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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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