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Subject:	Re: QT Movie of 4565 traveling on a bridge
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:39:45 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes: > In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes: > > "Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in news:G8EAo5.62L@lugnet.com... > > > Thanks for the thoughts. Tim Courtney said the same and said he's going to > > > try to get TLC to bring the Technic beams into bulk sales... > > Yes - I'm headed to LEGO Direct this weekend (more on that later) and I will > > mention the beams pack to them and try to find out more about bulk ordering > > and their plans. I can't say very much about what I'm doing there because > > of the NDA I've signed, though. > > > > Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com > > Hmm. You couldn't drop some hints about tan train windows and brown 1xn > bricks whilst you're there too? So many European and colonial* steam-era > trains had this sort of colour scheme, and you just can't get the bits in > LEGO to do a decent job. And large wheels too... and connecting rods... > and... and... and... Seriously though, it would be nice to know how close > LEGO Direct are on delivering their plans for ordering any part, what with > the Service Packs having been out of action for some time now. Hmm...well, I'm not a train guy really, I don't know if the Train Summit mentioned those or not. I'll try to print this out though and take it. I don't even know what I want for my top bulk items yet....got a lot of thinking to do between now and this weekend :) xpost -> lego.direct -Tim

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		Whither LEGO Steam Trains? (was Re: QT Movie of 4565)
(...) Gosh, thanks. I wasn't sure whether I could expect that sort of lobbying to be taken seriously! And I've clearly not been into trains for long enough or I would have remembered to mention _matching_brown_doors_. :) I'm a bit disappointed with (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: QT Movie of 4565 traveling on a bridge
(...) Hmm. You couldn't drop some hints about tan train windows and brown 1xn bricks whilst you're there too? So many European and colonial* steam-era trains had this sort of colour scheme, and you just can't get the bits in LEGO to do a decent job. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)

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