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CARLSBAD, Calif. (June 1, 2005) – LEGOLAND® California is bringing the game of golf to a child’s level this summer. The 128-acre family theme park is teaming up with La Jolla Club Golf Company, the country’s leading designer of children’s golf (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jun-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | A Royal Summer Begins At Legoland CA
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (June 6, 2005) – The unveiling of LEGOLAND® California’s newest attraction, Knights’ Tournament, was just the beginning of a summer filled with spectacular fireworks, knights, damsels and fun medieval atmosphere throughout the (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jun-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote: Snip (...) I think it could be extremely shrewd. The parks will always have to rely on the company for bricks and sets to sell. For example in Saint Louis, Anheuser-Busch used to own the baseball stadium (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Faced with a loss, tactical managers keep doing what they were doing but sell off valuable/strategic assets (or lay off key people) in order to raise cash to keep afloat a while longer and avoid the day of reckoning. Faced with a loss, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Last year 2004, LEGO had a net loss of about $335 million That might have something to do with it. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Ok, replying to my own post...here are some more reasons TLG might want to raise cash (all purely speculative, of course): They are going to attempt to *buy* MegaBloks KKK and family is seeking an early retirement Realizing Galidor failed (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) As long as we are in a speculative mood...why does TLG want to raise money. Are they contemplating opening a factory in China? Is $450M+ enough to do this? Oh, I know...they need the cash to (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.general, Abner Finley wrote: (snip) (...) Jake said the key word is "speculated"... to me, the key word is "head scratcher" (well that's two words)! I still don't see why LEGO want to do this, the amount of money they get back seems a (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Just a short note... I am just reading the information based on wired services and other news outlets online. And yes the information is "speculated" not true information. (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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(...) The key to this article is the word "speculated". I've just read on our intranet that this rumor is not true. Apparently, we are still in negotiations with more than one party. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Wild Woods Golf Opening In June
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If you have been to the park lately you may have seen the area where they are putting in the new Wilds Woods Mini-Golf course. It is coming along nicely and looks like it should be fun. If you have not been to the park or have no idea where it is (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Dubai bids for Legolands as it seeks home for oil wealth
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All I can say is ummmmmmm... what? (URL) bids for Legolands as it seeks home for oil wealth 23.05.05 JORDAN - Dubai's Government buyout fund is bidding for Lego's Legoland amusement parks two months after acquiring London's Madame Tussauds waxworks (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.legoland.windsor) !
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| | So who went to the Knights' Tournament AP preview weekend? What did you think?
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We stopped by LLCA on Sunday for the AP preview and rode the Knights Tournament ride, we did level 5 (the highest) and had a blast! Few early thoughts about this ride: - The line is SLOW MOVING and will probably be longer than the sky cruiser line. (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) The March 2005 issue of LEGO life Company Newspaper has an article on this wonderful model. Here are some excerpts: Naturally, this special illumination had to be recreated in the LEGO model - but that's when the problems began to crop up. (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) The original building is very nice by night, when the lights can color the stadium with red, white and blue. Here you can see some pictures: (URL) "Beleuchtungstest in Bildschirmgröße") I think the most beautiful is the one with the color of (...) (19 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) white tire with a huge chunk missing. Gary Istok (19 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ... (...) found (...) Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling number of minifigs. When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how many figs it took to (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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(...) I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found some images and closeups on a German web site, try this: (URL) are image gallery links about halfway down, where it says "Fotogalerie zur Stadioneröffnung am (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland) !
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| | Re: Knights Tournament Looking Good
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(...) Here is more info about how the ride is going to be direct from LLCA: "Park guests will become knights-in-training as they cross a medieval moat and select the intensity of their ride experience. Knights’ Tournament will offer five different (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Knights Tournament Looking Good
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Here is a pic of it taken during the Star Wars weekend - (URL) ride looks like it will be fun, and with the height restriction at only 40 inches it will be a nice addition to the ride lineup. I saw them testing it out last weekend and it goes upside (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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