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LEGO house attempt for James May's Toy Stories July 23, 2009 TOP Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - but one made entirely out of LEGO bricks. As part of his BBC series James May’s Toy (...) (15 years ago, 23-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Recalls Remote Controls (8879 Power Functions)
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LEGO® Recalls Remote Controls LEGO Systems Inc., of Enfield, Connecticut has recalled about 1.600 of its Power Functions IR Remote Controls, the U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The recall has been initiated because (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | TGDaily - Microsoft beats Google, LEGO tops Apple
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(URL) - Microsoft beats Google, Lego tops Apple Business and Law By Andrew Thomas - Wednesday, July 15, 2009 04:27 London, England - Microsoft has moved from second to first place in a list of the 500 brands that the UK public thought were most (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO Board Games: Interview with Cephas Howard
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From Blog website: www.brettspiel.co.uk By Brett J. Gilbert July 12, 2009 LEGO Board Games: Interview with Cephas Howard In which I am lucky enough to get the scoop on the new LEGO board games from Cephas Howard, the lead designer of all 10 games, (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | Behind The Bricks LEGO Star Wars Fan Vote Video
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Behind The Bricks: LEGO® StarWars™ From the website: This fun and informative video from LEGO® Club TV entitled “Behind the Bricks” takes you to Billund, Denmark, the home of the LEGO design lab and the birthplace of LEGO toys itself. It was shot (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jul-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | James May to build full size Lego house!!!...!!!
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This is going to be fantastic I can't wait for this. I've often wondered how I would go about such a challenge myself. (URL) would probably not like the use of glue as this would be too easy. But then the prospect of a full size lego house (10's of (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) Damn. I met Richard at NI Week one year, and had a chance to enjoy his company. Not only was he a tremendously creative person within LEGO, but he was a lot of fun to just hang around with. I'm very sad to hear this, and he will be missed. (15 years ago, 7-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(URL) grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO" Man, 41, was living in Denmark, visiting area with 2 daughters Melissa Domsic • mdomsic@lsj.com • July 7, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal HOLT - Richard Siegrist was looking forward to meeting (...) (15 years ago, 7-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | CARLSBAD: Legoland hires nine star builders
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(URL) Legoland hires nine star builders Five declared "masters," while four gain associate positions at the amusement park BY BARBARA HENRY - bhenry@nctimes.com | Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:51 PM PDT CARLSBAD ---- A Carlsbad teenager who vowed that (...) (15 years ago, 26-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland.california) !
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| | A Seven-Year Old Boy’s Top Secret LEGO Plans
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Here is today's news from Wired Magazine. A Seven-Year Old Boy’s Top Secret LEGO Plans By Jonathan Liu Email Author June 24, 2009 | 7:30 am | Categories: People, Toys and Technology Seven-year-old Quaid Guarino has been in the news lately for (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | STX Europe ship built by LEGO Bricks competition (winners)
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STX EUROPE Competition posted on LUGNET last year. (URL) STXEUROPE-Blockdoker> Here is the winners of the competition. Plus the Jury picks of other designs by other people. Winner of the (URL) Oasis Category> design Thilo Schön. Winner of the (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO on Mythbusters
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If anyone catches any other LEGO based items like this. Please contact the Plastic Brick Museum. We would like to grab up these style items for the museum (just got the Trading Spaces life size Basketball player as well as a life size Spiderman from (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO® Brand Retail - Honolulu, HI
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(...) Very cool! Congratulations HI...glad to hear you finally got a store on the island. :-) Now I have another great reason to visit one of my favorite places on Earth. -Dave ToT-LUG (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.hi)
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| | Re: LEGO® Brand Retail - Honolulu, HI
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(...) Wow, this is awesome. I finally get to live <30 min (my closest previous time being 3 hrs) from a LEGO store?!?!? My day just got that much better. -Orion (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.hi, FTX)
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Newest LEGO creation opening at Ala Moana By Andrew Gomes Advertiser Staff Writer One of the biggest toy makers in the world — LEGO Group — plans to open a store at Ala Moana Center, (Honolulu, Hawai'i) chock full of the small plastic construction (...) (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.hi, FTX)
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| | The Secret Underground World of LEGO (video)
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For LEGO fans around the world and who might be in the "Dark Ages". On YouTube there is a pretty funny video by 'Ignite'. Talks about how the LEGO hobby and fans. Areas such as LDraw, LDD, Brickarms, BrickLink, LEGO movies, LEGO Mindstorms and other (...) (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun, FTX) !
