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Also front page of East Bay section. Color picture of dragon train, and on second page, black and white of people digging in Dan's parts piles. Mark (...) (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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At yesterday's Bay Area Lego User's Group meeting in Fremont, CA we were interviewed by a reporter from the San Jose Mercury News. And in today's newspaper, there's a very nice article with the headline "Ready, set, Lego: Aficionados gather to share (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Big hair? Well, it's the Harry Potter minifig's hair, so if you think Harry Potter has big hair, then I guess Matthew does, too. I like to think of it more as a bowl cut, a la the early Beatles. As for why only Matthew of all the disciples was (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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From: (URL) Lego my robotics, please by Dennis Sellers, dsellers@maccentral.com January 4, 2001 1:55 pm ET For a long time, many Mac users have been frustrated by an apparent lack of support for working with Lego Mindstorm Robotics. However, there (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I still wonder, what's the deal with one disciple having the big hair? It's Matthew right? He looks singularly goofy, which is an asset, but why that one? (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Huzzah! I'm famous! The February issue of SPIN magazine (with KISS on the cover) has a full-page feature about The Brick Testament on page 41. It's the first page in their Exposure section. Kind of wish they'd given the right URL, but at least the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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In the current promos for the Fox sitcom 'Grounded for Life' a character (the son) is seen carrying a 3033 tub. I think it shows at 8:30 est on Wednesday. -chris (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all I just happened to have the channel 7 morning news on while browsing, and my attention was caught by the word LEGO! Apparently some mountain climber lost all his fingers from frostbite, and received a mechanical hand (no not LEGO!). They were (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It's very neat-I unfortunately also keep a similar log of media sightings-for the Sony PVM CubeDesign monitor. (And y'all though Lugnet MediaWatch was weird, eh? :) (URL)ps. what was the name of the lazar game they were playing in the (...) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks for the props Calum. I haven;t updated the page in quite a while. Maybe I'll get to doing that in the next few weeks. I watched Big as well last night (I have the flu so it's justifiable ;) It was a very cool diorama, especially, the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Brendan Powell Smith's site made it in to the IoS (mainstream UK newspaper) on the 23rd. The main picture was his version of the "Birth of Christ". There was also picture of the "last supper" and some text. A scan of the latter 2 can be seen here: (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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I'm sure this has been posted before (though I couldn't turn anything up in a quick newsgroup search), but there's a shot of a Lego Town diorama in the movie Big (1988, Tom Hanks, dir Penny Marshall): (URL) noticed Chris Tracey has a note about it (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, and happy holidays! There's an article specifically about Lego in the NY Times business section from Dec. 25: (URL) another article on how Lego is trying to find its way in the modern world. Roy (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) things around. (...) Absolutely. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hello all, long time no posts. Inbetween all the smoke and haze,the SMH has put lego onto the cover of the business section today (URL) all, and hooray for the fire fighters. Santosh (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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The scariest part of this whole announcement to me - and something that very few people in this discussion have touched upon - is that for the first time, The Lego Company is telling us what we can or cannot build with Lego! Think about this! Modern (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Good Post. As a parent, I am diligent in censoring inappropriate material. As an individual, I am diligent in protecting free speech. There is a delicate balancing line here. I just hope I do the right thing for my children. That is my (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I really don't have any interest in LEGO films anyway, so I probably won't watch any of them. (...) I believe that some films can be and are good, I just don't really enjoy LEGO movies, including immoral ones. Curt Tigges (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Read that again, "explicit sexual content" Explicit; that means clearly defined. In this case the sexual act itself which is what we are discussing. Age verification has become somewhat standardized across the internet. (some of it by law, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) require (...) Wait a minute! Kissing is (or often is) sexual. When twelve year olds hold hands at the mall, that's sexual too. Sexual describes a huge range of behaviors, the vast majority of which are healthy. Why should age verification take (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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