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Champion Train '93


Date: 1993-05-08 – 1993-06-06
Location: Germany
Attendance: 3000^[1]

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The Champion Train '93 was a German Sega gaming event held on a graffited two carriage special train^[2]^[3] (Sonderzug) of the German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn), from May 8 to June 6, 1993.

In order to give the train a suitable outfit for the ocasion, German teen magazine Popcorn^[4] called on its readers to take part in a graffiti competition called "Stylt den Sega Champion Train!"^[2] (Style the Sega Champion Train!). The winners of the competition were Erik Mahnkopf^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] and Malte Nickau^[9]^[10]^[7] , two youngs from Berlin, which with the help of two of their friends, spent two days in Munich (München Ostbahnhof) decorating the two carriages of the train^[11]. Both born in East Berlin in 1975^[12], Erik Mahnkopf, a.k.a. Steak^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] and Malte Nickau, a.k.a. Kobolt^[13]^[19]^[20]^[16]^[17], became attracted by the early graffiti scene that spawned in West Berlin shortly before the German reunification, eventually forming their own graffiti crew in 1990^[21]^[22] which was known as CAF^[23]^[24] (Children Against Frustation^[25] a.k.a. Crazy Art Fruiters) and joining a government-sponsored^[26] Hip Hop project dubbed Swat Posse^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31] in 1992, initiated in that same year by German music manager Andreas Welskop^[32] and managed by young people. There, along with other fellow Swat Posse's graffiti crews they formed the graffiti agency called GraffitiConnection^[21] which was the building block for the independent financing of the project. In 1997 Erik Mahnkopf and Malte Nickau spun off from this structure, and went on a tour by many Eastern European countries, such as Poland, Croatia and Slovenia, etc. to spread graffiti culture in a project that they dubbed "Graffiti Goes East"^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36], later founding Berlin-based communications agency GRACO in that same year.

To participate, gamers all over Germany, in two groups; "junior" (12 years and under) and "senior", had to get a free "score card" available on "training camps" set up by Sega in authorized department stores which could also be obtained on-site, in the train, where they had compete for a high score on Taz-Mania, Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators and Thunder Force IV for the Sega Mega Drive.

Gamers of each city with the first and second best scores of each group (four gamers in total per city) would compete for the title of German "junior" and "senior" Champion in a Final (originally planned to be held in Hamburg), held in a special tent set up by Sega in the Hockenheimring race circuit during the Formula One 1993 German Grand Prix, where the winners would be entitled to a place in the Sega European Championships 1993, to compete for the title of European Champion.

Christopher Sigmund, aged 12, won the the junior contest^[39] while Andreas Hugel, aged 20, won the senior contest^[39]. Alain Prost and Damon Hill of Williams-Renault Formula One Team, awarded the prizes which consisted of a trophy and a Mega-CD 2 to each of the two champions, while the second and third classified of each group received a Sega Mega Drive Magnum Set as a consolation prize. Retired German high jumper Carlo Thränhardt^[40], was present at the event as a special guest, supporting the contestants and giving them autographs in the end.

Magazine articles

Main article: Champion Train '93/Magazine articles.

Gallery

All finalists of the Champion Train '93, competed in the German Sega Championships Final held in a special tent set up for the ocasion in the Hockenheimring race circuit, in Hockenheim, Germany

Alain Prost and the podium finishers of the junior contest

Christopher Sigmund, the winner of the junior contest alongside Damon Hill and Alain Prost

Christopher Sigmund and Carlo Thränhardt^[40]

Andreas Hugel the winner of the senior contest alongside Williams-Renault Formula One Team's car Williams FW15C

Erik Mahnkopf, Malte Nickau and friends

The "Champion Train" in Munich

Badge

1994 interview (minute 07:09) with Erik Mahnkopf and Malte Nickau on ORB's television dance music show "Feuerreiter" ("Fire Rider"), hosted by German electronic music disc jockey, producer and television presenter Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß

Interview (minute 16:08) with Erik Mahnkopf and Malte Nickau on 3sat's 1994 documentary "Graffiti: Kunst oder Vandalismus?" ("Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?")

