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(...) I like the tie-ins, except "Harry Pooper". Star Wars has made Lego "cool" in some quarters. They're a great reason for people who already have sufficent Lego to buy more. They just need better tie-ins. "The Matrix" Lego would have been cool. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The analysis was thin and poorly written, I agree. Calum (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Has anyone ever visted the Lego company?: (URL) if so, is it worth going? What do you get to see/do? When my son is a bit older we're (I'm) planning a trip to Lego Land UK. It's considerably nearer. Thomas (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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The problem is guys, while that may not mean many lugnet regulars and afols, the majority of their sales are gonna be kids who only put together the described models. I was once in Hamleys (being a Londoner) and heard a mum objecting to buying Lego (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It's a very funny story. I really tried to read the whole thing, but I can't. I've spent too much time laughing. I recognize the author's logic trail from the cartoon network. IE: "That guy smokes, and those people were killed in a fire, so (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Found via Gizmodo: (URL) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey Sonnich, See (URL) this thread>. There are also threads on the Bricklink forums about this. Bruce (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
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I just noticed this story in a Danish Newspaper: (URL) like this guy has systematically arranged it. The same is on CNNs news: (URL) wonder if that is any of us. Or on BrickLink Sonnich (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)
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(...) recurring theme that "once you have sold a user a certain amount, they never need more product, so that's why LEGO went with licenses" is not one that I agree with, and I suspect I am not alone, many of us like to build big things. But we're a (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Mr. Swanberg has finally made it to the Daily Rotten... (URL) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I can't remember when exactly , but some time in the last year or so LEGO conducted a customer survey about the Mindstorms product line(s). When they did their restructuring, they had also mentioned that they want to focus on products like (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Mindstorms on Slashdot
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I noted this article on Slashdot: (URL) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Update On Bill Swanberg - Indicted by Grand Jury
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(...) <snip> (...) I just wish I didn't know. Kev (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) And I just saw it on CNN Headline News... (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Ha! I did notice that too! But I've stop worrying and learned to love the Legos! -Greg (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) At least you don't flinch like Bill will be when he hears a zipper. Jude (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) How embarrassing for his family, friends, and the entire LEGO community. Now he has made CNN with this nightmare. (URL) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I love the graphic, but you need to change the vehicle to an E350, which is a van, instead of an F350, which is a pickup truck. (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Am I the only person that flinches every time the media uses the term "Legos" in print? *sigh* (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) <snip> This is now on CNN as well, (URL) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) truck to haul away his inventory. The story says he sold more than $600K worth of brick over the last 3 years. Unfortunately, they also mention BrickLink. (URL) this would have to happen in my neck of the woods... he was arrested at the Target (...) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Bryce! This is awesome! :-) *ROFL* -Anne (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) I hope Mr. Swanberg bought a supply of Preparation H, cause he's gonna be hurting... :V) -HRH (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Update On Bill Swanberg - Indicted by Grand Jury
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Looks like Bill is one step closer to making new friends in cellblock C. And This time Bricklink made the story. (URL) RENO, Nev. -- A 40-year-old man has been arrested for stealing Legos from several Target stores in Oregon. William Swanberg was (...) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops) !!
