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Re: First Thomas? (wasRe: Has anyone tried building...
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 02:22:33 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dan Parker writes:
> In early 1997, I designed a LEGO Thomas tTE and compliment of freightcars at
> the request of my daughter. It was the first TtTE of which I am aware. I
> later sent original sketches regarding construction to Matt Bates, who
> modified these slightly to produce the version featured on his website.
I think GMLTC may predate you a bit but it's going to be hard to dispute,
those guys were terrible at taking any pics of anything back then. However I
do recall them saying that theirs had been around for several years when I
first saw it in 1998. Clearly they have been exhibiting for the longest of any
club (if you count Conan as "GMLTC", I've seen pictures of him exhibiting 12V
stuff when he was about 10 years old with his uncle Chuck).
That said, it's not about who is first, but about the great stuff that all the
clubs are doing to advance the hobby. Look at how far and how fast WAMALUG has
come along. Their downtowns are starting to get quite amazing and they may be
in a spot to give PNLTC records for most tall buildings in one spot a serious
challenge soon. (assuming, haha, that PNLTC stands still. Not likely.)
Even though I personally don't care for Thomas much, every club ought to have
one, and some cars to go with, it's a guaranteed draw when it's operating, and
it's not a very hard build...
++Lar
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