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Subject: 
Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Date: 
Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:52:21 GMT
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message
news:38B41F69.3A1A5324@netscape.com...
> John Neal wrote:
> 
> > I could live with larger pieces, as long as they are the *right* • pieces;-)
> > Train fronts (split), nose shells, specialty items (fans), railings, new
> > trucks.  Let them accent play, give us the tools and we will accent the
> > modeling;-)
> 
> I've NEVER understood why Lego didn't make nose pieces split to begin • with.  Then
> they could make each half 2-wide, and you could insert slopes between them • to make
> them any width you want.  Then they'd only have to worry about making • 6/8/10/12 wide
> windshields for the different nose halves.
> 
> If I ever make an 8-wide, it's going to be in a common color, so I can cut • <shudder>
> 2 6-wide nose slants apart to make an 8-wide nose.
> 
> 
> --
> | Tom Stangl, Technical Support          Netscape Communications Corp
> |      Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
> 
> 
With the extra size, it is much easier to make to nose look proper with
slopes and skew bricks than in a 6 wide.  Remember, building a complex shape
gets easier with increased resolution, which is another benefit of adding
the extra width.

Mike Poindexter



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  Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
 
(...) I've NEVER understood why Lego didn't make nose pieces split to begin with. Then they could make each half 2-wide, and you could insert slopes between them to make them any width you want. Then they'd only have to worry about making 6/8/10/12 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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