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Re: 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:39:25 GMT
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I have to assume this post is meant as a tongue and cheek joke (though I don’t
see that much humor). Ignoring that the rails are not 9V, there’s the basic
issue that the set is 50-50 straights and curves. That’s a horrible ratio to
force/foist on buyers. Once a buyer has a few complete circles (or even many,
say 10 to 20), they never again need curve track. But they always need straight
track. There’s a reason that the 9V straight rails sold out immediately when
LEGO closed them out on S@H and that now, months later, that they still have 9V
curves at clearance prices.
-Ted
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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| Hi Ted, (...) That's an AFOLT point of view. We enjoy long straight track, imitating real word railtrack. Now, focus just one moment on kids point of view. They enjoy to alternate right curves with left ones, making their train snaking their way, (...) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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| (...) --snip-- (...) I found it hilarious enough to ask Richie to copy it to .trains but I guess if you don't appreciate satire it's not going to be for you. Perhaps a unicorn chaser of some minifigs doing something wacky would bring back the (...) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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| (...) To underscore that point, in a recent NELUG draft this summer, we had maybe 400 lots for our participants, about 17 of which were lots of curved track (unopened boxes or groups of 8 rails). Also in the draft were such undesireables as foam (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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| RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Excellent Models: Fair Playability: Poor DECALS? No. SPECIAL FEATURES/COMPATIBILITY Trains - 9V (but not the old fashioned kind that need metal track) SET DESCRIPTION This set is (...) (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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