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(...) I thought this was only done for toys that made noises, preferably loud :-) Joe (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(URL) A fun, (mostly) tongue-in-cheek view from a parent new to the LEGO effect on kids (and carpets, and washing machines, and...) Read it to the end for full impact. Kelly (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Here is BayLUG's latest press coverage: (URL) Clark BayLUG/BayLTC (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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I noticed this: (URL) "Don’t miss LEGO® Master Model Builders (there are less than 50 in the whole world) who will officially open the exhibition on October 8 and 9 by building a GIANT LEGO® robot right before your eyes!" -Rob A> (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.sud)
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| | Re: NELUG appears on PBS TV show "Greater Boston".
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Congrats lads! This was a nice write up on a great hobby (and presumably group ; ) I grew to watch the Boston PBS a lot in my time in Canada... ; ) God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it is pretty hard to get people to understand the whole "Legos" thing. Also the video they provide didn't include a 3-4 minute in-studio interview with NELUGer Mike Ripley. Mike did a great job, although the sub-title under his name read (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Last night they did a story about LLCA on Seven's lifestyle show The Great Outdoors. Nothing special, you can see a summary here: (URL) .loc.au (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Enjoyed! It's great to see the LEGO Fan community finally getting more exposure. The show/article was fun, informitive and respectful of our hobby. But they still said "Legos" :P -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The local PBS Television New Program "Greater Boston" recently aired a segment on the New England LEGO Users Group. This spot really seemed to do a good job of focusing on AFOL culture in many areas. They have put a long story and a link to the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce) !!
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(URL) down to RFD-TV #22 to download. The WMV is about 70 MB. (Chris already posted to just mediawatch but it deserves wider dissemination.) FUT trains.org (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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(...) Very cool..and one of my buildings got the opening shop...lol....Paul and others interveiwed did great.Chris MichLTC (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well tomorrow is the day! A full half hour of national broadcasting for ITLCO’s NMRA 2005 show. But Online TODAY! (URL) All Can be seen on RFD TV and the train show web site. . Mike Gallagher (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I found this (FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005) and haven't seen it posted. (URL) "The team is working to accumulate enough Lego blocks to build a bridge spanning up to six metres—surpassing efforts of a previous team who built a three-metre bridge." (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Hot Blasphemy! The Brick Testament in Rolling Stone
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The current issue of (URL) Rolling Stone> magazine (6 October 2005 with Evangeline Lilly on the cover) has a piece on (URL) The Brick Testament> in their "Hot List 2005". Feauturing an illustration of (URL) Jesus on the cross> (from The Law section (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | LEGO Vikings on TRU "Hottest Toy" list for 2005
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Ah, the sweet smell of vindication... (URL) 'R Us just released their annual list of hottest new toys for the 2005 holiday shopping season, and there are 14 toys listed, including the 7019 LEGO® Vikings Fortress set ((URL) The funny thing is, it's (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) accessible 5 years ago. Where's this writer spent the last quarter century? Besides, isn't the current line from the Billund mothership "back to the core business"? But who knows what things will look like in 7 years. Steve (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) could do. On the other hand: Imagine. Go back three years in time. now you find an article somewhere telling that Lego is planning to change core colours and plans to kill grey and dark grey off the palette as the first colours that are no (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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It's in (URL) Russian!> Well, part of it anyways:-) Many thanks to Alexander Horoshilov, who runs a Russian AFOL site: (URL) Doublebrick.ru> Joe Meno Editor/Publisher, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The author is making his point and damned if he's going to let the truth stand in his way. My suspicion is this: Lego say they will close production of bricks in Europe in seven years, concentrate on games and change the direction of the brick (...) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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