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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HAH! Isn't it ironic that Target has the Falcon on sale for $49.99? :-) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(URL) (19 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LaCie Debuts Hard Drives in the Form of LEGO Blocks
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(...) LaCie's website is currently down (probably due to the double whammy of getting Boing Boing'd and Slashdotted) -Orion (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LaCie Debuts Hard Drives in the Form of LEGO Blocks
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(URL) LaCie Debuts Hard Drives in the Form of LEGO Blocks (not real LEGO bricks) by Staff, 12:45 PM EST, November 22nd, 2005 LaCie on Tuesday introduced its new Brick Desktop Edition and Brick Mobile Edition line of external hard drives, which look (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Vote for your favourite toy
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(URL) notice the link they have for LEGO is to the LUGNET Cool Site of the Week... ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Ouch! I feel bad because I have traded with this guy and a lot. He had great deals. Everything was always 20% less than retail ... even the new stuff. I would even have he find me special orders. I always wondered how he could find stuff I (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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I have not met or traded with Bill before. Still, this news shocked me, as if suddenly I discovered that one of my close friends were a criminal. It's sad, sad, sad. Stealing is wrong. Stealing for profit is very wrong. Still, he could have commit (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Google Earth and Legoland
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I'm not sure this is really "media watch", it's more like "multimedia watch", but I can't keep this to myself: Google Earth has chosen to include extra high resolution satellite photos of relatively small areas around each of the Legoland parks in (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Most cashiers working in huge toy stores simply don't care. Pick the one that looks most inexperienced, tired, or both, and you can probably get away with the most amazingly simple scams, provided you don't do it too often. That, I think, was (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Actually, it's one of the oldest scams in the book; that's why those automatic tellers at Home Depot, etc, have the weight system setup. I'm surprised it worked so well, I guess the cashier's display just said "ITEM LEGO TOY" or something like (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) No, he was an Admin up to the point Dan got wind of this. He was not only demoted but kicked off the site 100%. I can see Bill doing this no problem. His ego and attitude led him to think he was better and smarter than everybody... guess the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) That's so simple I'm surprised I never thought of it, not that I'd ever commit a crime of course. Steve (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Gregory wrote: He'd better be (...) As I read the report I thought exactly the same thing, although my joke was going to involve making sure he didn't drop the soap. :-) Steve (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Bill hasn't been an admin for awhile, several months if I remember correctly. Daniel (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) I never did like that guy, but I never would have guessed this. He'd better be able to make up a much more violent or daring crime to tell his cellmates. I can just imagine what his prison life would be like: Cellmate Bubba: "Hey you! Yeah (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) How pathetic. They say innocent until proven guilty but it sounds like they got him dead to rights. I hope this doesn't end up giving all AFOL's a bad name! (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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Wow. How effin' sad. (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) I would expect that he is now a former inventory admin. (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Reposting in several additional groups. This is an important story with potential impact upon a whole bunch of people. Thanks for posting the article. I've been reading the comments over at the Bricklink forum, where the sale/resale aspect may (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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William A. Swanberg, the inventory admin on Bricklink was arrested for switching UPCs on Lego sets. Full story here: (URL) COUNTY - - Early this morning (11/17/05), members of the Washington County Interagency Fraud and Identity Theft Enforcement (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Fame at last! (In the Romford Recorder)
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(URL) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: SCC rules in favour of Mega Bloks in Lego battle
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(...) Thanks for linking to this story. I'd dispute one point, though: (...) That's technically true if you cherry-pick which Mega Bloks you want to test, but then the same can be said of LEGO:LEGO linking. Micro-scale Mega Bloks are almost 100% (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | SCC rules in favour of Mega Bloks in Lego battle
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From (URL) Bloks Inc. did not infringe on Lego's trademark, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. Danish toy maker Lego had appealed to the higher court, alleging that Mega Bloks had copied the "look" of the tiny knobs that allow the blocks to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | HGTV and Holidays/Christmas!
