 | | Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes —Frank Filz
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| | | (...) That certainly wasn't the case with the train hoax, unless people like Larry were just fueling the hoax (which I have to say if that is what was going on is kind of depressing - that there really is that much joy in seeing who is last to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) No, I fell for it, hook line and sinker. Perhaps it's because I *wanted* it to be true, because I know that Lego is capable of far better designs than what we are currently getting in the train line. When I finally realised these were a hoax, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) I definitely got a laugh out of it, not as much of a laugh as set 666 though. (...) I agree. I'm not sure what my own feelings are, but I'll be interested in seeing what comes out of a serious discussion (assuming there are folks interested in (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | do we need an "on-topic.debate"? (was Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) I think your idea has merit and is worthy of discussion. However, these debates can veer off-topic quickly (the blue hopper debate, IMHO, quickly degenerated into an anti-American/anti-wealth diatribe.) Would that mean that you'd have to move (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | BURP Adwenture!!! (Was Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | | Frank Filz wrote in message <394A294B.3F78@minds...ng.com>... (...) worked (...) Set 666 "BURP Adventure" didn't make me laugh - I like BURPs a lot, so my reaction was, "Cool - if I saw a shelf full of those on clearance I'd buy all of them!" ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes —David Low
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| | | | (...) I think we've seen some confusion in this thread between two different kinds of pretence: (1) parodies/gags/jokes that are designed to point out the shortcomings of sets and themes by exaggerating their flaws (2) hoaxes that are designed to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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