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  LEGOLAND California announces 2005 capital expansion plans
 
LEGOLAND California announces 2005 capital expansion plans Family theme park reaches record-breaking results for 2004 CARLSBAD, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2005) – LEGOLAND® California announced the Park’s best business results to date at a news conference (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Mindstorms in Sacramento Bee, SacBB to get coverage
 
Hi all, Last Thursday (January 20, 2005) the Sacramento (CA) Bee had an article on Lego Mindstorms in a local school: (URL) it here> This Saturday they are sending a photographer out to our <www.sacbb.org Sacramento Brick Builders> meeting and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) Except that those headlines are funny. This piece is pathetic. The bottom line is that the quality of writing and thinking displayed in this paper is worthy of a 12 year old, satire or no. William & Mary? Pleh. I weep. JOHN (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) I meant, it would not be out of place in The Onion. Headlines: "Lego Minifigs Aryan Yellow! Spoon Violence Follows Knife Ban!" -Erik (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) Hm...well, first off, I think this guy Dan gots issues. 1) He didn't do enough research to know how to say "Lego"..ie. "Legos"... 2) "Aryan Yellow"...that's a leap of faith. White folks are no more yellow than black/African-American folks are (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) Brian, go get him an Alpha Team iceblade--Dash (male) is the pilot. Same with the Police helicopter.. -Scott (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) I think the official line is that anytime something is licensed, then the flesh-colored figures can be used. If you look at the Ferrari sets, the crew is yellow, but Barichello and Shumacher are flesh-colored. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, and (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
Hello! Political correctness leads to silliness. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) Wow. yet another poor, deluded schmoo in need of a life. I feel sorry for this fellow. I mean one has to have a pretty lousy outlook on life to be spending it trying to find racism in the commercial world and stil manage to miss so blatantly. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
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