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| | LEGO® Group and Cartoon Network Enterprises join forces
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Ben 10 LEGO Construction Toys Coming from Cartoon Network Enterprises June 2, 2009 Press Release from Cartoon Network Enterprises and The LEGO Group. Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) and The LEGO Group today announced a global agreement that adds (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: You have a friend in me...
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(...) That's okay (well, mostly okay). I understand they're capable of taking orders over the phone, since Chris bought several cases of tiles from multiple LEGO stores about two years ago. (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO® Brand Drives Growth in Licensing Portfolio
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PRNewswire LAS VEGAS, June 2, 2009 Continued Strength of LEGO® Brand Drives Growth in Licensing Portfolio -Premier construction toy brand inspires children of all ages to build creativity into their day with all-new licensed products- Licensing (...) (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) LOL, oh ok... errr, wait, no I cant, since I will not be there. Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Yes, well, you can make up for all of this by buying me several large and expensive LEGO sets at Brickworld... (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) As for proof, I (...) I guess I misspoke in my excitement to see building bricks in the ad. Cheers, Janey Red Brick (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Just saw that same trailer (in 3D) before UP last night. They're not specifically identified as LEGO bricks, mind you, nor do they show anything that looks like sort of LEGO sets that we've been led to expect. As for proof, I would think the (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I have heard a few rumours about Lego and Pixar getting together... but this might be the first bit of proof I have seen. My son called me in to watch a YouTube trailer for the upcoming (read:eventually appearing in Theatres near you) for Toy Story (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Asia's first LEGO® Model Shop in Malaysia
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Asia's first LEGO model shop for LEGOLAND® Malaysia May 22, 2009. SINGAPORE: Iskandar Malaysia will house Asia's first LEGO Model Shop to design and make models for the LEGOLAND in Nusajaya. The model shop will produce 15,000 models that would make (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Frank Lloyd wright LEGO sets
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote: Snip (...) Additional images can be found on Adam's Brickstructures.com website: (2 URLs) Autographed copies (by the set designer) of the Guggenheim Museum can be purchased for $45 plus $10 shipping: (2 (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Frank Lloyd wright LEGO sets
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection(R) LEGO(R) Architecture Building Sets The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | How Lego Bricks are made circa 1989
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Courtesy of Gizmodo.. (URL) Jeff VW (16 years ago, 11-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO Sunglasses?
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My cousin sent me this blog post: (2 URLs) Enjoy, --Mike (16 years ago, 8-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO on Mythbusters
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(...) I was gonna post this. But, I didn't want to spoil it. However, if you are not able to see or get Discovery Channel show Mythbusters. YouTube Links: (URL) Video: 4:25 long (Explains more about it.) (URL) Video: 2:02 short Enjoy. -Abner (16 years ago, 1-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO on Mythbusters
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Don't know if anyone else caught it, but the Mythbusters episode last night, April 29, had a LEGO myth. They had a YouTube viral video special, and did one about a 7 foot diameter LEGO ball made of 5 million pieces rolling down a San Francisco (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Somali Pirate set on Letterman (comedy)
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For Pirates fans. Here is the video of the LEGO Somali Pirate set. (comedy) On CBS (URL) Show with David Letterman> Also on YouTube starts at 1:25. (URL) YouTube> (16 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Digital Blue products : LEGO Digital Camera, Boombox and MP3 Player
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(...) In the past, our club has hidden a small cd players under the table at our displays and played "theme" music based upon the MOC'ed up LEGO scene. If the MP3 player integrated with the traditional LEGO system of bricks, I could see building a (...) (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Digital Blue products : LEGO Digital Camera, Boombox and MP3 Player
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Just some updated product image and information regarding to LEGO and Digital Blue mention few months ago. Digital Blue site (URL) DigitalBlue> (URL) LEGO Digital Camera> (URL) LEGO Boombook> (URL) LEGO MP3 Player> They will be sold in certain (...) (16 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Swedish church unveils Lego Jesus statue for Easter
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Life size at 5.8 feet (1.78 meters) tall 30,000 bricks (URL) (16 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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| | YAMATO Battleship: Built out of LEGO
