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Re: Franchising Spamcake?
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:56:56 GMT
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johnneal@SPAMCAKEuswest.net
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Eric Kingsley wrote:
> Sounds like fun to me as long as the Dinner doesn't have to many rare parts to
> make it prohibative.
I don't think that the parts are too rare. Here is the official Spamcake Diner
web site-- see for yourself (although I know that the outside has undergone
subsequent revision since those pics were taken-- I saw the completed model at the
Kidvention:-)
http://www.baylug.org/titan/spamcake/spamcakediner.htm
> Of course I guess they don't all have to be identical as
> long as they all follow a basic theme (Both color wise and architechurally). I
> know all the Hard Rock's arn't identical.
True, but I think that it would be best to follow the original as closely as
possible (and why not, it's an awesome MOC!) I just would want Tom to get the
credit (maybe we call them "Tom McDonald's Spamcake Diner"?).
> The T-Shirts would be great too!
The profits from the shirts, of course, would go to the PMCF (Progeny of
McSpamcake's College Fund;-)
-John
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> Eric Kingsley
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> In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> > As we at the GMLTC rebuild our layout and create a whole new town
> > section, I had an idea which I thought would be pretty fun. Wouldn't it
> > be fun to build a Spamcake Diner on the GMLTC layout? Then I thought:
> > wouldn't it be fun if the Spamcake Diner franchised out on to every
> > LTC's layout? What a fun way to (ahem) build a little LTC camaraderie!
> > Then I thought that I could print up some T-shirts with the Spamcake
> > Diner logo a la the Hard Rock Cafe listing the specific cities of the
> > clubs...
> >
> > I ran this idea by Tom McDonald, the owner of the original Spamcake
> > Diner, and he seemed to think it was a fun idea-- ('course, he's a
> > little busy now that the new KABOB has arrived;) If we could get ldraw
> > the diner, we could all copy it and put one on our layouts, or maybe we
> > could just get Tom to take a bunch of detail pics of it and go from
> > there.
> >
> > Anyone else think this would be a fun idea? The whole story behind
> > "Spamcake" is so fun and, if I'm not mistaken, evolved in OT.fun. If
> > nothing else, I'm going to have one on my home layout:-)
> >
> > -John
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| (...) Looks good, I actually think I remember it now. The only thing I see missing is a nice sign running down the center of the roof with the diner logo on it. (...) I think we could stay true to the Spamcake while adding a special local "flavor" (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| Sounds like fun to me as long as the Dinner doesn't have to many rare parts to make it prohibative. Of course I guess they don't all have to be identical as long as they all follow a basic theme (Both color wise and architechurally). I know all the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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