To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.trainsOpen lugnet.trains in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Trains / 7625
7624  |  7626
Subject: 
Re: Are the new Duplo trains a sign?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:44:01 GMT
Reply-To: 
CMASI@CMASIantispam.CHEM.TULANE.EDU
Viewed: 
979 times
  
Steve Bliss wrote:

In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:

I know that the 9v line has been the orphaned theme for a while, but with such a
huge amount of activity in the Duplo 4.5v line up it seems nuts that LEGO
wouldn't be reinvesting in the train theme in general.

The new DUPLO sets could indicate the LEGO thinks the target market for
train sets is 2-to-5.  If that's so, then System Train is doomed.

shudder...that possibility had not occurred to me.


If TLG continues at their current level of producing new System Train
stuff, I'll be happy.  I'll be even happier if the design of the Train
models improve.  But it's the *parts* that matter.

Steve


--
PGP public key available upon request.



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Are the new Duplo trains a sign?
 
(...) The new DUPLO sets could indicate the LEGO thinks the target market for train sets is 2-to-5. If that's so, then System Train is doomed. If TLG continues at their current level of producing new System Train stuff, I'll be happy. I'll be even (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)

15 Messages in This Thread:



Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR