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Re: Hypothetically Speaking...
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:24:39 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, John Neal (<3A342C3A.27804FD4@uswest.net>) wrote at
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> Tony Priestman wrote:
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> > Perhaps both sizes? A sort of Model Team Train theme.
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> Maybe you are on to something, Tony. Rather than try and get all of these
> folks into the mindset of evolving the 9 volt system, let TLC create a
> second, more realistic, prototype-modeling 8 wide train line.
This was what I was thinking.
> And TLC can
> still keep producing 4561-type sets (or even 4558 for that matter) for all
> of those who want their toy train line that is compatible with trains from
> 1964. And they can play with their 4533s and dream of acquiring the rare
> 3225...
...which is not unreasonable, if you are a 10 year old, and have to play
with it in your bedroom & take it down before you go to bed :-)
(BTW, Busy Bee still have plenty of 3225s)
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> And let those of us who want new couplers, trucks, better details, more
> realism, etc., have our train line. Call it "Model Trains". Aim it at
> ALTDs instead of kids, for LTCers who show off LEGO at train shows. Keep it
> to scale with the minifig, but make it 8 wide. But I bet that if they did
> that, people would abandon the old 9 volt system in a New York minute, akin
> to the mass exodus from RTL to LUGNet.
I like the sound of Model Trains. But I think you're being a bit over-
enthusiastic in thinking that everyone would rush to the new size. The
evidence of this debate shows that some people have very fixed views.
I can see that a wholesale change *would* upset some people, but given
the commonality of a large number (if not all) of the required parts, I
can't see how anyone could object to TLC testing the water with maybe a
loco & some rolling stock. If they were good models based on real
prototypes, they would sell in their own right.
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Tony Priestman
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| (...) I too was thinking this. Keep all the current compatibility with the 9V track, but add the occasional 8-wide model. Kevin's "BigRed" was a great high-light at our show, just sitting there on its own track segment looking good while all the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Maybe you are on to something, Tony. Rather than try and get all of these folks into the mindset of evolving the 9 volt system, let TLC create a second, more realistic, prototype-modeling 8 wide train line. And TLC can still keep producing (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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