External links

References

↑ Gamers, "August/September 1993" (DE; 1993-07-23), page 10
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Video Games, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-26), page 31
↑ File:FernsehkulturSubjektivitätineinerWeltbewegterBilder Book DE 1996 (by Ben Bachmair).pdf, page 41
↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 25
↑ https://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Oberhavel/Mit-Pinsel-und-50-Litern-Farbe (archive.today)
↑ https://www.xing.com/profile/Erik_Mahnkopf (archive.today)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/ (archive.today)
↑ https://taz.de/Das-haelt-niemanden-ab/%211295500/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-03-23 23:58)
↑ https://www.saechsische.de/alles-bunt-auf-der-kirchstrasse-5086560.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/kultursemiotik/mitwirkende/malte-nickau (archive.today)
↑ File:ChampionTrain93 Popcorn DE Magazine.jpg
↑ https://books.google.pt/books?id=_KEVAQAAIAAJ&q=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&dq=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNleigp4zvAhWC5-AKHXgLD0oQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf, page 8
↑ Xplicit Grafx, "December 1993" (FR; 1993-12-xx), page 7
↑ Xplicit Grafx, "July 1994" (FR; 1994-07-xx), page 18
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Xplicit Grafx, "October 1997" (FR; 1997-10-xx), page 10
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Bomber, "January 1998" (NL; 1998-01-xx), page 12
↑ http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/graffiti/endstation/magazine/mag15/mag15.htm (archive.today)
↑ Xplicit Grafx, "March 1997" (FR; 1997-03-xx), page 9
↑ Xplicit Grafx, "March 1997" (FR; 1997-03-xx), page 15
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 File:InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf, page 154
↑ https://berlingraffiti.de/2011/01/11/poet-interview-lectrics/ (archive.today)
↑ http://streetfiles.org/caf/photos/page:1 (Wayback Machine: 2009-03-11 06:15)
↑ https://www.graffiti.org/huh/trains/warsaw/germany/germanywc.html (archive.today)
↑ https://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2009/10/30/children-against-frustration/ (archive.today)
↑ https://books.google.pt/books?id=Tiaz1jNIcMcC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=swat+posse+berlin&source=bl&ots=tAD1f4RUZN&sig=ACfU3U2jLCe1TvumiAlWJi7o3xq899XSkg&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt-9SW6cjvAhUpUhUIHWG9CT84ChDoATAIegQIDRAD#v=onepage&q=swat%20posse%20berlin&f=false
↑ https://taz.de/%211561677/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-03-24 11:26)
↑ File:SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Video (Incomplete).mp4
↑ File:SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Front.jpg
↑ File:SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Back.jpg
↑ File:SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Cassette.jpg
↑ http://archiv2016.theaternatur.de/andreas-welskop/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-03-24 11:33)
↑ https://bdgallery.bigcartel.com/product/graffiti-goes-east-steak-kobolt-caf (archive.today)
↑ https://culture.pl/en/work/graffiti-goes-east-1990-2012 (archive.today)
↑ https://picosico.org/m/BchUediF7kk
↑ File:GraffitiGoesEastSteak&KoboltWarsaw 1997.jpg
↑ ^37.00 ^37.01 ^37.02 ^37.03 ^37.04 ^37.05 ^37.06 ^37.07 ^37.08 ^37.09 ^37.10 ^37.11 ^37.12 ^37.13 ^37.14 ^37.15 ^37.16 ^37.17 ^37.18 ^37.19 ^37.20 ^37.21 ^37.22 ^37.23 ^37.24 ^37.25 ^37.26 ^37.27 ^37.28 ^37.29 Sega Pro, "Mai 1993" (DE; 1993-04-xx), page 4
↑ ^38.00 ^38.01 ^38.02 ^38.03 ^38.04 ^38.05 ^38.06 ^38.07 ^38.08 ^38.09 ^38.10 ^38.11 ^38.12 ^38.13 ^38.14 ^38.15 ^38.16 ^38.17 ^38.18 ^38.19 ^38.20 ^38.21 ^38.22 ^38.23 ^38.24 ^38.25 ^38.26 ^38.27 ^38.28 ^38.29 Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 11
↑ ^39.0 ^39.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 36/37 (36)
↑ ^40.0 ^40.1 https://content2.promiflash.de/article-images/video_1080/carlo-thraenhardt-in-der-zdf-talkshow-von-markus-lanz.jpg

