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(...) They're not replacing, they're refurbishing. Adrian (22 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Cool! Here's other LEGO references in The Simpsons: (URL) Bart and Ralph build a giant lego brick with small lego bricks" (URL) At the store's food court, the Simpsons enjoy a meal of food with % improbably long names. Marge admires the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) THANK YOU, for reminding us there is good, even in sadness. It's hard to expalin what is so special about LEGO, but this story says it all. CDC (22 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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God bless Lego! God bless the Copeland family! That was a terrific story! Scott (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Actually, I meant Friday 21st march. Thanks to those who pointed out the error. (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I guess this is why they are replacing Washington DC in miniland. @8^) Things got a little too interactive. -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Burns has buried toxic waste under Legoland causing the Capitol and other buildings to rise up and terrorize visitors. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi, I have just been told that I will be on BBC2 TV on Thursday 21st March, between 6-45 and 7-30pm as part of TechnoGames. Just in case anyone is interested. The footage is of a Saturday event in Liverpool, building robots for a BBC sponsored event (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Thank You, LEGO. An extremely kind gesture that seemed to bring some much needed happiness into that kid's life. A nicer thing you couldn't have done. Respectfully, Ken Wright (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) WOW! Give Well, Play Well, Get Well. Thanks Lego Jeff (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well done Lego. Steve Martin IndyLUG (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wow... what a great story. Thank your Bert for the link. Thanks to the magic healing power of the Brick!! Ben (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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:-) Huzzah, Lego! onedaycnn (sid) (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) A beautiful gesture. (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Great story. I am touched. (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wow. I am touched. Thanks, indeed. JOHN (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thank you, LEGO. Jennifer (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Please read this article from the Richmond Times Dispatch. Thank you LEGO. (URL) Waters (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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(...) Groovy, possibly a repeat though, sounds familiar... did she talk about the choc shaped bricks? Oh btw, we also have a lot of blah here too :D Mel :P (gotta getaway) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi all, During a small 30 second credit crunch at the end of a show on the Travel Channel host Tracy Gallagher was advertising "Great Family Vacations Week" which begins March 23 from LEGOLAND California. After describing LEGOLAND, she said (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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...a travel show on australian TV, they did a snapshot of Copenhagen, and the commentator (Catriona) said "... Copenhagen, home of (blah), (blah), LEGO and (blah)..." and I just chuckled quietly to myself 8?) Unfortunately they don't have a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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I was just interviewed about The Brick Testament for DeutschlandRadio by Gerd Brendel. I'm not sure when they plan to broadcast it, but it should be either today or tomorrow. If I get more details, I'll post them here, just in case anybody in (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) @8^) Hey, Babel Fish have feeling too. Oh, wait, no they don't. (...) Great! Thanks so much! -Rev. Smith (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.de)
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"The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith" <thereverend@thereverend.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HB8Fxz.Iq5@lugnet.com... (...) two (...) Ouch! Are you sure you chose English? But if anyone who speaks German might care to offer a better (...) I'll be (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.de)
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From WFSB-CBS Channel 3 in Hartford, CT Danish toy maker Lego is laying off workers from its Enfield-based operations. The company's North American operations are based in Enfield. A company spokesman says today's 72 layoffs are part of the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) @8^D I was surprised as anyone to see that they'd used a photo of me for the article. I have this folder of high-res versions of select Brick Testament illustrations that I give newspapers and magazines access to. Just for the heck of it, I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Sweet merciful heavens, Brendan. That photo of you (...) -Teddy (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks so much for posting this -- I never would have known about it otherwise. It's weird when these little articles pop up without the magazine ever having bothered to contact me. That's a pretty bizarre illustration they chose to represent (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Now online on The Brick Testament's Press page are recent articles from two German newspapers, Sonntag Aktuel and Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. The text of these articles is provided in German. (URL) run the German text through AltaVista's Babel Fish (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.de)
