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(...) What REALLY irks me is the repeated use of "Legos". I can understand that kids might misuse the word, but the media has a responsibility for reporting the news correctly, right? (insert rolling-eyes smiley here) If the media's gonna throw (...) (19 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) So they can use Ebay's preferred (silly) capitalization, but can't get BrickLink right? And BrickLink facilitates trades? (...) More of the accuracy we have come to expect from the media. Good grief; even his BrickLink feedback page can tell (...) (19 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Here's an update from the (URL) (OR) Argus>: Lego thief pleads guilty Thursday ===...=== Friday, April 21, 2006 By Kurt Eckert The Argus The man who stole more than $6,000 in Lego sets from Target stores throughout the Portland areas pleaded guilty (...) (19 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO models on the cover of New York Family Magazine
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) Very cool buildings! where's Maggie? Jeff (19 years ago, 19-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Hi, everybody! Last month I built 2 two-foot apartment buildings that were photograhped and featured in New York Family Magazine. One of the buildings was used for the April 2006 (current) issue cover, and the other was printed alongside the table (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
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Posted on behalf of Dider Enjary: A piece broadcast nationally on the France2 tv station. (URL) The show is put on by Freelug with guest appearances from Jan Albert Van ree (lowlug), Casper Van Nimwegen (lowlug) and Vincent Meuw (Belug) and runs (...) (19 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.fr.freelug, FTX)
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| | Re: Robot Magazine latest issue contains article about NXT Mindstorms Robotics
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(...) And now for the comments... The article is a good overview of the Mindstorms NXT product and does a fair job explaining the differences between the old RCX and the new product. It reads a little like a press release in that it covers the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego my Eggo
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(...) advertising for LEGO! (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Anyone see this yet? (URL) A> (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Massive Stadium Revealed at LEGOLand <span style="text-decoration:line-through">Billund</span> >
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Ross Opps, thanks for pointing that out. I guess I guessed at the location. I made some assumptions based on the pictures I saw and my own visit to Billund. Sorry to anyone that planned a trip to Billund to set it. Maybe you can redirt to Germany. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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(...) Hi Todd, That is the Allianz Arena, and it is indeed very impressive, but I believe it is on display at Legoland Deutschland, not Billund: (URL) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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Anyone that has been to LEGOLand in Billund knows they had a giant stadium model on display. Well, it appears that they have upgraded to a new model. A friend passed me this link from Ezprezzo: (URL) am extremely impressed and the model is massive. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | Robot Magazine latest issue contains article about NXT Mindstorms Robotics
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Robotics Fans, I recently purchased the second issue of ROBOT, Spring 2006,the magazine devoted to Robot Hobbiests and found an article on Mindstorms NXT. See the magazine at: (URL) I read the article I will post a comment or two on the article (...) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
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(...) Ah, (URL) satire.> found on this page linked on the above site (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) As the UN page no longer has the image, here is a link with the image, and article about it, from (URL). (URL) direct link> Best, DaveG (19 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I'm kinda baffled by the symbology. I don't know about anyone else, but when I'm trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle, I'm not gonna try to use a Lego brick to do it. If that makes me a racist, then so be it. a (19 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) And now it seems the UN OHCHR has taken down the image (or maybe it just moved). Anyhoo, the linked page no longer has the poster on it. I'm thinking someone gave the OHCHR an earful. Steve (19 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Dejure it's out of copyright/trademark, true, but defacto it will be LEGO that will be influenced the most by any ill will engendered. Most people's first thought, I would expect, would be "hey those are legos" (with some small subset thinking (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You're right, that one is certainly more clear about what it's trying to get across. And it's more appropos in using all minifigs to represent something, rather than using a construction element as something to be termed as different. I'm just (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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