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(...) I thought it was full-on well done!!! Just realistic enough looking to give someone an initial glancing doubt, but with plenty of clues, especially the "© Logo" part at the bottom -- very nice!!! LOL!!! I can't wait to see what you come up (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True, but isn't it the day to try to FOOL people and not make people laugh? Well done, well thought out ... kind of a bummer;) -- pn (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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There are ha-ha jokes, and there are cruel jokes. Yours, sir, was DEFINITELY the latter. (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I just posted about this myself. Too bad it was a fake. I was considering getting into trains because of the "new" stuff. Excellent job. (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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So, has anyone popped up and said that the new 9v trains are an april fool joke yet? I have never been interested in the Lego trains, but if that's a real set, I would buy it in a minute. I, for one, would'nt have to think for a minute about buying (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Folks, I was on a two days vacation and came back just an hour ago. I was strongly surprised about the amount of posts concerning the April fools joke. Now it has to be said: of course it was an April fools joke and I fear for my life now, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) I don't see the Starwars AAT and MTT on www.lego.com. Does that mean they are MOC's as well? In my experience, it is very rarely that we find information about new sets at www.lego.com _first_. For example, most of the information about the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Perhaps it's because they *are* MOC's. I don't think this is real, why haven't we found anything on www.lego.com? --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Proof of a Hoax? (was: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn)
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: Note, I will speak of a hypothetical remote control switch which just happens to resemble something posted which may or may not be a hoax and which may or may not be OK to talk about. (...) Sigh. Well one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) distance (...) Lar and others: The 8 wides WILL hit that box going through points. My DD40 cannot spur off on a set of points unless the actual yellow point switch is removes, as it ovehangs on the inside of the curve by too much. The box is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Funny...I was just in St. Louis this morning for about an hour and a half, connecting from San Francisco to Chicago. But...I probably won't have the $$ to make it down for meets :( -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) Or just be lazy and use altavista. Alan (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not following you completely. Here's where my thinking currently is, and I admit I should have thought this through before posting extensively as I now think some of that posting may not be correct from a legal perspective. I am prepared (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Interesting thinking about this, the debate should settle down to just naysayers (if you believe the scan is real, it is almost certainly a leak, and therefor shouldn't be discussed). The only thing which (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is against the Terms of Use Agreement to infringe on the privacy or publicity rights of others. Interpret our (mine & Suz's) opinions at your own risk. --Todd (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) even (...) I meant the latter. It's unoficially more like 60 lbs (according to the bathroom scale). Why would 40 lbs "hardly seem possible?" Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) None of this matters if this is a leaked mockup of preproduction models and artwork that was created to give a sense of what an ad would look like. There are lots of new pieces present.. motor, DCC controller, points controller, short track, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Note that the map is from the 1996 police station(I think) Alan (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) is (...) Also note that they are using many old pieces that haven't been used for years, like the pitchfork and the 12v timetable sticker thing. And they have the old necklace and workman torsos. And the Train logo is of very poor quality. And (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Perhaps the little antenna pieces. Alan (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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