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Hi, I was just about to post this message when I saw that other thread about the Brendan's site. Interesting article. Anyway, here's another spotting. I picket up 'internet.au' yesterday because it has some useful looking software on the cover CD, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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TechTV ran a segment on Friday 2/28/2003 called "Now playing: Charles Smith" where former NBA athelete Charles Smith talked about his technology company. When asked by Morgan about his favorite game, he mentioned that LEGO Media's Bob the Builder (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Snip (...) Congrats on the Eagle Scout award. I got mine back in 1997. Stay Involved. Nate (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Well, I am a just-turned 17 very soon to be Eagle Scout who still subscribes to the BSA official magazine, Boys Life. I was pleasantly surprised to find two Lego mentions. #1: A full page official ad for the Lego Star Wars Minis line. Page 17. #2: (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is ridiculous. Although I'm not a fan of the Brick Testaments or Brendan Powell Smith himself, I find that this issue is brainless. A LEGO website that recreates a respected book throughout the world shouldn't be treated as such. I'm sure (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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[Sorry if this is old news] BBC: Lego robot challenge aids learning (URL) with Lego was once limited to building a tower of brightly coloured bricks but that was far from the case during a day of robot building at BT's research lab in Ipswich. Teams (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It pains me to say it, but the Sunday Mail is actually a Glasgow based Scottish paper [sister to the Daily Record]. The story is typical of the anti-paedophile hysteria which grips UK tabloids [whilst exploiting the sexuality of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) LMAO! At least you'll have lots of time in the slammer to concoct further morally depraved and indifferent dioramas. Here's an idea for you - a woman captured and held against her will, made to wear scanty and sexually alluring clothes, bound (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That's a relief!!!!!!! :-) The Brick Testament is a major part of the reason why I got out of my Dark Ages. (which is, when I noticed how huge and interesting the Lego internet community was) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I appreciate the concern, but I don't have any reason to believe that anything in that article is anything close to the truth. From what I could tell, it was first published on 9 February, so if there was actually some move on behalf of The (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey, seriously... What is going on with this stuff? Does the community need to rally support for Mr. Smith? -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The "electronic lifestyle" magazine has a cover featuring an illustration of a minifig DJ. Inside, there's an article (with photographs) that mentions the LEGO creations of JP Brown, Eric Harshbarger, and someone named Henry Lim. -Henry (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Harsh lighting conditions? Oh man, the rest I can see, but that is going too far! James (FUT O-T.fun) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) We'll keep a registration open for ya'! 8?) Matt (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) UK. Last night at approximately 3:43am, a crack squad of American and British intelligence officers and LEGO lawyers stormed into my house and interrogated me under harsh lighting conditions before dragging me away kick and screaming. I have (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In December 2002, rtlToronto was asked to build the Toronto Star's logo out of Lego bricks, which ran almost half a million copies (2.2M readership): (URL) Lego mosaic layout recently won an Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design in (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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(...) Well, CLEARLY wearing footwear does. EVERYONE knows that! (1) See what shoes did to Imelda Marcos? QED. 1 - Apologies to any "Life of Brian" or "Red Shoe Diaries" fans out there XFUT o-t.fun... any more SERIOUS replies ought to go to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think the issue is one of *propriety ownership*. The "minifig" image is intellectual property of TLC and a direct reflection of their brand, and we all know how protective TLC is about their brand (rightly and justifiably so). If they see (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's not an unreasonable interpretation, though one needs to be careful to avoid baby-with-the-bathwater reasoning. Brendan can hardly be held accountable for the actions of his audience, just as Martin Scorsese can't be blamed for (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) Yes. Kevin ---...--- NEW Grey Heritage Facade kit! (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Yes, and "Oh no, these pedophiles have links to the Brick Testament!!!" Well, they probably have links to MSN.COM as well, if they're using IE. Depicting Bible stories as Brendan does, is a wonderful artistic endeavour. If we start saying, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't know for sure, but it reads like trash, and looks like trash; it probably is trash. Especially given that we've had Brad J's nod of approval, and Brendan specifically so. This is almost certainly some yahoo speculating from no more (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I'm not sure he actually praised the BT directly (in fact he mentioned that there are people who have a problem with it), but offered support for BPS's *creativity*. He said that TLC trusts its brand to its fans, "even BPS"-- that's not to say (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Even aside from how TLG may pursue the matter, the article reads as so much newsrag hype. The author throws around all these shocking terms and veiled accusations but doesn't even mention the fact, much less the implications, that these are (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) That article is scary. I would be very disappointed if it was forced to close down. :-( I just might spend a few evenings saving the entire contents on my hard drive while it's still up. (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Wow, that would be interesting if LEGO was taking a position against the site after Brad J. had made favorable statements about the site at BricksWest. jt (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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What's this? (URL) there any truth to this, or is this just the UK equivalent to the Weekly World News? ~Grand Admiral (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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(URL) 103 minutes and 13 ppl, I would have guessed that such an amount of people would have meant chaos! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars)