Officially licensed Sega tours
UK	Sega in 2 Action! Tour (1995)
US	Cherry Coke/Sega Sonic Shuttle 1993 (1993) \| Cherry Coke/Sega Sonic Shuttle 1994 (1994) \| Cherry Coke/Sega Saturn Shuttle Sampling Program (1995) \| Cherry Coke/Sega Saturn Shuttle Tour '96 (1996) \| Sega Dreamcast Mobile Assault Tour (1999)

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-05.pdf_p10-1] Gamers, "August/September 1993" (DE; 1993-07-23), page 10

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-06.pdf_p31-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Video Games, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-26), page 31

[:File:FernsehkulturSubjektivit.C3.A4tineinerWeltbewegterBilder_Book_DE_1996_.28by_Ben_Bachmair.29.pdf_p41-3] File:FernsehkulturSubjektivitätineinerWeltbewegterBilder Book DE 1996 (by Ben Bachmair).pdf, page 41

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p25-4] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 25

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FlSUec-5] ttps://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Oberhavel/Mit-Pinsel-und-50-Litern-Farbe (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FICIT6-6] ttps://www.xing.com/profile/Erik_Mahnkopf (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FUxcTI-7] 7.0 ^7.1 https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/ (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20210323235832.2Fhttps:.2F.2Ftaz.de.2FDas-haelt-niemanden-ab.2F.25211295500.2F-8] ttps://taz.de/Das-haelt-niemanden-ab/%211295500/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-03-23 23:58)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FxKTVb-9] ttps://www.saechsische.de/alles-bunt-auf-der-kirchstrasse-5086560.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FYCHi5-10] ttps://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/kultursemiotik/mitwirkende/malte-nickau (archive.today)

[:File:ChampionTrain93_Popcorn_DE_Magazine.jpg_p-11] File:ChampionTrain93 Popcorn DE Magazine.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fbooks.google.pt.2Fbooks.3Fid.3D_KEVAQAAIAAJ.26q.3Derik.2Bmahnkopf.2Band.2B.2Bmalte.2Bnickau.26dq.3Derik.2Bmahnkopf.2Band.2B.2Bmalte.2Bnickau.26hl.3Dpt-PT.26sa.3DX.26ved.3D2ahUKEwiNleigp4zvAhWC5-AKHXgLD0oQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg-12] ttps://books.google.pt/books?id=_KEVAQAAIAAJ&q=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&dq=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNleigp4zvAhWC5-AKHXgLD0oQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg

[:File:.C4.8CasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomi.C5.A1ljijoInNovoAntropologijo_231-232_.28Street_Art.29_Book_SI_2008.3B_page_322_to_336_.28by_Association_of_Socialist_Youth_of_Slovenia.2C_University_of_Ljubljana.29.pdf_p8-13] 13.0 ^13.1 File:ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf, page 8

[:File:XplicitGrafx_FR_03.pdf_p7-14] Xplicit Grafx, "December 1993" (FR; 1993-12-xx), page 7

[:File:XplicitGrafx_FR_04.pdf_p18-15] Xplicit Grafx, "July 1994" (FR; 1994-07-xx), page 18

[:File:XplicitGrafx_FR_10.pdf_p10-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Xplicit Grafx, "October 1997" (FR; 1997-10-xx), page 10

[:File:Bomber_NL_15_.281998-01.29.pdf_p12-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Bomber, "January 1998" (NL; 1998-01-xx), page 12

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FV6DAQ-18] ttp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/graffiti/endstation/magazine/mag15/mag15.htm (archive.today)

[:File:XplicitGrafx_FR_09.pdf_p9-19] Xplicit Grafx, "March 1997" (FR; 1997-03-xx), page 9

