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Re: Why did Lego stop the electrically controlled trains?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:22:11 GMT
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Bad that they always stop the good stuff. I think Lego should not forget
about the older children ... I met a young father yesterday who become a new
Lego-fan now since he saw all the nice things from Lego. I believe there
would be enough people arround the world who would buy electric train stuff,
enough for Lego to build some sets with electric features.
Has someone found out if Lego is listening to people having stange wishes?
So we could wish us (for christmas ... he he he) a special Lego set
containing electric switch-points and things like that :-)
Yes I'm from Austria and I know 1000Steine quite good site actually ...
Michael
Holger Matthes <matthes@fh-aachen.de> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
G42Gq8.Hqx@lugnet.com...
> Hi Michael,
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> LEGO® stopped producing electric switches etc. in 1990 while changing the
> system from 12 Volts to 9 Volts! There were a first change in 1980 when • the
> grey tracks werre introduced and the blue ones ran out of production.
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> Check Ben's Train Site at BEN'S WORLD OF ABS for the whole history of • LEGO®
> trains: http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/trains/trains.html
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> Rumors... There are many I suppose. I could be the right time to change • the
> system again. We AFOL's wish more electrical functions for 9 V, but LEGO® • seems
> to go the "juniorized" way ;-))
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> Did I get it right? Are you from Austria? Do you know • http://www.1000steine.de
> ??
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> Kind regards,
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> Holger ...from Germany
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> In lugnet.trains, Michael Lachmann writes:
> > I remember some years ago Lego produced another train set (at the time • when
> > they had the blue manual rails) where it was able to electrically control
> > the switches and there was a decoupling unit as well.
> >
> > Does somebody know wy they stopped the production of that system?
> > And are there any rumors that Lego will provide electronic switches • again?
> >
> > Michael
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| Hi Michael, LEGO® stopped producing electric switches etc. in 1990 while changing the system from 12 Volts to 9 Volts! There were a first change in 1980 when the grey tracks werre introduced and the blue ones ran out of production. Check Ben's Train (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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