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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003- LEGO® Company to Enter Arts & Crafts Category with Launch of CLIKITS; Innovative New Fashion Design System Gives Girls Power to Create Jewelry, Room Decor, Accessories ENFIELD, Conn.-- LEGO is known for its products (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) My girlfriend last night guaranteed me she was going to clip and bring it from her copy of Trouw. She did say that they show a photo of the scene from Adam "knowing" his wife (!!) but aren't at all denigrating about the site. I guess finding (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hi, Jeroen. I'd love to see this article if you do get a chance to scan it. I don't think anyone from this newspaper actually talked to me directly about the website (or asked my permission to reprint the photos for that matter), but I'm (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Reading comics today, I noticed a mention of LEGO in today's "Ask Captain Ribman". It's a simple mention of the word and there are no images or anything fancy, but I thought it could be of some interest to some. (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Fun and games turn up wherever shoppers are (URL) Anne D'Innocenzio The Associated Press These days, it's hard to predict where the next hot toy will turn up. This past holiday season, one of the must-haves came from consumer electronics chain (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Toyland Expands Its Boundaries (URL) PRESS Feb. 15 2003 photo caption: The next hot toy may not be sold in a toy store. CNBC’s Mike Hegedus reports on what could be the next must-have toy: a remote control flying saucer. quote: ‘The search is on to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Because the Globe doesn't keep articles on line for a long period of time I have scanned the article and put it on the NELUG web site. The article also includes a picture of NELUG poster boy Tom Duggan which was not included on the internet. (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !
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(...) LUGNET, NELUG, Peeron, Brickshelf, Bricklink and Bricksmiths were all mentioned, but not as links... no slashdot effect today :) Dan (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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(URL) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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LEGO has won a suit in China, against a company making knock-off items. The company was ordered to surrender its molds. I don't know if this is the maker of the "Shifty" clones mentioned on Lugnet a couple of years ago, or another. Full story here: (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Tonights new Malcom in the Middle featured Dewey playing with what appeared to be two Bionicle sets. -chris (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hence the "life on Mars" being fitting! It's a male dominated world, or so we are told (I have my doubts about that... I know who really gets things done, but I digress), hence it is "Mars" where all the women are living now, regardless of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, no, no, no, no! Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus! ;-) Fiona (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) My sister and I both grew up with Lego. When she was young she got 3 of those sets with the big people that had minifigs as babies. We both enjoyed the sets, but we quickly discovered how wonderful all the tiles were for building "puzzle (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey hey hey! Sand red is different than pink! I like LoMs, but maybe that's because I do mecha/mechs, so I can overlook the obvious :<P Plus, the 50% off sales at ShopKo were a great way to stock up on the Red Planet Protector... Anyway, on (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) But...LEGO already have a fitting theme for females - 'Life on Mars' Jon (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Confirmed :-) I have some in my collection, as I was a little girl in those days. My sister played more with it then I did. I preferred the castle sets :-) It was actually called Scala! Look over here to see the sets: (URL) van Doesburg (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Rant begins. The whole thing is rather silly really. I had loads of lego when I was a kid (I am a 'girl' (perhaps more of a woman now) by the way if the name had not given you a clue) and all of my friends who were girls loved it and usually (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Now, I've been unable to find the catalogue on brickshelf, but I'm certain Lego did something like this in the 70s with bracelets. Is someone able to confirm this? Peter (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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A clipping someone gave me from the Daily Mail, not being a reader of it myself. Original article their copyright. "Lego tries for girls' block vote" LEGO is to launch a range of pink 'design' blocks just for girls. The 70-year-old toymaker will try (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Comedian Johnny Vegas is to become a father for the first time. Vegas chose the Empire Film Awards in London to announce that his new wife Kitty was pregnant. The baby is due on July 4 and the 31-year-old comic said he was "thrilled" with the news. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego mentioned in Nova broadcast, "Battle of the X-Planes"
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"Battle of the X-Planes" was on Nova last night. It was about the Joint Strike Fighter contract competition between Lockheed's X-35 and Boeing's X-32: (URL) showed a clip of one of the engineers (I can't remember which company) assembling one of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Lays Off 160, Citing Slow Sales
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(...) I'm betting lots and lots. I know no kid that likes that show... (...) Hopefully the 2003 line stuff we've seen is a portent of better things to come... (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Lays Off 160, Citing Slow Sales
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(...) I wonder how much of that overstock is Galidor? (...) Time to get back to basics? I hope so. Allan B. (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Another use for Lego mentioned in the current FineScale Modeler mag
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In the tips and techniques section of FineScale Modeler, a reader suggested using Lego bricks to make molds for casting your own parts for plastic models. Apparently the compound used to make the copied parts does not stick to Lego so it makes an (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | IndyLUG Mentioned in Lansing State Journel
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To All, Rick Hallman asked me to post this to LUGNET, as he is having posting problems. Man, it might be nice if the Lansing State Journel found out about MichLUG, but I digress! ;) Here is Rick's post: In today's edition of the Lansing State (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Thieves ignored money - stole LEGO!
