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Oh, Snap! LEGO Sales Surpass Mattel Danish Toy Maker, Boosted by Popular Movie, Takes Toy Crown for First Half of 2014 By Jens Hansegard of wsj.com. STOCKHOLM : The LEGO brick has toppled the Barbie doll—at least for now—in children's affections. (...) (10 years ago, 5-Sep-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. I haven't seen the TRU flyer yet this week. ----- Walmart flyer is good Thursday September 4th through Wednesday September 10th. LEGO Marvel video game for PS4 $29.99. Also avaliable on XBox One. ----- As well (...) (10 years ago, 4-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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The flyers are filled with back to school stuff. Good if you want large plastic containers, not so good if you want LEGO on sale. -------- No LEGO in Target, Walmart or Superstore flyers this week. ------- Superstore is having a 'tax free' day on (...) (10 years ago, 28-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in the Walmart flyer this week. ----- Canadian Tire flyer is good Friday 22 through Thursday 28. 30% off assorted parts organizers. Flyer shows among other things a cabinet with small drawers (40 small, 2 medium, 1 large) for $24.99, reg (...) (10 years ago, 21-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Bjarke Ingels Lays Foundation Brick at LEGO House
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Bjarke Ingels Lays Foundation Brick at LEGO House By Rory Stott August 19, 2014 BIG‘s LEGO House is now under construction, following a one of a kind foundation laying ceremony featuring – what else – supersized LEGO bricks. Bjarke Ingels himself (...) (10 years ago, 20-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | BrickCon 2014 Call for Presentations
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BrickCon still has slots open for presentations. Please submit your proposals as soon as possible. Most BrickCon sessions default to "classroom"-type slots for of up to 50 minutes in rooms that can accommodate up to forty people, but time, room (...) (10 years ago, 18-Aug-14, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Island Park, NY woman arrested to tried to sell $59G of LEGO on eBay
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Cops: Island Park, NY woman tried to sell $59G worth of LEGO play sets on eBay Published: August 16, 2014 By Kevin Deutsch Gloria Haas, 53, of Island Park,NY was arrested Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, and charged with grand larceny for stealing about 800 (...) (10 years ago, 16-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Phoenix, AZ Police: $200,000 in LEGO Recovered, 4 people arrested
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Police: $200,000 in LEGO sets recovered, 4 people arrested. Phoenix police say they've broken up an elaborate Lego toy theft operation. More than $250,000 worth of Lego were found in the garage of a Peoria home, according to investigators. (...) (10 years ago, 16-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | PNY Launches LEGO® USB Flash Drives in Partnership With the LEGO Group
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PNY Launches LEGO® USB Flash Drives in Partnership With the LEGO Group PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2014) - PNY Technologies®, Inc. ("PNY") today announced a new brand licensing partnership with LEGO® Group to produce LEGO branded USB (...) (10 years ago, 15-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Ushuaia Beach Hotel IBIZA - Built In LEGO
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Ushuaia Beach Hotel IBIZA - Built In LEGO Ushuaïa Beach Hotel has over 28,000 LEGO pieces and took 135 construction days. The Ushuaïa Beach Hotel, is the most detailed masterpiece by Kevin Deelay, who is from Sweden. Kevin Deelay Video: (...) (10 years ago, 14-Aug-14, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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No LEGO in the Walmart Flyer this week. No LEGO in the Superstore flyer, but they have 30% off Rubbermaid and other plastic storage totes. Lots of stores seem to have this sort of thing on sale with the back-to-school thing going on. ------ Target (...) (10 years ago, 14-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | LEGO set 10245 Santa’s Workshop
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LEGO set 10245 Santa’s Workshop Press Release Set Year: 2014 Ages 12+ 883 Pieces US $69.99 – CA $89.99 – AU $119.99 – DE 69.99€ – UK £59.99 – DK 649.00 DKK Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing. Have festive (...) (10 years ago, 12-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | This Cyborg Arm Is the First Step to a Badass LEGO Mech Suit
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This Cyborg Arm Is the First Step to a Badass LEGO Mech Suit At some point in your nerdy childhood, you surely imagined what it would be like to build an entire exoskeleton out of Lego. How much fun would that be to have a LEGO creation you could (...) (10 years ago, 12-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Walmart sale starting earlier
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To match up with the grocery flyers I guess, Walmart flyers are now starting on Thursdays. This weeks flyer is good from Thursday August 7 through Wednesday August 13. Save $5. 79119 TMNT Mutation Chamber Unleashed rollback $24.86 (was $29.86) (...) (10 years ago, 6-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Aug rtlToronto dinner
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Where or where has my John Neal gone? Where oh Where could he be. yep, its about time for another monthly DINNER!!! This Friday - Aug 8, would be the 2nd friday of the month. And I think would make for a GREAT time to feast of chicken parts. if you (...) (10 years ago, 5-Aug-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. ------- This weeks Walmart flyer mentions a toy clearance. LEGO not specifically mentioned, but when I was in a Walmart they had clearance signs on a bunch of sets. Clearance on most of them was 20% or less. (...) (10 years ago, 1-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND® Japan to open in 2017
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It's really amazing how popular LEGO has become in Japan... finally!! It took over 30 years for that to happen. When LEGO first arrived in 1962 (thru the Ahashi Corp. as licensee), it was NOT popular, mainly due to distribution problems... That (...) (10 years ago, 23-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGO Systems Inc. Unveils New Products, at San Diego Comic-Con 2014
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LEGO® Systems, Inc. Unveils New Products, Experiences and Exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con -World's largest construction toy maker to showcase new playsets, life-sized models, exclusive sets and one-of-a-kind giveaways related to some of the (...) (10 years ago, 22-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.licensed, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: The Most Insane LEGO Machine: GBC (video)
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Akiyuki is not using every trick in the book. He is writing the book. (10 years ago, 19-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Canadian sale July 18-
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No LEGO in the Walmart Flyer this week. ----- Target's flyer this week shows that the discount on some toys has gone up to 70% off. Probably no LEGO left in this sale, but you never know. ----- TRU flyer good from Friday July 18 through Thursday (...) (10 years ago, 19-Jul-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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