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Take a look:
http://www.interealm.com/sd/octan/octan.htm
In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > Frank Buiting wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > > 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).
> > >
> > > So is the LEGO version of Octan based on this company?
>
> In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> > 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:-)
>
> 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 widespread any fuel companies are outside of the UK, although
> I've never seen an 'Octan' hoarding on any of the televised Grand Prix circuit.
>
> Does the brand use the same colours? I preferred the white/yellow/red of
> shell to the white/green/red of these Octan vehicles anyway.
>
> Jason J Railton
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| Even with post verification I accidentally left out that I tried a google search and couldn't come up with any Octan company, other than our Lego one (hence the link)! Maybe there is a small Portugese one, but it doesn't get a mention online. Kevin (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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