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Re: Interesting Article About Train hobby....
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:23:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Too bad TLG is taking its trains line backwards
instead of forwards...
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Although the major by-line was “KIDS DON’T WANT TO ASSEMBLE SETS”. I agree with
you that trains might be more marketable since Harry Potter etc., but it seems
the main thrust of the upsurge may be “out of the box usability”, which actually
the hobby train would seem to fit at least as well, perhaps better, than the 9V
system with a lot of extra wires.
Interesting article. It doesn’t seem to take a lot to turn kids heads (for good
or bad).
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) When I was very young I loved a battery-operated train with plastic track because you could make up layouts at random. This particular one wasn't as sophisticated as the Duplo train, but the track was cheap. Kind of like a soft plastic version (...) (18 years ago, 5-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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