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(...) I haven't decided how I feel about "serious" hoaxes yet, although I tend to side with you that they can be bad. But I have to say that you got incredibly unlucky if the first two things you saw were both hoaxes, and both by Ben. That is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) first (...) Lego (...) somewhere (...) remember (...) It's scary to think about the probability of it! I am trying to keep an open mind because it IS a way to see some really creative models. I am working on my own web page. Hopefully, people (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) a (...) But not both hoaxes were by Ben (you're talking about the AT-AT hoax, not so? That was Greg M.'s). Still, very low probability, there weren't many hoaxes here. -Shiri (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, he was talking about Ben's one year ago april fools "I found a really old train set" and this years april fools "there is some new train stuff coming in December" Both of which were masterfully(1) done and which drew people in for quite a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And these were both on April 1st? You'd think that the second time around, the debunking would come rather quickly. (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, because this time Ben didn't post it himself... he put it up at a german lego site, that didn't mention who put the catalogs in... no hints to relate it to Ben until he out-and-out admitted it. -Shiri (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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Both of which have made me basically not trust anything Ben says ANYWHERE near April. And maybe the rest of the year too. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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