 | | My quick video as to why I'm a fan of LEGO, not a fan of generic building bricks...
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I've been demonstrating this to people for years to show why I'm a fan of LEGO bricks, instead of the knock offs. Finally put it to video-- (URL) only 25 seconds so please enjoy! Dave K (11 years ago, 17-Mar-14, to lugnet.general) !
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| | LEGO Is The Biggest Toy Company In The World
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LEGO® Is The Biggest Toy Company In The World Feb. 28, 2014 IT DOES ONE THING, BUT DOES IT BEAUTIFULLY. AND THAT'S HOW THE DANISH COMPANY UNSEATED MATTEL TO BECOME NO. 1. LEGO is officially the world's most profitable toy company, finally topping (...) (11 years ago, 12-Mar-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO and Martian Manhunter....
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Many people have discussed the corrosive effects of time on history. And this is so true about LEGO. So much of what has happened in the past about LEGO has unfortunately not been well documented, even by the LEGO Archives in Billund. However, this (...) (11 years ago, 12-Mar-14, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: LEGO Looking for a Sustainable Replacement for ABS
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(...) I can't believe you guys still post here... Hehehe. ;) Aloha! "Big Daddy" Nelson (11 years ago, 11-Mar-14, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Mattel to buy Canada's Mega Brands for about $460 million
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Mattel to buy Canada's Mega Brands for about $460 million February 28, 2014. (Reuters) - Mattel Inc (MAT.O), the world's No. 1 toymaker, said it agreed to buy Canada's Mega Brands Inc (MB.TO) for about $460 million, including debt, to expand its (...) (11 years ago, 28-Feb-14, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group posts 11 per cent sales increase for 2013
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LEGO Group posts 11 per cent sales increase for 2013 February 27, 2014. Billund, DK In less than ten years, firm has more than quadrupled its revenue. LEGO Group has this morning confirmed that it increased sales in 2013 by 11 per cent. Evergreen (...) (11 years ago, 27-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Looking for a Sustainable Replacement for ABS
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(...) IMHO, the right sustainable replacement for ABS is... ABS. If we solve our issues with renewable energy, to the point that we have plenty, we can synthesize ABS from feedstocks that are ultimately derived from methane, which we make via the (...) (11 years ago, 25-Feb-14, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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LEGO Looking for a Sustainable Replacement for ABS By Rhoda Miel February 18, 2014 ORLANDO, FL - LEGO A/S is setting a target to use a sustainable resin in its signature bricks by 2030, replacing ABS. The search for that new resin will not be easy, (...) (11 years ago, 22-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | THE LEGO® MOVIE Sequel Set for May 26, 2017 Release
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THE LEGO MOVIE Sequel Set for May 26, 2017 Release Everything will continue to be awesome. With the incredibly impressive box office hold of The LEGO Movie, it was inevitable that Warner Bros. would be moving forward with a sequel. The studio began (...) (11 years ago, 21-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Devo lead singer dishes on creating catchy 'LEGO' song
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Everything is Awesome! By Nicki Gostin Published February 18, 2014 Devo lead singer dishes on creating catchy 'LEGO' song Mark Mothersbaugh will go down in pop culture history as the flowerpot-hat-wearing lead singer of Devo, best known for "Whip (...) (11 years ago, 19-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Squeezing out the last few secrets of the LEGO Genome...
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I like the word "Genome"... it has to do with mapping out the entire genetic squence of an organism's heredetary information... or in this case the entire history of LEGO... Well I am now close to "the final frontier" in finding all the LEGO sets (...) (11 years ago, 13-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up!
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The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something to Say February 11, 2014 By Lori Day In mid-January, (URL) this article> on The Huffington Post hit my Facebook newsfeed like a Justin Bieber deportation petition - it (...) (11 years ago, 11-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up!
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The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something to Say February 11, 2014 By Lori Day In mid-January, (URL) this article> on The Huffington Post hit my Facebook newsfeed like a Justin Bieber deportation petition - it (...) (11 years ago, 11-Feb-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | The first LEGO sets in Austria were in German
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OK... here's the background... first LEGO sets with writing in the local language(s) started in 1955... with Denmark, Norway and Sweden LEGO sets with "LEGO System of Play" in the local language on the box top. This was followed by Germany in 1956 (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | My Tribute To LEGO...
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I just wanted to take a moment and not educate anyone about LEGO (wow that's a switch)... hehehe! I just to say thanks to all those that have helped me thru the last few difficult years... even though I've got a lot of work to do yet to make amends (...) (11 years ago, 5-Feb-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | The LEGO Group to Produce LEGO® Replica of Ghostbusters ECTO-1
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The LEGO Group to Produce LEGO® Replica of Ghostbusters ECTO-1 World's leading construction toy brand announces next LEGO® CUUSOO consumer generated building set concept to be produced as a real LEGO model. Model commemorates 30th Anniversary of the (...) (11 years ago, 31-Jan-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Finland.... from a cow barn to a LEGO model after 50 years!
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For those of you with my LEGO DVD/download, you may have gotten to the very end of the document, to Chapter 73, the chapter on LEGO Sales By Country... One of the more interesting stories thre was about how LEGO was established in Finland in 1959. (...) (11 years ago, 25-Jan-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Dowager Edith Kirk Christiansen turns 90 in May...
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The Grande Dame of LEGO, Dowager Lady Edith Kirk Christiansen, mother of Kjeld, widow of the late Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, and daughter-in-law of the late Ole Kirk Chistiansen... turns 90 years old on May 29, 2014. I was doing my due diligence in (...) (11 years ago, 22-Jan-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New LEGO 1:43 Chevrolet Collectors Guide (1952-57)
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Finished the title page artwork for the LEGO Chevrolet 1:43 Collectors Guide with all the LEGO logos used at that time for the boxes and catalogs... (URL) Istok (11 years ago, 20-Jan-14, to lugnet.general)
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| | New LEGO 1:43 Chevrolet Collectors Guide (1952-57)
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Well besides expanding my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide on DVD from 1949-90.... to 1949-2000.... I'm also working on a 1952-57 LEGO Chevrolet 1:43 Trucks and Wagons Guide... which deals with all the large trucks that were NOT part of (...) (11 years ago, 16-Jan-14, to lugnet.general)
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