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Re: Discontinued Train Items??
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Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:11:55 GMT
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Ben,
Thanks for giving me the whole picture!
I recall your original posting in lugnet.trains about the points issue, so I
figured the 1000steine forum message I found was part of the larger "points
& crossings picture."
Early 2001 should prove to be an interesting time for the Train series. I
just hope it goes uphill rather than downhill.
I do enjoy viewing the galleries on 1000steine.de . From your point of view,
Ben, are the German Lego fans as passionate about the hobby as Americans? I
would suspect that it is about even, but I imagine there are more Train fans
in Germany.
Bryan
"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
news:G5vEy6.C84@lugnet.com...
> Dear Bryan,
>
> you have found an articel, which was posted a few days after a big "earth
> quake" in the German Forum at www.1000steine.de/forum . This has been one • of
> the last shock waves of it....
>
> The story in a short:
>
> 1. Lego distributers have been told by Lego Company that points and • crossing
> would be discontinued and gave this information to us, their customers.
>
> 2. Some of us asked the consumer service of Lego and were told the same
>
> 3. dec. 7th :an anonymous guy (Flame-Slizer) surfed by and told us how • stupid
> those where, who told that points would be discontinued ("Volltrottel!") • and
> that this was a wrong information. So I had to feel as "Volltrottel", • since I
> forwarded that information too (alsways telling, where I found it). I also • did
> a posting here in this newsgroup.
>
> 4. it came out, that this guy was an employee of Lego (using his work • computer
> of Lego, but as he later said, he did it in his free time)
>
> 5. a big discussion started (take just a look at the amount of answers!):
> http://f24.parsimony.net/forum61776/messages/977.htm
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> 6. dec. 11th: Lego consumer service for Europe still told that points • would be
> discontinued....
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> 7. (This is the message you have read):
> Flyers were found in some shops, which told, that points and crossings • will
> not be discontinued as planned, but 4533, 4557 and 4553 will do. Also the • whole
> Basic line ends with this year.
>
> Of course thes story did not go on as straight as tod here: those days • have
> been the days with the biggest traffic in the forum since ever and there
> have been a lot of discussions on Legos behaviour, their losses and the
> decreasing quality of bricks and sets in general.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Ben
>
>
> BTW: this was the first semi-official contact of TLC with the German Lego®
> community. I think after this great start things can at least not become
> worse... ;-)
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| "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:G5vGI8.Frn@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) "points (...) view, (...) I (...) fans (...) [ ... snipped ... ] When I first read the posting that points were being discontinued I checked (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Personally I would doubt early 2001: Lego gets faster, but I suppose we have to wait till summer at least. The only better story (just kind of rumor) I have recently heared told we will get a none-4560-like new train in colour green. Sorry to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Bryan, (...) Nice that the transatlantical interchanges on the biggest hobby ever go both ways! Your read 1000steine and it's galleries - I myself read and post on lugnet and have regular updated brickshelf galleries! BTW: Thanks for the nice (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Dear Bryan, you have found an articel, which was posted a few days after a big "earth quake" in the German Forum at www.1000steine.de/forum . This has been one of the last shock waves of it.... The story in a short: 1. Lego distributers have (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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