[:File:XplicitGrafx_FR_09.pdf_p15-20] Xplicit Grafx, "March 1997" (FR; 1997-03-xx), page 15

[:File:InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns_Book_DE_2010_.28by_Kristina_Volke.29.pdf_p154-21] 21.0 ^21.1 File:InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf, page 154

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FW4lJ6-22] ttps://berlingraffiti.de/2011/01/11/poet-interview-lectrics/ (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20090311061533.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fstreetfiles.org.2Fcaf.2Fphotos.2Fpage:1-23] ttp://streetfiles.org/caf/photos/page:1 (Wayback Machine: 2009-03-11 06:15)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2F4WFuz-24] ttps://www.graffiti.org/huh/trains/warsaw/germany/germanywc.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2FJ3FNB-25] ttps://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2009/10/30/children-against-frustration/ (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fbooks.google.pt.2Fbooks.3Fid.3DTiaz1jNIcMcC.26pg.3DPA110.26lpg.3DPA110.26dq.3Dswat.2Bposse.2Bberlin.26source.3Dbl.26ots.3DtAD1f4RUZN.26sig.3DACfU3U2jLCe1TvumiAlWJi7o3xq899XSkg.26hl.3Dpt-PT.26sa.3DX.26ved.3D2ahUKEwjt-9SW6cjvAhUpUhUIHWG9CT84ChDoATAIegQIDRAD.23v.3Donepage.26q.3Dswat.2520posse.2520berlin.26f.3Dfalse-26] ttps://books.google.pt/books?id=Tiaz1jNIcMcC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=swat+posse+berlin&source=bl&ots=tAD1f4RUZN&sig=ACfU3U2jLCe1TvumiAlWJi7o3xq899XSkg&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt-9SW6cjvAhUpUhUIHWG9CT84ChDoATAIegQIDRAD#v=onepage&q=swat%20posse%20berlin&f=false

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[28] File:SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Video (Incomplete).mp4

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[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2F0PynZ-33] ttps://bdgallery.bigcartel.com/product/graffiti-goes-east-steak-kobolt-caf (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.vn.2Fodjve-34] ttps://culture.pl/en/work/graffiti-goes-east-1990-2012 (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fpicosico.org.2Fm.2FBchUediF7kk-35] ttps://picosico.org/m/BchUediF7kk

[:File:GraffitiGoesEastSteak.26KoboltWarsaw_1997.jpg_p-36] File:GraffitiGoesEastSteak&KoboltWarsaw 1997.jpg

[:File:SegaPro_DE_07.pdf_p4-37] 37.00 ^37.01 ^37.02 ^37.03 ^37.04 ^37.05 ^37.06 ^37.07 ^37.08 ^37.09 ^37.10 ^37.11 ^37.12 ^37.13 ^37.14 ^37.15 ^37.16 ^37.17 ^37.18 ^37.19 ^37.20 ^37.21 ^37.22 ^37.23 ^37.24 ^37.25 ^37.26 ^37.27 ^37.28 ^37.29 Sega Pro, "Mai 1993" (DE; 1993-04-xx), page 4

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-06.pdf_p11-38] 38.00 ^38.01 ^38.02 ^38.03 ^38.04 ^38.05 ^38.06 ^38.07 ^38.08 ^38.09 ^38.10 ^38.11 ^38.12 ^38.13 ^38.14 ^38.15 ^38.16 ^38.17 ^38.18 ^38.19 ^38.20 ^38.21 ^38.22 ^38.23 ^38.24 ^38.25 ^38.26 ^38.27 ^38.28 ^38.29 Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 11

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p36_.2836.2F37.29-39] 39.0 ^39.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 36/37 (36)

