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Re: New LEGO Van (real)
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 06:56:45 GMT
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It looks like a ford explorer to me.
Gary
Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message
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> When I posted the link to the associated article last week, I thought the
> thing was, well, a VAN.
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> That's a Ford Exhibitionist or similar Sport fUtility Vehicle.
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> Odd that they should call it a van.
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> ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
> --
> Mark's Lego(R) Creations
> http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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> in article G7JxuC.2r6@lugnet.com, J.W.Hummer wrote:
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> > 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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| Looks more like an Expedition to me. I'd think they'd go for the larger vehicle to have more space for their toys. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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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 (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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