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| (...) Definitely "No"! But I fear with telling you this, you might expect to see them even more.... So let me tell you: I have a georgeous plan for an April fool hoax which will be based on the theme monorail. That's the only reason, why there is no (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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| (...) Notice: this is no hoax mail! I realy do not own a single set or even rail from any of the Lego®-monorail sets. Personally I do not like them too much, and I have enough stuff of the "real" Lego® trains to fill my appartement. In fact I have (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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beneke
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| | Re: News from EJLTC (@Shiri Dori, now off-topic)
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| (...) Monorail has been part of town and space as you can see on the numbering too. (...) addressed to Mike, but of course it's more an open letter to be read by anyone interested. Just some kidding..... (...) Be sure: the monorail hoax will not be (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | Copy of my April hoax train
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| Somebody has done a quite cool copy of my April fool jokes "Rheingold Express" but in a different colour scheme. Take a look on under the URL: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | My find of the week
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| I made a tour through the Lüneburg Heath (densely populated area in northern germany) on last friday. I visited at least 20 shops in mainly smaller villages and found some nice old sets there. Best finds have been two remote controlled 12V points (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | German Lego®-builder with mega-project
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| Hi folks! I got a scan of a newspaper concerning a 51 years old Lego fan, who has built a whole town in his subterrain rooms. Now he has come out and shows his stuff including some train layout in a museum (he owns one to two million bricks in (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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beneke
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| | Re: German Lego®-builder with mega-project
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| (...) Just some Corel Draw, you know? (...) Do I remember right with you, Larry finding a dozen of london busses in a small german shop? (Or was this a hint on Gary being the lucky finder? So long ago I read that story....) (...) Never been in (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | 9V train collection completed
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| After buying the LegoLOCO® software to get the small and limited edition promoset 2585 on saturday, I'm now proud owner of all 9V train items. Two weeks ago my collection of the grey era got into state of completenes too. Since I bought the long (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | Re: 9V train collection completed
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| (...) Thank's Jonathan and Larry for your helpful replies, but I someone already promised to deal away his "720" goldprinted bricks and I'm in contact with an owner of the 722. If that deal won't be finished I come back to the 2500% offer. Regards, (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | Re: Help Open 12v switch track motor- doesn't switch
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| Hi James, same question came up u few weeks ago.... Ludo from Belgium answered then that he opened such a point motor box once, but he traded it away and the new owner is me. If you like I can try to find this repaired point motor this evening (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | Re: Question about Running 12v trains
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| (...) I just wanted to confirm: I totally agree with the opinion of James Powell. Light bricks might be shortened in their expected lifetime by to high voltage. With 9 V they shold last for a very long time. The Lego® motors (especially the older (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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beneke
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| | Re: Help Open 12v switch track motor- doesn't switch
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| (...) Dear James (and whoever might be interested in this also), I took the point motor from Ludo and opened it again (was hardly glued now). And I took a few pictures to put the best of them on my homepage here: (URL) direct picture link here: (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (fake?)
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| (...) Well done work, but it's not April the first today.... I think this could be a faked instruction: - to much plates used - not to find in any old catalogue - where's the battery box? - the exhaust falls off to easy - to nice to be true - take a (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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beneke
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (fake?)
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| (...) Hi ++Lar, to be honest, the doubt on the 371 plan was first uttered by Arne Hackstein, one of the most profund experts on all kind of old Lego® sets. Whenever I have a really tricky problem, he's the one to solve it. Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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beneke
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| | Re: Question about Running 12v trains
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| (...) first (...) 4.5V (...) At the age of maybe 5 to 7 I built a paddle steamer too, but I used the red swimming hulls of set 311: (URL) I built it with a gap in the middle for the paddles shaft and placed my 103 motor avove that. (I dared to use (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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beneke
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (doubting on fake or real)
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| After I saw the rest of the building instruction, I'm totally doubting. I never saw a so badly drawn building instruction! Compare the wheels in the steps three and four. (URL) really like drawn by hand. But that's a fact which makes me believe in (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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beneke
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (fake?)
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| (...) Yes, because that's a set sold in whole europe (probably made in Denmark), while set 371 might be UK only... I know thats a weak argument. (...) Have you notices the 3studs over edge plate in step one? In the next step thatt might be a (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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beneke
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (doubting on fake or real)
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| (...) A friend of mine is now really sure, this set has to be faked: he found a set, which has exactely that name "motorized truck set" of yours and uses the same last 4 pictures, but it has the number 310. If you want to take a look at his set 310, (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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beneke
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (doubting on fake or real)
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| (...) era (...) Hi Jason, I'm just a half expert on old sets, since I'm too young for those really old sets out of the 60ies, and I live in Europe, so I have kno knowledge on Samsonite era. But as far as I know I have never seen a red 6x1x1 brick (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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