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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Date: 
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:53:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Paul Rutenberg writes:
> > > Hello
> > > Look at following link, about time we get something before the USA, gtfthis
> > > is a scan of of upcoming sets for Lego end of the year, YEAHHHHHHHHH:
> > > http://members.tripod.de/legoit/herbst2000.html
> > > 
> > > A happy 9V Trasin Collector and builder
> > > Paul
> > 
> > Hmmm...  Anyone besides me find these suspicious?  The images just don't feel
> > right...  Not to mention the font is wrong...
> > 
> > Jeff
> 
> nice models. if they had been taken in prototype format, not mocked up onto
> pages, I almost could have fallen for it. :-)

Listen up, people!!  This is from "Someone in the know"!!  :)
> 
> There are many specific flaws in the design of the pages. LEGO has style
> guidlines.
> 
> - The name SYSTEM would  have to appear beside the LEGO logo before the
> presence of anything that looked like a train logo. Train logo would not be
> blown up to height of LEGO red square.

I thought they got rid of SYSTEM...  Also, the red dot is too large...  I'm
sure Lego has premade scalable templates for this kind of thing, so there
wouldn't be errors...

> - the trademark/copyright info would not say (c) Logo(R)  (yes, L-o-g-o)

I didn't notice that.  Not a mistake Lego would make, for sure.

> - photography is of unacceptable quality. even for a first layout draft.

And some of them seem to've been taken with a panoramic lens, causing
"bending".

> 
> No doubt an April 1 hoax. good one.

And the models are nice, too.  But I fully agree it is a hoax.

Jeff



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  Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
 
(...) Doesn't this fall under "emotional abuse" on the part of the hoaxer? Thank goodness he or she didn't release a castle. I would have to jump out of a window. -- pn (27 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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(...) nice models. if they had been taken in prototype format, not mocked up onto pages, I almost could have fallen for it. :-) There are many specific flaws in the design of the pages. LEGO has style guidlines. - The name SYSTEM would have to (...) (27 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) ! 

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