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Well, I think I speak for many when I say we believed the joke, more so, because we wanted it to be true, rather than it's believability. Anyways, great job on the MOC's. I, for one, have been inspired. Congratulations. Tim Strutt 8^) In (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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As noted, these are some photographs of the inside of one of my locos. Kind of like the Shay, this engine has cylinders which move. Unfortunatly, it is just a dummy unit, with no real power put to the track. (URL) P (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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[X-Post & FUT .publish] (...) Using Corel Photopaint, I could easily mess with colors, add fake half-toning, etc, etc. I also have 1000+ fonts to match from... My only problem is that I would have to create hyper-realistic raytraces because I don't (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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I know it's terrible form to reply to one's own posts but I was too hasty to spot the even more impressive train here: (URL) Allan "Nicholas Allan" <nick@clunyterr.u-net.com> wrote in message news:FsGnH0.77y@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I was browsing through the Brickshelf gallery and saw the following great photograph. (URL) think it's quite like something out of Supermarionation (e.g. Thunderbirds) film. The author is Shinobu Yashiro and it certainly looks Japanese with that (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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I saw the post first on Sunday night. I pulled up the page and was amazed; I couldn't believe that LEGO had made everything that everyone had been saying they wanted, so I was fooled for a bit. But then I thought about April Fool's, and kept (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Grat job Reihnard You brought some fun in LUGNET that tends to be too serious. After all Lego has been made to bring fun to people. A big smile from Italy Marco PS anyway you did not catch me, but you had a good number of fishes even in Italy (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, you have nothing to fear from me! :) I thought it was a wonderful April Fool's Joke! :) Of course, it makes me wonder why so many were fooled (I was the first to post that I thought it was a hoax). (...) And boy did you ever fool people! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have posted pictures of 8 new wagons: (URL) 4 hoppers and 4 steel-carrying wagons of various designs, and where appropriate, pictures of the prototype they are based on. You can also get to my last year's efforts from there, too. LMKWYT Huw (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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<German Accent> Some people say that we Germans have no sense of humor. But let me assure you... we have ways to make you laugh. </German Accent> :-D I think Ben missed the sarcasm. Brian (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:FsEr2w.86L@lugnet.com... (...) are). I read on your page that the red engine is powered by technic motors... is it possible to post some more pictures of that? I'm very curious how (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) logo in the spoof. Normally one would say "fair use" or "parody" but I his newly minted term is quite appropriate in this case :) KL (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) [snip] Ben, Absolutely Brilliant work! You have set an exceptionally high (and achievable!) standard for TLC to aim for. KL (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There have been some rumours that something new in the Train theme may pop up: (URL) it's hard to say if we can expect DCC or somthing similar. Or if the rumours are even true! Fredrik (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice job Ben! I will admit that I was really hoping it was true, maybe someday it will be. One can only hope. jt Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote in message ... (...) joke. (...) my (...) some (...) glad, (...) of (...) of (...) out (...) at (...) all (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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G'Day Wholy macaroni !! What a mess using NS 4.7. Works OK with IE. The page was created in Frontpage 2000 as a table, I guess this is a bad thing. Back to the drawing board. Cheers Oliver I'll bet there is a piece of code in a frontpage generated (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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