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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Matthew Gerber BrickMedia, LLC Post Office Box 1292 Santa Maria, California 93456-1292 (805) 347-8460 telephone Matthew@BrickMedia.com (URL) BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE. January 4, 2003 - BrickMedia™, LLC (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !!
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US and Canada only :-( Duq "Matthew Gerber" <Matthew@BrickMedia.com> wrote in message news:H86KK9.6uM@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (...) the (...) renderings (...) collectable (...) further (...) LLC. (...) is (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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Awesome! It's about time we adult fans of The Brick got into printed publication. Now we'll be known to the non-E generation as well. -Harvey (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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I can understand that perhaps that you don't want to be spending out on shipping the preview copy overseas, but Matthew, will the rest of the world be able to subscribe, albeit at a higher rate to reflect higher postage charges? Huw (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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I'll be interested in seeing how this is presented to the non-LUGNET member via retail outlets, since the general LEGO public is going to be the key to it's success. Sounds exciting. jt (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Oh, this is excellent! Finally a fan oriented publication without the profuse advertising of a lego magazine! This is starting to sound great! (...) Ah, reviews! Now, this is interesting! Can reviews be contributed at the site, or do you need (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hang in there! Since we're footing the bill for these preview editions, it simply wasnt feasable to offer them beyond the US and Canada. We're already working on international distribution, and based upon Tim's trip to LEGO World, the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) See my response to Ronald Vallenduuk above for information on this. Thanks! Matt (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Reviews will be staff contributed for the forseeable future. We are accepting articles and more however...see the web site for more information. (...) Not as of yet. (...) That's great Matt...thanks for the great interest! Matt (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Is there an emoticon for waggling the eyebrows? (...) Sure is! Thanks, Matt (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Matt, Might I suggest you posting a PDF version of the preview issue for our friends overseas. At least they will have a chance to see what they can get. My $.02, Jude (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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Very cool. I'm looking forward to subscribing. A few questions: 1. What will be the attitude of the magazine towards clone brands--completely ignore them? mention them only disparagingly? equally review other brand sets? 2. How will you be finding (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Yes, yes, we love you.... I'm see out to the day we can look in that magazine. Ronald (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) What? You don't want to know my shoe size and mother's maiden name too? Seriously, you're asking questions I can't answer right now. Let me respond like this: As a company and a publication, we are not affiliated with the LEGO Group of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hi Matt (and Matt :-) - One of our goals with the magazine is promoting the LEGO fan community. We're targeting LEGO fans both online and offline, and we want to give credit to the efforts people have already put in here. That said, the BI (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) This sounds like a good idea for a poll: Will you be subscribing to Bricks Magazine? (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) What he said :-) When I was at LEGOWORLD, I got such an overwhelmingly positive response to the idea of a fan magazine I couldn't see NOT sending this to the Netherlands. Please bear with us as we determine the best way to distribute the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Matt (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) I am interested in the magazine! :-) (Ok, so this wasn't told through the website... I'll get there!) I have a question regarding future overseas distribution: *assuming* interest level is high enough, can we expect a European edition? (same (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.eu)
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Yay! How can I help? Eric Sophie LMHoF www.mylegomaster.com (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes: <snip> (...) Matt, Tim, it's good to see all the hard work you guys have been putting in come to fruition. Congrats to the both of you. -Chris (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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How much will subscriptions be? ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Thanks Chris! -Tim -- Tim Courtney BrickMedia, LLC tim@brickmedia.com (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hi Pedro - Thanks for your interest! (...) You can probably understand why I don't want to give a definite answer here, but I really hope this will be the case. Like I said before, when I went to LEGOWORLD, there was an overwhelming amount of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Hi Eric - Thanks for your interest :-) Per the website, you can send ideas to ideas@bricksmagazine.com, or material submissions to submission@bricksmagazine.com. If you want to chat more about how you can help out, please don't hesitate to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hi Jude - This sounds like an excellent idea for handling the preview issue for overseas AFOLs. I hope to work out shipping on physical copies of the sampler for them too, if the recipients are willing to pay the additional cost (since we are (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Depending on how you guys are printing these, it could never happen. If you guys are getting these printed by professionals, then I doubt you will ever see a separate European edition based on the costs involved. If you guys are printing these (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.eu)
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Could you post your privacy policy, either here or on your site? Thanks! Dirk In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes: ...snip... (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hi Dirk - On the site, right before the signup form, is this paragraph: "BrickMedia honors your privacy - no information gathered in conjunction with this offer will be given, rented, leased or sold to a third party. If you have any questions (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Subscription information will be available soon. Watch for announcements, or keep an eye on our website at (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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As others have already stated, it's about time! I've waited for years for something like this. I've got cash in hand waiting to send in for my subscribtion. I don't care what it looks like, if it's half of what you say it will be like it's better (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hi Devin - Thanks for your enthusiasm :-) It's much appreciated. And well, we hope the magazine can be twice we said it will be ;-) Also, thank you to everyone for the positive responses. We have had an overwhelming number of requests for the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) <snip> Hi Matt and Tim, Just wanted to say I'm very excited with this prospect. You guys have obviously put enormous work and thought into this, and it's clear that Bricks Magazine is going to be the hottest thing around. I can't wait to see (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Matt, just a suggestion, but perhaps you might consider including clone brands a little more. Maybe something like a "Clone Corner", a one page column in every issue on clone brand issues. Personally, I have never bought any clone brands, nor (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) I'm curious-- how would the inclusion of non-LEGO items help round off a *LEGO* fan magazine? (...) I think we would have to agree that our situation is rather unique-- why try and force it into something it is not? (...) Personally, I would (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Well, it was just a thought. I guess the question is how wide a circulation the mag is aiming for. Is it exclusively for AFOLs or is it a more general brick-toy-hobbyist material? In the case of the former, which is fine, I guess you have a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hey now...both opinions are valid, so no need for either side to feel put off. As I've already stated, don't count clones out. We are independent of the LEGO Company for a reason. However, this magazine caters to the LEGO fan...as we know, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) As one of the leading pro-clone loudmouths around here, I feel smugly qualified to comment directly on this issue. As far as I'm concerned, I absolutely don't think there's any reason to include clone brand info in an "official" (which is not (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) But, conversely, would the occasional mention of something un-LEGO cause you to not subscribe? Would the entire publication be ruined for you...soiled as it were? That was my point... (...) Hmmm, there's an idea...Alan Greenspan's (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Only if they were mentioned in disparaging terms;-) All seriousness aside, of course I wouldn't care if clones were mentioned *in passing*. What I wouldn't want to see is a catering to clones-- set reviews, etc. Being an AFOL is a very unique (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) And that's definitely NOT in the concept. (...) That's what I was saying. (...) OUCH...doesn't that hurt? (...) Would you play with Mega Bloks for a flying bicycle? 8?D Matt (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Good:-) (...) Good. (...) Hurts so good;-) (...) <snip> (...) Maybe for a Segway... JOHN (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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