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Re: Got NMRA? (was Re: New Interurban/Trolley model, perfect for those downtown scenes)
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Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:04:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> > Hm... wonder if we could get Kevin L to make it a survey topic.
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> Yeah, that's a great idea-- poll whether or not someone would accept non-LEGO
> components designed to be used with LEGO if TLC discontinued the Trains
> theme, or would they continue to remain "pure".
No matter what TLC does, if a third party manufacturer stepped in with a
quality product, I would abandon purity in a minute. I don't think I'm the only
one either. I think track, wheels, and couplers are the area most ripe for
non-TLC manufacture.
If I ever get a house, I want to have an outdoor railroad, and I will give
serious consideration to making it capable of running LEGO trains, but I won't
subject my LEGO track to the elements. I will either adapt O-Scale, or handlay
track and switches to the LEGO guage.
And just remember, competition is good for the market.
> <pause> And the real crime here is the TLC could do all of the things we want
> *so* easily! I'm thinking, what if all of the time and energy that was • expended
> on ZNAP had been directed into Trains.... {:~^(
I think TLC could only give us a fraction of what we really want, unless they
themselves decide to make a serious effort to enter the model railroading
hobby. The way they sell their product currently, they would have a hard time
making much money off too large a line of additional parts.
Frank
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