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Re: Older train sets
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:27:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Hans van Loenen writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Douglas Pegram writes:
> > It's only been a year since the dark age has ended and I feel that I've come
> > back to late...some of the older train accesory sets seem really great (4543,
> > 4544, 4546, 4549) my question is has anyone seen any of these for sale
> > anywhere ? I know this post should be going to the marketplace area but I
> > figured this group might have a better idea.
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> If you find some let me know too please. But I,m afraid the only places where
> you will find them is on auction sites like ebay for incredible prices.
> greetings Hans.
Douglas,
Take a look around some of the train-related sites. The original creations
displayed far surpass anything that was available from TLG. I'm in the same
boat but I've picked up some new (older) 45xx sets on offer in UK and Europe
mainly for train parts. My prototype based creations have used any element
which fits and never seem to make full use of the (slightly juniorised)
elements in the 9v series. I'd still love to have that Metroliner and
the 'Crocodile' engine though!
Don't let this stifle your creativity - good luck
Jon Reynolds
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| (...) I agree with your assessment of the non set creations, still those sets could come in very handy. If you remember what was the cost in shipping for some of those sets from Europe ? (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ain't that the truth. Well, I'm happy to say my fingers are sore. I've been building all day, with some help from the kids, and Nik's project train is all done. As you may recall, he had signed up (they are all studying Japan) to report on the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If you find some let me know too please. But I,m afraid the only places where you will find them is on auction sites like ebay for incredible prices. greetings Hans. (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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