.
But I digress and what I want to underline is that sentence :
“We (the train builders group) decided from the beginning to keep the trains
we built in scale with what LEGO had already produced in the past, which was,
for the most part, 6 wide trains.”
Let me first say I perfectly support their choice which is IMO logical for the
project they were dealing with. (and from what I know, the set is going to be
a huge success).
But I have a dream. I’d like to buy 8-wide trains (or even 10 but not more)
from TLC. Kind of “Desginer Trains” theme. Kind of trains that could be sold
without tracks and motors, just to be displayed on a shelf as a static model.
Kind of sets AFOLs could convert themselves to run them on tracks. Maybe these
sets could be sold quite well to “regular” railroad modelers the same way TLC
sells sets to non-AFOLs SW fans.
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Didier, I also have had this dream, but to be honest with you, I believe that
AFOLs can build UCS sets better than TLG can as a retail set. TLG must above
all worry about the bottom line-- that is, their primary concern is trying to
create a set that will have WIDE appeal to the largest market possible to
optimize profit. My primary concern is building a KILLER MOC™ (a VERY COOL
MOC:-)
When I build a KILLER MOC™, I try to build it in such a way that it becomes
almost impossible to recreate unless I want to break the bank (again;-) In
other words, I spare no expenses (for the most part;-) Most of my MOCs cost
$100s to build. I don’t believe that there is a market large enough out there
for TLG to create a $300-$400 (and up) UCS train set, especially when you
consider all of the new parts such as larger wheels that they’d have to (or need
to, IMO) create.
But I am pursuing that dream in a roundabout way; I am in the process of
building 12 wide, but plan on using G scale tracks, trucks, motors and couplers
instead of trying to create them somehow in LEGO. If for power issue alone--
LEGO motors are not nearly powerful enough to handle this scale; they can’t
even handle 8 wide! And the cost issue.
Yeah, I know I said that I spare no expense. Well, not really. Consider
this section of track
that Ross and I designed. Financially, it was (barely:-) okay for a section
that will be 12 feet long, but an entire layout??? Put it this way: not even
TLG itself created track out of LEGO (or motors or wheels or trucks) in the LL
parks! So if using these parts used from non-LEGO sources is good enough for
TLG, it’s good enough for me! :-)
So that’s my advice: forget TLG, and make your dreams come true! Build 12 wide
bodies and use G scale stuff for the rest. This is going to be my new mantra
for 2007:-)
JOHN
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| (...) SNIP (...) LOL, like a lot this TradeMark. (...) SNIP (...) I wish you success in this but I'm really not in using non-LEGO parts. Thank you very much for the advice. (17 years ago, 7-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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