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(...) Doesn't this statement from Black seemingly contradict information presented in this recent article: (URL) the company reportedly announced that it had, "pledged to refocus on its core product - plastic bricks - after a disastrous foray into (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Some kind soul sent me what was purported to be Andrew Black's email address at TLC. So, I forwarded my last post to him. I'll let y'all know if he responds. What are the odds? -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, Well, as much as i love my lego, I think i am coming to the point that I will not be buying much more of it. After seeing the 2002 lineup, and mainly its incredible *lack* of focus, well, aside from the odd set, i think i am on the way out (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Bad assumption. (...) We all watched it together as a family. My kids loved it. I thought it was much better than Digimon. I can't stand that nonsense. It was very well acted. There was actually a plot. Very well produced. The effects looked (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Dear Lego, Please fire this guy and hire someone who realizes that these kinds of products (Bionicle, Racers, Galidor, even the Throwbots) are the wrong direction for your company. You make great contruction toys and the best bricks around but (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Matthew Gerber provided us with: (...) If "it's not just about bricks" anymore, the writing is plainly on the wall. Amusement parks, lifestyle products, and now this -- all I can say is that the end must surely be near. I've (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Andrew Black covers some of the burning questions many people are asking in other threads in this article from yesterday's L.A. Times: (URL) relevant quotes: "We're redefining Lego," said Andrew Black, president of the company's Americas division. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Ok Matt, I will admit I watched it too. It is badly acted with lots of special effects. LEGO probably previewed the pilot and decided to save some money to cover future losses in July by not advertising. Let's face it, it is no Digimon, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) much time and work go into each of these minifigs, but who would even spend $15-20 on a single minifig? Magnus (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) There's some okay pics of the two sets to come at the Marz Distribution site: (URL) the minifig pics currently reside at From Bricks to Bothans, which I'm sure you already know about. (URL) that helps! -Jay (the Rascal King) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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Where can I see pictures of the spiderman sets? KEith (...) KEith ___...___ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) Never mind. Somehow glanced past the other follow-ups. Personally, I don't mind the size, because I'm a sucker for removable helmets, and a sculpted head in the movie style wouldn't be very useful to me anyway (too mechanical-looking to pass (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) Have you seen the Goblin from the movie? That IS what these sets are based on. My guess is it's removable (i.e. fits over a minifig head). Kevin (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) It is a good representation, but wouldn't you rather have a minifig head, instead of this helmet thing? Don't get me wrong, though, I see some uses for it. I just think it looks a bit absurd, as well as the frankenstein's monster hat peice (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) Okay, a little follow-up: A friend showed me a pic, and the minifig head looks like a pretty good representation of the character's head. Is it a bit wide? Sure, but minifigs THEMSELVES are a bit wide. Jeff (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) It isn't "three times the size of his body." I'd say it is little more than 20% larger than a regular minifig head. I can't comment on how it looks compared to either the movie or the comic, since I have seen neither, nor do I plan to. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) I realize this, however TLC is responsibe for the Lego sets of the movie, therefore my complaints are directed correctly. I'm sure Sony Entertainment didn't say "Could you make Green Goblin's head three times the size of his body? Thanks." (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) Since the Spiderman sets are based on the upcomig movie and not the comic, you'll want to direct your complaints there, rather than at Lego. Jeff (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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Not only are the SW and HP sets looking awesome, but check out the better shots of the Monsters sets! #1380 werewolf ambush: (URL) curse of the pharoah (URL) vampire's crypt (URL) scary lab: (URL) sets look amazing! I'm dying to get my hands on the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) Hey Mike! I forget where I read this, so don't quote me, but the arms of the new submarines in the underwater Alpha Team (namely 4793 and 4794) sets are "supposedly" the debut of Galidor peices in mainstream sets. If that is the case, then (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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[snip] (...) Five Words: Does it work with BRICKS?! (...) [snip] (...) We shall see. -Mike Petrucelli (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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So, the pilot episode of Galidor aired today...since I'm the first person posting about it, I'll assume that no one else saw it. I will say this for the show: The production values are vastly superior to previous Fox Kids live action offerings (the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) This has been going on for a while now: (URL) usually receive at least 3 copies of these news letters, one of which I subscribed to, the others were harvested. -Rob. (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Somehow, I think through test data used on a website I did in work, I have found myself recieving the Technological Literacy Newsletter. I'll include it in its entirity (minus the adverts). Not tremendously interesting, but it recomends LEGO for use (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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My wife has SciFi Channels "The Chronicle" on behind me, and she calls out "Hey! Bionicle!" In this episode, "Man and Superman", the group is in a comic book shop, and the Tahu standee is prominent in the background. Matt (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Ok, so it was a *very* short blurb on C|Net that you can find here: (URL) this blurb was noted by an email news clipping service run by a fairly famous intellectual property lawfirm (BNA). So, it is likely that many thousands of IP lawyers are (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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Hi everyone, I just saw an ad on SBS after South Park about a Brickfilm. The film is about two gay minifigs. It is on 'Eat Carpet' at 12 midnight this Saturday. Bye. TOM (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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My apologies if this has already been posted. I caught the tail end of a news-like story about fan made brick films this morning on DW-TV ((URL) showed clips from some different films (by Marcel Belledin, IIRC) and there was an interview with a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.animation)
