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LEGO manufacturing is featured on a 2008 episode of "How do they do it?" on the Science Channel. It's on now, Saturday Mar 29, repeat Sat evening. Check your local schedule. It's the episode that starts with Wool production. (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Group Takes Czech Production In-House
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LEGO Group takes Czech production in-house (By Richard Higgs PRW.com) LEGO says "best and most effective solution for us to run the factory". March 10, 2008 - Less than two years after outsourcing labour intensive production at a Czech Republic (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | GamesIndustry.biz interview with a shout out to LUGNET
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"Brick by Brick" 08:00 (BST) 03/03/2008 Lego's director of business development Mark Hansen discusses combining the physical with the virtual. (URL) Toenjes (TooMuchDew) G.M.L.T.C. (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LDD on Cnet
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LDD is the recommended download @ Cnet's download.com today: (URL) Jeff (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Yet another LEGO thief hitting Target
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You have to admire the ballsy simplicity of the scam however. (...) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Yet another LEGO thief hitting Target
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(...) Yeah, I got a kick out of that quote as well. To me it seems as if he apparently just doesn't understand the attraction adults have to playing with LEGO bricks. Poor guy. Anyway, this whole situation just makes me mad. Lock this jerk up and (...) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Yet another LEGO thief hitting Target
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(...) One has to appreciate the quote from the obviously non-AFOL person in the sheriff's office: "There is apparently some type of nostalgic or intrinsic value for these Star Wars Legos products, where individuals that are fans of Star Wars end up (...) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Yet another LEGO thief hitting Target
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(...) I wouldn't have sold them. John P (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Yet another LEGO thief hitting Target
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(URL) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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(...) Chris (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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(...) This bit is from the Arlington Heights Daily Herald: The local indoor park is slated to open the first week of August. Other highlights at the two-story storefront, which has been vacant for several years, include birthday party rooms, a cafe, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: National Review Online slams Lego
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(...) That's not an editorial. . .that's a blog post by some guy named "James S. Robbins". Actual link (URL) seems to be that Robbins thought that Lego should donate sets to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, but met a lack of interest and negative (...) (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Interview with Classic Space designer Bjarne P. Tveskov
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Very cool. An interview on BoingBoing with the guy who designed the Blacktron Alienator and other cool old Space sets... (URL) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: National Review Online slams Lego
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(...) I look to the NRO when I need a bird cage liner. You couldn't find a bigger bunch of 'full of themselves' hicks unless you went to a FOXNoise convention. Dave K -oh, did I say that out loud? (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | National Review Online slams Lego
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National Review Online, for November 8, 2007, in reference to war toy construction sets by Best Lock. "With Best Lock around, no-one needs Lego for anything, ever." Hows that for a jaw-dropping comment? (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Researchers use Lego Mindstorms robot to improve ATM security
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(URL) the article: "When the researchers created their prototype, which is called Undercover and was built with a Lego Mindstorms robot, they attempted to come up with a system that would be easy to use but would limit vulnerability to common (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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(...) That seems very very odd to me. Streets of Woodfield is jam packed as it is, I can't possibly see them putting something like that in there unless something else huge moves out. Carson Pirie Scott is the only anchor store, so to speak, and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Interesting find at Target website
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$79.99 for 17 minutes ... are they insane?! (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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A friend of mine is an acoustics consultant on this project (as they need to figure out how to keep the sound from effecting the rest of the mall tenants). However, he had mentioned that this would be going in across the way at the Streets of (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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(...) I think this is completely irresponsible on the part of LEGO. Don't they know that we have families and jobs and bills to pay?! I'll never want to leave!! And being only 20 minutes away pretty much means they'll be able to hang fixtures off of (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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