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I have finally built what I believe is the closest design of a LEGO Thomas one
can build compared to the original Thomas, given the current parts available
(save the Thomas face I used, which would need to be a new part, but which I
included for effect:-)
Some notes:
- wheels would need to be created in blue, as would the R2-head superheater on Thomas’ boiler.
- 1x2x2 thin walls could be printed with circle windows for added effect.
- few more pics HERE
There are a few other minor details that could be improved, but basically, here
it is TLC! So let’s get that Thomas license nailed down, and let’s fire up that
mold(s) for those drivers wheels, because I know many people would like to see
them come out in other colors as well!
JOHN
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal wrote:
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I have finally built what I believe is the closest design of a LEGO Thomas
one can build compared to the original
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IMHO I like mine better...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=86650
No offense... After all opinions are like noses or some other body part...
I like the 8-wide as the proportions work out better. I realize the wheels look
to small but this one is 100% Lego Except for the face paint and soon to follow
#1 decal.
If Lego was to make a 6 wide I think they designed the motor to accept a side
decoration with a dead center wheel. At least the indentation is in the right
spot and the measurements work out perfect.
It’s all academic anyway as tomorrow or the next day someone will build a better
one and if you’ve ever worked with the Thomas people you’d know that the odds of
Lego working out a deal with then are slim and none. -Ken
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In lugnet.trains, Ken Nagel wrote:
LOL! I love this quote!
ROSCO
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In lugnet.trains, Ken Nagel wrote:
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal wrote:
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I have finally built what I believe is the closest design of a LEGO Thomas
one can build compared to the original
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snip>
IMHO I like mine better...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=86650
No offense... After all opinions are like noses or some other body part...
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Vital body part;-)
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I like the 8-wide as the proportions work out better.
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Well, you are preaching to the choir here when you talk about 8 wide:-)
Actually, I have a half-finished Thomas that is 10 wide that utilizes BBB
wheels-- I’m waiting for Ben to mold them in blue!
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I realize the wheels
look to small but this one is 100% Lego Except for the face paint and soon to
follow #1 decal.
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Just so you know-- those red wheels on my Thomas are also LEGO; my only non-LEGO
part is the face...
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If Lego was to make a 6 wide I think they designed the motor to accept a side
decoration with a dead center wheel. At least the indentation is in the right
spot and the measurements work out perfect.
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Hard to say whether they’d design him with a motor or not. I would think “no”,
because a motor automatically tacks $25 onto the price of the set. My version
could probably meet a $19.99 price point pretty easily.
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It’s all academic anyway as tomorrow or the next day someone will build a
better one and if you’ve ever worked with the Thomas people you’d know that
the odds of Lego working out a deal with then are slim and none.
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Really? From the looks of the marketplace, it appears to me that Thomas is
virtually ubiquitous and that licensing wouldn’t be a problem at all.
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ken Nagel wrote:
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal wrote:
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It’s all academic anyway as tomorrow or the next day someone will build a
better one and if you’ve ever worked with the Thomas people you’d know that
the odds of Lego working out a deal with then are slim and none.
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Really? From the looks of the marketplace, it appears to me that Thomas is
virtually ubiquitous and that licensing wouldn’t be a problem at all.
JOHN
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From our (NILTC) work with them and having talked to Ill Railway Museum
officials about their Thomas show the group that holds the licence is VERY
difficult to work with. One would think with the money problems Lego is having
that they have better things to do. But then they never do what I think is right
anyway so who knows...
Ken
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- 1x2x2 thin walls could be printed with circle windows for added effect.
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Perhaps it could be a trans panel with the non-window bit printed, similar to
the portholes on the Santa Fe.
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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- 1x2x2 thin walls could be printed with circle windows for added effect.
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Perhaps it could be a trans panel with the non-window bit printed, similar to
the portholes on the Santa Fe.
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That would be AWESOME! (though almost too much to wish for:-)
(BTW, I forgot to add to the list that the whistle (binoculars) would need to be
gold:-)
JOHN
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