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Re: 8 Wide
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:17:43 GMT
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johnneal@uswestSPAMCAKE.net
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John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> <snip>
> >
> > Welcome to the "Dark Side [1]"
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> > -John
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> > [1] In reality, the correct side;-)
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> Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain... -grin-
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> 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...
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 least have potential. If TLC would create proper trucks, driver
wheels, window shapes, non-magnetic couplers, larger turns, scale railings
<takes a breath>, etc, we would have a full-blown hobby going here. We already
do now, but, like I said, it's a Lionel-type hobby. The possibilities are so
vast-- I could see the TRAINS theme become more popular than all the other
*combined*, including SW. That's my vision. But it has to be 8 wide (at
least;)
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go work on my letter to Mr. Justus...
-John
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> 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... ;-)
Drat, I forgot to play again;-) [1]
[1] The lottery, which, in fact, I never play.
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> John1, GMLTC
> (remove the '.nospam' to reply...)
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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| John2, You may not need to get a couple of million bricks for your 8 wide layout. You can just use mine. It will be built to allow 8 wide trains to run. I fixed the problems with the turns being too sharp and am going to next fix the track point (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 Wide
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| In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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