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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:21:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Will Hess writes:
> I'm afraid that I must go with the hoax theory. Here's why:
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> 1) This appears to be Paul Rutenberg's first ever Lugnet post, and he has a
> hotmail address to boot.
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.
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> 2) His homepage (once translated with babelfish) is decidedly non-Lego.
> There are some legoish links but these all wind up in a stock Tripod
> shopping page.
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> 3) Those big silver wheels...I'm planning to use these in a MOC of my own
> soon. I got the idea from Ben Fleskes' SP&S 700 engine
> (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1857/700.htm). Make those
> wheels black and chrome the rims (which is, I admit, a neat trick in itself)
> and see if you don't have a match.
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> 4) Yeah, it's a bad angle, but that round tile atop the 4460 looks
> suspiciously like the imperial logo tile used in the Tie Fighter.
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> 5) Look closely at the stations door. For starters, it will never open
> thanks to the arch that straddles it. There's also the little matter of the
> brick wall behind the door. When has TLC ever created a minifig scale
> building with no interior access?
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> 6) Those fences on the station are nifty, but when has TLC ever (in the
> minifig era) built a fence out of real elements vs. using prefab fence
> sections?
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> 7) Take a very close look at the rails on the half and quarter track
> sections. You can clearly see the spots where they were cut and
> reassembled.
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> Now, having said all that....
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> THESE ARE GREAT!!! I hope the builder treats us to more (and better)
> pictures of these creations.
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> Will
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> Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services
> www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
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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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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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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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