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 {{stub}}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a German Sega gaming event held on a graffited two carriage special train{{magref|videogames|1993-06|31}}{{fileref|FernsehkulturSubjektivitätineinerWeltbewegterBilder Book DE 1996 (by Ben Bachmair).pdf|page=41}} ([https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderzug Sonderzug]) of the German Federal Railway ([[wikipedia:Deutsche Bundesbahn|Deutsche Bundesbahn]]), from May 8 to June 6, 1993.
-In order to give the train a suitable outfit for the ocasion, German teen magazine [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_(Zeitschrift) ''Popcorn'']{{magref|segamagazin|1|25}} called on its readers to take part in a graffiti competition called ''"Stylt den Sega Champion Train!"''{{magref|videogames|1993-06|31}} (Style the Sega Champion Train!). The winners of the competition were Erik Mahnkopf{{ref|https://archive.vn/lSUec|https://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Oberhavel/Mit-Pinsel-und-50-Litern-Farbe}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/ICIT6|https://www.xing.com/profile/Erik_Mahnkopf}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/UxcTI|https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210323235832/https://taz.de/Das-haelt-niemanden-ab/%211295500/}}  and Malte Nickau{{ref|https://archive.vn/xKTVb|https://www.saechsische.de/alles-bunt-auf-der-kirchstrasse-5086560.html}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/YCHi5|https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/kultursemiotik/mitwirkende/malte-nickau}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/UxcTI|https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/}} , two youngs from Berlin, which with the help of two of their friends, spent two days in Munich ([[wikipedia:Munich East station|München Ostbahnhof]]) decorating the two carriages of the train{{fileref|ChampionTrain93 Popcorn DE Magazine.jpg}}. Both born in East Berlin in 1975{{ref|1=https://books.google.pt/books?id=_KEVAQAAIAAJ&q=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&dq=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNleigp4zvAhWC5-AKHXgLD0oQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg}}, Erik Mahnkopf, a.k.a. Steak{{fileref|ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf|page=8}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|3|7}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|4|18}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|10|10}}{{magref|bomber|15|12}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/V6DAQ|http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/graffiti/endstation/magazine/mag15/mag15.htm}} and Malte Nickau, a.k.a. Kobolt{{fileref|ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf|page=8}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|9|9}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|9|15}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|10|10}}{{magref|bomber|15|12}}, became attracted by the early graffiti scene that spawned in West Berlin shortly before the [[wikipedia:German reunification|German reunification]], eventually forming their own graffiti crew in 1990{{fileref|InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf|page=154}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/W4lJ6|https://berlingraffiti.de/2011/01/11/poet-interview-lectrics/}} which was known as ''CAF''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20090311061533/http://streetfiles.org/caf/photos/page:1}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/4WFuz|https://www.graffiti.org/huh/trains/warsaw/germany/germanywc.html}} (''Children Against Frustation''{{ref|https://archive.vn/J3FNB|https://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2009/10/30/children-against-frustration/}} a.k.a. ''Crazy Art Fruiters'') and joining a government-sponsored{{ref|1=https://books.google.pt/books?id=Tiaz1jNIcMcC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=swat+posse+berlin&source=bl&ots=tAD1f4RUZN&sig=ACfU3U2jLCe1TvumiAlWJi7o3xq899XSkg&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt-9SW6cjvAhUpUhUIHWG9CT84ChDoATAIegQIDRAD#v=onepage&q=swat%20posse%20berlin&f=false}} Hip Hop project dubbed ''Swat Posse''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210324112637/https://taz.de/%211561677/}}{{Videoref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Video (Incomplete).mp4}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Front.jpg}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Back.jpg}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Cassette.jpg}} in 1992, initiated in that same year by German Music Manager Andreas Welskop{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210324113322/http://archiv2016.theaternatur.de/andreas-welskop/}} and managed by young people. There, along with other fellow ''Swat Posse'''s graffiti crews they formed the graffiti agency called ''GraffitiConnection''{{fileref|InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf|page=154}} which was the building block for the independent financing of the project. In 1997 Erik Mahnkopf and Malte Nickau spun off from this structure, and went on a tour by many Eastern European countries, such as Poland, Croatia and Slovenia, etc. to spread graffiti culture in a project that they dubbed "Graffiti Goes East"{{ref|https://archive.vn/0PynZ|https://bdgallery.bigcartel.com/product/graffiti-goes-east-steak-kobolt-caf}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/odjve|https://culture.pl/en/work/graffiti-goes-east-1990-2012}}{{ref|https://picosico.org/m/BchUediF7kk}}{{fileref|GraffitiGoesEastSteak&KoboltWarsaw 1997.jpg}}, later founding Berlin-based communications agency ''GRACO'' in that same year.
