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Re: YOU be the designer
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999 04:53:21 GMT
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It would cost less than $150 and it would be a typical U.S. freight train,
except only one of each car (including the engine). Track would include
enough to do a loop and several straight sections in case someone wanted to
run a train on the floor around some sort of tree. Parts would be available
from LEGO so that the designer (which is ALL OF US) can add on to the train
as part of this train hobby. There are fanciful design examples linked to
the web that you can emulate if you wish by buying more parts from LEGO.
LEGO of course would supply these parts at reasonable prices in reasonable
quantities.
That is what I would like to see from LEGO.
John
Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:3724BE11.1C54287A@voyager.net...
> Here's a thought experiment.
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> Suppose you wanted to design a train set that would be good for drawing
> **USA** newcomers into trains. What would you put in it? How much would
> you target it costing? Realise that the pricing/profit has to be about
> the same margins as we have now, no fair saying "I think a 6 car
> Metroliner like set at 49.95 would be great", because that's too easy.
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> Suppose you wanted to design it to pull mainstream model railroaders in?
> Would you change the design any?
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> You can be as vague or specific as you want. You can sketch out designs,
> point to specific MOC models as evoking what you have in mind, name off
> cars or engines from past TLG sets, whatever.
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> Now suppose you have an 8 set budget which you can spend any way you
> want (starter sets, accessory packs, buildings, etc). What sets would
> you put in it?
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> What if it was a 20 set budget?
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