No more track packs?

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(08-31-2022, 05:30 AM)Mister No Wrote: Those buckets were nice too, but they contain mainly coloured tracks... I raised a question of discontinuing simple gray TM2 track packs. I needed some TM2 straight tracks and 90-degree curves for a new project of mine, but I'll manage somehow... When I make videos, I just take some rails out of my main layout, and put them back after I finish shooting. But if a company produces trains and sets, they should make track packs & extensions too, right? What about 1/2 & 1/4 straight rails? Gone.

Also, those new AEG curves (6 in a circle instead of 8) with which you can't build a 90-degree curve are really annoying... For example, with the new tracks you can build this:
...but not this:
Or this:
As for simple curves, you can have this:
Or this:
But you can't make a 90-degrees curve like this:
That's bad.

The switch to 60-degree turns instead of 45-degree happened back in 2019; the first set with the new curves was #FXX64 Water Tower Set. It kind of flew under the radar because... who was even buying the sets by that point? I can't imagine many people were.
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Messages In This Thread
No more track packs? - by Mister No - 08-30-2022, 04:13 PM
RE: No more track packs? - by Mister No - 08-30-2022, 04:57 PM
RE: No more track packs? - by Bkvir208 - 08-31-2022, 03:24 AM
RE: No more track packs? - by Mister No - 08-31-2022, 05:30 AM
RE: No more track packs? - by Fred_Pelhay - 09-01-2022, 02:33 AM
RE: No more track packs? - by Super - 08-31-2022, 08:03 AM
RE: No more track packs? - by Bkvir208 - 08-31-2022, 09:18 PM
RE: No more track packs? - by leylandvictory2 - 08-31-2022, 09:22 PM
RE: No more track packs? - by Mister No - 09-01-2022, 09:32 AM



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