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(...) Here is the email I sent to the boneheads. Steven Weiser Subj: Boycott Lego Date: 1/25/2005 11:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WsrSteven To: letters@dogstreetjournal.com First, there is no plural for Lego. Second, are you people thinking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I suggest every single fan send them an email. I just did. What a bunch of kooks. Steven Weiser (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) lol-- the ultimate smack critique:-) I weep for the future. JOHN (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This is a humor piece, right? (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) It's always enlightening just how blind people can be. Either that author from my POV, or me from the POV of the author. Wow. Are we *sure* this isn't satire? (...) Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are "aryan yellow". Now *that's* a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Published in the DoG Street Journal, a student paper at the College of William and Mary: (URL) Some highlights are: "One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an integrated society." "...minorities are often (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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"Stephane Simard" <plague@videotron.ca> wrote... (...) comic and I run across an old Lego Ad. I see them all the time. Especially the old 70s Marvels. They have tons of them on the back covers. They captivated me as a child. Very convincing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jason Spears wrote: (snip) Cool, innit? See also this (URL) post>, and its tree, and the refs within it. ++Lar (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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(...) I'd posted before but here a couple more from my old comics (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, here is where I place the old Lego ads I find when I dig through all my old kids' cartoons magazines. Hope you like them. (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, lugnet.castle)
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Børsen reported today (Jan 13) that Lego will cut out half of its Danish suppliers to save money. (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Great TV spot! Kudos! (20 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Because of delays due to Christmas and BrickShelf moderation, here is the deep link to the news clip: (URL) was a live broadcast on Wednesday, December 22, 2004, on NBC11 News. The broadcast was from the BayLTC Christmas train layout currently on (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Getting Sued by Two California Women
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From a Reuters article ((URL) ANGELES (Reuters) - Two California women have sued Lego Systems Inc. in Los Angeles, accusing it of stealing an idea that turned into one of the year's hottest selling toys for the Danish toy company. The lawsuit, filed (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Tomorrow morning I will on live TV on Channel 11 at 9:30am. BayLTC has a Christmas train layout set up in the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA and the executive director arranged for a live broadcast from our train layout. Russell Clark (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Free "Story of Christmas" postcards now in NYC and Philadelphia
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In case you can't get enough (URL) Brick Testament: Story of Christmas> schwag (I know I can't), there are free Story of Christmas postcards now available in the (URL) Max Racks> in restaurants, gyms, and other fine establishments all around New (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, FTX)
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I found out about this too late to go see it in action, but apparently a rabbi in Burlingame, CA (just south of San Francisco) built an 8-foot-tall, 9-foot-wide menorah, complete with candle holders and electric lights. Here an article about it a (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun.holiday)
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[snipinated] (...) You never know. Perhaps he'll post something here eventually ;-). Maybe he just needs to be directed to Lugnet. Hold up a huge sign in one of his tournaments saying: LUGNET.COM/SPACE That should do it. (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I was just about to post this myself, but you beat me to it! And yes, it would be classic space, since he was born in 1975 (according to his website) and he says he was between five and nine. Of course, this begs a number of questions. Which (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space)
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In this weeks edition (12/16/2004) issue of Sports Illustrated, Steve Rushin's Air and Space column covers some of the favorite toys some atheletes received for Christmas. As it turns out, Tiger Woods was a LEGO Space (Classic I am sure based on his (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) Well, we just wrapped up our holiday party and ran back to the shop to put the finishing touches on the Fenway model a few hours ago. I gotta say this was a great but challenging and nerve-wracking model to work on. Sheesh, there's not a (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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(...) Ah, between using Mozilla and a double firewall, I didn't have that problem. :) I know someone else has posted a picture link already, but in case anyone wants to see how the bidding is going, here's the link to the auction page for Wally: (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) (URL) "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) anyone have links to the actual model section of the site? I went to mlb.com and since it started playing some sort of sound file I bailed rather quickly without digging much. Thanks! (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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From my colleagues in PR: ===...=== For Release on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Boston Red Sox, LEGO Company and MLB Properties Create a Holiday Hit for Red Sox Fans Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce)
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(...) MB issued a press release about this as well: (URL) a relatively slow loading PDF. Unfortunately I could not just grab the text but the gist is they are happy and they think they are going to do well. XFUT off-topic.clone-brands (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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The GMLTC recently displayed its layout at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse as part of their annual Christmas event. WCCO 4 News interviewed John Kelly (J3) of the GMLTC next to the layout. The video clip is available (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brick Testament: Story of Christmas in Entertainment Weekly
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(...) Just to follow-up, I put a scan of this piece on the Brick Testament press page here: (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego loses legal battle with Best-Lock in Germany
