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(...) YES! Living on the westside of Chi-town, I am very much looking forward to this. What I really want to know is "Will there be a giant size pick a brick like at Legoland and Disneyland? Thanks Dave (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Attention midwestern-ers. :-) Stacy was surfing the "Plastics News" site this morning and came across this little gem of information. ===...=== Legoland Discovery Centre to open first U.S. site By Moneé Fields-White CRAIN´S CHICAGO BUSINESS (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.general) !!
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LEGO Fans, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen of LEGO Group will be the 2008 inductee to the Hall of Fame for the 8th Annual TOTY Awards. Check out the link: (URL) Happy 50th LEGO Group! Todd (17 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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(...) Do you know someone who taped it? Can it be put on YouTube? I missed this... :( (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Just heard a version of this on NPR news. Today is the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! -Hendo (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Posted on Yahoo.com News At 50, Lego still going strong despite high-tech toy world by Slim Allagui 1 hour, 50 minutes ago COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Lego's colourful bricks that have inspired kids' imaginations worldwide celebrated their 50th anniversary (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you have to be bald to be chairman of the Ba? Great video, I think Simon came over really well. :-) Steve (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Various members of the Brickish Association have been interviewed by the media over the last week. Brickish Chairman Simon Bennett on national BBC Breakfast TV Fri 25th (URL) Pics> (URL) Vid> Phil Traviss was interviewed for BBC Look North (regional (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well one changed already - the Andrew Daddo interview was brought forward to this evening, so if you weren't listening - you've already missed it... ROSCO (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Check out the Google homepage today! Tim (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In The Age today (January 28th), (URL) story about the 50th anniversary>, featuring a photo of Yours Truly at (URL) Brickvention 2008>. Also, listen out for me on: (URL) Triple-R FM> Melbourne, Tue 29th morning show with Jacinta & John (URL) ABC (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Richie, Congrats on your televised LEGO appearance! Even Google (URL) is in on the fun (check out their ever changing logo today) (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well, it happened! The alarm did go off at 4am... (URL) More pics (URL) here> once moderated. It was a great experience to build something (technically rebuild something) on national television, and be part of the live-to-air interview. The (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Ahoy all, In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the 4x2 Lego Brick tomorrow (Jan 28), Lego builders will be featured on Channel 7's 'Sunrise'. Building will commence at 6:05am, and there will be regular crosses to the builders during the show, (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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Gizmodo has a look back at old versions of popular websites, including (URL) Lego's official site as seen in 1996>. They've come a long way. And I remember when it looked like that.... Roy (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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(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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