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Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:04:15 GMT
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"Jason J. Railton" wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Mark & Milissa Millère writes:
> > Do not know if anybody else noticed or not, but all 4 engines are different.
> > The ones without tender are open cab and the ones with tender are enclosed
> > cab. Also, the placement of the 317 is slightly different
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> I saw that. The ones with tenders are open at the rear, whereas the others
> have an inverted sloping coal scuttle on the back, and redesigned open
> sides. Whilst this is an interesting design (particularly on the large
> one), I think the bigger you go the more value-for-money you get.
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> In fact, if you add up the price of a wagon pack, plus wheels and buffers,
> and compare that to the price of the large set with a tender - well, it
> makes very good value for parts, particularly with the rarer green, brown
> and dark grey colours.
I agree. And to get the airplane windows, you must get the largest version.
> What isn't so great is the smallest engine of all doesn't even have a front
> buffer bar - take a closer look at the pictures.
That's good-- more American that way:-)
> Odd also that the colours look like they're painted on in many of the
> photographs. Look at the black engines; the black in place of the coloured
> bricks is not the same as the black the rest of the train is made from. Did
> someone foul up in the photography department?
I think that they are all the exact same photograph with the colors actually
altered in Photoshop or something. The gray looked almost like the new green to
me! (Perhaps the original photo had the color *white*)
> And, sorry Larry, but I reckon they look early American. The desert
> background suggests that TLC think so too.
I think they are rather neutral. A little modification either way will make
them more Euro or more American-- you chose. After all, they are *custom*
trains;-)
I applaud LD for these latest offerings-- let the buying frenzy begin{:^D
-John
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> Jason J Railton
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