 | | WAMALUG in the Washington Post
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Just saw this on the front page of the Washington Post's website: (URL) 35, and Something Went Snap>. The first part is about the Master Builders, but several WAMALUG members and LUGNET posters are mentioned at the end. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® California adds Las Vegas to Miniland in 2007
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LEGOLAND® California Adds Iconic City to Miniland U.S.A. CARLSBAD, CA,/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Nov. 9, 2006 -- LEGOLAND® California is about to embark on the largest ever Miniland expansion at any LEGOLAND Park. The Carlsbad theme park will expand (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Yet another article discussing Legoland KC today. "One day after Olathe officials rejected a proposed deal to build Legoland and other attractions in the north part of the city, both the city and developers said they were willing to continue (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) Everything the City Council is asking for seems quite reasonable. If Legoland can't make it work, then maybe it just wasn't meant to be there. (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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What about the other amusement parks in the kansas city area? both past and present? Like Jeepers, Fairyland, and Worlds Of Fun.? Why does anyone think having Legoland on the door would make it work? What about Worlds of fun? (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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City council results: NO, but fix the plan and come back. From the article: Among the problems: The proposal does not include a guaranteed revenue stream to pay for $64.3 million in bonds developers want the city to issue; public participation would (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc. and since it will increace the tax base enormously, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Legoland KC is supposed to be presented to the Olathe City council tonight. It looks good except the current plan has tax payers paying 2/3 the cost. I don't think people will be real excited about putting up this amount. This has been discussed on (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | What REALLY happens in the Sarlaac pit!!!
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Hey all! I guess this answers the age old question of what happend to Boba Fett when he got eaten by the Sarlaac! Saw this posted earlier, but thought I would re-post it to make it a bit more easy to find! This was well after my time at Legoland, so (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Come build at LEGOLAND on the Fourth of July
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To celebrate the Fourth of July: Red, White, and Boom! event at (URL) LEGOLAND California>, all park guests are invited to help (URL) SCLTC> build the world's largest US Flag made entirely from LEGO bricks. Construction gets underway at 10:00. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !
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| | Re: LLCA Promobrick program on hold
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(...) Well, between that and the price of gas, there's no reason for me to be a LLCA passmember anymore. Darrell (18 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.promo, FTX)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) The glory of fast-passes fix that for the more popular rides such as SM ;) But the rides at LLCA move slowww...www. They have very low per-hour capacity that brings everything to a very slow crawl. And it is only worse when LLCA cuts down on (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) Standing in line is not my idea of a fun vacation - especially with short attention span 4-12 year olds. If Legoland purposely cuts off attendance each day to insure small lines, charge a high gate fee, and can still make a profit, I think (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I think there is a good chance for it to succeed in the Kansas City area. If your target attendance is 1.4M a year (which the other 4 Legoland parks average), that is well within the realm of reason if you include everything within a day's (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(crossposting to .legoland) (...) To re-state what I posted on BL: I think these "tourism experts" need to find new jobs lol. LLCA has trouble getting people from as close as LA and SD to go to the park. The only reason out of towners go there is (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor Visit Report (Am I the only one who cares!)
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(...) You're not the only one who cares. Almost everyone else who does have joined the Brickish Association and we've talked about it in the discussion forum over there. This year I first went on the preview day. New miniland London was great and (...) (18 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | LLCA Promobrick program on hold
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The Spring 2006 passholder newsletter "Brick By Brick" says the following: "Unfortunately, due to international production issues, the 2006 Commemorative Brick series has been suspended until further notice" It says you can sign up for further (...) (18 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.promo, FTX)
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| | Legoland Windsor Visit Report (Am I the only one who cares!)
