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(...) Oh I forgot about that! Thanks for doing that. Of course, I was also worried about posting it in the wrong group - god only knows what would have happened to me! lol (18 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Crossposting to Loc AU, congrats you wacky Australians (If your looking for it in the shops in Australia, it is the one with the ninja turtles on the cover) (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Lego vig by AFOLs Anita & Michael in MAD magazine
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Congrats to them for getting a Spy vs. Spy Lego vig in MAD magazine: (URL) Here's the thread (1) talking about it in a bit more detail: (URL) (1) Standard JLUG warning: anyone who takes everything too seriously, please don't click this link (18 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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Lego works for industrial testing! A few years back RIMM were testing the reception of one of its 900MHz devices, which varied by angle and orientation. What did RIMM turn to? LEGO machines See an article (URL) here> and the creator's (URL) webpage> (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Hi Jacob, Congratulations on your MOCs TV (I think) appearance. Tim (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Seems that LEGO is being used in the QA dept at RIM to test the reception of some of their products. (URL) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego, Nathan Sawaya in Newsweek, 4/16/07
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All, I didn't find this mentioned anywhere here (sorry for the dupe if so)... There's a nice 6-page writeup on Lego in this week's Newsweek, "Building an Empire One Block at a Time". Despite repeated use of "Legos" to describe our beloved brick, it (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Nathan Sawaya in today's Metro newspaper (UK)
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Today's Metro (Thurs 12th April) features an article on page 3 about Nathan Sawaya and his Lego sculptures. Metro is a free national daily newspaper given out on public transport and proabably has the highest readership of an papaer in the UK (I (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Somebody uploaded this clip from Normalerweize on YouTube: (URL) proud to reveal that the model is MOC. You can find a few still pictures on: (URL) well, Jacob (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.dk) !
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Slashdot readers have probably already seen this, but for the rest of you, there is an article in the New York Times about using a 3d scanner and rapid prototype machine to reproduce LEGO: (URL) (18 years ago, 6-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego-Nintendo join up for Zelda- Nobody saw this the other day?
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(...) (URL) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) Very interesting article. As I expected the original one linked to distorted it severely. I'm glad some educators are taking the effort to teach children to think about concepts of ownership too. In my opinion the amount of implicitly accepted (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego-Nintendo join up for Zelda- Nobody saw this the other day?
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Nintendo series Legend of Zelda gets the Lego treatment, after success of Lego Star Wars: (URL) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Orion Pobursky schrieb: (...) I have also looked at www.retrojunk.com. Very interesting. cu mikeheide (18 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Here's a collection of YouTube links: (URL) Looking those up was way more fun than I expected. (18 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad)
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| | Lego in NY Times - Dating dealbreaker?
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Hi all, There's an article in today's New York Times on how badly decorated apartments can be bad for dating. One person profiled in the article (Bob Strauss, NY) is described as a Lego collector, and there is a picture of him building! Check out (...) (18 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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Looks like Rethinking Schools added the article to their archives, and is visible now: (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | searching for tv-spots from TLC
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I have some tv-spots from TLC. Does anybody has also some from other countries than germany. mikeheide (18 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad)
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| | Fox news www
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On today's (3-27-07) "Political Grapevine" with Brit Hume there was a piece about teaches banning lego from the class for a while since the teachers didn't like the "(paraphrased)capita...lass-type' things the kids were building. ?!?!?!? the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The LEGO Group Selects NetDevil to Create Branded MMOG
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(...) Actually, if I remember correctly, Magic: The Gathering online lets you convert in-game cards into real physical cards (under drastic conditions, as far as I remember). Maybe it doesn't quite qualify as MMOG, though. (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Never played LI, but a game where I could build a spaceship and get my sigfig to fly around in it would be the bossest ever!! -Lenny (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I have a feeling that this will be much like Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK) or Nick's Nicktropolis (Coca-cola has one too), and much less like World of Warcraft or Everquest. These web based MMOGs are very popular, and not only draw in users, (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I'll be keeping an eye on this, it could be very interesting. But I've got to wonder why LEGO decided to announce it more than a year before their official release date... Kelly (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | The LEGO Group Selects NetDevil to Create Branded MMOG