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Project: YAMATO It is finish, over six years in the making. Wow! Japanese Yamato battleship built by Jumpei Mitsui using LEGO elements. His website (Japanese) link of the Yamato. (URL) Yamato> Video of the YAMATO. Please note the video is 4:48 long. (...) (16 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO: Castle Adventure Traveling Exhibit
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Indianapolis, IN April 6, 2009 Indianapolis Museum Exhibits LEGO: Castle Adventure Hear ye, hear ye, calling builders of all ages... join The Children's Museum of Indianapolis as they debut the opening of LEGO Castle Adventure. The new traveling (...) (16 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | LEGO (Enfield, CT) property being marketed as biz park
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Enfield, CT April 8, 2009 LEGO property being marketed as biz park. Danish-based toy maker LEGO Group's vacant Enfield factory and warehouse are being marketed by their new owners as the Enfield Business Park in an effort to lure industry to the (...) (16 years ago, 8-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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(...) This poll is interesting. Some of the options appear to be already released, or contain significant parts (sub-sets) from majors recently released, and or pending release sets. The first option shows the City Square. This set looks like the (...) (16 years ago, 6-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: (correct link) The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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(...) As long as the track is compatible, it's OK with me. Like the same way the new PF/RC track is compatible with 9V track. As far as the motors go, I would like to see PF, instead of the old style motors, anyway. Even a complete train redesign, (...) (16 years ago, 4-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | (correct link) The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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Correct link listed below. (URL) Three different choices: City Square, Public Transportation Center and Truck Shop Information regarding to the three choices. Depending which theme wins the Target age market is 6+ and price point is $100USD. The (...) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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Three different choices: City Square, Public Transportation Center and Truck Shop LEGO City Vote Correct link listed below. (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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Those links do not work? (...) snip (...) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People
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The Future of LEGO(R) CITY Lies With the People -Polls open for excited fans to vote on proposals for expansion of LEGO CITY in 2010- LEGO CITY (April 2, 2009) - Architects and planners of LEGO CITY are at odds over which section of the booming (...) (16 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Un-yellow old plastic - will it work on LEGO?
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(...) ... Yes. I tried this last week and the results were very good. Take a look at this (URL) post>. The picture shows the results before and after a exposure of only 2 hours in the sun. We are having a heat wave here in Brazil and I was afraid of (...) (16 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Un-yellow old plastic - will it work on LEGO?
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Do you have yellowed brick and wish to restore it to its original color? I recently stumbled upon a Maker Magazine article called "Un-Yellow Old Plastics - Retr0brite!" ((URL) I think this might work for yellowed white and grey brick. According to (...) (16 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Man Proposes At LEGOLAND(R) California
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CARLSBAD, California. Man Proposes At LEGOLAND(R) California Feb. 24, 2009 A Fort Collins couple made a romantic memory complete with a diamond ring, a down-on-one-knee proposal and about 2 million tiny plastic bricks. Troy Cobb and Lacey Williams (...) (16 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO, well, Bionicle on The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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I was amazed how he sounded exactly like my son and his friends describing their Bionicles: Kid 1: This is poobah, the Toa of Ring Ding who fights the mighty Doo-Dah. Kid 2: This is the Lord of Wigga-wigga, destroyer of the Mattootaa in the Fleeble (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO, well, Bionicle on The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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I can't tell one Bionicle from another, but a bunch of them were featured on the re-premiere two weeks back. Alas, I find the subplot in which they appear to be somewhat tiresome, but who am I to quibble. "John Henry," the the reconfigured (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO(R) Reports Sales Increase in 2008
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LEGO (R) Reports Sales Increase By Howard French, Feb. 23, 2009 Danish toy maker LEGO Systems, Inc. managed to sidestep the major slide in retail sales overall in 2008, reporting 38 percent sales growth in the past year, according to a company (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | LEGO(R) Reports Sales Increase in 2008
