Subject:
|
Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:23:31 GMT
|
Highlighted:
|
(details)
|
Viewed:
|
5154 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
>
> > What I can't figure out is the pantagraph on the roof. Most of it looks
> > familiar: the very top piece looks like a 1x6 black low "fence" piece; the
> > hinge structure looks familiar; but, the method of attaching the 1x6 black • low
> > "fence" piece to the "finger" hinges is what I can't readily dicern.
>
> There may be one new piece here. Consider a 1x1 plate with 2 fingers on both
> edges? Plug that into a clip to clip into the bottom of the rail
>
> Either that or they borrowed your unsymmetric method and we can't spot it.
>
> I would rather they used the old panto as in 4551 but that doesn't allow for
> diamond pantos, only L (single sided) pantos
>
> > Gotta wonder! Love the models, regardless of the truth. My compliments to • the
> > builder(s).
>
> My complements to the hoaxer if it is a hoax (Suz weighing in on the hoax side
> does carry some weight with me, she knows a fair bit about image prep and how
> Lego does things stylistically) and my complements to the set designers if • not.
>
I concurr.
> Hopefully the latter. But like I said (and no one's called me on it) point me
> to a successful hoax of this magnitude in our hobby, please... hasn't been one
> IIRC.
>
> ++Lar
...wasn't there an artist who generated a bit of controversy when he created a
mock up of a LEGO set under the theme of a WWII era concentration camp? That
was kicked around on r.t.l a couple of years back, and I may not be recalling
it correctly and with enough detail at this point. However, I seem to remember
some people trying to pass it off as a real set, thus the hoax connection. The
artist's intention was probably not to create a prank, but rather an artistic
expression (which I found distasteful, by the way). If we don't remember it,
he failed to impress, I guess.
Ed
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
|
| 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)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
|
| (...) There may be one new piece here. Consider a 1x1 plate with 2 fingers on both edges? Plug that into a clip to clip into the bottom of the rail Either that or they borrowed your unsymmetric method and we can't spot it. I would rather they used (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
|
149 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
