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Re: Advertising for the meeting
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lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:17:56 GMT
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"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:39EF5FE3.A748B14B@umich.edu...
And then there were a few referrals from TLC Enfield.... the Canadian • Broadcast
Corp.- I was on TV in Canada (Lego is not just for kids) on "The Journal", • this
was rebroadcast in the USA and in Germany; I was also contacted by an • advertising
agency called Magic Lantern Inc. - they wanted me to do some LEGO • constructions
for a commercial; and of course there was Henry Wiencek, the author of • "The World
Of Lego Toys", who interviewed me (page 30).

Pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.

I used that book as one of my sources when I was writing a paper my freshman
year of high school about Lego toys.  Cool! :D

Back in the 80's when I was plundering the toy stores of the American • midwest and
northeast, as well as southern Germany, I felt all alone in the LEGO • Universe....
that is until the ATL/RTL and then LUGNET came into being, and I • discovered
VOILA!! there is intelligent Lego life out there....  I am not
alone!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes I think the only thing left for me to be jealous of is people who
plunder toy stores.  And yes, I am :-)

...I'm more jealous of those who plunder toy stores, sort it all, Brickbay
some, and come away not paying a cent (but some time).  No time/seed $$ to
start my own business like that....not to mention those who do that after
plundering at 75% off - ahem, TROY! :o)
--

Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com

http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance

ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne



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  Re: Advertising for the meeting
 
Tim, you're not gonna like this.... But for me "plundering" in the USA in the 1980's usually meant "clearance sales". And at $19.95 each, Yellow Castles and Main Street's..... well lets just say I couldn't resist. And those toy store liquidations of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Advertising for the meeting
 
What came before ATL??? I did. :-) Back in 1986 when I came out of the proverbial "Lego closet", it was just me and TLC (I know--- how pretentious!!!!!!). And then there were a few referrals from TLC Enfield.... the Canadian Broadcast Corp.- I was (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.general)

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