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Found in a Swedish paper, Expressen ( (URL) ): (URL) translation: "Thieves ignored money - stole LEGO OFFENBACH. The thieves could have stolen computers, cash and other valuables. Instead they took - LEGO. The remarkable burglary took place in the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Lego Lays Off 160, Citing Slow Sales
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Lego Lays Off 160 Workers, Citing Slow Christmas Sales in U.S., Germany The Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark Feb. 3 — Danish toy maker Lego said Monday it cut its work force in Denmark by 161 because of a slowdown in retail sales during the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Stanley Cup and Player seen during NHL All-Star Game
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Hi all, Just thought I would mention that before the NHL All-Star Game started, there was about a 15 second glimpse of the LEGO Stanley Cup plus a Western Conference Player during the "This game is brought to you by...." segments. Good thing they (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: ABC’s Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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(...) Gallery" and my video is now available for viewing online. When you go to the page linked above you'll find my video is the fifth one down from the top - look for the thumbnail pic of the mini-fig bluegrass band. Enjoy! Greg (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ABCs Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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On 20:26 01/28/2003 +0000, Greg Perry wrote (...) TiVo thought it was Clone High, so I wouldnt have seen it otherwise :-) (...) Thanks for warning us it was up (the exact time was handy too... would have been hell to catch otherwise!). Always nice (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: ABCs Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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(...) Stephen - THANKS a lot for making time to check it out. Tell the truth though - you were probably already planning to watch "The Osbournes" anyway. I also appreciate you taking time to post and let me know you saw it. I was wondering if anyone (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: ABCs Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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On 20:33 01/24/2003 +0000, Greg Perry wrote (...) ...Managed to catch it :-) Congratulations!!!...!!! Hope you get some more shown! (22 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Time Bandits Lego cameo
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Just watched Terry Gillam's great movie Time Bandits last night. There are Lego bricks on the floor of Kevin's room in the beginning of the movie, and later, the interior sets for the Fortress of Darkness are made from enourmous stone Lego bricks. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | ABC’s Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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The Animated Brick Company is proud to announce that its latest brickmation video “plasticgrass” will be airing on MTV beginning Saturday, January 25, 2003. It is scheduled to be shown that day at 4:41 PM EST (during either “The Osbournes” or “Clone (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Wins Pirate Case in China
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO NBA in Newsweek
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There is an article titled "The Smallest Big Guys" in the January 27th edition of Newsweek. I was checking mediawatch because I saw this and the article on LEGO wins case in China this week. The Newsweek article has pics of Shaq and Iverson (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO wins in Chinese High Court
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China Court Backs Lego Copyright Claim By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer January 21, 2003 BEIJING - As it opens to the world, China has vowed repeatedly to eliminate counterfeit and pirated products. The latest test of its commitment appears to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO wins in Chinese High Court
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Crossposted to lugnet.mediawatch ---...--- (...) BBC News Online Tuesday, 21 January, 2003, 13:16 GMT Lego Defeats the Chinese Pirates * photo caption: Children first got their hands on Lego bricks in 1958 Danish toy-maker Lego Company has won a (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Wow! that video clip was great! Thanks for capturing the video. Nice job on the show, Steve! We are in the presence of LEGO Robotic royalty! Dave K (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Rob Limbaugh re-encoded it so it's only 36megs now. I may attempt to recapture it, the audio is pretty bad. (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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