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(...) snip (...) (URL) AP reports that a EU court says that LEGO rival Mega Brands can keep selling knockoff bricks. LEGO has been around forever -- this year it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the classic System brick. But this great (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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WORLD NEWS: November 12th, 2008 Danish Toymaker Lego Loses EU Trademark Court Case On Iconic Building Blocks To Recent Rival Canadian Mega Brands Linda Young - AHN Editor Billund, Denmark (AHN) - Danish toymaker Lego lost its fight to protect its (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: Lego minifig timeline
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(...) Hey, that reminds me: what year did the Nesquick Bunny debut? I'm thinking Summer 2001, but I could be wrong. Anyway, do you suppose that promo minifigs should count in this timeline, or only mainstream "canonical" minifigs? Dave! (16 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This is exactly why America secretly hates Canada! The nerve, correcting me like that! Hmf! But now that I think of it, you're correct. I first got a glimpse of the yellow minifigs in a catalog that came with a set my friend Ted received for (...) (16 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote: snip (...) Far be it for me to disagree with the much smarter Dave!... However, yellow space dude debuted in '82 in the 6880 Surface Explorer and the 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport I received the first one for (...) (16 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Huh-- it looks like the yellow ones existed, but didn't appear in any "set" sets until 1982. Between 1978 and 1981, they only appeared in yellow in minifig packs: (URL) in 1982, they showed up in "bona fide" sets: (URL) LUGNET guide apparently (...) (16 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) If memory serves, the yellow Classic Space minifig debuted in 1983, rather than 1978. I will happily recant if I'm wrong, though. Dave! (16 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Yeah, it's obvious they put time into it-- all those pictures were seemingly done themselves, not some sort of stock photos or anything. And they obviously spent some time at least trying to do some research. I guess my natural assumption (...) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Legomaster - Hudson Reporter Interview - Odd Occupations
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Edit! Edit! Edit! My bad, (sp) MINDSTORMS !! Pardon, Here's a preview of Bloobit WIP: 258K (1024 x 1280) (Non MINDSTORMS mecha model) (URL) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Edit! Edit! Edit! My bad, (sp) MINDSTORMS !! Pardon, Here's a preview of Bloobit WIP: 258K (1024 x 1280) (Non MINDSTORMS mecha model) (URL) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Before looking at it, I thought it would be a typical "newspaper-type" article (i.e. poorly written, incomplete research, etc.). But after taking a quick peek at Gizmodo, it looks like they put a decent amount of effort into it (working with (...) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Legomaster - Hudson Reporter Interview - Odd Occupations
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Legomaster - Hudson Reporter Interview - Odd Occupations (URL) Original un-edited interview: Hello, please find my responses below: In a message dated 10/20/2008 11:44:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, (xxxxx@.com) writes: Eric, This is Ricardo (...) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) I dunno-- I'm amazed they say "almost every minifig ever produced", and proceed to miss vast gaping swaths of minifigures like Ice Planet, Classic Castle, BlackTron, ResQ, Rock Raiders, and others seemingly too numerous to enumerate. BrickLink (...) (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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A really nice Lego minifig timeline has appeared on (URL) Gizmodo>, with pictures of the figs introduced each year from 1978 to today. Enjoy Roy (16 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Legomaster - (URL) Reporter Interview> - Odd Occupations (URL) Hey! Black and white and read all over! Check it out! Eric Sophie (16 years ago, 27-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, FTX)
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I just got a chance to watch the episode last night and my wife gave me a funny look as I started getting all excited about spotting the LEGO. Nicely done for TV and a great close-up that let you see the 1x2 brick-built curved wall around the top. (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Joe & All, (...) Awesome, I am glad someone knew about this - I was rather surprised no one else mentioned this here before - it is a neat item, even if I didn't know what it was - my wife was rolling her eyes at me as I paused and looked at it for (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The sculpture was built by two AFOLs - Bryce McGlone and Brandon Griffith. You can see a clip of the scene at the (URL) BrickJournal> website, assuming you are in the US. Those out of country can go to the show (URL) here> and fast forward to (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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To All, I have been watching this series with some interest, and I saw the latest episode where one of the T-1000's took the form of a lady that has a child. The child looked like she was playing with a standard LEGO kit (Mostly bricks) but the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Journal Inquirer By Laura F. Alix Oct. 22, 2008 Former employee charged in LEGO credit card scam ENFIELD, CT. - A Massachusetts woman is facing a larceny charge after, police say, she used LEGO company credit cards to buy more than $16,000 worth of (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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