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Re: YOU be the designer
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:16:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson writes:
i think the reason we are not seeing any decent trains lately is because by
their nature train sets cost more than other legos because of the motor,track
and controller.

Well couldn't they just sell the train or maybe just the individual cars by
themselves?  I don't need any more curved track or another controller.

I would like to see a good diesel engine and a box car.  That way I could buy
one or two engines and many, many box cars.

Jimmy



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  Re: YOU be the designer
 
(...) ...Well, they kinda started that with the 'Classic Train' and the cars set (no set numbers, my catalogs are all at work :-/ ...I agree its much better to get a train sans track. Makes the set cheaper and doesn't burden the set with lots of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: YOU be the designer
 
(...) I doubt that there is anyone here who would complain! (...) If Dan Parker will take a picture of it, I made a nice red boxcar. It uses 2 sets of the sliding red doors from the last 4.5V train, and a baseplate from the crane railway. (but it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: YOU be the designer
 
i think the reason we are not seeing any decent trains lately is because by their nature train sets cost more than other legos because of the motor,track and controller. (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)

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