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is Octan a real brand?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:01:30 GMT
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Hi,
I received a mail from someone in Portugal who commented on my description
of Octan in the LEGO Lexicon:
http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/o.html#octan
He pointed out that in Portugal there is a real company with gas stations
over the country branded 'Octan' and it uses the exact same logo. I asked a
portugese collegue if he could recognise the logo I sketched and he
instantly recognised the logo (there was no LEGO context on the paper).
So is the LEGO version of Octan based on this company?
-Frank
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: is Octan a real brand?
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| I don't know about an actual oil company, but, Octan is an actual hydrocarbon with the following formula (all numbers subscript) C8 H18 (URL) is an electronica band from Switzerland called Octan. (URL) was a British video game for the ZX-Spectrum (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.general) !
| | | Re: is Octan a real brand?
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| Hi, I'm the portuguese guy who actually saw the Octan fuel station and caused this thread. I believe I must explain the whole thing: - There IS (or at leat there was - see below) one "Octana" fuel station located in my city, and I can name the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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