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Re: Hypothetically Speaking...
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:44:10 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> > What if TLC said, "We're not going to produce track or power anymore, but
> *will* license with Kadee® to produce trucks and couplers which will fit O
> scale track. After that, you are on your own, and we will release 10 new
> locos/cars a year."
> > --???
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> > -John
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> Ick. Worst possible solution, because it renders 30 years of Lego trains
> unuseable.
Unusable??? Thought that was the beauty of LEGO (or have you *glued* all of your
bricks?:-) What's so wrong with starting a new line? Nobody complained when they
switched to 9 volt in 1991, and rendered all of the 12 volt stuff "usable". So
you would advocate adhering to the current magnet coupling system as well?
> Changing power to 9V was in some ways bad enough
Why? The 9 volt system is far more reliable than the 12 volt system was. Plus
the 12 volt system was <blech> *3* rail. You are sounding reactionary here, only
wanting things the way they were. I am trying to get people to think in terms of
what *could be*, rather than just the pabulum "bring back the 4558 and 7777"
Phooey on those sets! They weren't anything special-- they could be designed 100
times cooler!
-John
> , but changing
> gauge is really bad. Yes, Playmobile has done it 3 times now, but Lego should
> not copy there example. Besides which, there are both Gauge 1 and O gauge
> systems available (somewhat anyway) that do that (hit-train/playtrain in O, and
> LGB/Playmobile in Ga1).
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> An idea, would be a plain circular track setup, with "funny" (Emmett/Heath
> Robinson) inspired loco, with 2 flatcars (16L, 4 wheel). Sell it at as _low_
> of a price point as can be managed, like at the $100 range of the large sets,
> rather than the $150 of the trains. If need be, make it a PUSH train-we haven't
> had one since the mid 80's, and if you had the 9V track in with it, then a
> conversion pack that costs $50 could be worked out-there is NO way that the
> lego transformer/connecting wire costs _close_ to $50 for lego to produce, so
> it should be possible to pricepoint a motor/powerpack/wire for $50 USD (my
> figuring on the price is based on owning 2 rather more sophisticated model
> railway packs, which didn't cost me more than $100 each...and I know they have
> a bunch more circuitry in them than the lego pack)
>
> James
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| (...) That's not quite accurate. Maybe nobody complained in Lugnet newsgroups... Anyway, add me to the list of likely complainers if they changed the gauge. I can handle a change in couplers, though. /Eric McC/ (26 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) *will* license with Kadee® to produce trucks and couplers which will fit O scale track. After that, you are on your own, and we will release 10 new locos/cars a year." (...) Ick. Worst possible solution, because it renders 30 years of Lego (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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