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As we near the release of LDD 2.0, I offer the following tale...
Two weeks ago, I was visiting the Tyson’s Corner LEGO Store. Although the
store still sells 9V track and motors, they no longer carry 9V train sets, which
number only a few these days as LEGO transitions to the Hobby Train model of
train operations. I happened to overhear a parent in the store ask what must be
an increasingly common question these days:
“Where can I find additional cars for my child’s LEGO train set?”
I did not catch the clerk’s reply, and perhaps it mentioned the LEGO Factory
website. However, the Factory website makes it difficult to locate high-quality
models that fit well with existing LEGO trains. It does not have the feel of
an electronic catalog of quality MOCs but rather a hunt for needles in a
haystack of very small pictures. For the AFOL and the advanced young hobby
train builder, the Factory website does not meet the bill.
In response, I have designed trainbase, a website that (in my opinion) makes
it easier to locate quality train models,
http://jordanschwarz.com/trainbase
Presently the website features the models of seven builders whose galleries on
LEGO Factory encompass both quantity and quality of train creations. The
website describes each builder’s key models and styles of building and links to
each builder’s gallery. There are already over 150 train models linked from
this website presently with just seven builders. The difference is that now,
one need not sift through pages and pages of models to find good ones.
My hope is that the next time someone asks where they can find
inspiration and new cars for their LEGO train, they can check out the UTB set
and visit the websites for trainbase,http://save.9vtrains.com and, of
course, http://news.lugnet.com/trains. Although there is some redundancy among
these websites, I hope that since information is presented in different ways,
this will help LEGO Trains to appeal to broader and more diverse audiences.
I welcome your constructive comments and suggestions of additional builders to
be listed on the website.
-Jordan Schwarz
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| (...) Nice site Jordan. There is also the (URL) LEGO factory hobby trains> page, which currently features some great models by James Mathis. I'm not sure if that will be expanded to include models by other AFOLs. ROSCO (17 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) Hi Jordan, I like this idea. I'd recommend adding Chris Masi's work. He seems to have two usernames, "masithebuilder" and "acjmasi", not sure which he'd prefer you use. I've build-tested (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| (...) Wow, if AFOL's continue to provide stuff like this site, LEGO will not have to do any work. Get AFOL's to design them, get AFOL's to help people find them, get help from AFOL's to market them--just provide the parts. And even that is now (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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