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(...) I just discovered it's a running TV documentary series. Each episode features a unique brand. This weekend's episode is the LEGO episode. More infomation about the series (URL) on their web site>. (Translated to (URL)) Sean - - LEGO Certified (...) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Hi, everyone... A documentary called "Lovemarks-LEGO" will be broadcast for the first time this weekend. I was originally told it was going to be a full-length film about people's passions towards brands like LEGO, IKEA, Starbucks (etc), but it (...) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.hk, lugnet.loc.cn, lugnet.loc.tw, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.loc.sg, FTX)
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| | LEGO is recalling 358,000 toy trucks #
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LEGO® Recalling 358,000 toy trucks Sept. 20, 2006 ENFIELD, CT, United States (UPI) -- LEGO Systems Inc., of Enfield, Conn., said Wednesday it is recalling about 358,000 toy trucks. The plastic wheels on the LEGO EXPLORE Super Truck set #3509 can (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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(...) That set- with the big Samsonite gears- started my own addiction. I'd tasted the brick before then, but mainlining it like that was something else entirely. Sigh... (18 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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Hey, That was outstanding! I especially liked seeing all those classic pieces and remembered when I first played with the neighbor's LEGO and they had some early-70's sets with some of those. The theme song is great, too - maybe I'll put it on my (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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So you say that when I'm hiding new funky pieces from my kids I'm a lego addict? Come on, they'll use important gearing to build sheep! My daugther nicked all my 'spider' legs to be a spider! Without considering what they could do with pneunatics! (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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Back in the 1970’s, an anti-drug film was created – in cooperation with the fine folks at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – that was titled "Drugs are Like That" and extensively featured LEGO building toys. The film took earlier Public (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Singapore Airlines Airbus 380 lands at LEGOLAND®
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Singapore Airlines A380 lands at LEGOLAND® (URL) Singapore Airlines has unveiled its latest aircraft addition – an A380 aircraft model built entirely of LEGO® bricks – in LEGOLAND®, Billund Denmark. Using over 75,000 LEGO bricks in eight colours, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Public invited to build with massive supply of Lego bricks
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"It all started on Saturday, when no less than three tons of white Lego blocks were literally dumped on the museum plaza known as Tullinløkka..." "Debate has raged for years over what may be the best use of the property, which long functioned as a (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | BrickSpace Preview Release!
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(URL) A game modification for Homeworld 2, BrickSpace lets you fight as the Classic Space, Blacktron, or Ice Planet fleet. The Preview Release lets you select any of the three fleets and gives you a selection of ships to play around with. Enemy AI (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.games, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: What to do in route to BF...
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(...) So you give interviews while driving through mountains? Talk about multi-tasking... (...) broken. Overall, it's a pretty nice article. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when folks like this open up a NXT. (18 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Wanna know what I did on my way to BrickFest? (URL) (18 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickFest in the news? / Public attendance?
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(...) While there were releases sent to various media outlets by the LEGO Group's PR firm, there wasn't much coverage on the local level. However, there was a Korean TV station that visited, as well as three other documentary filmmakers, who were (...) (18 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Has anyone seen any mention of BrickFest in the news? In past years, there have been stories in the Washington Post and even on national TV. My Google News searches turn up nothing for this year's event. On a somewhat related note, what was the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Yet another article discussing Legoland KC today. "One day after Olathe officials rejected a proposed deal to build Legoland and other attractions in the north part of the city, both the city and developers said they were willing to continue (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) Everything the City Council is asking for seems quite reasonable. If Legoland can't make it work, then maybe it just wasn't meant to be there. (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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What about the other amusement parks in the kansas city area? both past and present? Like Jeepers, Fairyland, and Worlds Of Fun.? Why does anyone think having Legoland on the door would make it work? What about Worlds of fun? (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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City council results: NO, but fix the plan and come back. From the article: Among the problems: The proposal does not include a guaranteed revenue stream to pay for $64.3 million in bonds developers want the city to issue; public participation would (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc. and since it will increace the tax base enormously, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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