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(...) Hi Mika, I fear this is a question only the Lego Company could answer, but I think they will not do so. In fact I have spread out one rumor about big wheeled trains 2 weeks ago, but on the other hand I've heard wishes and rumors for digital (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi! Nice joke, amazing work, but... now I'm wondering about this: Are the rumours about Lego developing their new digital trains nonsense too, or is there really something going on? Were those rumours only working for your April fool's joke? Did you (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) thing on (...) seem (...) all (...) Hi Jonathan, the wheels with the silver rims of the 4460 electric engine are from a small engine of LGB garden trains. They have been a little expensive (~ 50 $), but they look great and you can put a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello First i would like to thank Ben Beneke for his Joke, i appreciate him defending me in saying nobody knew about it that posted, Egon Eiermann didn't, but i did, and was happy to help him spread this Joke worldwide, even though i was a little (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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Cool joke! Did indeed fool me, and made me laugh! Fredrik (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I recently bought a 7813 to get more white corner slopes, so I rebuilt it in a new color scheme. It has a tan base, with grey/ dark grey tanks and black accents. Pictures are here: (URL) Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Great Joke, ben. You should have put a "coming out middle of 2001" type of thing on it, it would have made the fact that the pictures are very early prototypes seem more believable. You were even able to fool people who see prototype pictures all (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This page renders somewhat strangely for me in NS 4.7. Buttons jumbled, text overlapping and lots of other weirdness. Just me? +Lar (only one plus for a while, since I got fooled by Ben) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Target locking on... fire!!!!! Good one, but I must say, DIE!!!!!!! ; ) Scott "Finally some colors I would like to use on trains! )S. Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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G'day This may be somewhat anticlimactic given Reinhard's hard work, but I finally had some time to start on my web page @ (URL) have some of my oldest recorded models and my latest three engine Rail Zeppelin. This model is a proper 98 studs long (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) you again for a look at what TLC could, and should do for themselves. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 Visit (URL) & (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great models! But I saw it was faked almost immediately...for next year you might want to get an image-editor with better text anti-aliasing :) And maybe add a bit of color to the next engine--LEGO almost never uses just one color... I'm still (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Great joke, Ben! And nice models too! You made this weekend a lot of fun for me. I was surprised that no one admitted to it by the end of April 1, but I guess the vacation would explain it. Well done! John Matthews (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's a great thing for castle, and it's VERY hard to get nowadays. I probably wouldn't buy the whole set just to get 'em but that would make them easier to get in general and thus cheaper for me to offer trainheads to buy it from them; or (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excuse my stupid question: what is so special with the pitchfork, that you would by a 60 - 80$ set to get one? I supposed it to be rare, since I own just two of them.... Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, you sure got me for a sec there! Too bad the hoax suspicions were already posted by the time I saw the "catalog", otherwise I would've bought it completely. :-) Nice job... ouch, you really got us all hoping... (I want a pitchfork!) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Darn... Excellent work... I was almost got suck into an expensive hobby known as LEGO trains... (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Send me the models. If you have them now, that's pretty definitive. Or just send me the boxcab electric, I want to see how you did the technic motor driving a vertical axle that carries motion to the LGB wheels, and how you did current pickup. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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ARGH ! ! ! ! And I finally had convinced my NLSO wife to start with trains since these were so cool and she loved them......... Dave (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I may have read between the lines incorrectly, but I read the above as a tongue-in-cheek comment. I don't think Larry really doubts you -- he's just giving you a hard time for the fun of it (IMHO!). (...) WOW! (...) IMHO, your work already (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) extraordinary (...) good (...) Hi Larry, have you followed the link I gave in my post above? You would have found a lot of pictures in higher quality showing the models I built and used for the April fool joke. It would have been a hard work (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) glad, (...) Unfortunately, as real as Disneyland and for one moment we were all hoping to see an announcement stating that the two systems were compatible! Well done. Jon (...) out (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry, I don't believe you. I think you faked those pictures of the fakery. Can you PROVE it was a hoax? I mean, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, and as we all know, Lego is busily working to produce all this very good (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I fear next years joke will not be mine: everybody would expect me to have done it. (...) Of course that's not pedantic: in three out of five published pictures there is no Lego logo at all. I think they are quite ok, but I will add some (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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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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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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(...) I'll be happy to help you realize that wish.. just send it to me. I'll even spring for shipping. Or do you mean you don't have 40 lbs? That hardly seems possible. ++Lar (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) parts (...) within (...) Yes, or that they have solved how to retrofit this