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(URL) press release> The LEGO® Group today announced it has commenced a working relationship with NetDevil® to develop a massively multiplayer online gaming experience to further engage its dedicated and active community. “As children around the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | The cubic structural evolution project in Australia
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(URL) The cubic structural evolution project 2004 is a spectacular installation that invites visitors to participate in the construction of a cityscape using thousands of pieces of Lego. For Eliasson, audience collaboration is of central importance. (...) (18 years ago, 5-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) Is it the weather and lack of sunshine that leads to this counter-to-reality belief systems that develop in Washington's educational systems? Does anyone see irony in the PRIVATE School teaching that PRIVATE property is wrong. Maybe the (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) Dave-- Please do post if you find the article. As for the snippet you did post--"In the current issue they describe how some kids hoarded the "best" pieces, denied their classmates any access at all to the pretend town they were building, and (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) Well, it wasn't a statement about the Lego Group, it was a statement about how kids were using the bricks. A quick summary of the article on (URL) states: ---...--- Why We Banned Legos As they watched their elementary-age students playing with (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) --snip-- (...) I like how the author ties together two entirely different stories into one for hilarious comic effect. Private school teaches children that private property is evil through an example using Lego is so obviously related to how (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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(...) Good grief! Somebody needs to go back and re-educate these teachers! As an educator myself, I find it ridiculous that LEGO was banned. I don't see other building toys banned here...and isn't it LEGO that has things like First LEGO League, (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | 'Lego Ban' at Seattle School Fueled by Anti-Private Property Crusaders
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You have to go in via (URL) to find this article. There is no direct link. L'Eggo My Lego By Maureen Martin 28 Feb 2007 Some Seattle school children are being told to be skeptical of private property rights. This lesson is being taught by banning (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | *Video* Q&A interview with the CEO of the LEGO® Group
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Business Report by Monocle Magazine Monocle Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to LEGO® Group CEO, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. Please note *HIGH* Quality download (291mb MPEG) Enjoy! (URL) -Abner (18 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Wednesday's child with help from Scott Lyttle
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(...) Way to go! Great Job Scott! (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX)
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This past wednesday LEGO and Scott Lyttle helped out the local FOX news with their (URL) Child"> segment. Good job Scott! (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Group: Positive 2006 results
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ENFIELD, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ Positive 2006 Results Contribute to Securing Future of The LEGO® Group The LEGO Group's strategy to focus on its core business as a means to securing its future paid off in 2006, it was announced today during a (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lego logo on ride of racetrack
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I was watching an old episode of Scrapheap Challenge and saw a Lego logo fly by on the side of a racetrack in England. (URL) (18 years ago, 10-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Cyndi Bradham featured in Raleigh News & Observer
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(...) It's pretty interesting how the off-the-cuff things you say are what ends up being printed, while what you perceive as the actual interview does not. But any press is good press, right? C. (18 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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RED Development, city and state officials held an open house today to present the LEGOLAND project and answer questions. I had the chance to drop by the presentation on the way home from work today. I did not have time to stay for the presentation, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Cyndi Bradham featured in Raleigh News & Observer
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(...) I use variants of this comment ALL the time:-) (...) No, but being stuck writing about this is:-) Over here in good ol' NC, the News and Observer is a very liberal paper - while that doesn't really mean anything in terms of the bias of this (...) (18 years ago, 7-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: Cyndi Bradham featured in Raleigh News & Observer
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(...) I love the logic: "What's the bid deal, I mean it could be heroin." I'll have to use that next time I'm justifying a big purchase ;) Nice example of unbiased reporting. He replies to your comment with an "Oohhh-Kaaay." So creating your own (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Cyndi Bradham featured in Raleigh News & Observer
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Cyndi Bradham and her large Castle layout which was on display this past weekend at LEGO Palooza in Chapel Hill, NC were featured in an article in the Raleigh News and Observer: (URL) Cyndi! Mike (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: Eat your legos!
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(...) I wonder if these will just be rereleases of the Suntory sets. (URL) TWS Garrison (URL) CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m Remove capital letters in address for direct reply. (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks for the info. This is NOT what i was expecting. I had visions of fruit grown/cut into lego, to then be consumed. more info is here: (URL) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Eat your legos!
