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New World supermarkets have the six Bionicle sets 8540 - 8545 available at 5.95 NZD each. They are advertised as being exclusive to New World supermarkets in the South Island. Grahame (25 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bionicle
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Here is an update from the www.nzherald.co.nz Fantasy toys spark legal game between Maori group and Lego 31.05.2001 By ANGELA GREGORY and NZPA Maori groups are seeking an urgent response from Lego following accusations that the Danish toymaker is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) G'day, yep, I think it was the Pacific Island area that was against TLG on this...In fact I believe it is a group of Maoris who were taking TLG to court on it. The reason, as I recall, was that TLG was trying to 'copy-right/trademark' the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | SHOP AT HOME NEWS
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OK..... as you probably know, I am in contact with Steven Pensini..... So I emailed him this morning asking him about S@H..... he just got back to me..... read on..... Kevin, As far as I know Shop @ Home is now available in some countries around the (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | *Non-Lego query * (sorry!) for Online Shopping
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G'day you Kywy's :P I used to live in NZ many years ago, so I have a clue as to some of your shops, but not the online addresses (if many at all). This is a Non-Lego question so forgive me, but I am trying to purchase a gift for my mum who lives in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) So it's ok for a Danish company to use an English name but not a Maori one? Note that it was pointed out that TLC did not copyright or trademark the names (and even if they were trademarked, a trademark is in relation to a specific product (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I used to know a guy whose last name is Lego. Maybe I should call and warn him. Dave! (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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"pete white" <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GCAz19.F4r@lugnet.com... (...) minifig (...) using (...) I though it was exactly the comparison Didnt this thread start in relationship to Maoris complaining that Lego had trademarked (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) As you would expect. Let's just say indigenous people may view this sort of thing as a bit more important than non-indigenous people would. Like Todd, I thought Lego had thought these names up, even though they sounded Polynesian. Is the Lego (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3ae4c155.227241...net.com... (...) if (...) them. (...) If you run the various names of people and places from Bionical through a search engine you will see they come up with lots of hits, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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Since Todd brought this back up, I'd been meaning to look into this myself...and have. Interestingly enough, looking at the box and tube from my Tahu/Vakama set from S@H, every catalog/mini catalog I have, the Bionicle and LEGO web sites and LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I had been under the impression (as in just assumed) that LEGO made up cool-sounding names from scratch. Is this report saying that LEGO took actual words from a language of an indigenous tribe in New Zealand and isn't giving credit where (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Blue Tub 3033 Makes it to NZ.
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(...) They shouldn't be to far away... I bought all six sets at the start of the month. I am not particularly impressed with them though. Grahame (25 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's a worry then. Since that is the set with all the good parts. Let's hope LA are just teasing us. (25 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) 6776 has been available here since the start of this month. Grahame (25 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Has the 6776 reached retail in NZ ? (...) Long may they reign ! (25 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well I know that there was at least another run of production, the one I got last week had 2001 catalog in it :^) I didn't get a chance to check the copyright date, yet. Mike (25 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Blue Tub 3033 Makes it to NZ.
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K-Mart NZ now have the 1200-piece blue tub, set number 3033. With a price of 89.95 NZD, the average price of each piece is therefore 7.5 cents. This compares very well when compared with 21.45 cents per piece for the Ogel Control Centre set number (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, at least Maui Solomon is using his/her imagination when describing Bionicle as "hi-tech". Or is there something about Bionicle I'm missing? Cheers Richie (25 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) Just when I'd thought they had been using their imagination... pete.w (let's propose a toast to corporate colonialism) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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