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Re: First Thomas? (wasRe: Has anyone tried building...
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:13:30 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Dan Parker writes:
> > In early 1997, I designed a LEGO Thomas tTE and compliment of freightcars at
> > the request of my daughter. It was the first TtTE of which I am aware. I
> > later sent original sketches regarding construction to Matt Bates, who
> > modified these slightly to produce the version featured on his website.
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> I think GMLTC may predate you a bit but it's going to be hard to dispute,
> those guys were terrible at taking any pics of anything back then. However I
> do recall them saying that theirs had been around for several years when I
> first saw it in 1998. Clearly they have been exhibiting for the longest of any
> club (if you count Conan as "GMLTC", I've seen pictures of him exhibiting 12V
> stuff when he was about 10 years old with his uncle Chuck).
The GMLTC Thomas in question was my design that I built sometime in '96, years
before I knew about AFOLs or the guys in the GMLTC for that matter. My son was 7
and absolutely ga-ga over Thomas, and when the Blue Fury came out with its blue
half rounds, the train practically built itself. Shortly thereafter when the
Wild West sets came out, I built a Toby (My *first* 8 wide{:^D).
We brought a James which my son and I had built to the Kidvention; I'll have to
dig up some pics. We also are in the middle of building (among other things;) a
Percy and a Bill/Ben. After having seen the Thomas movie (God, I love Thomas and
everything, but that movie was brutal), I think we shall attempt a few characters
from that.
> That said, it's not about who is first, but about the great stuff that all the
> clubs are doing to advance the hobby. Look at how far and how fast WAMALUG has
> come along. Their downtowns are starting to get quite amazing and they may be
> in a spot to give PNLTC records for most tall buildings in one spot a serious
> challenge soon. (assuming, haha, that PNLTC stands still. Not likely.)
Yes, very nice work WAMALUGers!
> Even though I personally don't care for Thomas much, every club ought to have
> one, and some cars to go with, it's a guaranteed draw when it's operating, and
> it's not a very hard build...
Agreed (about the part that every layout should have one:) All the kids
recognize him instantly. We have Thomas pulling troublesome trucks, because
Annie and Clarabel are rather difficult to model, to say the least.
-John (J-2)
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> ++Lar
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