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Re: April 1st / PLEASE don't kill me.....
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:05:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> Now it has to be said: of course it was an April fools joke and I fear for my
> life now, because I have to declare:
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> I was the mastermind of this hoax. And I feel a mix of exitement, fear and
> proud now.
Well, you have nothing to fear from me! :) I thought it was a wonderful April
Fool's Joke! :) Of course, it makes me wonder why so many were fooled (I was
the first to post that I thought it was a hoax).
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> I hope nobody is really to angry against me: I started this thing to fool some
> of my germans friends (and indeed I was in hope to fool some of the lugnet
> readers too.)
And boy did you ever fool people! :)
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> But what happened here was succeeding all my imaginations by far. And I'm
> glad, that enough people had their doubts about the faked catalogue: I would
> have felt much worse if anybody had started to sell of his "old" stuff because
> of the new sets, which will never come like this of course.....
I'd also like to know how many people changed their minds because of what I
wrote. :)
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> So this hoax might help us to get some better train stuff in future. That's at
> least my hope.
That'd certainly be nice... :)
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> I fear I will get a lot of response on this post now. I will try to answer all
> questions, but I have a job and my english is not the best. So I beg your
> pardon, if I'm not able to give satisfieing answers to all requests
> immediately.
Don't worry! We all understand! :)
Thinking about why it fooled so many people got me wondering if it was just my
cynical nature, my habit of studying Lego set images, my apathy towards trains
right now, or a combination of all three that led me to doubt your hoax. Did
die-hard train fans fall for it because their dreams and desires blinded them
to the inconsistancies? Well, it is something for me to ponder... :)
Oh, and I just want to say, *great* models! Even though everyone knows about
them now, I how you put them up on the web somewhere!! :)
Jeff
P.S. Next time you (or anyone) does something like this, analyze the logos and
font Lego uses, as that will make it more realistic. :) Also, I'd suggest
printing it out (on photographic paper maybe?) and rescanning it. That should
eliminate the uniformity of colors that tipped me off. :)
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| (...) Grat job Reihnard You brought some fun in LUGNET that tends to be too serious. After all Lego has been made to bring fun to people. A big smile from Italy Marco PS anyway you did not catch me, but you had a good number of fishes even in Italy (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: April 1st / PLEASE don't kill me.....
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| I saw the post first on Sunday night. I pulled up the page and was amazed; I couldn't believe that LEGO had made everything that everyone had been saying they wanted, so I was fooled for a bit. But then I thought about April Fool's, and kept (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| [X-Post & FUT .publish] (...) Using Corel Photopaint, I could easily mess with colors, add fake half-toning, etc, etc. I also have 1000+ fonts to match from... My only problem is that I would have to create hyper-realistic raytraces because I don't (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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| | April 1st / PLEASE don't kill me.....
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| Hi Folks, I was on a two days vacation and came back just an hour ago. I was strongly surprised about the amount of posts concerning the April fools joke. Now it has to be said: of course it was an April fools joke and I fear for my life now, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !!
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