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LEGO 174 Reports Sales Increase By Howard French, Feb. 23, 2009 Danish toy maker LEGO Systems, Inc. managed to sidestep the major slide in retail sales overall in 2008, reporting 38 percent sales growth in the past year, according to a company (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) Darn..I guess no minfig-scale Radiator Springs, then... aw, shoot! (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) What would be interesting to see is if Alfred Molina gets to be a minfig for the third time!! (First minifig: Doctor Octopus, Spider Man 2) (Second minfig: Satipo, Indiana Jones (Temple Escape set) (if you don't believe me, check IMDB!) Scott (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) It's entirely possible. Since Mickey and Pooh came out at the same time (apparently for both lines), Disney probably bundled them together into a single license. When the Pooh license issue came up, the entire deal might have fallen through (...) (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) Whoa, that's convoluted--thanks for dredging it all up for me. I confess now that I'd had a little brain-fart; I totally forgot that LEGO put out Disney/Pooh sets a few years back. I could only remember as far back as the Mega Bloks (...) (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) I'm not having any luck pulling up any direct proof of it (most of the legit news source pages have expired, and all that's really left are Wikipedia and a handful of blogs that only hint at the LEGO/Disney/Pooh aspect), but here's the gist of (...) (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) For real? I mainly follow the micro-scale Mega Bloks, so the comings and goings of the other scales don't really hit my radar. Do you have a citation for that Pooh info? This is the first I've heard of it. Dave! (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) They also used it to produce Winnie the Pooh sets before they found out that Disney didn't actually have any legal grounds to license the property to them. But they'd probably prefer to not dwell on that... (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) These are the sets I'm looking forward to!! Hopefully lots more tan and some really cool decorative elements! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | LEGO(R) Universe Won't Arrive This Year
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LEGO(R) Universe Won't Arrive This Year (2009) By Brian Crecente- Feb. 17, 2009 Online multiplayer game LEGO(R) Universe won't be coming out this year as planned, the LEGO Group told Kotaku this morning. "Within the company we have made a strategic (...) (16 years ago, 17-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LEGO(R) Group Celebrates 10 Years of the Force
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World's leading construction toy brand kicks-off year-long celebration of LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM), its first licensed construction toy line. NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Toy Fair -- LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM) celebrates 10 years (...) (16 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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Interestingly LEGO had a Disney license a while back and used it to produce some Baby Micky sets and some fabuland-esque sets with Mickey and friends. (16 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) Interesting. Mega Bloks has of course been (URL) producing sets> in the Duplo scale under their own license with Disney for quite some time. I'd be sorry to see Mega Bloks let the license go, though the situation would be similar to LEGO gave (...) (16 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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World's leading construction toy brand secures rights to develop toy lines based on three Disney properties for 2010 NEW YORK, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Toy Fair -- The LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products today announced a (...) (16 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | Lego used in science
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A Danish newspaper links to this: (URL) story about studying how legs and arms move together. WBR Sonnich (16 years ago, 12-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Want a LEGO cell phone?
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(...) That would be SO cool... I want one! JohnG, GMLTC (16 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Want a LEGO cell phone?
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LEGO(R) and Alcatel teaming up to release LEGO phone. Want a new cell phone that looks like a LEGO Phone? Check out the sites listed below. (2 URLs) By the way... it 'might' be only sold in Europe. -Abner (16 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !
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| | LEGO(R) Battles : LEGO Group teaming up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games Announce LEGO(R) Battles Wednesday February 4, 9:00 am ET Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to Publish New LEGO Game for Nintendo DS BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Warner Bros. Interactive (...) (16 years ago, 5-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Hilarious Lego creations on NY Times
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Snippets of life from the Big Apple, hilariously abstract. (URL) I Lego NY> My favorite: (URL) Roy (16 years ago, 3-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Inauguration model 'still' attracting crowds.
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CARLSBAD: LEGOLAND(R) Inauguration model still attracting crowds. By Renee Ramsey - For the North County Times. Jan. 31, 2009 CARLSBAD - Ten days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, crowds still were lining up to see a facsimile (...) (16 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | LEGO(R) is braching out into 'construct-your-own' board games.
