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A friend sent me this link: (URL) CTTC also asks about 1,000 children test toys in their own homes for six to 12 weeks and then asks the families to provide a report of which are the most fun, and innovative. Among the Top 10 Children's Choice picks (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic)
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Merry Christmas everyone! There's a NY Times article, actually a fiction piece in the opinion section, about a surprise Christmas gift of Lego. It is accompanied by a Nathan Sawaya sculpture. Login may be required: (2 URLs) image> Roy (17 years ago, 25-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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If you've ever seen the show on TLC, it's a great show--probably the only "reality TV" I watch. Last night on the Season Finale, Jeremy, the oldest, was wearing a LEGO T-shirt while going for his drivers test. Also, on one of the episodes, it was (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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<www.gizmodo.com Gizmodo>, a popular tech blog has a nice (URL) about the UCS Millenium Falcon, hailing as a top Christmas gift, and including a soon-to-com time-lapse video of the construction. Roy (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | TLG donates replica of Essex Building (as seen on The Today Show)
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(URL) Built by model builder Eric Hunter. Hope the video works. JOHN (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: New Book Shows How to Build Lego Guns, Catapults
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(...) I think I improperly catagorized this... Moved to .mediawatch -Eric (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.mediawatch)
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So from LEGO to bottle caps, thats and interesting twist. I'll have to make a point of going down to the World of Coke and check it out. "To commemorate the partnership with Toys for Tots, Coca-Cola commissioned New York-based sculptor Nathan Sawaya (...) (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Following on from the large car prototypes (URL) shown at Frechen> Lego seem to have sone some more work alongside VW on the (URL) and it should be out next year! (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.year.2008, FTX) !
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NEW YORK— From Playthings.com on 10/31/2007. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, LEGO Group's principal owner and grandson of the construction toy company’s founder, will be the 2008 Toy Industry Hall of Fame inductee, the Toy Industry Association announced (...) (17 years ago, 10-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: WAMALTC Train Display at the LEGO Potomac Mills Outlet
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(...) If you're trying to read the linked article, and have found that the posted URL isn't working, here's the Tiny URL version of the URL listed above. It will take you to the same article Clifton is trying to link to: (URL) J.P. Manalo (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Sorry for the double post. There was a hang up with LUGNET. (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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FYI Article published in the Potomac News (Potomac.news.com), a local paper that serves the Potomac Mills Area of Virginia. (URL) article didn't mention that the 9V trains are being discontinued by LEGO, but overall a good article. Thanks everyone (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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FYI Article published in the Potomac News (Potomac.news.com), a local paper that serves the Potomac Mills Area of Virginia. (URL) article didn't mention that the 9V trains are being discontinued by LEGO, but overall a good article. Thanks everyone (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Seattle school bans LEGO
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(...) The 'reactionary' part is that what they claim happened didn't happen. Without access (or reference) to the original article it's no surprise that it seems grossly ridiculous. I did read the original article and it was barely similar to all (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) There would be no reactionary right wing response if the left wing hadn't wanted to instill in children that ownership is evil. Non-socialists should respond to dribble like this. John P (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Seattle school bans LEGO
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(...) -Abner (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Very old news [1] but I'm sure the reactionary right wing press will keep it going for a long time yet. The original article was up for a while. It bore little resemblance to all subsequent reports. Tim [1] (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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On Youtube.com (URL) I feel sorry for the kids. Where is the fun? Maybe LEGO should send more LEGO elements to the school! :) -Abner (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Here's my new take on The Last Supper, this time attempting to stay as faithful as possible to (URL) Leonardo Da Vinci's original>: (URL) Hundreds of years of deterioration and poorly executed "restorations" have left it uncertain exactly how the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Nathan Sawaya sculptures in AARP magazine
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I saw Nathan's sculptures accompanying an article about changing jobs/careers. I didn't catch the date/month of the magazine, but the front picture was of Morgan Freeman. Jeff (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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