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Lego is about to lose its monopoly in Germany. They have lost their suit to keep out Best-Lock and lost the law protecting the sanctity of The Brick. Mega Bloks are poised to go into the German market and are projected to rapidly take 20% market (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | PCS Edventures partners with Mega Bloks
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PCS Edventures has partnered with Mega Bloks to be their partner in the education market. Presumably this means their BrickLab kit will feature MegaBloks instead of Lego. Longtime Lugnetters may remember Richard Wright (aka Weird Richard). (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: ToysRus is taking your vote for your best toy award
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(...) And the winner is..... Not Lego. But not MegaBloks either, thankfully! Instead the K'Nex "Big Air Ball Tower": (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I just saw a video by DJ Timo ((URL) called "The Robots", and the entire video was stop-motion animation of a LEGO town. The song was Kraftwerk's "Die Roboter", with a more modern sound. I was impressed by the video - the creations are well done, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | The Lego block radio in print
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I found this in a strange publication, the Ericsson corporate magazine, while thumbing through the "boring reading material in lunchroom pile". (URL) magazine is a half editorial, half advertisement for Ericsson products. It's sort of a mix of Wired (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Brick Testament: Story of Christmas in Entertainment Weekly
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This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (10 December 2004, with the cast of Ocean's Twelve on the cover) features a small piece about (URL) The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas> on page 101. A photo from the book is reprinted, with the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | RE: Monster Nation & Mindstorms
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They tried to build a robot that could walk a dog. It was basicly a line following robot. They laid out some paper, and put black tape (about 2 inch wide) on it, to form a line. They ended up with a room sized loop. They built a chassis using a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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I didn't see the beginning, but I think they're using Mindstorms to make a dog-walker/line-follower on Monster Garage. Wish I was there... Steve (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Article at About.com: "Before You Buy LEGO Toys"
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"Before You Buy LEGO Toys" (URL) Wow! A clear, concise, pro-Lego article that: 1) Doesn't use the term legos 2) Describes the age suitability of Duplu vs. Lego 3) Touches on the broad product line, from the various gender targeted lines to non-brick (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) While searching for something else, I came across TLCs statement about the recall of 6776 immediately following the September 11th attacks. I believe it has relevance with respect to what Jake says above... (URL) Its also interesting to note (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I'm glad to see Lego in the Thanksgiving Day parade! Didn't see Megabloks there did we? Thought not. (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: It's getting cold, pass me another "Lego" set
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(...) Whoever wrote that article misuses the LEGO name about as bad as I've ever seen. I guess it didn't occur to them that when they wrote "counterfeit LEGO", it means that the pieces aren't LEGO at all. Oh well, at least the world is taking a turn (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Indeed. Although a headline like "Rich Multinational Toy Company Gives Poor Finnish Children Second Rate Building Bricks for Christmas" could hardly appeal to Lego... Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Are you willing to vouch for the safety of each of those fake sets? Were LEGO to have given the o.k. to give away the illegal sets they (the LEGO company) would have, at least in principle, been giving their assurance that the sets are safe to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) charity, presumeably for distribution to the poor. I read between the lines that this is Finnish law, that siezed illegal goods can be destroyed or given to charity. The article claimed that the clones were dangerous and could break in normal (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey, their might be a use for Bionicle after all! :-) Steve (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Funny story out of Finnland. It seems a huge batch of counterfit Lego sets were seized by Finnish authorities. These poor bricks have been given the death sentance, but don't worry their lives will not have been in vain, their death will help to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I am not sure what either "blatant" nor "jeers" mean, but when reading the Danish and the English version, I would have translated this way: ....all are Slavic copies of Lego.... I asume blatant is something else. Sonnich (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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On the (URL) New Inventors> tonight (ABC TV Australia), there was a short segment on kids inventions, and two girls invented a floor cleaner based on an RCX. It looked like a fairly simple robot, with touch sensors each end, and some floor wipes (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Quatro Bricks Popular in Great American Toy Test
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Quatro bricks made the top 15 best toys in the 2004-2005 (URL) Great American Toy Test> Maggie C. (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.quatro, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Brick Testament: Story of Christmas in Publishers Weekly and Money magazine
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Publishers Weekly has reviewed (URL) The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas>. The write-up can be seen on their website, but in case you don't have a subscription to that site, I've put a copy of the review on The Brick Testament's press page (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) sold everywhere. I even have few sets of it at home and I should say it is pretty good quality for its price. Sure, not as good as authentic Lego, but much better than other chinese Lego analogs, and several times cheaper. With Lego prices in (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Mmmm, grinder. I gotta get me one of those!!! brickmodder (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) (URL) haul of fake Lego to go up in smoke" HELSINKI (Reuters) - More than 10 tons of Chinese-made plastic toy bricks will go up in smoke when the largest customs haul of illegal imitation Legos ever seized is incinerated, a Finnish customs (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: European vs American Market and Values (Was: LEGO sells "violent"toys?)
