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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:33:22 GMT
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Awe man, good call!
Yep, forget it. It is a hoax (April fools joke, as someone
pointed out). And it's probably one of the best I've seen.
The telltale sign for me is that you can see the around the
edges of the text and models, where the images were doctored
a bit when they were pasted together.
Oh well -- back to reality :)
So, Mr. Rutenberg, did you make these, or were they sent to
you by the original trickster?
"Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:FsAIoI.FzI@lugnet.com...
> Hi everybody, please read the message below
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> I rarely watch this group
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> But i am amazed by the pictures, but the following things puzzle me
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> 1. Since when those DB stickers come back? I thought they belong to the • 12V
> not to 9V
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> 2. Look at 4450 Right at the top right corner appears to be a part of the
> wall showning, and the pictures don't look like the way lego does theirs?
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> 3. Look at 4424, the Station map there, that came from the Police Van
> released in 1986
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> 4. Look at 4468 Looks like at Old 9V Technic motor same for 4438 and 4439,
> the old motor was discountued a few years ago.
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> 5. 4465 Looks Odd?, why do Lego want to start making little pieces of • track?
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> 6. 4479 There is too much shadow, it's not well done.
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> THIS IS A HOAX
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> Mark Koesel <koesel@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:FsAI3M.ECG@lugnet.com...
> > Wow!
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> > For anyone who does not read lugnet.trains, and is wondering what this • is
> > all
> > about (like I was) try here for the original link that apparently • started
> > this thread:
> >
> > http://members.tripod.de/legoit/herbst2000.html
> >
> > My God, these are some of the most beautiful Lego sets I've ever laid • eyes
> > on. They are simply breath-taking. I've never been interested in Lego
> > trains,
> > but I think that is going to change very soon.
> >
> > Nice Job Lego! Let's hope that these are a sign that Lego has seen the
> > light,
> > and that this new "Seniorization" (the antonym of Juniorization) will
> > propagate to other themes (ahem, _town_, cough, cough :).
> >
> > "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
> > news:FsAFsF.76E@lugnet.com...
> > > In lugnet.trains, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > >
> > > > Wow, those are really nice trains! Did you notice the SW cannons on • the
> > > > older gray train in the middle? Puts most of the trains over the last • few
> > > > years to shame!
> > >
> > > That grey steamer is going to be a gold mine of dark grey parts.
> > >
> > > Also, for Mike Stanley... (and other castle heads) did you see what • the
> > farmer
> > > behind the white horse is holding in set 4479(1)?
> > >
> > > 1 - which begs a question, why 44xx? Are we completely out of 45xx • slots?
> > But
> > > if they're using 44xx now, that may imply that they want to be able to • issue
> > > lots more sets over the years.
> > >
> > > Is 44xx a basically unused area? Pause doesn't give an easy way to do • blocks of
> > > number searches I don't think, or does it?
> > >
> > > > Coming Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company
> > >
> > > Do tell (in .geek perhaps?)
> > >
> > > ++Lar
> >
> >
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| I'd also have to question the description of set 4479: "Güterwaggons 2 offenen und 2 gedeckte Frachtwaggons mit Lademeistern" My German might be a little rusty, but the plural of open in this particular case is "offene" and not "offenen" I'm still (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi everybody, please read the message below I rarely watch this group But i am amazed by the pictures, but the following things puzzle me 1. Since when those DB stickers come back? I thought they belong to the 12V not to 9V 2. Look at 4450 Right at (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general) !
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