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(...) Just the next step in how to get kids to advertise your corporation's brands for you. -Jon (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) But I probaly don't have to worry about the July surprise. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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No worries, LEGO Wear is a licensed product made by a company named Kabooki. See the official LEGO site for more info: (URL) the clothing looks to be very high quality, and I can't wait for it to be readily available in the states...my kids are (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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On May 26, in several Dutch regional newspapers an article emereged about Lego T-shirts that are equiped with an integrated sound module. The shirts are printed with a special conduive printing material, and the sounds are operated by touching (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Yesterday I saw "Together" by Lukas Moodysson (Fucking Amal) Set in 1975s Sweden, Together is the story of a woman who escapes with her two children from an abusive relationship. They head to the hippie commune run by her brother. There, many (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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According to the TV Guide, this week's new episode of the Simpsons is where we see them to to Lego^H^H^H^HBlockoland. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Not sure if we all know about this or not, as I am not currently a member of the LEGO Builders Club (TLG run thing in the U.S.), but a friend who is gave me a copy of a DC Comics Issue Number 1 of Bionicle, a mini-series that is based on the new (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Sorry, make that the New Yorker. The article name was "Lego". -Shiri (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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My friend told me that her essay on the MCAS yesterday, 5/15, (MCAS = Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Standard or some'n like that) made her think about me... because it was about lego. :-) I asked her for more details and she told me it was (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I had seen a story about this contest on TechTV a couple of weeks ago, and just saw an update. That got me to see the web site, and that let me see the LEGO creation there. Where? Why at: (URL) *VERY* cool display, I think, with some really creative (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Beyond 2000 was on the Discovery Channel here in the US for quite some time, but I think its been a year or two since I've seen an episode. Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GD6owr.IJL@lugnet.com... (...) Beyond (...) there (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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<snip snip> (...) The bricks aren't any brand, the studs appear to be blank. It is a pretty cool commercial though. See also the 'AT&T Commercial' thread. (I would post a link if I knew how from my newsreader.) (...) Bryan Beckwith (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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During the History Channel "Modern Marvels" special on the Boston highway reconsruction project, on of the engineers compared the fitting of underwater tunnels to the connecting method of LEGO bricks. (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Watching some Canadian television last night, there was an episode of Beyond 2000 (Australian version) on Canadian learning channel, and at the end there was a (brief) segment about the RCX. I didn't see any year on the ending credits, does anyone (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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I spotted the patent of the LEGO brick in a book that held 100 influental inventions of the century. I thought it was cool, too bad I didn't post when the name of the book was fresh in my mind. (I saw the book in a bookstore in the San Juan Islands (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(Reuters) Includes test of LEGO toys: (URL) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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This month's issue of Cosmo has a short confession that involves LEGO. Mature audiences only. pg ~64. -chris (notified to me by someone else, i only read Cosmo at the doctor's office :) (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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If you can find a copy of the March 31'st issue of The Beano, comes with an insert of 8 LEGO RACERS Stickers. warrior,shredd,spiky...h,lightor. The Racer badge on the sticker when cut out fits on a 2x2 round tile. Picture here (URL) (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | book reference
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a LEGO brick was used to describe the shape of a geological feature in the book 'Halflives: Reconciling Work and Wildness' by Brooke Williams. page 229 +/- 10 pages. -chris (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology
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Speaking of LEGO golf courses, here is one made by my 6th graders, with lots of pictures: (URL)These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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I was sitting here watching the news and lo and behold, there is a news story on robotics competition (a soccer competition) utilizing Lego Mindstorms as the competitors. The event was held at the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Md. with (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: AT&T Commercial
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Hey- I just saw that commercial a few seconds ago on MTV, it definitely is a cool commercial. How about that lion shaking off the LEGOs? ~Chris Fortier www.chrisfortier.com (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I just saw an AT&T commercial on TechTV. It's one of their 7$/7¢ series, but this time it uses animated 3D plastic building bricks (but not LEGO...OH NO, NEVER!). It's actually really cool. I went to AT&T's web site, but they dont seem to have (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Robotics on TechTV
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I found this while looking for something else entirely. Thought someone might be interested: (URL) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology
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(...) These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but here's another story on the same group: Iowa State U. students design Lego golf course (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | The Pretender
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I watch the Pretender every day on TNT. (I tape the ones I'm not home for.) Anyway, in the opening credits there is a tower made out of what appears to be LEGO. It is also often visible during the show. Bryan Beckwith (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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A brazilian TV program has a program called TV Lokau - (URL) It's a internet program and yesterday they started a "wierd sites" section. Three out of the four websites shown was LEGO related. (URL) one of them. Best regards, --Felipe (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.br, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Slizer Arm on Farscape
