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Re: Whither LEGO Steam Trains? (was Re: QT Movie of 4565)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:13:37 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.+NoMoreSpam+net
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"Jason J. Railton" wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > > 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
>
> 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 TLC's support for steam trains actually. I know
> that they want to be a global brand, and so they take a fairly generic
> approach in all their models, including trains. It's then very difficult to
> create a steam locomotive that won't look blatantly specific to one country
> or another. It's also difficult to build a large model not based on long
> wagon bogeys that can still take corners. But couldn't they try? I seem to
> remember the faked pictures of 'new' sets had a fairly impressive
> not-too-parochial steam engine.
>
> Lately we've seen an influx of more subdued colour bricks (tan, brown, dark
> green, dark grey) for more realistically coloured models - and less of
> everything in primary colours. Could we not see this extended to trains
> too? Not all models, obviously - I expect primary colours are part of the
> appeal to children, and are also part of what we expect from LEGO sets.
> But, it is a bit childish. The first thing many AFOLs do is take the sets
> apart and build their own on the bases.
>
> Was there much call for steam models at the Train Summit?
Hey, don't get us wrong-- we shot for the moon! But Rome wasn't built in a
day, and everything we wanted won't be produced tomorrow, and maybe never. But
the Romans are breaking ground;-)
LTCs and LTDs (LEGO Train Dudes) caught the interest of LD and the ball is
starting to roll-- it's going to be up to us to support what LD will do, and
more will forthcome. Think snowball effect (easy for me; I am in the middle of
a 3 day snowstorm...;-()
-John
> Most of the
> pictures I saw where of diesel and electric designs. I know there are
> plenty of people out there valiantly forging driving wheels out of technic
> gears and hubs, which they then have to keep well away from points and
> crossings.
>
> Jason J Railton.
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