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for those of you that do not know John: (URL) He is the one that started the COLTC skyscraper thingie with his LeVeque tower about 2 years ago. I also know he did NOT say LEGOs, that's the acuracy of the press for ya! Last year the fair drew over 1 (...) (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Tom Knuteson? LEGO display
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Hey all, Google news-ing on "lego" I found (URL) article> about a medieval fair in Monroe, Wisconsin, which reads, in part: "Lego enthusiast and medieval history buff Tom Knuteson will have his Lego castle on display during the Faire. The castle (...) (19 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) (crossposting to the various Legoland groups) This looks like it will be good news - by reading this article: (URL) it looks like there may be new parks in the future and they want to make the park destination resorts - so this is good news. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.billund, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Watchout LEGO® is watching From the Journal Inquirer online edition July 6, 2005 ENFIELD, CT. -- Police have accused twin brothers of stealing nearly $42,000 worth of Star Wars-theme LEGO sets from the toymaker's facility here and selling some of (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO Braces for Big Changes - International Herald Tribune
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(URL) braces for big changes By Ivar Ekman International Herald Tribune SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2005 BILLUND, Denmark Lego, the maker of the iconic toy building blocks, put this little town on the map. Employees and residents alike cherished the family (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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One of my co-workers sent this link to me today. I started drooling when they showed the modelshop builder scooping lego out of a bin. (URL) VW (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickJournal has been mentioned on both SlashDot and BoingBoing
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(...) I was afraid to ask how many downloads you got hit with... Joe Ed./Pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickJournal has been mentioned on both SlashDot and BoingBoing
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"Richard Morton" <rjmorton@REMOVEME4i...ANDME.com> wrote in message news:IIrACM.nzz@lugnet.com... (...) Being mirror #4, I'm making an educated guess of about 1000 downloads since go time from me... Rob (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickJournal has been mentioned on both SlashDot and BoingBoing
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"Kelly McKiernan" <kelly@anagrafyxx.com> wrote in message news:IILz4s.uCz@lugnet.com... (...) We also noticed it here in our datacenter (where Legofan.org is hosted). We have 15 leased lines here, but the slashdot effect almost brought us to our (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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(...) Did you check the date on that link? Feb 2004... that's 17 months old! -Scott (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: BrickJournal has been mentioned on both SlashDot and BoingBoing
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(...) I noticed that when traffic on BZPower (which is a BrickJournal mirror) went through the roof. Good to know LEGO is popular with the digerati. Kelly (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Well, BrickJournal has been noticed by both (URL) SlashDot> and (URL) BoingBoing>. Matt (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickJournal mentioned in Library Journal!!!
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(...) Thomas, thanks for the link! And this one is funny, because I sent a bunch of news releases...and this is not one of the places I sent one to! Anyways, I'll send them a note correcting them about who published it...WE did :-) ! Later, Joe (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | BrickJournal mentioned in Library Journal!!!
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Joe/BrickJournal Staff, Looks like you have some professional recognition for your new publication: (URL) Unfortunately, they seem to be under the impression this magazine is published *by* Lego. You may want to correct them on that point. -- Thomas (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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This was covered in Lego's 2003 annual report. More recently, in Lego's 2004 annual report, they say that Duplo contributed to their operating profit in 2004. The item about the operating profit in 2004 is one of the positive notes in the overall (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Toys R Us Shareholders OK $6.6B Buyout
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(URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Advertisement wins Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival award
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(...) Don't they know they're supposed to interlock the bricks? No stacking!! Great ad, tho! (And I think this is a perfectly appropriate group to post it.) JohnG, GMLTC (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hope this is the right place to post this... Please also bear with me if I have messed up the FTX. Just saw where a Lego advertisement by Ogilvy & Mather Santiago won the Outdoor-Grand-Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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(...) I read a nice analysis of that move in (URL) yesterday. :) Also from the same article: Separately, Marketing can reveal that Lego has signed a partnership with Formula One World Championship-winning team Ferrari. Great, yet more Ferrari (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
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(...) Yup - I was very happy with this news when it was announced over a year ago ;) Still good news :) Never did like the Explore name. Mark P Collector of DUPLO promo bricks (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)
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