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Hmm and I've seen Farscape a total of ten times. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:3AE49AC2.F130D3...ich.edu... (...) pay (...) know (...) on my (...) it, (...) end (...) don't (...) in at (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Slizer Arm on Farscape
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I didn't even notice it! And I watch Farscape all the time. I'll have to pay more attention. Maybe parts of Moya or Talon are Lego and I didn't even know it... Farscape continues..... Gary Istok (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Tortilla Airplane Contest
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(...) You should slap some butter on that and deep fry it. Yum (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nm)
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I just finished entering a contest held by Southwest Airlines here in Albuquerque. The idea is to build an airplane out of tortillas and the best plane wins a free trip to Las Vegas, NV. Well, one of the entries used LEGO wheels and Technic Shock (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nm)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bliss" (...) Doh! I think you are right. When I first read it, it sounded like the author was revelling at having spotted a spelling mistake. But having now read it again, I think I was too hasty, especially (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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(...) No, I think the author got the joke just fine, and added a couple of other bits to the gag. Steve (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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(...) Actually, its more of a technical term. In the toy industry, plush is pretty much anything soft on the surface and squishy. My family used to run a couple of games at carnivals. That's where I ran into the term. Later, Gino A... (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Adbusters
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A shot of what appears to be the outside of the LEGO LIC at the mall of america apears in the latest issue (no 35) of the self-proclaimed journal of the mind 'adbusters' ((URL) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Slizer Arm on Farscape
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Ok I admit it not posting to the mediawatch to begin with was laziness on my part. My bad. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message news:GC5EGB.64u@lugnet.com... (...) up (...) having (...) floor. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Slizer Arm on Farscape
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So they were using a Slizer throwing arm as a prop? Pretty cool! As far as not posting it to mediawatch, even if you don't subscribe to it, others (including myself) do. It's nice for these types of posts to end up there so that in the future people (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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I don't think that it would be a 'UKism' on such an American show. One of the same players later questions was regarding which countries the Bering Straight separates. The player had to ask the audience, and 8% of the audience said it was Canada and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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(...) Actually I wouldn't agree. You're confusing two different types of "toys". Stuffed animals are stuffed with different materials than most Beanies (which, by definition, are usually filled with beans). "Beanie babies" is quite a common name for (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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(...) This must be a UKism, as we don't use that phrase much. Beanie Babies are "stuffed animals" I think. Of course, stuffed doesn't carry quite the negative connotation in the US. ++Lar (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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Last night on WWTBAM one of the players' early questions was 'Which of the following would be considered a plush toy?' A) A Beanie Baby B) A Lego set I can't remember C and D but they were both fairly useless. Good to see they said Lego set and not (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> To: <lugnet.mediawatch@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.loc.uk@lugnet.com> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning' (...) (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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OK, It can now be found at (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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(...) Take it to (URL) -- I'd love to read it. --Dave (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Wag the Dog quote
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I haven't seen the movie, but a movie-quoting co-worker sent this one to me. Conrad 'Connie' Brean: What's the thing people remember about the Gulf War? A bomb falling down a chimney. Let me tell you something: I was in the building where we filmed (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Legoland Windsor mentioned in 'Planning'
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A little tongue in cheek article graced the back page of the UK town planners periodical this week. It claimed that the planning regime in Miniland was very lax and that developers in the area had not been made to include affordable housing, it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Lego mentioned on new game show
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Lego was just a answer on that new game show"weakest link" The question was "what L word was voted toy of the century?" (24 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Breaking News....
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(URL) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Erin Brockovich
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(...) Not that dark :-) but yes, her kids were definately playing with LEGO... -Jon (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Tim Taylor?! MORE POWER!
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Sighted! Tim Taylor of Home Improvment playing with Legos! It was the 12:30pm Home Improvment on UPN50 on sunday. It was during Tim's Brother's Kid's B-Day party. Mark and Zach had to go but they were building a fort. THey had a blue bin 1200piece, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Erin Brockovich
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I'm not sure if I really saw this or not, but I believe there is a scene in Erin Brockovich where she is working at the table and her kids are playing with something that appears to be lego. The scene is really dark and I wasn't pay that close of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Tub (3033) spotted in teaser for "Grounded for Life"
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Grounded for life wasn't broadcast last night because of the "Blockbuster Awards", but in the "tease" they show one of the kids carrying a 3033 tub. Not sure what they are going to do with it..... (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego in a comercial!!
