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Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
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lugnet.trains.org
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:20:37 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.CHEM.TULANEihatespam.EDU
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Frank Filz wrote:
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> Steve Bliss wrote:
> > So, has anyone asked LEGO Direct to sponsor a Kids Railroad Area by
> > supplying the LEGO parts? Seems like it could be a win for both TLC and
> > the LTC.
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> A loan of a K-8 would be a great way to stock a KRR. All you'd have to
> add then would be track, a few train motors, some train wheels and some
> couplers, and possibly some large plates.
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> I would assume one would pre-stock the KRR with some pre-built car and
> engine chassis, and possibly even build up an engine and a car or two to
> give the kids something to start with.
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> --
> Frank Filz
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Besides being a box size that LEGO uses to store bricks (as I remember it, not
that many bricks styles were actually stored in the K-8 size boxes, but that was
10 years ago) what is a K-8?
Thanks,
Chris
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 | | Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
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| Just a reminder that I never read that email account anymore, just been too lazy to change my account here. K8 is roughly 24 inches by 18 inches by about 36 inches. LEGO was moving to a plastic bin for storage internally when I left. I'll have to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
| | | Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
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| (...) was (...) These days, the playtables are usually stocked with K-8s that have been filled with parts from semi-recent sets. They don't seem to be complete sets, so I don't know if they are damaged sets, end of run leftovers, or what. Frank (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Handling "Kid play areas" on layouts
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| (...) A loan of a K-8 would be a great way to stock a KRR. All you'd have to add then would be track, a few train motors, some train wheels and some couplers, and possibly some large plates. I would assume one would pre-stock the KRR with some (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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