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I was looking through the weatlh of knowledge in the lego.com press area when something popped out at me yesterday. Today I went back to post about it, but it's either gone, or so buried there was no chance I'd ever find it again. But thantks to the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) *sigh* If only... :( April Fools ;) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) That is a great graphic, but don't think you ever had me. Humpf! Also, isn't the 100XX number series LD only? It would be regular lego making a new space series. (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooh!! I've heard rumors about this, but now this looks to be a confirmation. ROCK ON! PCS forever! LEGO finally recognizes Space with a MOC set :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Kyle, I hope you got the e-mail. You seriously need to remove that from your site. That's all I can really say now. Chris (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Haha. Very good graphic, but no cigar. It's good to dream, though. ;) Happy April Fools! -JHK (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Kyle? Dude it's been an hour... you're online, why no reply or no action? Take it down!!! Chris <>< (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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The powers that be strike us down: Mr Keppler - I have been made aware of a post you made on LUGNET today regarding something you briefly saw on LEGO.com's press section. I must ask that you remove the image at once. XXXXX X. XXXXX LEGO Systems, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, yeah, a nice April fool's joke... I don't believe it. Nice try, though ;-) Terry (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Kyle. I too saw that exact same image over at the press section of Lego.com, But instead of leaving and going back like you did, I saved the image right then and there. I hope this is real. T. Deering P.S. (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) erm...what? the links doen't work and and many people are saying the image should be removed. what's going on????? Nathan (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Dude, don't you think you're being a little rude over an April Fool's joke? And an hour...who gets anything done in an hour anyway? (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Hey, Dude, ya gotta take that down. I can't say much more about it at this time, hopefully soon. Not trying to be rude but this isn't public domain info. Chris <>< (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Nothing but good old pranks on April fool's day! (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Ok... so it was a joke. albeit a rather thin one. I made the pic. I was working on some stuff for a future pcs website and thought it would be fun to make a joke. I slapped on a lego logo and some numbers and went from there. I involved Kyle Keppler (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) What would've been really good is if you'd got Lego to actually post it on their official site for the duration of April 1. Now that would've been amusing... The April fool over on the Zoids message group was interesting. Some guy posted that (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, as already told, you had me going there. Particularly after some comments were made following the LEGO Direct post. Hehe... *hopes for it to come true* In regards to the pcsmother: "WHOA MOMMA!" Let me point out that this is only the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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At least we got *some* people, unlike those who had to post and ruin it for others... :P -Tim (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) We tried something similar, but not going that far. It didn't work :-\ ...but it was funny anyways! :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is great, Chris. Reminds me of the mothership from HomeWorld. (any influence?) Mark M. (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) ONLY the front? woah! It reminds me of: (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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You had me until I e-mailed Kyle for the image. Once I saw Tim was involved, the suspicions started to go up again. Great gaff gents... -Gil PS. Excellent graphics BTW - can't wait for the site and big PreClassy momma. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Makes me feel disappointed though... I would really, really have liked to buy one of that particular ship. It's one of my favourite MOCs ever. I wonder how much a custom kit would be, with those curved windows? Cheers, Paul (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Paul - The larger curved windows are currently available in LEGO Educational Division set(formerly LEGO Dacta) number P970098-118. I'm not sure where a good source of the smaller corner windows are. The Breezeway Cafe <set:10037> has the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Rules for April Fool's Day (was: Strange Find on Lego.com)
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Okay, so for next year, let's review: 1. On or around April 1st, someone may post astonishing news/pictures on LUGNET. 2. Some people may believe the news/pictures are real, and post incredulous comments about them. 3. Some people may realize it is (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahem... um how much you got?? :-) Honestly though, I have looked into making it a custom kit. I have all the parts to do it I do believe. The ones I'm low on are: The smaller curved dome windows (URL) and medium arches in white: (URL) how much (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Man would custom space sets be sweee...eeet! Chris, could you offer an approximate part count? What about the possibility of offering a kit without the parts you are short on? Greg "Chris Giddens" <cgidd1@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Dacta Delivers! (was: Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?)
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(...) HAHA! Lego Dacta delivers. After a 2 month wait on parts, the above set has now arrived! This set has the large domes in it. (along with some other cool parts). mmmm now the PCS moonbase can begin... Rock on. PCS. Chris <>< space. FUT .space (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Alas, poor Canucks are denied the basic building blocks of PCS. The phrase that haunted many of us throughout childhood....'Not available in Canada.' We'll have to live on vicariously through you, Chris ;) Quite honestly, I don't think I could even (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) i too would like the smaller corner panels in bulk. but the white arch will be made available with the nasa discovery shuttle: (URL) my eyes deceive me, there are 44 white arches in that set. (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) ooo I forgot about that... Boy I can't wait for those to come out. Excellent parts packsfor PCS ;-) Chris <>< (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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OK, now that it is all over, and we know that this was an April Fool's joke, can someone please post the box art picture so that those of us who were busy can see what all the fuss was about? Thanks Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (21 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Here it is: (URL) I had a little more time and a little more planning I could have done something like this: (URL) spelling errors) Again, sorry folks for the funny. Just playing with photoshop. It was Tim's fault ;-) Chris <>< (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry, I'm not too familiar with the (URL) site. I was looking at my print catalog. -Tim (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the link, Chris. Very nicely designed and put together; I can see why everyone would get excited! My congratulations on what was (obviously) a very successful prank! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice, you guys had me there, although I thought the name was a little dumb, I still know Lego makes dumb names for their sets a lot. I read these on April 2nd, so I didn't even think about April Fool's. (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HCr4xu.yFM@lugnet.com... (...) Can you give us a link? I can't seem to find it. :( -- Markham Carroll BoogaTech Ships & Construction: (URL) Gallery: (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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