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Christian Treczoks wrote in message ... (...) I can't speak for toy stores in the US, but in my part of Canada, in independent toystores (I don't see it in department stores at all), Playmobil has as much or more shelf space as LEGO, usually right (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It's not quite accurate for them to describe all of the sets as "blatant copies" of LEGO sets. Granted, many sets were direct copies, and Shifty certainly copied numerous patent-protected parts, but the Shifty castle set that I bought has no (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thank you very much! As I said, I very much prefer Lego for the creativity values it once represented (and which it tries to regain), but the current set design is very unattractive to me and other adults I talked to. Kids might like Bionicle (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Funny, I bought and wrote this... Now I read this: (URL) is just across the waters, 80 km from here. 10 tons, 10000 sets :-) That is a lot! S PS: I will keep the set, in case I have to do a setup/show sometime again. It will go under "bad bad bad (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hello Thomas, As the one who posted the link and started this thread I can assure you that it was in no way meant to be a troll of any kind. I hope my past postings on LUGNET are proof enough that I'm just not that kind of person. However, I (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Ok, what kid doesn't play with any of his toys that way no matter what they are? As a kid I had a couple friends whose parents absolutely INSISTED that they'd have no violent toys in the house. Star Wars toys? Nope. Transformers? Nope. But (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) So why can't you just buy sets and give him only the "approved parts"? (...) A real conviction should triumph over this, hands down. (...) Your argument is divided between building and play. In building, it is impossible to determine what will (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Bryan & All, (...) Maersk truck. I also saw the newer Coastal Patrol Harbor there, with the Dolphins. Pretty sad. Shifty indeed. Scott Sanburn -- (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Found on (URL) . "Last year, the customs authorities in Finland seized a large consignment of copy products in transit between China and Russia. There were 54,514 sets - totalling 10.5 tons of imitation productions - all of them blatant copies of (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I first saw this thread almost as a troll - an article that had legitimate concerns over violent toys mentioned Lego and all the Lego fans rushed blindly to the defense of their favorite toy. But I think two very important discussion points have (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Christian Treczoks wrote: SNIP (...) They don't? Your cats must suck. Soren (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) A reasonable well thought out book on the subjects of children and violent play that I have flipped through recently is Killing Monsters Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones, Lynn, Md. Ponton (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) This point is completely irrelevant. There is always a gulf between the way a toy is marketed and the children play with them. Take, for example, Hotwheels or Matchbox cars. I would assert the that way these toys are marketed to kids is a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well cats have claws. But they are there for hunting (and destroying furniture), and they are comparably small. Compare the Bionicle claws to the overall size of the "figures". And cats do not use spears or flaming swords... (...) Thinking and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Cats have claws. Does that make a cat violent? Well, it may, but only when provoked... Question--who does the provoking? As much as I don't collect Bionicle, I have found through the (free) comic books and the Lego-produced movies, there is a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I'm not into Bionicle, but I could not help but notice things like claws, flaming swords, spear-like contraptions, etc[1] on these "things". Items I would usually connect to "violence" instead of "conflict". I noticed a lack of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Wait until this set comes out: (URL) No, that's not a spear, it's a walking stick. And that other one's holding a telescope. Johnathan (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO's Rescue... Interesting article in the Sunday Times (UK)
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(...) SNIP (...) I absolutely agree. Up until a year ago I worked @ W*M for 2 yrs. I would never reccommend it to anyone. If the star were inverted, it would describe the true nature of 'the beast' better. The workers are great, but company policy (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) As I noted in a reply to Larry, I didn't really intend for this thread to turn into a debate, but then I also should have been more careful with my comments. That's what happens when I post early in the morning with my pouty-face, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) My apologies. I think I may have inadvertently spun the thread into a debate mode. In all honesty, that wasn't my intention. I should have just posted the link and kept my comments to a minimum. Regards, Allan B. (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Parts of this thread appear to be veering that way, yes.I probably should have set the FUT myself on my post way back up thread. I'll forcefut the thread or parts, if people ask me to offline. (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) No no no. According to Bricklink (URL) are clearly "handles". This is so your super-strong minifig can pick up the spaceship by the nose and put it away on the shelf. (...) Again, you are misconstruing. Both this and the Alpha-1 Rocket Base (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That's for darned sure. Meanwhile, it's considered un-patriotic to criticize