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(...) Hula hoop? Though I really think that bikes should probably top the list, I can't really imagine that hula hoops had any great popularity after about 1960. Anyway, thanks for finding that. I'll have to tape Friday night's episode (though, (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Found it - Friday night's episode, coming it at #3 overall, just behind Barbie and Hula Hoop, but beating out notables such as GIJoe, Star Wars figures, "Bike", and Atari: (URL) Hula Hoop. -Nick (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey all, VH1 is doing a series this week called "I love toys", counting down the top 100 toys from our childhoods with 20 each night. I assume LEGO will be on the list somewhere. On their website they've posted the (URL) list from 100-81> (last (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2006-- More Than 9,600 People Worldwide Answered LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Call for 100 "NXT" Great Developers; Robotics enthusiasts as young as 75 years of age representing 79 countries applied. The LEGO Group's robotics team (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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(...) Well, whatever you think of his work, you should know the cartoonist himself was very nice. When I emailed him because I could not find a link to his strip (my local newspaper doesn't post the comics online and King Features Syndicate has (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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<Adjusts tie, with bulging eyeballs> Tough NG-- I gotta be my own straight man! (...) What? Minifigs do float???? Well then, by golly, I take it all back! That comic is hilarious! "Bizarro" is the funniest thing since.... since.... well, I get back (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the heads up, Maggie! I'll say 2 things about the comic-- 1. NOTHING can ever replace The Far Side, least of which this tripe, and 2. it would be funnier if minifigs actually did float, which they don't, so where's the joke? The (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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The February 24 Bizarro comic features a LEGO scene: (URL) C. (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Jonah Goldberg mentioned this today on National Review Online's blog, (URL) The Corner>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.western, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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(...) The animation segment was short but really well done. They matched some minifigs pretty well with some of the characters. (...) I can't say for sure, but given that it was a first-run episode from season three, I'd guess that it was filmed (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I managed to catch this episode and saw the whole town. I missed the part with the animination though. I wonder when it was filmed since they had Jack Stone Pirates :) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I hope everyone caught tonight's episode of Corner Gas called 'Block Party'. Here's the synopsis from the show's website: (URL) I was hoping they wouldn't make fun of building with LEGO bricks, but rather would have fun with the idea. And I think (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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In Time magazine, canadian edition, Feb 20th, 2006, they profile the Google guys on page 20 : "In search of the real google". ... they play with Legos (sic) for some inspiration (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In InformationWeek, Feb 6th, 2006, a magazine that attends to the information technologies crowd, page 65, in the personal tech guide, they show the Mindstorms NXT as a cool gadet : (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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One of the images rotated on the (URL) home page> for the Boys and Girls club shows a youngster contemplating Lego (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO PC at PC Magazine's Site
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Browsing PC Magazine and saw this! (URL) Here's the link for the story- (URL) Some of the links didn't work but the one with the video did (about 4 1/2 minutes long). Adr. (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: The Force is With the LEGO® Brand Until 2011
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(...) snip Sorry, space fans... Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT on NPR radio program The World
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Just to follow up, you can now listen to this report on (URL) this page>. Here's their description of the interview: "LEGO interview (5:00) Lego building blocks joined the computer generation with Mindstorms. Now Lego is taking its toy to a new (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Slashdot.org LEGO news
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(URL) about Andrew Carols working Babbage Difference Engine. (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Mindstorms NXT on NPR radio program The World
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Hey all, I just caught the very end of an interview with what I believe was the author of the Wired article on Mindstorms NXT on the NPR program The World. It looks like you can (URL) listen to their programs on-line>, but today's program (February (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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