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Visit Report 9th April 2006 previous visit Oct 2005. Our first visit to Legoland this year. With news of a few new attractions expectations were high. After a very pleasant trip down the M40 we found ourselves at the park just before 10:00. We (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | PAB at LLCA
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Does the LLCA PAB have any old gray left? Dustin (18 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: Massive Stadium Revealed at LEGOLand <span style="text-decoration:line-through">Billund</span> >
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Ross Opps, thanks for pointing that out. I guess I guessed at the location. I made some assumptions based on the pictures I saw and my own visit to Billund. Sorry to anyone that planned a trip to Billund to set it. Maybe you can redirt to Germany. (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | Re: Massive Stadium Revealed at LEGOLand Billund
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(...) Hi Todd, That is the Allianz Arena, and it is indeed very impressive, but I believe it is on display at Legoland Deutschland, not Billund: (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | Massive Stadium Revealed at LEGOLand Billund
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Anyone that has been to LEGOLand in Billund knows they had a giant stadium model on display. Well, it appears that they have upgraded to a new model. A friend passed me this link from Ezprezzo: (URL) am extremely impressed and the model is massive. (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) Finally I came across some night-time photos of the model! The size of this thing really blows me away... (URL) (18 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | SCLTC Brings the Island of Sodor to LEGOLAND California
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SCLTC will bring the Island of Sodor to the first ever Thomas The Tank Engine/Bob the Builder weekend at LEGOLAND California this coming Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26. Fans of Thomas and His Friends will see Thomas, Percy, Toby and other (...) (19 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Master Model Builder Search 2006 Kicks off Monday at LLCA!
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(...) Hello all. Aaron is right. Living in SO CAL is not cheap. The salary provided is really only a fraction of what is required to be able to afford California, as a single individual. If you have family responsibilities, forget it. If your (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Who's signed up for this?
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I've been talking with the LLC people and they're wondering who's signed up for this so they could possibly do some interviews with you all. Anyone interested in being on TV to talk about LEGO bricks and is also participating in the model builder (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: Master Model Builder Search 2006 Kicks off Monday at LLCA!
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(...) Thanks Ted, I have no illusions of getting a job as a model builder, but I signed up for an evening session. Mat (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: Master Model Builder Search 2006 Kicks off Monday at LLCA!
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(...) I would suggest to anyone considering applying, to really consider the financial burden of living in Southern California, making $14ish an hour. It's hard to find an apt. on that kind of salary. Also, be ready to ask some tough questions about (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Master Model Builder Search 2006 Kicks off Monday at LLCA!
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A new Model Builder Search for 2006 kicks off at LEGOLAND California on Monday February 20th. The park will hold auditions for someone to eventually win a job as a LEGOLAND Master Model Builder. The Monday event runs from 3pm to 7pm. More more info (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Model Builder Search
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Here's the official press release for the LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search: LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA expansion creates opportunity of a lifetime National tour kicks off Feb. 20 at Art Institutes campuses nationwide CARLSBAD, Calif. (Jan. 25, (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006!
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This is looking pretty cool. Does anyone know how you can actually apply? The art institute link is just the same text again. Dan Rubin (...) snip (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006!
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I am privileged to officially announce the LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006! (3 URLs) For Immediate Release Contact: Julie Estrada (760)918-5377 news@legoland.com LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA EXPANSION CREATES OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME National (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Did anyone get a Gold 50th promo brick?
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(...) I have been told two different stories for this brick. First story was - they never got to the park, the shipment was delayed and they do not know where it is. Second story is that the bricks did get to the park on time but did not meet the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LLCA: News on Legoland Hotel, new Pirates area and a new Legoland park in the USA
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All info taken from here: (URL) of note: "A new section called Pirate Shores spanning three acres within the park will open this summer, he said. The pirate-themed addition will have four water attractions, which officials said was lacking in the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Which European Legoland parks?
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Hello, My family and I will be visiting Europe next spring. We have the option of going to any of the 3 European Legoland parks or perhaps even to 2 or all 3 of them. Of the 3, which is, in your opinion, the best; and are they different enough to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Brick or Treat costume contest
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My family and I went to LL CA last Sunday for the Brick or Treat celebration. And with the new LEGO viking sets just released, I decided to make a viking costume for my 3 year son. I built the helmet from scratch as I wated it to match the LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Legoland Windsor Visit Report
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What a great day. Our fourth trip this year! The rain held off so apart from it being rather dull and a few bits of light drizzle we didn't have to wear coats or even bother carrying any. Boy was it quiet. Some pre-school kids and one set of really (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.legoland.windsor)
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| | Going to Legoland again
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The kids have teacher training tomorrow so we're off to Legoland. The wife did suggest that as I didn't have much holiday left she could take them on without me. What! Anyway I'm going. The kids are happy too as the wife doesn't like going on any of (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.legoland.windsor)
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| | Re: Anyone going to LL this Sat?
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(...) They're doing the master builder sessions? Nuts! I never received any letter about this. Grrr. LEGOLAND is the worst about mailings. What weekends were/are the sessions being offered? If anyone has gone already, what is the set they are giving (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.legoland.california)
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