the actual violence inflicted upon innocent civilians overseas (well, "overseas" relative to the US, I mean). I had all kinds of toy guns and knives when I was a kid, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Let's hope one of those things is Canada's own MegaBloks! Personally, I'd like to see Lego produce tanks and battleships and fighter jets. People who are vehement enough to NOT buy violent toys are going to find violence everywhere. Knight's (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) When did this "huge step" take place? I've got a poor grasp of LEGO history, but if you want sets with slightly implicit violence, this "trend" has been going on for at least decades (western theme, with cowboys & indians, guns, bows and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Not to add fuel to the debate fires, but I would like to throw out one point in this discussion. Nothing like starting my return to posting after vacation with a debate! :) Many tend to confuse the terms/concepts of "violence" and "conflict". (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I was flipping through a toy catalog the other day (Hearthsong, I think), and I came upon a page with some Bionicle sets. I was shocked to realize how out-of-place the Bionicle sets seemed. Very evil and ominous seeming. (...) That's true. But (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Me too. My parents didn't let me watch them, believe it or not. I did anyway though. (...) No, they're certainly cartoonlike. (...) Or just the first time they were big enough for these guys to notice them. I share your feelings about these (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I ashamed to say that this information came out of Canada: (URL) disrespect to Mr. Martens of Project Peacemakers, but I think there are so many worse things in the world to worry about. If Bionicles are violent, then I shudder to think what all (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) a very sad state of affairs, to say the least. just walk down the isles of wal-mart, and notice what kind of toys get the most shelf space. last year, around chistmas, they had at least four whole isles, both sides, FULL of junk "made in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The Nov 14 Sunday Times features an interesting and fairly indepth article about the current situation within the LEGO company: (URL) article seems to go to great lengths to point out how bad things are at the moment. However, it also offers what I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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Three of these (URL) just went up around the city to promote (one of) our current show(s), pretty cool, nay? Paul COLTC ps. More media exposure of COLTC here: (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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(...) ROTFLMAO! unfortunatly nope, wasn't me... I guess I shoulda thought of it? I dunno, I think I'm gonna sink into a deep dark age, this deployment is detaching my from Lego... Josh (8 or so miles outside of Fallujah...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) They are using Lego for the "large buildings" (I would assume that they are using various bricks for them and poker chips for the "small buildings". They are only using gravel for the roads. Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hmmmm...I wonder if Josh Baakko has anything to do with that??(1) Julie (1)AFOL Marine who posted on BrickLink he was headed to Fallujah. (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) "Nov. 5: A legend for a city map of Fallujah, made out of gravels and Lego stones, is on display for training purpose at a base outside Fallujah." Makes you think they're using up those BURPs! :) -Patrick (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Found this on my daily browse of national news sites. (URL) Kingsley (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) I actually cringed a lot. Anyway, the interviewer was nice. This is actually the fourth time my name appeared in the Dispatch (previous three times was non-Lego related), the first 3 times they mentioned to misspell my name, this time they got (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(URL) so the guy said "Legos"...after cringing a bit, I read on...regardless of the incorrect term, it's a good article... THE ALLURE OF LEGOS Exhibit underscores potential of plastic building blocks Thursday, November 04, 2004 Julie R . Bailey THE (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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(...) November 3rd is tomorrow.., (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) November's issue of Jeep World, a UK magazine includes this short article about the Jeep Adrian and I built a while ago: (URL) More info and photos can be found at: (URL) site> or (URL) page>. --Bram (2 URLs) Bram Lambrecht (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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Attack of the Snowman Clones! That cover looks great, Eric. Excellent idea to use Bruce's sphere for a snowman. And quite the honor to get a six-page write in Games! I very much look forward to picking up a copy! Much congratulations, -Brendan (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This may not be a bad thing. Having a separate company gives TLC a chance to be a partner, which could work out really well. Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea are not owned by the Walt Disney Company, but by the Oriental Land Company. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I'm posting a self-follow-up article to point to the URL of my webpage I've finally gotten around to writing: (URL) snowman and magazine article are both discussed. Cheers, eric (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) thread (URL) has some good discussion I think. (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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this just in... Lego chief executive resigns after crisis continues at Danish toymaker. (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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