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One of my colleagues in PR just called me with something cool on what has to be the shortest turn around ever. HGTV ((URL) is wanting to film someone’s house that is VERY decorated in holiday/Christmas themed LEGO creations. The kicker? HGTV wants (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce)
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| | Brick by brick, LEGO® might move on
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theage.com.au -business newswire- Nov. 13, 2005 Brick by brick, LEGO® might move on It has a population of just 8,000, yet it churns out plastic bricks by the billion. But now the people of Billund, Denmark, must prepare for the worst: LEGO leaving (...) (19 years ago, 13-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Photo of Train MOCs in local newspaper
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Following the recent Birkenhead (UK) model railway show, at which we exhibited our small layout (12'x6'), the exhibition manager sent me the photo that appeared in the local free newspaper, the Wirral Globe: (URL) layout is top right and the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | SW Millennium Falcon set tops eBay Hot New Toys list
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eBay just released its annual Hot New Toys List ((URL) and what should top the poll but the (URL) Millennium Falcon set>! eBay also has a new "(URL) Toy Finder>" thingy, where other LEGO products are featured, including the SW ARC-170 Star Fighter, (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Group Builds Licensed Portfolio Success with New Deals
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(URL) LEGO® Group Builds Licensed Portfolio Success with New Deals; Global Construction Toy Category Leader Secures Worldwide Licensing Rights to Leading Properties ENFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2005--The LEGO Group, manufacturer of (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Minnesota AFOL makes it on Owatonna Today show
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(...) Thanks for the positive feedback! It was fun. I had video prepared of some walkers, and demonstrated my little UCOGVI micromotor based walker. I'm rarely at a loss for words (verbosity is a family trait), so we got through most everything. I (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Minnesota AFOL makes it on Owatonna Today show
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(...) I hope someone from a bigger TV station watches it and gets you more publicity. Your MOCs certainly deserve a wider audience. 12 minutes is good going for any TV show! Mark (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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| | Minnesota AFOL makes it on Owatonna Today show
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Well, it is not much of a media watch, because it is such a small market, but I'm going to be on the local cable access television "The Owatonna Today Show" (indian name pronounced oh-wah-tah-na). On October 26th, I'll be on for a whopping 12 (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO appearances in the "maker" scene
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(...) Ya but not a very good link, because there's nothing about the LDD parts library or the fan efforts at Ldraw (that I'm aware of). Interesting article, I agree with the thesis, the LEGO market does have long tail characteristics which the (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Do you have a link for this? I couldn't find it at the site. Thanks, Darrell (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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| | LEGO appearances in the "maker" scene
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Since I've started reading the Make Mazine blog ((URL) I've run across more "out-there" references to LEGO. There have been a couple of LEGO computer articles, and an article about LEGO as a rapid-prototyping tool. A couple of the latest: An (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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| | Lego Teams with ALC to Open Education Centers in North America
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(URL) LEGO Group, through its LEGO(R) Education division, has signed an exclusive Master License Agreement with ALC Education Group, LLC of New York to bring the LEGO Education Center concept to the United States and Canada. The LEGO Education (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: News from Biomechanical Bricks
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I missed any chance to see it, being busy with NWBC and all. Any video you can post? Mark (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Blocked by Best-Lock
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(URL) LANCASHIRE, U.K.--(CCNMatthews - Oct 11, 2005) LEGO® Blocked by Best-Lock LEGO Suit against Best-Lock Europe LTD Dimissed in Final Ruling by German Appelate Court (Oberlandesgericht Hamburg) and in Regards to Brick Trademark Postponed. The (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Amusing anecdotal tale from a mom
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(...) Aren't moms odd that way? My mom used to threaten to take away my LEGO bricks, or she said she would throw them away. Naturally, I believed her back then. Daniel (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Hot Blasphemy
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(URL) Brendan Powell Smith's Brick Testament was in the October 6th issue of Rolling Stone, Issue 984. The brief article just gives an overview of what the Brick Testament is about, and it describes some of the more graphic renditions of the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: News from Biomechanical Bricks
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(...) WOW, that was fun seeing how a morning News Show works. Amazing. Little Romeo was there and did a lil' somthin' infront of my robots. That's Master P's son, they got 400 million. I sat in the make up chair too, so I could look "Fabulous"; is (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | News from Biomechanical Bricks
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I'll be on the Good Day New York television show, this morning on Fox 5. The segment will feature a display of Mecha and Moonbase. Promotional appearence for this weekend's (URL) Super Fantastic KIDS DAY Weekend> PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: Amusing anecdotal tale from a mom
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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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| | Amusing anecdotal tale from a mom
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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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| | BayLUG in the Fremont Argus
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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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| | Lego Master Builders a Science North this weekend
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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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| | Re: NELUG appears on PBS TV show "Greater Boston".
