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Re: Perhaps not a hoax...
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:02:24 GMT
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Heck, maybe LEGO intentially leaked these picture to see what kind of reaction
they'd get from the train fanatics here on LUGNET??
Or, maybe I've been watching too much "X Files"... ;-)
In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes writes:
> I've been following this all morning trying to find a good place to jump in
> and decided to get in at the start.
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> Some think it's a hoax others hope that it is not, but I think that is is
> possibly real. Let me bring up a few things up I've not heard before:
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> Lots of people are saying LEGO hasn't done this, that or something else
> before. My response: Lego is doing a lot of things differently now then even
> five years ago. Notably a reduced time to market. Early internal promo
> material may easily include old logos as place holders, and digitally modified
> artwork while they make refinements and arrange for final artwork, images etc.
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> For example: They may very well know that they will have a set with a four
> stud and eight stud long track section. But not have a piece to shoot for a
> sample marketing layout. Any decent graphic designer could mock up something
> for the purposes of internal review.
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> This could easily be a hoax. But in my mind, it could also, very reasonably,
> be a sneak peak at the upcoming product line.
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> One things makes me believe the models are actual LEGO models. The metal
> wheels. Metalic objects are very difficult to photoshop realistically and even
> more difficult to get reflections (relatively easy with povray and such), but
> not so in photoshop. Notice the light reflections on the ground in front of
> the wheels - I believe this is an actual photograph of a LEGO model with metal
> wheels. I further believe that it is a LEGO model, built by a LEGO employee,
> for it difficult to have such wheels made and interface as cleanly as those
> do. Finally, I suspect the connecting rods are prototype versions.
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> To wrap up, hoax or not, my hat goes off to the model builder, AFOL or LEGO
> employee, whichever the case. These models are fine LEGO trains.
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> Ben F
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> In lugnet.trains, Paul Rutenberg writes:
> > Hello
> > Look at following link, about time we get something before the USA, gtfthis • is
> > a scan of of upcoming sets for Lego end of the year, YEAHHHHHHHHH:
> > http://members.tripod.de/legoit/herbst2000.html
> >
> > A happy 9V Trasin Collector and builder
> > Paul
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