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I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
Boston):
Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" that
will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to your
computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of Lego.
It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
specifically "fire engines and houses").
Price? Around $180.
According to the announcers, Lego will be officially announcing this later
today.
The only other info they had was that Speilberg's profits were going to
charity.
eric
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On Tue, 9 May 2000 12:06:54 GMT, "Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net>
wrote:
> I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
> Boston):
Here's an InfoBeat article:
Lego to release movie-making kit
NEW YORK (AP) - Steven Spielberg is teaming up with toy industry giant
Lego to create a digital movie-making kit that lets children create
and edit their own films. Plans for the Lego Studios Steven Spielberg
MovieMaker were expected to be unveiled today, but it will not hit
store shelves until November. It is only the second entertainment
product ever that Spielberg has lent his name to a product. The
film-making kit is the latest example of Lego's aggressive move toward
integrating technology with its classic building blocks. It already
has a number of popular CD-ROM games in stores and also has had great
success with its Lego Mindstorms, high-tech robots that can be
manipulated using microcomputers. See full story
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566372575-c18
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In lugnet.general, Rob Doucette writes:
> On Tue, 9 May 2000 12:06:54 GMT, "Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
> > Boston):
>
> Here's an InfoBeat article:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566372575-c18
Here's another version of the same press release:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000509/tc/lego_spielberg_2.html
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this off of ZDnet
May 9, 2000 9:39 AM PT
LEGO connects with Spielberg
LEGO Co. will work with director Steven Spielberg on a digital movie for kids.
The $179.99 LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set will debut at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this month and will be in U.S.
stores in November. Spielberg said he would donate his share of profits from
the toy to the nonprofit Starbright Foundation and Shoah Foundation. The set
includes a PC movie camera, editing software and an assortment of LEGO props.
Add-on kits with new backgrounds and pieces will begin selling in January. –-
Margaret Kane, ZDNet News
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What would be really great about this deal is if we get some movie-themed
parts in the new backgrounds and props. Minifig E.T.'s anyone?
Dave
David Phillips <dphillips@fgsd.k12.or.us> wrote in message
news:FuAypr.60E@lugnet.com...
> this off of ZDnet
>
>
> May 9, 2000 9:39 AM PT
> LEGO connects with Spielberg
> LEGO Co. will work with director Steven Spielberg on a digital movie for • kids.
> The $179.99 LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set will debut at the
> Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this month and will be in • U.S.
> stores in November. Spielberg said he would donate his share of profits • from
> the toy to the nonprofit Starbright Foundation and Shoah Foundation. The • set
> includes a PC movie camera, editing software and an assortment of LEGO • props.
> Add-on kits with new backgrounds and pieces will begin selling in • January. --
> Margaret Kane, ZDNet News
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Does anyone have any thoughts on if this will be the only camera LEGO will
produce or if it will be in addition to the Mindstorms expansion version?
-Nick
Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:FuAKBI.HFB@lugnet.com...
> I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
> Boston):
>
> Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" • that
> will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to • your
> computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of • Lego.
> It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
> specifically "fire engines and houses").
>
> Price? Around $180.
>
> According to the announcers, Lego will be officially announcing this later
> today.
>
> The only other info they had was that Speilberg's profits were going to
> charity.
>
> eric
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Here's a link to that story:
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000509/00/lego-spielberg
In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
> Boston):
>
> Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" that
> will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to your
> computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of Lego.
> It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
> specifically "fire engines and houses").
>
> Price? Around $180.
>
> According to the announcers, Lego will be officially announcing this later
> today.
>
> The only other info they had was that Speilberg's profits were going to
> charity.
>
> eric
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> According to the announcers, Lego will be officially announcing this later
> today.
http://www.lego.com/info/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=101&Year=2000
Richard
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" • that
> will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to your
> computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of • Lego.
> It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
> specifically "fire engines and houses").
Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
least on current track record?
Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
are not juniorised?
Or did I just get out of bed the wrong side today?
regards
lawrence
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> Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
> Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
> least on current track record?
There's no contest there. Making educaional software without making it multi-
platform is like building a bike without wheels. Perhaps they will decide to
create certain pieces of software specifically for adults rather than trying to
appeal to everyone.
> Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
> sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
> are not juniorised?
Or real space sets rather than Star Wars ____. I long for the return/update of
my beloved M-tron. Waiting until 2006 for another space set doesn't do much to
change that opinion.
I alos wouldn't mind seeing Technic sets that weren't rehashes of older sets.
How many different colored race cars do we really need to see anyway? I think
this is part of the reason that the space shuttle and super car appealed to so
many. They weren't the same as everything that came before.
> Or did I just get out of bed the wrong side today?
I wasn't there, so I'm not sure which side you normally get out on. If you hit
your head, chances are good that you exited on the wrong side. ;-)
>
> regards
> lawrence
-Dave
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In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
> Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
> least on current track record?
> Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
> sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
> are not juniorised?
I don't quite care about their software, either. However, this Speilberg deal
gives Lego a good opportunity to release a bunch of great sets as parts of the
product line. If this happens I will be very happy.
However, as you have pointed out, their current track record is not that
great. This time they will have to release something better than the Rock
Raiders.
Almost all the Mindstorms sets and expansion packs come with software on CD-
ROM. However, if you read lugnet.robotics, you will find that almost everybody
judge the worthiness of these sets solely by their part lists, and nobody
cares about the bundled software.
There is one exception, though. People who teaches kids using the Mindstorm
products seems to give these bundled software quite a high opinion.
Maybe we don't care about their software, because these software are not
targeted to people at our ages.
Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang
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First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... earthquake
plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd yellow
plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
Alan
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In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... earthquake
> plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> Alan
Hey, that actually looks pretty cool!
Great, more money for me to spend... ;)
Jeff
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In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> ... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)!
If we're talking about the same thing, it looks like that supposed to be a
dino leg (ut you don't actually use the whole dino, just the leg)... or maybe
I'm just dreaming...
looks pretty cool, in general!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> > ... and something designed to make the buildings
> > collapse(new?)!
>
> If we're talking about the same thing, it looks like that supposed to be a
> dino leg (ut you don't actually use the whole dino, just the leg)... or maybe
> I'm just dreaming...
>
> looks pretty cool, in general!
No, the little hinges under the buildings, which are apperantly yellow and dark
gray.
Alan
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In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> > > ... and something designed to make the buildings
> > > collapse(new?)!
> >
> > If we're talking about the same thing, it looks like that supposed to be a
> > dino leg (ut you don't actually use the whole dino, just the leg)... or maybe
> > I'm just dreaming...
>
> No, the little hinges under the buildings, which are apperantly yellow and
> dark gray.
It appears to be the standard technic-peg-in-beam design. Check the giant
images to see everything more clearly. :)
Jeff
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In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... earthquake
> plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> Alan
There's a new torso in there, as well, on the female on the third page of
images!! Woo Hoo!
Jeff
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in article FuBrLp.2G9@lugnet.com, Jeff Stembel at aulddragon@wamalug.org
wrote on 5/9/00 9:41 PM:
> In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> > First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> > http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... earthquake
> > plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> > plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> > collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> > sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> > Alan
>
> There's a new torso in there, as well, on the female on the third page of
> images!! Woo Hoo!
>
> Jeff
In the second movie, check out the face on the director at the end. I had a
good laugh at that. If my face ever makes onto a minifig, I'll know I've
really made it. 8)
Ben
Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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Ben Vaughan wrote:
>
> In the second movie, check out the face on the director at the end. I had a
> good laugh at that. If my face ever makes onto a minifig, I'll know I've
> really made it. 8)
Good observation, Ben-- that's Spielberg all right! If anyone deserves to be
immortalized as a minifig, it is he IMO.
BTW, the butchering of his last name in this thread was killing me so I changed
it, but at least I wasn't anal enough to retype LEGO in all caps as it should
be;-)
-John
>
>
> Ben
>
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Did anyone look at the movies that they have on the following page? Watch
the one called "Jurrasic Park, Chase by the T-Rex" It's a clip from the
movie, with a twist. I laughed so hard, my co-workers probably think I'm a
nut.
http://www.lego.com/studios/videos.asp
-Andy Lynch
In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... earthquake
> plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> Alan
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In lugnet.general, Andrew Lynch writes:
> Did anyone look at the movies that they have on the following page? Watch
> the one called "Jurrasic Park, Chase by the T-Rex" It's a clip from the
> movie, with a twist. I laughed so hard, my co-workers probably think I'm a
> nut.
>
> http://www.lego.com/studios/videos.asp
Yup, that was great! Too bad it used parts we can't get(1)... :(
Jeff
1 - Green boat bow brick and green half-pyramid peak slopes.
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I like the way they used a Dk. Gray SW engine for a studio light. However,
I REALLY hope they mine other films of Spielberg other than Jurassic Park.
With all the hoopla over TLG's non-violence policy, this set is totally
geared toward destruction of highrises and the psuedo-mastication of
innocent minifigs. Oh, the humanity!
. . . or perhaps I should say; "Oh, the ABS!"
Dave
Alan Gerber <foofoogood@hotmail.com.die_evil_unsolicited_e-mail> wrote in
message news:FuBE54.Mxn@lugnet.com...
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big • set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... • earthquake
> plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> Alan
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On the plus side, the cracked roadplate and the black girders supporting the
lights look very interesting. Of special note is the large green T-Rex foot
in the last picture. I believe that's a green 2x2 convex corner I spy!