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Hi all, I was watching MTV-Europe this afternoon when suddenly a clip caught my attention... it was made entirely with LEGO *bricks* (literally), of the few Basic colours we used to know just ten years ago. The name of the band was "The White (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Melbourne's local free afternoon paper, MX, had a short story on the toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Accompanying it was a photo of part of the LEGO exhibit, featuring a bird-watcher, complete with binoculars, and birds allighted on shoulder & head. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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Melbourne's local free afternoon paper, MX, had a short story on the toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Accompanying it was a photo of part of the LEGO exhibit, featuring a bird-watcher, complete with binoculars, and birds allighted on shoulder & head. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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At our last meeting, a reporter from the San Jose Mercury News interviewed a bunch of us (including me) and a photographer took pictures, and a very nice article appeared in the next day's (Sunday) paper. The local Fremont newspaper, the Argus, also (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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Hello all, Check this out: (URL) can expect another Technic F1 supercar coming up this year. Jorge F. (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce)
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Our new local radio station, Nova 100.3 FM, has a station ID ad that has someone asking a bunch of kids "Do you know what Nova 100 is?" to which one kid replys "A big LEGO set?" ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The article does say .. "and high-tech toys." I wonder if that means Mindstorms or Mybot. I cannot imagine them turning their backs on Mindstorms at this point, although the highly inferior products like Droid Developer obviously were not a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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(...) It makes me wonder if they're planning on throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Some of their 'forays' outside of their 'core product' have been wonderful - like Mindstorms. Or worse, maybe they'll throw out the baby, and keep the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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TLC is apparently re-organising its marketing, involving centralizing it in Slough (ooh, you lucky people!) - I think there's a long lag between the cause (the year 2000 loss) and the effect here though. (URL) wonder what the effect of this will be (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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(URL) Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Reading the Atlanta Journal this morning and I noticed some famliar characters on some local cub scout pinewood derby cars, ... (URL) cars look a lot different than when I was a cub scout (some 25 years ago) jt ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is not the only time it's been mentioned on that program. I think we could have a Lego fan amongst the people who deal with the questions :P Either that or maybe has a thing where they pay to have their name mentioned, this way they could (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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The question was something like "What building toy of 4 letters was invented by Danish ..." at which point the contestant butted in & answered the question (correctly). Regards ROSCO (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Was only half listening but heard Alex Trebeck say"...building blocks" Contestant said "What is Legos?" Julie (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey Y'all: This is sorta old news because this video is available online from lego.com, but disk 2 of the Holy Grail Special Edition has the Spite Your Face lego film of the Camelot sequence. It's semi-hard to find, but once you are there it's a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Y'all crack me up, I hope no one has been voting more than once (but what do I care). I checked this morning and LEGO ("legos") is up over 50%! jt (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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eer I know no one'd want to but it appears to let you vote as many times as you like :) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Toy (...) LUGnetters, go! (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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LOL, look at that LEGO is now kicking some major Barbie butt! Up to 44%. jt (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Since your post, LEGO leads by a lot more <g> Jude (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In today's Atlanta Journal there is an article about Raggedy Ann and the Toy Hall of fame. Part of the online article has a small poll for favorite toy and LEGO (yes they call them Legos) is taking the lead by 10%. (URL) J. Trobaugh Rail Racers - (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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DC Comics' Transmetropolitan #38 mentions LEGO on page 3. In the bottom left panel, Spider asks "Where'd you get that gun? LEGO?" He then goes on to say that a part of his anatomy is bigger than the gun. If anyone is interested, I can scan the page. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) "roadtest" and a comic/flyer. I have scanned both of these just in case anyone wants to see them but can no longer get the magazine(is this really worth £8.40 per month I wonder?). See the scans here: (URL) A (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Just a quick note to mention that I saw LEGO Bionicle on Friends on Thursday night. On the microwave on the kitchen bar, there was a super Toa. It was in at least two or three shots. Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Friends came over for dinner and told us that this show was going to be on tonight -- so we watched it. At least we were eating desert while it was on. I don't think the show will last since no contestent screamed to be let out of the chamber (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It is a pretty bad show... Eric (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I started to post this too, but I decided against admitting that I was watching that show. ;) Ben Roller (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Hello! I'm watching a new game show of Fox called The Chamber. One of the questions was something about What Danish toy did Forbes magazine name "toy of the century"? Lego of course! Eric (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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All -- I was on TechTV demonstrating my Mindstorms-based Rubik's Cube solving robot last Novemeber. I just found out that there's streaming video of the event on the web. So, if you want to see CubeSolver in action, go to (URL) click the red "Video (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) LOL, your right. =) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I believe one of the Steves said the toddler figure was from the Forest Friends set. I have a feeling Pete never read my note--I should have titled it "See us at ConFusion" or something else--he probably figured it was just ANOTHER note on the LotR (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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"Matt Martin" <Matt-allica@webtv.net> wrote in message news:GprGv6.79s@lugnet.com... (...) looked (...) out -M Hey, cool! Cross-posted with followups set to lugnet.mediawatch. For future reference, there's a group for these things :-) -Tim (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) (today's comic) shows that Pete must have gotten some Harry Potter sets! (true fans can spot why in a sec) Must be Peter G's note REALLY kicked in. That and the eBay Sluggy figs which Pete got a copy of somehow... Did we figure out where that (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) quoting: "I'd just like to thank Sluggite Clang for making the Lego Sluggy Characters for me, inspiring me to create this week. It was cool convincing my wife spending a hundred bucks on Legos to build the sets was a business expense! I hope (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Woohoo! And it continues! It appears to be a vacation week, so we might see a whole week of Sluggy Lego! :) James (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sluggy Freelance (URL) is in Lego today! (At least partly.) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !!
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(...) Then there was a joke for parents who are frustrated by cleaning up after their kids' "Legos": Something like this: Marge: Bart! That's not a real hotel, it's made out of Legos! Bart: AAGH! (being choked by Homer) Lisa: Mom! That's not how you (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I'm just glad it was there :) ---...--- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) We lego fans spread the news fast :) But of course they used the term "Legos" instead of "lego bricks", but who's to complain but the most anal of us? *shush, I'm not complaining. Really, I'm not* Adrian (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Tonights new episode (still playing on the east coast) had a breif mention of LEGO as they family played a game of Monopoly. Bart made extra hotels out of them :) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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We are also in the Fremont Argus: (URL) Clark Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG Member Representative, ILTCO (URL) 39423705; AIM/Yahoo: Russell844 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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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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(...) Tim, do you really think that watching Rick and Steve is unsafe for children? Chris (Who thinks the responsible thing to do is warn viewers of the content and let them decide for themselves.) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Jason has listed every movie he has recived (I think) and I don't think its his responsibility at all. It was listed on the site as a "Brickfilm" not a porn film. (...) "Display?" It is hosted on another site and made by a totally diffrent (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Mark, you are taking my "rant" a little out of context. Assuming you are an adult, I couldn't care less about what you watch-- my concern is protecting children from unsuitable material. It is our *duty* as adults in a civilized society to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) .... (...) Your opinion, and entitled to it, however it is also your choice to participate. Or to allow those you are responsible for knowing whether they should participate. (...) I think Lego was right in making a statement, however I think (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well, you're wrong. I'd love to have a rational discussion about this subject. Basically, you are ignorant of the (...) If you would, I would like to hear from you what the issues are here, because I think we are talking about 2 different (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:Goq2K4.Irv@lugnet.com... (...) material (...) local (...) on (...) are (...) monitor (...) how (...) I never said it wasn't the parent's responsibility to monitor what material a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? Just because the US _tries_ to restrict the showing of "R" rated material -that doesn't mean that the material should be restricted. Go to your local public libary. Ask for a copy of Lolita. I'm fairly sure you can get it on most libary (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"John" <johnneal@qwest.net> wrote in message news:GopoH3.CFF@lugnet.com... (...) on (...) and (...) John - I hope you can settle down and move beyond personal attacks and discuss this rationally. I know you're above this. Jason - I see merit in what (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Equal? No. Different. I can certainly imagine some of the more privilaged of us on Lugnet who aren't after pieces, but after the collecting part of the hobby (or some such) who might value movies above Brickbay sales. I don't think you have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m23d242o2n.fsf@...rds.net... (...) Well - if according to you its similar to "R" rated films, then they should be treated like "R" rated films. Those films are restricted to people over 18 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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