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I'm afraid that I must go with the hoax theory. Here's why: 1) This appears to be Paul Rutenberg's first ever Lugnet post, and he has a hotmail address to boot. 2) His homepage (once translated with babelfish) is decidedly non-Lego. There are some (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Ooh, good point. That may be the strongest evidence yet of a hoax. There is still one other problem I have, why would someone this capable of model making feel the need to create a hoax to get attention? If these same models had been posted as (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, Frank! Check your calender. What's tomorrow again? ;) Jeff P.S. For the Calender Impaired, tomorrow is April 1st. :) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Perhaps the person who did all this is convinced that he / she can create models that are on par with or better than "official" releases. All this hubbub would then serve to affirm this persons belief. Awww...that's too psycho-babblish! (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Plus ... a pack with only three track pieces in it? What is this ... "Train Polybags"? (...) Because if it wasn't for those annoying kids they would have gotten away with it! Let's give Jeff his Scooby Snacks:) I think they might have done it (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) would MOCs get *this* much attention? :) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I find it quite a bit strange if someone went to _these_lengths_ to make an April fool's joke, and didn't even get the date correct! ;-) True, it may have been April 1st in New Zealand when it was posted, but certainly not in Germany! And why (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Will Hess writes: <snip> (...) I am not an expert on either trains or any of this other stuff, but it looks to me that the spots that look like cuts may be "jaggies" introduced by a scanner. I have seen similar effects produced on (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This could just be the set-up, with the obligatory "April Fool's!" comming tomorrow... Jeff (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So should the finger pointing start ... ? I point to ... : The Guild of Bricksmiths[tm], a “band of LEGO Fans who have become concerned at the dearth of high quality kits available and decided to do something about it”... -- pn ;) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) looks (...) I just blew these up in my image editor and can say with certainty that the three most obvious cuts are: 1) perpendicular (sp?) to the rail, and 2) in the exact same place for all three track parts!! Will (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Additionally, it looks like the jag in the left rail is due to the perspective on the picture of a regular piece of track resulting in a size difference when the track is shortened (it even seems like the jag may be a bit more pronounced on (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I won one of this guy's auctions of old bricks a few months ago. That's his real name and the hotmail address is the one he uses to do his auctions. I don't think that he would use all of his real info to pull a hoax on LUGNETers. Gloria. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If it is an April Fool's joke, then he might (I probably would in his place). I certainly wouldn't hate him or anything for this, if it is, in fact, his own hoax. I'd kinda admire him for being able too fool so many people for an April Fool's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have to say, you are right about the station. It does not look like a Lego plan. It looks homemade and funky with the flat roof, and small windows and doors. Is it a station meant for a countryside setting? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38E4EAB0.5358@m...ing.com... (...) Larry and other bricksmiths, If this is a hoax, I think you have found a new guildsman that could generate a ton of sales! Mike Poindexter (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lego (...) and (...) That's my impression. The entire setup (which can be interpreted any way you wish :-) appears to be rural, as the rolling stock features a horse car and a pair of nice looking tractors. Will (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope, nothing to do with us (assuming you mean we might have produced this hoax train page) and our announcement itself is not an April Fool either (in case that was what you meant). Kevin (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow- Check out the light grey treasure chest and a new bench...pretty interesting to see old parts come alive... -jeremy (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True - magnify the image, and you see that the jaggies are only across ONE side of the track, and even the shadow is shifted a bit. I could do a better job of "shortening" track in PSP if I really felt the need to. In fact, if someone will (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If they were this good? Almost but not quite. ++Lar (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) While we're capable of work this good, or better(1), it would be coming from me, based on our current guild membership, and I don't do eurotrash. Even old, cute eurotrash. I also don't hack on bricks (which would be necessary to do the wheels) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Note that the map is from the 1996 police station(I think) Alan (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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