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LEGO(R) takes on Monopoly with construct-your-own board games. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor. Jan. 31, 2009. LEGO is entering the traditional world of board games this year when it launches a range of innovative build-your-own board (...) (16 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | NOVALug Famous across the country
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Just thought you'd like to know that an article from The Trident was re-published out here on the West Coast in our base newspaper: (URL) (16 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO(R) Group Sales boom in 2008
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Another factor in the sales growth might be parents (and others) choosing to buy LEGO instead of more expensive toys like game consoles. (16 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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LEGO(R) sales boom in 2008 Toy manufacturer LEGO expects to post double-digit sales growth for last year, despite lower consumer spending. While many Danish companies are tightening their belts and laying off staff in the face of the global credit (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGOLAND(R) California unveils plan for 250-room hotel. Jan. 19, 2009 CARLSBAD ---- The owners of the LEGOLAND(R) California amusement park will seek permission Wednesday from the city's Planning Commission to put a 250-room, Lego-themed hotel on (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland (Pictures) 2009 Presidential makeover
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Pictures of LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 presidential makeover. (URL) The link shows a total of 16 pictures. (16 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 Presidential makeover
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Two different videos links listed below. CNN (URL) BBC (URL) Enjoy. (16 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LEGOLAND(R) California Appears on episode of 'The Bachelor'
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(If you are interested in watching this is for the US TV Market.) LEGOLAND appears on episode of 'The Bachelor' LEGOLAND(R) California will be featured on "The Bachelor" airing Jan. 19, 2009 on ABC. Single dad Jason Mesnick will take his date to the (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 Presidential makeover
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(...) Snipage... (...) More Snipage... (...) This was on the 6:00 pm news on the "local" Hamilton, Ontario (CHCH) television station. My wife thought that these were a new "set" coming out... I had to explain to her that these were at Legoland (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland gets a 2009 presidential makeover. As the presidential inauguration nears, organizers are thinking big in Washington, D.C. On the West Coast, inauguration planners are thinking small - very small. This week, miniature (...) (16 years ago, 13-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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LEGO, WWE, Bakugan gadgets By Stanley A. Miller II of the Journal Sentinel, Jan. 7, 2009 (URL) Digital Blue, which makes electronics and software for the youth and teen market, today announced licensing deals with LEGO Systems, World Wrestling (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND California Names New GM
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Peter Ronchetti New General Manager Of Sea Life Aquarium And LEGOLAND. Carlsbad, CA - The new year brings big change to LEGOLAN(R) California Resort in the shape of a new General Manager. The Resort today announced that long-time President and (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Winners of the Go Miniman Go LEGO Video Contest
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Winners of the Go Miniman Go LEGO Video Contest. Posted on Gizmodo on Dec. 29, 2008. (URL) Congratulation to all the winners! -Abner (16 years ago, 30-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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Just happened to see an ad for TRU on TV, and the narrator specificically used the word "Legos" with an "s"... I just found it funny enough to share. (Though secretly I'm a closet user of the term myself - something for which I could be condemned in (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Park in Malaysia
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LEGOLAND theme park coming to Iskandar Malaysia. 12/12/2008 JOHOR BARU: Work on the first LEGOLAND theme park in Asia is expected to start here next year. Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) will sign a deal tomorrow with the LEGO Group, the Danish (...) (16 years ago, 12-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | News Item from Fox News - Lego-Style Islamic Terrorist Figurine Sparks Outrage (Brickarms)
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To All, I saw this on my usual surfing this afternoon: (URL) Lego-style figurine resembling an Islamic terrorist strapped with explosives and made by a small American company has caused an uproar among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) suspect there is a high bandwidth version of this page also. (16 years ago, 27-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Plastic Architecture: JCDC Vs. LEGO (Fashion show)
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(...) Cool video. Jeff (16 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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| | Plastic Architecture: JCDC Vs. LEGO (Fashion show)
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The first virtual fashion show. Spring/Summer 3001. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is a fashion designer known as JC/DC in the fashion world. His official website : (URL) LEGO style. (URL) Made a CGI LEGO video link below: Intro. Video: (33 seconds) (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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| | How To Become A LEGO Millionaire
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How To Become A LEGO Millionaire (sort of) By Brad Moon Wired - Blog Network - Geekdad (URL) Could you make a living selling LEGO? With worsening economic conditions, rampant layoffs, and companies going belly-up, more than a few people have been (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Bob the Builder 4-D film to debut at Legoland
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(URL) from the link: By Robert Niles Published: November 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM Legoland announced today that it will bring popular toddler character Bob the Builder to its theme parks in a new 4-D movie. Bob the Builder In 4-D: Bob the Builder and the (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO loses trademark case in EU case.
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(...) Actually, it did (URL) about 4 hours ago>. (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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I'm surprised this hasn't hit Lugnet yet. (URL) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Danish Toymaker Lego Loses EU Trademark Court Case
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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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(...) 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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| | Danish Toymaker Lego Loses EU Trademark Court Case
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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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