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(...) Wow, that was fast. Admins (and/or Moderators), you may as well just delete or lock the whole thread while you're at it. There's nothing to see here. (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed, FTX)
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(...) No. Indiana is a very powerful state in terms of LEGO use, but we're not (yet!) powerful enough to license our state name. Thanks for asking! (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(Picture deleted by request of holder of rights (copyright violation)) Do we need a lugnet.licensed.indiana ? (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2008, FTX) !
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(...) Richie, Just as a note after the fact, the TV show batmobile used a Ford Concept car as it's base. The car was known as the Lincoln Futura, and it came out in the late 50's. The car was put in storage, but pulled a few years later and reworked (...) (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) HI-O!! ====== JOHN (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Yes. I believe I mentioned that in my post. (...) I'm pretty sure Batman did all the 'driving' in that relationship. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Now, to sound like a total GEEK (following should be read in the voice of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons): In episode 105, 106 and 107, of the original 1966 Baman series, Batman and Robin travel to England to fight Lord Fogg, and it those (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Interesting theory, JT. A lot of things are probably different living in a land dow nunder. JOHN (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Maybe Aussie cameras take pictures backwards, I hear their plumbing goes the other way as well :) jt (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Nice MOC, Richie-- really says "Batmobile". But what is this???: (URL) "Batman in Aussieland"? First, Batman drove the Batmobile, not the Boy Wonder. Now, even if you claim Batman is driving your MOC, the Batmobile had its steering wheel on (...) (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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Da na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na BATMAN! Ahoy, I loved the original Batman TV series, and to this day remember the words to the theme song (see above), so I thought it might be fun to build the Batmobile from the series. I was (...) (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
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(...) (snipped) (...) This is an outrage ! Didn't you think of your family ? You paid full retail price ? Were you tortured into paying ? -pete.w (who hopes he didn't miss a special on this set) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) To anyone who is interested in picking this up, and intends to do so online, make sure to compare prices between the individual box sets and the full series pack. When the last box set came out, I remember noticing that their online price for (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman)
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(...) Yup. I always have trouble keeping the doctor vs. professor thing straight concerning Hugo Strange. And I should know better since I just recently read "Batman and the Monster Men". (...) Ack! As a big fan of the series I can't believe I (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) Hugo Strange generally goes by the title "professor", probably so as to not be confused with Marvel's Dr. Strange, who is considerably stranger than Prof. Strange...which is not to say that Prof. Strange isn't strange in his own right. This is (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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(...) The comparison is apt because like Abu Ghraib under U.S. control, Arkham Asylum is susposed to be run by the 'good guys'. Their mission is to protect the general population by incarcerating the bad guys - but not to abuse and torture said bad (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I have tried to keep track of this as it is rather interesting. My main complaint about the whole thing is that the torture chamber in this set is compared to Abu Ghraib and not Sadam's rape rooms or torture chambers with the hooks and metal (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Loathing him as I do, I can't speak for the Spiderman films, but I'd say that the 60's Batman tv show isn't suitable for viewing by anyone. Also, in the US the Star Wars films have all received a PG rating with the exception of RotS which (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) As a born-again Capitalist, the answer is clear to me, and Dave's right: it's all about the money. If somebody can earn money from making toys by tying into a craze, then they'll do it. Far too many companies look only at the bottom line, and (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
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--snip-- (...) I don't think it can be quite so simple though. A lot of films are MA or PG13 (which any child can see if their parents take them IIRC) because of 'bad language' or nudity, neither of which are likely to make it to the toy product. (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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