On the upside, I remember that a lot of the local toy shops had a big blow out of the old stock, and my parents bought up enough to keep me in birthday and Christmas presents for several years to come. I even went as far as to write a letter to Lego complaining - and to their credit they wrote a very nice reply telling me that spares packs would be available for another three years and included a copy of #7777 to encourage me to keep building. Added to which the new passenger train looked dull (!) and the new station platform was made up of massive pre-formed pieces rather than 'proper Lego'. To see it replaced with something that was not only completely incompatible, but also vastly inferior in terms of functionality was very upsetting. I had just been getting into collecting the wonderful 12v train system, with its remote control points, remote decoupling, remote level crossing with lights, and working signals.
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