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Re: Hypothetically Speaking...
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Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:53:40 GMT
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Matthew Greene wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Some questions which I would like all LTDs (LEGO Train Dudes) to ponder
> > and discuss:
> >
> > What if the guy/gal in charge of designing LEGO trains posted here and
> > asked, "Should we continue to design LEGO trains 6 wide or begin to
> > design them 8 wide?" What would be your response? Would you care
> > necessarily? What if he/she also said, "We're also going to offer
> > larger radius track curves, new points, DCC; eventually the works."
> > Would that influence your preference between 6/8 wide?
>
> For me the basic point comes down to size. My layout is 9 X 20 and to
> increase it by 1/3 would mean I could never set all the modules up. Also as
> Larry point out increased cost would slow down developement.
Larry's all wet with his 1/3 this and 1/3 that blah blah. 8 wide trains are
just that-- 2 studs wider than your trains-- that's all. Why ever would you
think you'd need to increase the size of a huge layout like yours by a
third????
But you bring up an interesting point. If TLC gives us wider radius curves,
THAT will be a problem for home layouts, because not many have the room for a
4' diameter turn (I'm guessing 4 feet; currently the diameter is 27.5") That
will be far more restrictive than any 8 wide train car....
-John
> 8 wides are great for models, 10 or 12 wides are probably even better, but
> for an operating layout, 6 wide is the right size for me.
> >
> > Or, if TLC just out of the blue started producing 8 wide trains, how
> > would you feel about it? Would you just accept it and build from there,
> > or would you feel that 6 wide was better and consider it another bad
> > move by TLC? Or would you just be happy that TLC was producing more
> > trains again-- 6 wide, 8 wide--whatever?
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> If TLC started making 8 wide, sure buy it for the parts. Most of us buy JR
> train for parts now and build our own.
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> >
> > I have a sense of how people feel about the subject, but I wanted some
> > direct feedback to see whether or not I am all wet. These are purely
> > hypothetical questions:-)
> >
> > -John
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| (...) No, because one will have the choice of 4' or 60cm curves (IIRC, they are 60 cm, too lazy to find the box for my 7710 to check) So, it will only matter to people like me who have fixed room layouts, and event then, not all that much, because (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) For me the basic point comes down to size. My layout is 9 X 20 and to increase it by 1/3 would mean I could never set all the modules up. Also as Larry point out increased cost would slow down developement. 8 wides are great for models, 10 or (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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