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Re: 8 Wide
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:42:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
<snip>

Welcome to the "Dark Side [1]"

-John

[1] In reality, the correct side;-)


Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...  -grin-

For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, John Neal (aka
"John2") thinks that all LEGO trains should be built 8 studs wide.  The
civilized world thinks they should be built 6 studs wide.  So, we have this
running argument going on!

But, even though we (the GMLTC) think John2 is *wrong*, we still like him...
And I keep saying, once he gets a couple of million bricks, we'll build him a
layout suitable for 8 wide trains!  Any time now, John...  ;-)

John1, GMLTC
  (remove the '.nospam' to reply...)



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  Re: 8 Wide
 
(...) But you have to admit that they look great (8 wides) compared to toyish 6 wides. I like the analogy of comparing 6 wides to Lionel trains. They just don't look right. And although 8 wides look "LEGO goofy" compared to model trains, they at (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 8 Wide train hopper
 
Bravo, Mike! {:^D You beat me to the punch-- I had intended to build an 8 wide version of Lar's Hopper as well! It looks great! Don't you think the proportions look a lot better? I especially like the way an 8 wide is wider than its trucks-- which (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

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