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(...) Today's Wall Street Journal has a follow-up article. In what will not surprise AFOLs, Lego explains that they did meet with the Turkish Cultural Assocition, but that the set is being disontinued as part of their regular product cycle. As we (...) (12 years ago, 2-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Apparently, it's the real deal (the article hit 31 Mar), but the association that is hailing a victory may have misinterpreted what they were told. -- joshua (12 years ago, 2-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) And here I was wondering if this would be a year with no special 1 April stories on LUGNET... (12 years ago, 1-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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A story in the British newspaper The Independent reports that Lego has agreed to discontinue set 9516 - Jabba's Palace - after complaints by the Turkish Cultural Association in Austria. Full story: (URL) course, I figure that they'd have (...) (12 years ago, 1-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO to Build First China Factory Plant
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LEGO to Build First China Plant From PlasticNews.com By Michael Lauzon March 22, 2013 BILLUND, DENMARK -- Targeting Asia as a major up-and-coming consumer of its building-block toys, LEGO Group plans to set up a factory in Jiaxing, China, its first (...) (12 years ago, 25-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Expansion is child's play for LEGO in Kladno
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Expansion is child's play for LEGO in Kladno Danish industry giant is building new facilities in the Czech Republic March 20, 2013 By Daniel Bardsley Even from the outside, the LEGO plant in Kladno looks different from the average industrial (...) (12 years ago, 24-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | The LEGO Movie Reveals Title Logo, Cool New Contest
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The LEGO Movie Reveals Title Logo, Cool New Contest We're only about a quarter of the way done with 2013, but looking forward to next year, The Lego Movie should be on everybody's radar. In addition to being directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, (...) (12 years ago, 22-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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LEGO Goes BIG The Bjarke Ingels Group will design a museum for LEGO in the company's historic home in Denmark. By Kriston Capps Feb. 28, 2013 The Bjarke Ingels Group is designing the LEGO Brand House, a public LEGO museum and experience center, in (...) (12 years ago, 17-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO Builds New Billionaires as Toymaker Topples Mattel
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LEGO® Builds New Billionaires as Toymaker Topples Mattel By Tom Metcalf & Robert LaFranco - Mar 13, 2013 Bloomberg.com LEGO A/S, the Billund, Denmark- based toymaker famous for its colorful building bricks, has minted three new billionaires as the (...) (12 years ago, 14-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group Toy Maker Looks to Build with 'The Simpsons'
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LEGO Group Toy Maker Looks to Build with 'The Simpsons' LEGO A/S, looking to expand its string partnerships with media franchises, is in talks with 20th Century Fox about making a toy set based on TV show "The Simpsons," a spokesman said on (...) (12 years ago, 8-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.licensed, FTX)
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| | LEGO Spill tangles up West Virginia highway
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LEGO Spill tangles up West Virginia highway By Amanda Kooser March 5, 2013 Better watch where you step. A tragic Lego disaster along a West Virginia highway results in a one-lane shutdown. One lane of Interstate 79 in West Virginia was closed down (...) (12 years ago, 6-Mar-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND California - Harlem Shake (video)
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The Harlem Shake hits LEGOLAND California. Model Citizens (employees) from LEGOLAND California Resort get down with the Harlem Shake in Miniland USA. If you know about the 'Harlem Shake' on ‘YouTube'. You would know what I am talking about. YouTube (...) (12 years ago, 21-Feb-13, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO Sends Managers to Social Media School
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LEGO Sends Managers to Social Media School By Adi Gaskell February 10, 2013 LEGO are well known for their excellent use of social media, utilising it to engage their core customers in the creation of new products. Such intensive usage demands that (...) (12 years ago, 17-Feb-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO® StarWars™ 10240 X-wing Starfighter
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LEGO® StarWars™ 10240 X-wing Starfighter 10240 – Red Five X-wing Starfighter™ Ages 16+. 1,558 pieces. Build the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars™ X-wing Starfighter! US $199.99 CA $249.99 DE 199.99€ UK 169.99 £ DK 1699.00 DKK Collect and create the most (...) (12 years ago, 16-Feb-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | BELKIN Announces Licensing Deal with The LEGO Group
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BELKIN Announces Licensing Deal with The LEGO Group Belkin to Create New Line of Cases Inspired by the iconic LEGO® brick PLAYA VISTA, CA - February 11, 2013 - Belkin, creator of people-inspired consumer technology products, today announced a (...) (12 years ago, 11-Feb-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | The Year’s Finest Toys and Games Unveiled at “OSCARS®” of the Toy Industry
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ American International Toy Fair The Year’s Finest Toys and Games Unveiled at “OSCARS®” of the Toy Industry LEGO® Friends from The LEGO Group Grabs Coveted “Toy of the Year” Title; LeapPad2(TM) by LeapFrog (...) (12 years ago, 10-Feb-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Cutting 380 Positions in Billund
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LEGO® Cutting 380 Positions in Billund The Copenhagen Post, By Christian Wenande February 6, 2013 Despite outsourcing the jobs abroad, LEGO leaders believe that they will retain and possibly even increase the number of jobs in Billund through (...) (12 years ago, 9-Feb-13, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Systems Builds Eighth Consecutive Year of U.S. Sales Growth
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NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR LEGO Systems Builds Eighth Consecutive Year of U.S. Sales Growth -Brand relevance and play pattern at an all-time high as company's 2012 sales increase by 26%- LEGO Systems, (...) (12 years ago, 9-Feb-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | I went to New Brunswick for the NovaLUG show!!!
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(In February--what was I thinking ;) So I packed up the OBB Classic Space Layout (and the fam.) and headed over a few provinces to the east for the NovaLUG show in Dieppe! To start, the hospitality was second-to-none!! We met the NovaLUGgers and had (...) (12 years ago, 5-Feb-13, to lugnet.loc.ca.nb, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 'New' for Summer 2013
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LEGO® ROBOTS BEGIN WORLDWIDE MARCH: NEW SMARTER, STRONGER LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 UNVEILED AT CES Robotics Pioneer Releases More Accessible yet More "Hackable" Platform in 15th Anniversary Year of the Original Smart Toy Includes First& Ever Native (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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