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| (...) Krazy Glue. James P (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| John Neal wrote in message <38B98A61.71320167@u...st.net>... (...) a (...) trucks and (...) it (...) were (...) are (...) years.... How would you attach a nonLego engine to Lego? (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| (...) what (...) continue (...) without (...) And I (...) Clone Brands - are you listening? If LEGO do abandon model trains altogether (save for some token intergalactic attempts at wheeled ICBMs) then the natural course of events will lead to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| John and Robin have some really good points. Allow me to side in with my opinion. In some cases it is frustrating that LEGO doesn't sell the extended train product line through retailers. But for that to be effective, it would require knowledgable (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...)
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| (...) Have you ever had an article (or tried to get an article) about the LTCs in a model RR magazine? I'm sure that would greatly help acceptance... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| (...) eclipse (...) model (...) train (...) trains (...) demonstrated (...) needs (...) model (...) operating (...) But lego's commitment to trains has declined rapidly in the last couple of years. The latest trains have moved in the opposite (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...
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| (...) here that have track are the toyworld in fremantle and the TRU in the city. The toyworld has all the track, except for the crossing in large numbers and also the current train set. The TRU does not carry the train set and looks like they are (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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| (...) <snippage galore> Really? I couldn't disagree more. I think the theme Trains could easily eclipse all other themes combined. If it can catch on as an accepted hobby among model railroaders, look out. LEGO trains are getting a lot of free (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...
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| (...) move (...) That was my guess as well, but like you sed after Christmas the train stuff was sold out (at H & R). And LEGO never sold all of the train stuff in stores in the U.S. And at the TRU in my area (back in 1992-95) the LEGO Train stuff (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...
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| (...) But will they sell track and part packs? (...) I don't think LEGO Trains will ever have a large following like Star Wars. But I think LEGO should still let hobby shops like H & R Trains, sell the all of the train stuff and the sets that work (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...
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| (...) When I was last at The Construction Site, Crispin (person who runs the store) mentioned that Lego allows them as a privilege to order this year's train station, weighing station, etc. and they get a limited quantity. Something to do with the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: No LEGOFest...
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| Lego will not sell accesories to retailers! Wow, Rob, that is infuriating. I always guessed that it was the otherway around; that is, retailers couldn't move the trains so they stopped carrying all the train stuff. My guess was always a bit suspect (...) (27 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | No LEGOFest...
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| All, The GFLTC was going to organize a LEGOFest at the H & R spring show(1), but it’s not going to happen. I met with the owners of H & R Trains for more than an hour. I showed them my plans for the event and they thought it was great idea, but (...) (27 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | WAMALUG takes on the Great American Train Show!
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| This weekend, WAMALUG will be invading the Great American Train Show! Our first show was a huge success, and we are going to make this setup even better! So come join us at the GATS show at the Montgomery County Agricultural Center in Gaithersberg, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
| | | | | Announcing the 'Vancouver Lego Club' (VLC)
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| February 22, 2000 Greetings and salutations fellow Lego enthusiasts. We are pleased to announce the birth of the Vancouver (BC, Canada) Lego Club. During the past several years our own Lego Hobby blossomed and continues to escalate in new and (...) (27 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org)
| | | | | gmltc on an ip
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| I found a spot to stick it at work again, but I haven't registered a DNS server yet, so it's still by IP only. (URL) (27 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Lunar Rover (foldable)
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| (...) I have seen a picture of a very young Conan (of GMLTC fame) standing next to his Saturn V model. It was about 9 or 10 feet tall and properly black/white striped. I was told it was taken about 15 years ago. But then he had a lot of bricks, even (...) (27 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Greenberg Shows, your turn
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| (...) Well, then it gives everyone plenty of time to prepare. :) Greenberg's URL is (URL) , sorry I forgot it in the first message. -chris (27 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Greenberg Shows, your turn
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| (...) They only have shows scheduled for Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts right now. Jeff "Broken mirror, a million shades of light" (URL) (27 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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