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Lego will be supplying small models of apples, oranges, pears etc to be included in shrink-wrapped packages of imported South African fruit imported to Europe by a Belgian importer. A new and rather exotic source of sets! (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) From what I understand, Steve's reply is most probable. You may notice throughout the show that all logos on buildings, shirts, tools, and so on are blurred out. The only exceptions are from companies who pay money to the show to sponsor it - (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) Or LEGO didn't want to pay for the advertising... Steve (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) This may not be a "good" reason, but one reason they may not allow that is because LEGO has no control over how they are portrayed in the show. For example, someone could say, "that idiot plays with LEGOs" While most of us would support the (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) It sounds totally stupid to me that the world LEGO was not allowed to be used. I wonder what LEGO company idiot lawyer made that decision?? I have said this for years -- I see the LEGO group as a company that is more about missed marketing (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Harbour Bridge in SMH
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(...) Congratulations, Ross! This is absolutely a great build (again). "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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An interview I did with Steve Meacham last Monday has been published in today's Sydney Morning Herald. You can read the online version (URL). I have posted pics I took during the build (URL) here>, and will add more info to my webpage soon. ROSCO (18 years ago, 28-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) I watched the show. Since EHME did the LEGO Room for Brandon in May 22nd, 2005, I've have wondered if thay'll do a LEGO Room again. When I saw the LEGO stuff coming together, I was listening for the L word, since I was (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) I missed seeing all but the last bit. (...) That's kinda odd - "The LEGO Group" was listed in the credits. (...) Sweet stuff! Steve (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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Hi all, there was an episode of Extreme Makeover on ABC this week that fetaured a family in Raleigh, NC. I was pretty happy to see that since I live there - they were unfortunately filming while I was out of country. But what was a really neat (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego name used in Scientific American
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For some reason, I think that everyone at TLG (lawyers included) is preoccupied with the corporate downsizing this year. I had repeated requests for LEGO lawyer involvement with the LEGO CD, but never got a single reply. The folks in the LEGO (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego name used in Scientific American
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(...) Well, I guess we probably won't know if Lego approved or disapproved... All we know is that if they DID disapprove, they didn't have the will or the ability to back it up! It would be odd if they approved, though-- especially since their use (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego name used in Scientific American
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I note that in the February Issue of Scientific American there is an article entitled "MOLECULAR LEGO". And within the article a side bar reference to "Nano Lego". I am very surprised that TLG tend to encourage us to not use their name and yet (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) Keep in mind that wages in the U.S. are considerably less than in much of Western Europe. In Switzerland, the minimum wage is $22/hour. A lot of that is a consequence of the effects of VAT on national economies over there. Production in the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) I will make an idle observation (from way out in left field)... The market for LEGO seems to be soft (beyond description) at the moment. My BrickLink store is experiencing one of the slowest Januarys that I have ever seen. I saw signs of this (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) It is expensive to own property that is much too large, and to suddenly become a landlord leasing the unwanted areas, is almost never a wanted activity when you need to save money. It is probably "sell it all" and "re-lease only a part" that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) When you own the property, you benefit from the increase in real estate values over time. When I originally bought my house, my mortgage was higher than it would have cost me to rent a comparable house. Within five years, this was no longer (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) Yes, and C&S, one of the largest grocery distributors in the region is doing the same thing with a couple of facilities not far from Enfield - selling the buildings and then leasing them. The company I work for, also in the same region also (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) IBM did a similar sell-off of their buildings and lease back a couple years ago. It turns out to save on US taxes. -dw (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) Gary's right. One the things that is happening is that globalization of resources...the US has higher wages than the rest of the world in many things, so to bear the costs that consumers want, less expensive places have to be found to produce (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) No it will still be around. In the future LEGO may not be owned by Kjeld and Gunhild anymore (Godtfred Kirk Christiansen's 2 surviving children), however it will still be around. There's too much value in the brand name. A future owner may (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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Lego is on it's way out, plain and simple. By 2012, it will be a memory. (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(URL) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million, leases office space. By:Howard French, Journal Inquirer 01/03/2007 LEGO Systems Inc., has sold its Enfield buildings and leased back space in some of them for its operations, which are the (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | Outsourcing and LEGO
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Interesting story on MSN Money on Outsourcing and LEGO. Glad her set during Brickfest. I hope LEGO learns from this mistake. Mexico is not the answer. (URL) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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(...) I'm not at all surprised at this. I had the hardest time finding a Krusty Krab for my niece. Adrian (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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(...) Cool, thats great to see... Now if Lego would only get their... errr ABS together, and actually starting adding "chicks" to their sets more frequently we could have a Sandy Cheeks. Poor neglected girls! Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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While there is a shortage of this and that in the LEGO world, especially over Christmas and with all the changes within the LEGO group and due to the fact that this character is somewhat popular... I guess it doesn't surprise me, but it is still (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Outsources distribution, fulfillment to PFSweb
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LEGO® Brand Retail Chooses PFSweb to Support Integrated Multi-Channel Direct to Consumer Initiative in North America PLANO, Texas-(Business Wire)-December 20, 2006 - PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), a global provider of web commerce and business process (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: That last minute gift...