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I saw this comercial for Ace Cash Exores.It had cammera panning a table andon that table it had some bricks and a old white window.Going on up to a guy trying to pay a bill. From Andy (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Silver Anniversary tub #3026 on....
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My Wife and Kids - starring Damon Wayans. I noticed it in tonights first episode.It was in the sons bedroom, on a bookshelf, with a basketball on top of it. Oddly, it was the only toy in the room. The rest of the room was loaded with his stereo, cds (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego BLOCKS and star wars in Yahoo mag.
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(...) This might be what you are looking for: (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego BLOCKS and star wars in Yahoo mag.
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Hi all, I was looking throught the april 2001 edition of Yahoo! Internet life (with Angelina Jolie on the cover) and I found not one, but two different references to Legos within the pages. The first was a mention on page 66 about the Lego studios, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | ANOTHER TV SIGHTING
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I was watching a re-run of Home Improvement last night, and Tim was plaing with LEGO. They were building a bait & Tackle shop. I did notice that next to the building they built there was a lid off a 3033. Although they had doors & windows so they (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Stealing Lego
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I saw that one too, The guy had a problem, it was in the UK right, I belive he was carrying 8880 Super Car sets, Besides laughing at the guy getting caught, what was really cool was that he was in a Lego Store! (pretty sure) This place only sold (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Stealing Lego
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(...) I believe that it was this very program which was the spark that enkindled the development of this Newsgroup! Sincerely, --==Richard==-- You can reach me @ SHROUD_OF_KUNG_FU@Hotmail.com -Lego good, Canada great-® (24 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Stealing Lego
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HI all, I was watching TLC tonight, there was some program about how video cameras are being used to catch various breaks of the law, and there was a part on shoplifting. There was this guy they said was a repeat offender (busted 5 times for (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Media International launches first television programme at MIPTV 2001
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taken from: (URL) Media International launches first television programme at MIPTV 2001 LEGO Media International (LMI), the new TV and film division of the world- renowned children’s brand, today premieres its first ever programme, Little Robots, at (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego on TV
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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:GBD9v3.BI9@lugnet.com... (...) Face (...) Well, I thought we were talking about cartoons! I wanted in on the hot steamy action. *cough* You know..... "Mighty Ducks - The (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah yes, now I remember. Thanx :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Huh??? KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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"Erik L. Knopp" <eknopp@isd.net> wrote in message news:1erenjp.qcoey7t...isd.net... (...) Canard jumped out of the Aerowing to save the other ducks in the First Face Off. Iain (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego on TV
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(...) Grimlock is the T-Rex, the Triceratops is Slag. Erik (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego on TV
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(...) No silly, he was a T-Rex, leader of the Dinobots. He spoke kind of, umm, primal, "Me Grimlock going to eat jelly donut!" and so-forth. For the record, Transformers still suck. <duck> <run-run-run> "Nya-nya!!!!" Aaron :oP (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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I think the announcer is one of Frank Zappa's kids, brother to Dweezel and Moon Unit...that should explain a lot. jt -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Beckwith <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wasn't Grimlock the name of a Dinobot Transformer who could change into a Triceratops? KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Invasion of the Hobby Robots
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The feature article on April 4, 2001 in the Technology Section of the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch newspaper was titled: Invasion of the Hobby Robots. ___...___ The story features quite a few referrals to the Lego Mindstorms kit and many referalls (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I saw only the first show, saw the LEGO, they had a table of bricks and showed the family around it. Ahmed Zappa, one of the sons of Frank Zappa, the musician. Mike (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego on TV
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(...) LEGO on TLC During Robotica (rip-off of the U.K. version of Robotwars!) a contender named Grimlock was based on a Lego prototype Technic bot. And if you’re wondering, Grimlock lost… it lost bad. :( But at least the prototype could be entered (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Ahmet Zappa. Trying to live up to his dad's odd reputation, I guess. "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message news:GBAs8t.EnD@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Who (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I watched part of Robotica but didn't notice the LEGO. I kept changing the channel because that announcer guy was just too annoying for my tastes. Who is that guy anyway? Bryan Beckwith FUT: lugnet.mediawatch "D M Garcia" <dmglego@yahoo.com> wrote (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology
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from article: " Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology [...] As part of Iowa State University's "Preparing Today's Teachers For Tomorrow" program, Computer Engineering 370 -- Toying With Technology -- helps pre-service teachers in the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | RE: Interesting Article..."Students fashion a 'living' metropolis from Lego Blocks"
