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Re: New LEGO Van (real)
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:08:41 GMT
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When I posted the link to the associated article last week, I thought the
thing was, well, a VAN.
That's a Ford Exhibitionist or similar Sport fUtility Vehicle.
Odd that they should call it a van.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
in article G7JxuC.2r6@lugnet.com, J.W.Hummer wrote:
> http://detnews.com/pix/galleries/autos/exotica/legovan.jpg
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> Click the link above to see it and the description is below
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> Johnson Controls Inc displays its Lego InMotion van designed by JCI senior
> designer Lance Larsen. Johnson Controls showed the vehicle only to the press
> because they about how to keep the kids out of it. InMotion looks like a
> child's toy come to life. Its cupholders are patterned after the chunky
> yellow "hands" on the tiny Lego action figures. The second-row seats have
> swiveling tray tables made out of the gray bases that kids use to build Lego
> buildings and cities. Even the caps on the tire valve stems are made out of
> Lego blocks. There is a rear-seat entertainment system with a removable DVD
> with a Go Pad, a hand-held device that can control the DVD player, provide
> Internet access and display images from a digital camera. There is an
> intercom system that makes it easier for front passengers to talk to rear
> passengers via microphones and the vehicle's audio system. Also, this is one
> of the first concepts to come with a paper-towel dispenser.
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> This was shown at the Detroit 2001Autoshow
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> -Jeremy
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| It looks like a ford explorer to me. Gary Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B6911C78.BB76%s...ink.com... (...) senior (...) press (...) have (...) Lego (...) of (...) DVD (...) provide (...) rear (...) one (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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