+In order to give the train a suitable outfit for the ocasion, German teen magazine [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_(Zeitschrift) ''Popcorn'']{{magref|segamagazin|1|25}} called on its readers to take part in a graffiti competition called ''"Stylt den Sega Champion Train!"''{{magref|videogames|1993-06|31}} (Style the Sega Champion Train!). The winners of the competition were Erik Mahnkopf{{ref|https://archive.vn/lSUec|https://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Oberhavel/Mit-Pinsel-und-50-Litern-Farbe}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/ICIT6|https://www.xing.com/profile/Erik_Mahnkopf}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/UxcTI|https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210323235832/https://taz.de/Das-haelt-niemanden-ab/%211295500/}}  and Malte Nickau{{ref|https://archive.vn/xKTVb|https://www.saechsische.de/alles-bunt-auf-der-kirchstrasse-5086560.html}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/YCHi5|https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/kultursemiotik/mitwirkende/malte-nickau}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/UxcTI|https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/}} , two youngs from Berlin, which with the help of two of their friends, spent two days in Munich ([[wikipedia:Munich East station|München Ostbahnhof]]) decorating the two carriages of the train{{fileref|ChampionTrain93 Popcorn DE Magazine.jpg}}. Both born in East Berlin in 1975{{ref|1=https://books.google.pt/books?id=_KEVAQAAIAAJ&q=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&dq=erik+mahnkopf+and++malte+nickau&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNleigp4zvAhWC5-AKHXgLD0oQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg}}, Erik Mahnkopf, a.k.a. Steak{{fileref|ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf|page=8}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|3|7}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|4|18}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|10|10}}{{magref|bomber|15|12}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/V6DAQ|http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/graffiti/endstation/magazine/mag15/mag15.htm}} and Malte Nickau, a.k.a. Kobolt{{fileref|ČasopisZaKritikoZnanostiDomišljijoInNovoAntropologijo 231-232 (Street Art) Book SI 2008; page 322 to 336 (by Association of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana).pdf|page=8}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|9|9}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|9|15}}{{magref|xplicitgrafx|10|10}}{{magref|bomber|15|12}}, became attracted by the early graffiti scene that spawned in West Berlin shortly before the [[wikipedia:German reunification|German reunification]], eventually forming their own graffiti crew in 1990{{fileref|InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf|page=154}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/W4lJ6|https://berlingraffiti.de/2011/01/11/poet-interview-lectrics/}} which was known as ''CAF''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20090311061533/http://streetfiles.org/caf/photos/page:1}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/4WFuz|https://www.graffiti.org/huh/trains/warsaw/germany/germanywc.html}} (''Children Against Frustation''{{ref|https://archive.vn/J3FNB|https://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2009/10/30/children-against-frustration/}} a.k.a. ''Crazy Art Fruiters'') and joining a government-sponsored{{ref|1=https://books.google.pt/books?id=Tiaz1jNIcMcC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=swat+posse+berlin&source=bl&ots=tAD1f4RUZN&sig=ACfU3U2jLCe1TvumiAlWJi7o3xq899XSkg&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt-9SW6cjvAhUpUhUIHWG9CT84ChDoATAIegQIDRAD#v=onepage&q=swat%20posse%20berlin&f=false}} Hip Hop project dubbed ''Swat Posse''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210324112637/https://taz.de/%211561677/}}{{Videoref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Video (Incomplete).mp4}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Front.jpg}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Box Back.jpg}}{{fileref|SWATVideodokumentation92 VHS DE Cassette.jpg}} in 1992, initiated in that same year by German music manager Andreas Welskop{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210324113322/http://archiv2016.theaternatur.de/andreas-welskop/}} and managed by young people. There, along with other fellow ''Swat Posse'''s graffiti crews they formed the graffiti agency called ''GraffitiConnection''{{fileref|InterventionKulturVonderKraftKulturellenHandelns Book DE 2010 (by Kristina Volke).pdf|page=154}} which was the building block for the independent financing of the project. In 1997 Erik Mahnkopf and Malte Nickau spun off from this structure, and went on a tour by many Eastern European countries, such as Poland, Croatia and Slovenia, etc. to spread graffiti culture in a project that they dubbed "Graffiti Goes East"{{ref|https://archive.vn/0PynZ|https://bdgallery.bigcartel.com/product/graffiti-goes-east-steak-kobolt-caf}}{{ref|https://archive.vn/odjve|https://culture.pl/en/work/graffiti-goes-east-1990-2012}}{{ref|https://picosico.org/m/BchUediF7kk}}{{fileref|GraffitiGoesEastSteak&KoboltWarsaw 1997.jpg}}, later founding Berlin-based communications agency ''GRACO'' in that same year.