:-)
Dave
Alan Gerber <foofoogood@hotmail.com.die_evil_unsolicited_e-mail> wrote in
message news:FuBE54.Mxn@lugnet.com...
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big • set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp . Look at those pieces... • earthquake
> plate... supports for spotlights... lots of green slopes... and some odd • yellow
> plate that a cord goes in... and something designed to make the buildings
> collapse(new?)! And according to something in the media section, movement
> sticks to make the figs look like they're moving on their own.
> Alan
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> On the plus side, the cracked roadplate and the black girders supporting the
> lights look very interesting. Of special note is the large green T-Rex foot
> in the last picture. I believe that's a green 2x2 convex corner I spy!
> :-)
Yup, there's two of 'em.
Jeff
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On Wed, 10 May 2000 15:10:42 GMT, "Jeff Stembel" <aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> > On the plus side, the cracked roadplate and the black girders supporting the
> > lights look very interesting. Of special note is the large green T-Rex foot
> > in the last picture. I believe that's a green 2x2 convex corner I spy!
> > :-)
>
> Yup, there's two of 'em.
>
> Jeff
Arg! Someone beat me to it! I was just about to post about these. :)
Rob
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Rob Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com
Home - http://www.farver.com/lego/
eBay - http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rfarver
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In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp .
Couldn't they offer some pictures less than 2000 pixels wide and less than 1
Mb? Could some please reduce these pics to, say 150 Kb and either post them
somewhere or offer them by email?
TIA,
--Bram
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In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> > First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> > http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp .
>
> Couldn't they offer some pictures less than 2000 pixels wide and less than 1
> Mb? Could some please reduce these pics to, say 150 Kb and either post them
> somewhere or offer them by email?
> TIA,
> --Bram
They do, just click on the actual thumbnail, rather than clicking on the
download link.
Alan
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In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> In lugnet.general, Alan Gerber writes:
> > First, for those that haven't yet seen it, here are pictures of the big set:
> > http://www.lego.com/studios/shots.asp .
>
> Couldn't they offer some pictures less than 2000 pixels wide and less than 1
> Mb? Could some please reduce these pics to, say 150 Kb and either post them
> somewhere or offer them by email?
> TIA,
> --Bram
They do, just click on the actual thumbnail, rather than clicking on the
download link.
Alan
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"Alan Gerber" <foofoogood@hotmail.com.die_evil_unsolicited_e-mail>
writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > Couldn't they offer some pictures less than 2000 pixels wide and less
> > than 1 Mb?
>
> They do, just click on the actual thumbnail, rather than clicking on
> the download link.
Boy, I feel slow...but maybe you could consider the fact that this wasn't
ultra-clear as yet another fault of LEGO's web site.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht................BramL@JUNO.com
http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> I heard this on the radio this morning on the way into work (wfnx 101.7,
> Boston):
>
> Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" • that
> will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to your
> computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of • Lego.
> It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
> specifically "fire engines and houses").
For some more news, check out
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000509/re/leisure_lego_1.html
Sounds pretty neat to me. :)
--
Mark Nelson
Speedy's Lego Page: http://www.pressenter.com/~3nelsons/lego/
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In looking through the press material on the LEGO.COM site I noticed that not
only has TLG partnered with Speilberg for this venture but that the editing
software is being provided by Pinnacle Systems. The "hardware" part of this
will be a USB plug-in device to which a video camera would be hooked up to get
your work into the pc environment for editing.
Let me just say "BEWARE!"
I have a Pinnacle product (PCTV Studio USB) and it is awful. I would suggest
that anyone who thinks they really want this product for the software (and not
just the cool new pieces) spend some time checking out the Pinnacle message
boards that can be found at:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support/products/info/default.asp?ProductID=394
(This link should take you to the PCTV Studio page where you'll see a link for
the discussion forums)
While there are (I have to presume) some folks who have made Pinnacle's low-
end software work for them, on the discussion forum you'll find hundreds of
folks complaining that it doesn't for them. Many posters would appear to be
technically proficient and the prevailing belief seems to be that Pinnacle
produces shoddy software (at least at this level) which they don't bother to
do much testing on. Those stuck with the current product have been waiting
for months for updated drivers to be posted to the company's website.
On the other hand, even though the software still crashes my 'puter if I try
to use it to actually capture video, the editing features are really cool and
easy to use. I just have to use a separate application to record my videos
into digital format before doing the editing.
My other thought on this package from LEGO is to wonder if it's like the
current Pinnacle editing software which is only able to render finished
product into a digital format (.avi, .mpg or RealVideo) and not output it back
to videotape.
Anyway, I just wanted to add my 3 cents worth on the topic since I actually
have some experience to share on this subject.
You can check out the LEGO stop-motion animation videos I've edited and
rendered to RealVideo format using Pinnacle software at:
http://members.xoom.com/animatedbrik
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