mechanism to existing points, or that they wanted to reuse the tooling for the current points ties and subplate. Or that it's a hoax. To people that think I am not (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No. this is exactly where you would have to connect. The outer rails are unswitched (think about it, they have no points in them, they're unbroken. If this is a hoax, the hoaxer got this right. ++Lar (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) While we're capable of work this good, or better(1), it would be coming from me, based on our current guild membership, and I don't do eurotrash. Even old, cute eurotrash. I also don't hack on bricks (which would be necessary to do the wheels) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If they were this good? Almost but not quite. ++Lar (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Perhaps the 1x6 low fence is simply a placeholder, while a different part or a different design will be used on the final version? That would be consistent with the hypothesis that the "scans" are not scans but layout drafts. I wonder if it is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) People think LEGO are incapable of making great sets anymore - these sets are sensational. (...) I know it was March 31st, I'll have to wait till November for them to come out. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Pawel Nazarewicz writes: I think it is obvious that the images are fakes. It's probably an April-fools joke, and very well done. Similar someone else's, of a fake set. That was really good, he made a fake box and even took a kid, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Egon, I think that the timing of your announcement was just plain unlucky. But for us to believe you (and yes we all WANT to believe you), please provide some more information. Especially regarding: - Where did you find out about this - Why is it (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, why so much doubt? Believed in the good in the world and be happy on beautiful Lego that will soon come. I made no April joke! But I don't have made the scans. Greeting from Germany Egon Eiermann (legoit) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I am disturbed by the apparent lack of attention from the folks who run this forum. Wasn't there a big brou ha ha (sp) about the last 'unofficial scans'? What gives? Please do not read this as an indication that the 'folks who run this forum' are (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow! Now this gives me a *real* reason to learn a second language. ;) Most posters seem to be saying the same things as people here at LUGNET... Steve (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Christopher Tracey wrote in message <38E51BAD.B42D5DA9@w...ug.org>... (...) I just loaded this picture up into Paintshop Pro and zoomed in. I'm not sure what kind of effects JPG compression can actually have, but it is interesting to see that the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Traditional model railways with DCC control have required the 'self-isolating' points to be hard-wired so that there is power to both rails on both tracks at all times. This is of course to allow not only movement of trains independant of the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) - has anyone seem these pictures I found while going to this forum: (URL) concerning the recent scans. Someone has done a Metroliner Mail Car based on 7819 (or 7820 - the yellow and red one). Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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If you use the translator on www.altavista.com you can read the news items in english, very interesting stuff. jt (...) -- ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is not the same DB logo as the 12V ones - they changed it in the early 90's - the one on the scans is the newer version. It is shown more clearly bottom right of 1.jpg. Compare old logo: (URL) new logo: (URL) at the new train scans - the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I realize that, but what if the simple installation of an automatic point makes clearance of 8-wide trains impossible? Do we then not allow the remote points on 8 wide layouts? What about layouts that are 6 wide, but will connect to 8 wide train (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmmm...you're probably talking about me, so...Okay, you're real :-) Wish I ONLY had 40 lbs of Lego!!! Will (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello The question has come up about me being a real person or not, oh yes i'm real alright :-), deeper info about me at following address:(URL) be added to that as the page is over 2 years old, is me becoming a lego collector since last year in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) But what a nice dilemma to have! (I'd vote for 8-wide trains...) John Neal is too busy building *14* wide "G" scale cars... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, got to bed really late last night and only woke up about 3 hours ago. This was the first thing Suzanne & I talked about today -- we had a good laugh. I hate to use the word "hoax" because "April Fool's Joke" is probably much more (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FsB2pJ.JJ9@lugnet.com... (...) clear. (...) No, it will NOT CLEAR. It is on the "other side" in regards to being before the switch, but it is on the curved side instead of the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) maybe, i just tried the same analysis on the two 4 stud track pieces and i can't tell if they are the same segment copied twice or not. They are two small to get an accurate judgment. i'm a geek. -chris (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I think that most all of the first-round of gray-track 12v era sets were modeled after German trains. The 7745 red/black/white 12v passenger train broke the mold in year 1987(?). Recognition and target product to the primary audience would be my (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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If I remember correctly, lego had some involvement with that artist. The artist misled (maybe another word is better) lego such that they were shocked when they saw his creation. I know a lot of people complained. Here's what I found in dejanews: :: (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, Huw, that is correct. However, why not have internal metal wires in the point? I would think it easier to make it so that the take off was from within the tie bar than to have the external connection. However, I would view it as entirely (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've seen metal rims before look at (URL) is a machenist and had these made in his shop 18 months ago! Looks like they owe Jon a free set ;) As for different colored bricks the gray train wheel covers is a 2 min job in photo shop as is the green (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True - magnify the image, and you see that the jaggies are only across ONE side of the track, and even the shadow is shifted a bit. I could do a better job of "shortening" track in PSP if I really felt the need to. In fact, if someone will (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Check out this page: (URL) BR 44 in particular... Looks very similar...also, the upside-down radar dishes are used in the BR 24. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lighten that picture up in PSP, and you'll see that IF they are those rims, they were EXTENSIVELY modified. As in the flange on the smaller diameter was removed, most of the larger ends' flange was removed, black spokes were machine for the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Heck, maybe LEGO intentially leaked these picture to see what kind of reaction they'd get from the train fanatics here on LUGNET?? Or, maybe I've been watching too much "X Files"... ;-) (...) is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow- Check out the light grey treasure chest and a new bench...pretty interesting to see old parts come alive... -jeremy (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope, nothing to do with us (assuming you mean we might have produced this hoax train page) and our announcement itself is not an April Fool either (in case that was what you meant). Kevin (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been following this all morning trying to find a good place to jump in and decided to get in at the start. Some think it's a hoax others hope that it is not, but I think that is is possibly real. Let me bring up a few things up I've not heard (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Oh oh, 8 wide hell? Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hallo Egon,was muss ich Dir für die Modelle bieten? :^) Spass beiseite,es stimmt tatsächlich! Ich habe gerade mit meinem Bekannten im Norden gesprochen.Er arbeitet in einer der Verlage,die für Lego die Pläne usw. drucken.Die veröffentlichte (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lego (...) and (...) That's my impression. The entire setup (which can be interpreted any way you wish :-) appears to be rural, as the rolling stock features a horse car and a pair of nice looking tractors. Will (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have to say, you are right about the station. It does not look like a Lego plan. It looks homemade and funky with the flat roof, and small windows and doors. Is it a station meant for a countryside setting? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38E4EAB0.5358@m...ing.com... (...) Larry and other bricksmiths, If this is a hoax, I think you have found a new guildsman that could generate a ton of sales! Mike Poindexter (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) link tries to argue that it is not an April fool's joke in the link below. (If my German isn't completely rotten, that is! ;-) Check out yourself! (URL) least lugnet.trains isn't the only group to believe that it is a hoax! Fredrik (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If it is an April Fool's joke, then he might (I probably would in his place). I certainly wouldn't hate him or anything for this, if it is, in fact, his own hoax. I'd kinda admire him for being able too fool so many people for an April Fool's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I won one of this guy's auctions of old bricks a few months ago. That's his real name and the hotmail address is the one he uses to do his auctions. I don't think that he would use all of his real info to pull a hoax on LUGNETers. Gloria. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Additionally, it looks like the jag in the left rail is due to the perspective on the picture of a regular piece of track resulting in a size difference when the track is shortened (it even seems like the jag may be a bit more pronounced on (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Paul Rutenberg <paul_germany@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FsA9v1.9Cs@lugnet.com... (...) gtfthis is (...) The problem I have with believing this is that virtually all of our collective dreams appear to have come true: Digital control (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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Andreas Stabno <stabno@megsinet.net> wrote in message news:FsAv72.EDJ@lugnet.com... (...) automated (...) parts (...) the (...) from (...) connections? The outside rails are always live (while there's power being applied to the track) - the inner (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sure - since the specs are being set, a ClearanceCar can be defined. Anyone building a layout that doesn't allow it to clear gets a wedgie ;-) All you need are LWH, and pivot point distances from the ends for the center of the trucks, and each (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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There's something that has been bothering me with those pictures of automated points and I finally realized what it is. The power connectors to drive the switching motor are connected to both parts of the point. One is attached to the straight part (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) looks (...) I just blew these up in my image editor and can say with certainty that the three most obvious cuts are: 1) perpendicular (sp?) to the rail, and 2) in the exact same place for all three track parts!! Will (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...lol... yea.. simple! :-) ...Chris, u have too much time on ur hands! :-) (...) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You are both correct. Now, where's that shoehorn? I seem to have my foot stuck in my mouth :-) I still think his whole thing is a hoax. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's back again now. And I don't like the look of the mail address, too! But he has also put up a link to some old catalogue scans! (URL) haven't seen the first ones before, and they're great! Wether the original scans are a hoax or not (I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) standard image processing techique(sorta) for change detection. It's used a lot in ecological and archaeological studies with a time series of aerial photographs. You can tell what has changed from time point to time point just by looking at (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So should the finger pointing start ... ? I point to ... : The Guild of Bricksmiths[tm], a “band of LEGO Fans who have become concerned at the dearth of high quality kits available and decided to do something about it”... -- pn ;) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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