 The train toured by the railway stations of 30 largest German cities, namely Munich ([[wikipedia:München Hauptbahnhof|München Hauptbahnhof]]; May 8{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Nuremberg ([[wikipedia:Nuremberg Central Station|Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof]]; May 9{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Offenbach am Main ([[wikipedia:Offenbach (Main) Hauptbahnhof|Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof]]; May 10{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Fulda ([[wikipedia:Fulda station|Fulda Hauptbahnhof]]; May 11{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Kassel ([[wikipedia:Kassel Hauptbahnhof|Kassel Hauptbahnhof]]; May 12{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Erfurt ([[wikipedia:Erfurt Hauptbahnhof|Erfurt Hauptbahnhof]]; May 13{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Chemnitz ([[wikipedia:Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof|Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof]]; May 14{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Cottbus ([[wikipedia:Cottbus Hauptbahnhof|Cottbus Hauptbahnhof]]; May 15{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Leipzig ([[wikipedia:Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof|Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof]]; May 16{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Braunschweig ([[wikipedia:Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof|Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof]]; May 17{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Berlin ([[wikipedia:Berlin-Lichtenberg station|Berlin-Lichtenberg]]; May 18{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Schwerin ([[wikipedia:Schwerin Hauptbahnhof|Schwerin Hauptbahnhof]]; May 19{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Kiel ([[wikipedia:Kiel Hauptbahnhof|Kiel Hauptbahnhof]]; May 20{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Hamburg ([[wikipedia:Sternschanze station|Sternschanze]]; May 21{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Bremen ([[wikipedia:Bremen Hauptbahnhof|Bremen Hauptbahnhof]]; May 22{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Oldenburg ([[wikipedia:Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof|Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof]]; May 23{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Münster ([[wikipedia:Münster Hauptbahnhof|Münster Hauptbahnhof]]; May 24{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Hagen ([[wikipedia:Hagen Hauptbahnhof|Hagen Hauptbahnhof]]; May 25{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Bochum ([[wikipedia:Bochum Hauptbahnhof|Bochum Hauptbahnhof]]; May 26{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Oberhausen ([[wikipedia:Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof|Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof]]; May 27{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Aachen ([[wikipedia:Aachen Hauptbahnhof|Aachen Hauptbahnhof]]; May 28{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Koblenz ([[wikipedia:Koblenz Hauptbahnhof|Koblenz Hauptbahnhof]]; May 29{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Wiesbaden ([[wikipedia:Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof|Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof]]; May 30{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Mainz ([[wikipedia:Mainz Hauptbahnhof|Mainz Hauptbahnhof]]; May 31{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Heidelberg ([[wikipedia:Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof|Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof]]; June 1{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Saarbrücken ([[wikipedia:Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof|Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof]]; June 2{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Karlsruhe ([[wikipedia:Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof|Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof]]; June 3{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Freiburg im Breisgau ([[wikipedia:Freiburg Hauptbahnhof|Freiburg Hauptbahnhof]]; June 4{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}), Ulm ([[wikipedia:Ulm Hauptbahnhof|Ulm Hauptbahnhof]]; June 5{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}) and Augsburg ([[wikipedia:Augsburg Hauptbahnhof|Augsburg Hauptbahnhof]]; June 6{{magref|segaprode|7|4}}{{magref|playtime|1993-06|11}}).