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river6109		#1 Posted : 17 February 2014 13:02:28(UTC) Retweet
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RayF		#2 Posted : 17 February 2014 14:04:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,871 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		Nice to see new products aimed at kids again!
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Hoffmann		#3 Posted : 17 February 2014 18:32:13(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,106 Location: Guelph, Ontario		HI, It may be for Kids but I see that it needs a I-Pad to run it . Might as well get a Train Simulator and forget about the Model Train. How are kids going to learn practical knowledge how do build a Layout and all that goes with it. Martin
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steventrain		#4 Posted : 17 February 2014 21:43:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		Originally Posted by: Hoffmann HI, It may be for Kids but I see that it needs a I-Pad to run it . Might as well get a Train Simulator and forget about the Model Train. How are kids going to learn practical knowledge how do build a Layout and all that goes with it. Martin I agreed with you.
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AshleyH		#5 Posted : 18 February 2014 14:12:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/02/2008(UTC) Posts: 693 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset		Slick advert, surpised it s in English, roco are not known for too much English communication, their club magazine is still in German only. I think I am missing the point though, by the time you have even the cut down z21 and an onboard camera, that is going to be a pretty expensive kids train set I would think? If not, then serious modellers are going to be buying them and ripping the camera and electronics out. Nice fantasy ICE liveries though!


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franciscohg		#6 Posted : 22 February 2014 04:21:32(UTC) Retweet
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river6109		#7 Posted : 22 February 2014 05:54:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,878 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square		this video above, this is what I call achievement, to destroy the mind in youngsters
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Goofy		#8 Posted : 22 February 2014 09:16:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,289		It´s very sad new,but Roco did toke an step to illusion world for the kids. Trains is to see in real and play with them!! And of course...to feel them too.
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hxmiesa		#9 Posted : 27 February 2014 10:03:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,597 Location: Spain		I watched the video, and browsed a little around ofr more info. Maybe it´s my age or something, but I dont really get it. Hopefully the guys at Roco knows what they are doing, but I cant see the point of it. Reminds me of the excellently well executed, but totally pointless, Apple iphone slotless slotcar set! ("Anki Drive")
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sjlauritsen		#10 Posted : 24 March 2014 12:24:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,081 Location: Denmark		Great! You don't need a train anymore, you don't need to be excited about the models, you just need an iPad. I think this commercial fails in telling me what the product is all about. The only thing I learn is, that I do not need the train. I think this product will crash and burn, simply because it fails to be what model railroading is all about: Being creative. LEGO tried similar things in the late 1990'es and it did not work. What I think Works, is to find the essence of what makes your products interesting and then go with that. I don't believe that kids today does not like to build and "play" with model railroads. I think it is because they do not get the opportunity. I don't think creating a virtual platform, and putting kids in front of a tablet, is the essence of what makes model railroading interesting. It is just trying to make your product look cool, by wrapping it in technology, and that will only last for a very short time. They may sell a few, but I think these products will be removed very quickly. I think Märklin MyWorld and PIKO MyTrain are much better products, because they appeal to the "creative mindset" which is in all of us. I would have been thrilled to have Märklin MyWorld when I was a kid. :-)
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