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(...) IIRC (from Mindfest), the "Cricket" is about the same length and width as the 9V battery which powers it, so it is significantly smaller than an RCX. With the battery included, the entire assembly probably fits into a 4x8x3 space. There are 3 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It looks like the crickets are basically Mindstorms RCX's, in smaller packages. If you follow the link at the bottom of the page, it takes you to CMU's page about it. A little digging finds the following pages: (URL) about the crickets. They (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Interesting Article..."Students fashion a 'living' metropolis from Lego Blocks"
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From the article: "In all, the city required more than 100,000 Lego pieces, which the company donated." Yowza! I was disappointed to read that they made their roads out of construction paper instead of the road plates. I bet they didn't use minifigs (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO Wear Advertisement
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My 2-yr old's been wearing LEGO-wear for at least 6 months now... ever since my wife found it on clearance at TJ Maxx... -Jon (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Hanging Up
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During the new Mag Ryan movie Hanging Up, there is Lego around at least in three different scenes. Mostly castle and pirates. Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) You are quite a challenging personality..:-) From lawyer to mechanical design engineer?..wow! Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) -Tim (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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February's issue of "Desktop Engineering", a freebie industry publication that I get at work, contained a neat two page article about the Unigraphics systems in use by Lego for everything from product and mold design to rapid prototyping of ABS (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Yeah, I considered that possibility, too. More likely, this bit of dialog was entirely an invention of the playwright (Benjamin's dad), and there wasn't really a lego castle. (...) What can I say? I'm a sucker for sentimental stories, cheap or (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe he built his own Castle. When you first said you were "in tears" at the end, I assumed it was 'with laughter'. Ooops. eric (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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TheBliss4[1] went to _The Yellow Boat_ on Saturday. This play is produced by Grand Rapids Civic Theatre's Traveling Troupe, a kids' theater group.[2] The gist of the play is the true story of Benjamin, a young boy who was unfortunate enough to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey all, I just saw Lego on University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Television. The channel is for televised college courses, as far as I know. I found the show while channel flipping, and it seemed to be about market choice or something, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Star Wars Lego made a brief 'appearance' on NPR's Morning Edition last friday in a report about 'The Onion' moving its offices to NYC. -chris (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: New newsgroup for LEGO sightings/appearances in the media
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I was just wondering the other day if this group was created. I've been having computer problems and life obligations to deal with in the past few weeks and haven't been following lugnet much at all. Looks like there is already a good bit of traffic (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The Museum of Natural History in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada models pyrite crystals with Lego. (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | March 18, 2001 Baby Blues
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Just got the Sunday paper, and the comic Baby Blues references Legos again. I think Lego bricks have appeared several times this comic strip. Cheers, --Ryan (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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On UPN's Kid's Spot, they show/ed (I am not sure if it is still on) a small Lego dune-buggy that I own driving down a shelf. Small, comes with a radio and a beach guard. From at least 4 years ago. Strange that they use it in their commercials... (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The episode title was "High School Play" (the other major story line in the episode was that Malcolm got a role in the high school play), and it originally aired on December 13, 2000. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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TLC held exhibits at the Canadian Museum of Nature and the Canadian Children's Museum. Kids could build with a Master Builder or watch Danish films. Cool. It's a "Name that Dinosaur" contest.. From Sunday, Mar 11, 2001. In Ottowa Citizen news: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Just pointing this out because I haven't seen it mentioned before: In Mega Man 8 (produced by Capcom), the lower areas of Clown Man's stage are built out of purple and greenish Lego-like bricks. (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The boy in the movie Big Momma's House has a trunk full of toys, a large portion of which is LEGO. Also, there are several scenes where the small red buckets can be seen in the background. If I get a chance, I'll rent it again and capture some of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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A recent episode of Malcolm in the Middle on Fox made use of a bunch of LEGO and other brands. Dewey and Hal filled a room with gigantic buildings, creating their own utopia. The terror in Hal's eyes as Dewey overthrew the peaceful triumvirate and (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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From season 6, "And Maggie makes Three", the Simpsons are looking through baby pictures. In the photo, Lisa has built a large castle out of colored blocks. In the next photo, Bart has knocked it down. :) --Bram (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In the 1994 Australian movie "Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" The youngest of the drag queens, Adam, is left alone with the young son, of one of the other characters. The boy asks Adam to play in his room with him and mentions the fact (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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