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Re: A&E's Top 10 Toys
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:30:34 GMT
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R2 wrote:
> I posted this a while back.
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> I caught the tail end of an A&E program that covers the top ten destinations
> to live, for romance, toys etc. This episode covered the top ten romantic
> getaways ( I was not watching the show, having a 5 week old kabob does not
> leave much room for thinking of romance, maybe a show on ten ways to get
> more sleep). They put in a plug for their questionnaires on their webpage
> and they mentioned that they get a lot of feedback from viewers, especially
> on their top ten toys list.
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> It seems they were flooded with emails from Lego fans, irate that Lego was
> not listed. The show stated that Lego was #11 (what gives?, obviously not an
> engineer in the bunch). They quoted atlas two people, the only one that I
> remember was yoda777. Is this someone from here?
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> All I could think of is the tenacious nature of the LUGNET community and how
> we band together when someone is slighted, never mind that they left out our
> beloved Lego.
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> Did anyone else see this? Did anyone send them an email?
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> I remember reading posts on LUGNET when this show first aired.
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> Rose
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> Kela Akira Kitkowski wrote in message ...
> > They did a follow-up on why they didn't place Lego's in the Top Ten due to
> > some outcries (I forget which episode they did it on), and they said it was
> > ranked....at #11.
Yea, #11 !! I know that Lincoln Logs was in that top 10. As well as it should
be ..... I mean hasn't everyone who owned Lincoln Logs (myself included) really
enjoyed building jet fighters, pod racers, and in my case 30 story office
buildings out of Lincoln Logs. I mean they are really much more versatile than
Lego .......... NOT!!! :-)
Gary Istok
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| I posted this a while back. I caught the tail end of an A&E program that covers the top ten destinations to live, for romance, toys etc. This episode covered the top ten romantic getaways ( I was not watching the show, having a 5 week old kabob does (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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