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Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains
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Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:43:24 GMT
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John Neal wrote in message <38B98A61.71320167@uswest.net>...
Even if they cut the line entirely, I could see LEGO trains flourishing as • a
hobby.  All we would have to do is to adopt, say "O" gauge and use its • trucks and
track, etc.  Purists might rip their clothes and cry blasphemy, but I think • it
would catch on.  We will continue to grow, regardless.  Would be nice if it • were
TLC leading the way instead of fleeing away, which is in effect what they • are
doing by putting out the pabulum they have called trains the past few
years....


How would you attach a nonLego engine to Lego?



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  Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
 
(...) Krazy Glue. James P (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
 
(...) I've seen this done the other way round (using a lego train motor for a conventional O gauge model engine)in an old "Railway Modeller" magazine from the late 70s. It involved splitting the mechanism vertically, presumably to maintain a 32mm (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
 
(...) I don't even bother to go to their website. Mr. Justus, are you listening? (...) Excellent ideas, Ben. Makes *perfect* sense. Mr. Justus, are you listening? ;-) (...) Agreed. (...) Even if they cut the line entirely, I could see LEGO trains (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)

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