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Re: What a downer :-(
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Sat, 4 Jan 2003 03:26:17 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Robert Powell writes:
> While I can't reveal my source, I can confirm that Paul is correct.
No offense to you personally Robert, but I sometimes wish that those people
who "can't reveal their sources" would simply not post the information at
all. I realize that sometimes they are just trying to be helpful, or to
scoop a story before someone else, but it just doesn't feel right
somehow.... it's much too clandestine for this site. :)
> Though
> the Technic fire truck I saw wasn't red but black and lime green, kind of
> like an airport fire truck.
O.K. now that I've chastised you for spreading gossip... let's talk about
this little tidbit.
Please, someone.... say it ain't so! A black and lime green fire truck?
The only picture I could find that was even *close* to this description was on:
http://www.airportfire.com
(Then click on 'Crashtruck Photos' and then on 'Photo 2'. They've disabled
right clicking so I can't figure out how to deep link to the photo I want.)
Then look at the photo 2nd down in the right hand column. Some arguments
could be made that this is lime green with black accents... or that it's
just a poor color pic of a yellow truck. Either way, a truck like that just
doesn't look right in that shade of green.
Why was it so hard to find a lime green fire truck? Simple. Very few are
painted that way. Red, yellow and yes even white are about the only colors
you're likely to see. Cruise through the airportfire.com site and you can
see why. The colors work well given the nature of the work those trucks do.
Frankly, if LEGO is going to make a fire truck I do hope long and careful
consideration goes into making it a traditional red color.
As far as I'm concerned there are only a few things in life that *must* be a
certain way. Baseball must be played with wooden bats. Books must be
printed on real paper. And firetrucks must be red. (1)
Here's hoping that the unnamed source didn't properly identify the color of
the unsubstantiated claim regarding the phantom fire truck. :)
Regards,
Allan B.
http://www.apotome.com/lego/station71/engine71.htm
(1) Though some airport crash trucks (ARFF's) look absolutely brilliant in
yellow. And there are some who debate the safety factors behind having
rescue vehicles painted red vs. yellow. Each can be said to be more visible
under certain conditions.
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| "Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H866vt.tF@lugnet.com... (...) Well, here in Sweden the city fire trucks are red, but the airport ones are mainly yellow (and a red streak). I'm sure I've seen lime green ones (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Lime green firefighter vehicles
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| (...) Well, that same site also features Indianapolis Int. Airport "Green Hornet", which I think looks pretty good (URL) link might not worm - look under new desktop photos) Here is another firetruck with the same paint hue (URL) I do like lime (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: What a downer :-(
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| Lime Green fire tricks were big in the 70's. Sometime back in the late 60's early 70's someone did a study and came to the conclusion that people see the Lime Green colors better in traffic. As a consequence, ALOT of city's painted their trucks (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What a downer :-(
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| While I can't reveal my source, I can confirm that Paul is correct. Though the Technic fire truck I saw wasn't red but black and lime green, kind of like an airport fire truck. There is a yellow backhoe that looks quite large. Also there is a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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