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Jonathan Reynolds wrote:
> In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> >
> >
> > > How fast and in what direction the growth will occur will depend highly on • what
> > > LEGO comes up with. I'm sure they have heard our desires, their degree of
> > > action will govern our growth. Regarless, as long as LEGO train clubs • continue
> > > to grow, LEGO train as a serious hobby will continue to grow with our • without
> > > LEGO's cooperation - provided they do not cut the product line entirely. • And I
> > > very much suspect they will not.
>
> Clone Brands - are you listening?
BTW, the above is Ben speaking, not me:-)
> If LEGO do abandon model trains altogether (save for some token intergalactic
> attempts at wheeled ICBMs)
ROTFL
> then the natural course of events will lead to
> supply=demand. If the basic principal of the element-built model is as good as
> our support suggests then it's only a matter of time....and the weaker Lego
> become in this field the more chance there is of a good quality competitor
> sneaking in.
I don't know if it would be a competitor, but an opportunist. Right now someone
could come in and produce Bettendorf style trucks to fit LEGO track gauge and I
buy'em in a heartbeat. Same goes for Blomberg trucks. Howa 'bout some knuckle
couplers? You betcha. What about compatible track with wider turns and
motorized points? DCC?-- some are *already* using them. This type of stuff is
by nature "non-LEGO" and frankly it really wouldn't matter to me at all. I'll
still use LEGO bricks to build the bodies, but hey, anything else goes in my
book.
-John
> As has been stated on other threads, you only have to look at how much shelf
> space the likes of TRU are giving clone brands. Personally I would like the
> future to stay with Lego but market forces will of course prevail.
>
> Jon
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