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In lugnet.build.contests, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.build.contests, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > Anyone heard of this set before? I scanned the instruction manual:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=18721
> > --Bram
>
> Arghgggghh!
> Please don't post things like this without a disclaimer noting clearly that
> it's NOT A REAL SET!
Someone who's a die-hard Space collector (like me,
> or Dave Lovelace, or Matt Chiles) will see it, recognize that 6888 wasn't a
> real number, and freak out with excitement. Then they'll click in and see
> a beautful set, to be sure, but it's not real. What a disappointment. :-(
Thanks for your concerns, Todd. Luckily, I'm a jaded lump of apathy in my
old age, so no postings like that will ever give me that childlike jolt of
hope (I'm not proud of this, either), just a sneer of disbelief and my
muttering something like "right...OK..." Besides, I wanted to pull a rouse
like this come April...muwahaha. Guilty.
Plus, I can spot a rendered image a mile off. ;-)
Great entry, Bram!!! Wish it WAS real...
--Dave (jot and jab)
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| (...) Arghgggghh! Please don't post things like this without a disclaimer noting clearly that it's NOT A REAL SET! Even in the context of this contest, it's still SOOOO cruel to make it sound real it first when it's not April Fool's Day. What'll (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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