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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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| | LLCA on the Great Outdoors last night
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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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| | Re: NELUG appears on PBS TV show "Greater Boston".
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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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| | NELUG appears on PBS TV show "Greater Boston".
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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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| | National Train Show video program available for download
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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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| | Re: The Train Show *Upcoming LEGO episode!
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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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| | Re: The Train Show *Upcoming LEGO episode!
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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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| | Queens University (Kingston) to try breaking bridge record
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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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| | Re: Lego to retire the brick?
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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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| | Re: Lego to retire the brick?
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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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| | Re: Lego to retire the brick?
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(...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego to retire the brick?
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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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(...) with a grain of salt. The statements about Kodak's market-power seem somewhat overstated and out of touch with reality. Consider this recent article as a counterpoint to claims that Kodak is leading a highly competitive market: (URL) a direct (...) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego to retire the brick?
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Yow. I saw this on Eurobricks: (URL) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO on SlashDot: Lego Welcomes Hack Of Their Design Program
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(URL) the slashdot'ing begin ;) Ray (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LDD "hackers" made CNET
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(...) Excellent question. We did get 2 rounds of answers but they weren't very "meaty". (...) I think as the article said, LEGO are constrained as to what they can say officially/publicly. But unofficially we're getting lots of winks, nods, thumbs (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Why isn't TLG giving this sort of feedback though the (URL) forum> it set up specifically for that? LEGO Factory has been out for three weeks, and the TLG reps have yet to provide any answers (other than "LDD will be improved in the future"). (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LDD "hackers" made CNET
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(URL) For those of you following the efforts of LDD users in streamlining the bag use in LDD, CNET published a cool article about it, and LEGO's reaction to their work. Quoted are Dan Malec, Larry Pieniazek, and Jake McKee (among others). I find it (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LDD story on Metropolismag.com
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Metropolismag.com has an interesting LDD story: (URL) Among other things, it says that the beta version of LDD has been downloaded 700,000 times (not sure exactly what they mean by "beta" since it's been available for a while), and almostl 32,000 (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Disturbing Mega hit on Amazon for Lego Vikings
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(...) Let's be careful with the "theft" word, shall we? It's borderline libel, after all, and one might likewise be tempted to suggest that LEGO purloined the whole Vikings idea from Mega Bloks, which released the 9604 Viking Ship way back in 1995. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Just did a search on Amazon for Lego Viking and got this result as the number one return above ALL of the Lego sets: ------ Results for Lego Viking Customers who searched for Lego Viking ultimately chose: 1. Mega Bloks Pyrates Dread Eye's Phantom (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Newspaper article about Lego Factory Contest winner in the Tennessean
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This article was in the Tennessean paper on Thursday, September 8th. It is in the section D "Living" of the paper. I scanned the article and uploaded it to Brickshelf.com. Here is the link: (URL) 718 (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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(...) So, I had to try it. Jeepers, you get redirected in 10 seconds. The only thing that made me sad was that the message wasn't signed by Susan Williams like the old announcement in the catalogues :( (19 years ago, 10-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | People getting uppity about "legos"
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(URL) one's a chuckle. The "LEGO brand speech" on "www.legos.com" makes perfect sense to me, but I guess some people don't have enough to complain about. - Kelly (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO press releases: European production adjustments
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TLG released a couple of press releases today. One indicates that several European facilities will be closed, and a lot of the function will go to a Czech facility. Switzerland, in particular, will lose a few hundred jobs, including some machine (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, Since I've been a little addicted to the little artists lately, I've founf another link with a bunch of pictures of their recreations of famous modern art pieces out of our favourite toy. (URL) on the links to see pictures of varius famous (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| | "For Lego, an Online Lifeline?"
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Taken from: (URL) For Lego, an Online Lifeline? The building-block maker has had some rough times as toys go digital, but its new Lego Factory Web site may help it reconnect with kids When he was a three-year-old boy, Neal McClatchey's father (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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