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(...) Yeah, and you JUST KNOW someone with 27k to spend on a LEGO Batman would respect such a recommendation... ROSCO (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) DaveE (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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...for the person who has everything: (URL) Christmas! ROSCO (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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(...) Snipped (...) Anyone happen to tape it? I read that Corner Gas got an American broadcasting deal for 2007, so I expect eventually it will show up on a torrent or share file, but for now, the well is dry. Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 19-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT candid camera
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(...) The second video is better, I think. Spike was always my favorite NXT robot. (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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LEGO has posted two short movies of NXT robots playing tricks to people in a toys store... (URL) Don't forget to click on the thumbnail below to watch the second video. Have fun! Philo (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
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Hey Steve, Good luck with your shot at participating in this. I am concerned that they can cut and paste clips together to tell whatever story they want to. I also think that they go out of their way to put together the least compatible people (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | video from interview for job in Lego Discovery (germany)
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Hi! I found this on the net: (URL) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
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(...) There are plenty of people who think we are nut cases already, a Wife Swap episode mocking AF'sOL won't make things any worse. :D The thing I think is most worrisome is that on some of those episodes the new wife comes in and clears out (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) There are, of course, different ways of looking at this. It seems to me that at the end of each show, all four spouses end up talking about how much they appreciate the person they're married to. Usually even more than when the show started. (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) What he said. Well said. JOHN (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
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(...) Yea, I got this email too. No offense to anyone that has decided to participate, but I find this highly offensive on two counts. ONE - I am a happily married man that believes there is a special bond that marriage embodies. A TV show that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
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(URL) 13, 2006 ... On his first night out since his jet car accident in September, Richard was accompanied by co-presenters James May and Jeremy Clarkson, who confirmed that the first episode of the new series is due to air on January 28 at 8pm on (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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(...) Sigh. That would have been a fun project. I've been asked to do some strange TV related projects, but I've always found from a scoping standpoint, entertainment people (eg, production managers, PA's etc) have a really poor understanding of how (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) She's been making the rounds of the Internet. Check out (URL) latest blog posting> for some fun with this. (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
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(...) Actually, from what I've learned since... it turns out it was a smart bunch of props people. :) Here's an entry I posted to my blog about the AFOLs that were *almost* involved in the show: (URL) another entry that sheds some light on the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Eric Harshbarger is interviewed
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Though my LEGO career has slowed significantly in these past years, someone still found it worth their time to interview me for their "podcast". Currently the top of this webpage: (URL) that the interview was done a month ago, I, at least, enjoyed (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) I only started watching Corner Gas recently--though through the magic of the PVR and Comedy Network and CTV rerunning it like four times a week, I've seen about half the episodes by now. I caught this episode last night... (...) I wonder about (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Manchester's Millyard in the news
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Those are great! I loved the trolley run heading Counter clockwise as it was heading for the ferris wheel which was in motion. Thanks for sharing! (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) To paraphrase Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), "that's the second longest run of straight 9V track I've ever seen!" These videos are a great way to showcase the size, complexity, and details of this layout. The "out-takes" roll reminds me of a few (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Very, very nice! Thanks for posting these! Jonathan (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I finally uploaded the train POVs onto YouTube. (6 URLs) Enjoy (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | LEGO® Rockstars on 'Yahoo TV- The 9'
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I thought this would be intersting for everybody to see. LEGO Rockstars! 'Yahoo TV- The 9' (URL) Images are on Brickshelf: (URL) Enjoy! (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I was able to capture some video from an engineer mini-fig's POV by strapping my little Nikon to a flatbed car -which luckily is 11-wide whereas our tunnels are 12. Sometime next week when I get back to the office I'll create an account at (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Traditionally, a minifig acre is the amount of land that one minifig and one mini-ox can plow in one day. According to my experiments, a minifig acre is zero square studs. HTH! FUT: off-topic.fun (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LIFE Story on model Railroading includes LEGO pic
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(...) Cool. Thanks for the heads up. I don't normally read the 'Life' insert and had to pull it (with the rest of the paper) out of the recyling bin. That's a keeper. Thanks again. -Mike Petrucelli (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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How big is a minifig acre? (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Aw, man! Don't tell me you cheated and used BURPs??!? :) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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