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Re: is Octan a real brand?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:21:23 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@spamlessUSWEST.NET
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Frank Buiting wrote:
> Hi,
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> I received a mail from someone in Portugal who commented on my description
> of Octan in the LEGO Lexicon:
> http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/o.html#octan
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> He pointed out that in Portugal there is a real company with gas stations
> over the country branded 'Octan' and it uses the exact same logo. I asked a
> portugese collegue if he could recognise the logo I sketched and he
> instantly recognised the logo (there was no LEGO context on the paper).
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> So is the LEGO version of Octan based on this company?
lol that would be funny if it were and we thought it fictitious all these
years! Since Octan is transported mostly by LEGO trains, I've crossposted
there:-)
-John
> -Frank
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| (...) Speak for yourself - I'd always assumed it was a brand from mainland Europe that I'd just never heard of. I know Lego used the 'Shell' brand a long time ago, and I assumed they'd just struck a new deal with someone else. I don't know how (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi, I received a mail from someone in Portugal who commented on my description of Octan in the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) pointed out that in Portugal there is a real company with gas stations over the country branded 'Octan' and it uses the exact same (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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