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Re: New LEGO Van (real)
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:37:46 GMT
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i think they are actually offering the interior.
From what I have read, no one company has picked it up yet.  So they are
just showing it in an SUV as an example.  It could be put in a van, SUV,
minivan, stationwagon, etc.

"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message
news:G7KJsD.K43@lugnet.com...
> 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
> 
> 
> In lugnet.general, Gary E. Blessing writes:
> > It looks like a ford explorer to me.
> > Gary
> > 
> > Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message
> > news:B6911C78.BB76%sandlin@nwlink.com...
> > > 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
> > > --
> > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > Click the link above to see it and the description is below
> > > > 
> > > > 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.
> > > > 
> > > > This was shown at the Detroit 2001Autoshow
> > > > 
> > > > -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 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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