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Subject: 
Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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Date: 
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:17:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
I know you feel that LEGO is just a toy, Ben.  And if that were my attitude,
then I would have no reason for building anything wider than 6.

I think this point is key.  8 widers seem to think of Lego trains as models,
where a majority of 6 widers (there are exceptions) see them as toys.  My
opinion is that 6 or 8 wide in your own collection is up to you, but Lego needs
to keep making them 6 wide.  Lego is a toy company that makes toys.  If some
people want to make models with those toys, that's alright, but it's a far
stretch to expect a toy company to support the modeling community with toys.

Ben Roller



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  Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
 
Ben Roller <broller@clemson.edu> wrote in message news:FqGGKz.C3G@lugnet.com... (...) attitude, (...) models, (...) needs (...) some (...) toys. (...) I say they should make what people want. If some people want 8 wide trains, then they should look (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)  
  Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
 
(...) Put me down in the exception column. I do models. Just not scale models. I don't design for play value, I design for evokation of a look within the imposed palette limitations. This may be semantics but I suspect most of us, across all genres, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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  Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble was: Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
 
(...) What is wrong with larger scenery and buildings? You should check out Legoland sometime;-) Seriously, you don't have to build ginormous structures-- we are still talking MF scale here. I will now *have* to take some photos of my double stall (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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