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(...) cool! just following up to include .mediawatch the best place on LUGENT for LEGO media appearances. -chris (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Whoa. I'm a big Marillion fan and I did not know that! Thanks! (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Innovation Alberta, a weekly program on CKUA radio had a spot on the National Institute for Nanontechnology on this weeks program (#58). Aside from being neat in and of itself, Dr. Dan Wayner (the institute's director) compared nanotechnology to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.ca.ab)
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James, That is a fun movie. Thanks for the link. I couldn't get the pop-up window to work, but the link to the pop-up page (URL) works. It is a large 13meg Quicktime file, so it took a long time to play on my dial-up. I haven't seen very many Lego (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Love from Outer Space
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A designer friend of mine pointed this out to me (just so you don't think I'd read such a mag ), this fortnights MacUser (UK ed) has a small article on page 20 about another music video made in LEGO. It won a prestigious (apparently) MPVA award (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Lego appeared in this weeks(1)issue of the BGNews, the campus paper for Bowling Green State University, in a article about a local toy store. There was a picture of a guy holding a several foot long spaceship he had built in the store. I'll try to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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For a moment there I almost got excited. Then I read the story... Sadly it won't be a Lego movie, it will be a Bionicle movie... Duq "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gz3AMB.IBL@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) movie first in the late 2002 or early 2003, and if that is successful, then they will release a feature film....which will be played in movie theaters, in order to gain additional sources of revenue. At least, the way I gather it to be. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Looks like it will be straight to video and DVD Here's some more info: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(URL) Decades of fantastic toy design, and we have Bionicle to thank for pushing LEGO the final step into corporate shilldom. And thank you as well, Galidor! Oh well; what helps the company helps the company, I guess... Dave! (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Lego is going 'hollywood. A LEGO MOVIE is under creation right now. (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Studio 360 talks with Rev. Smith
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(...) Actually, during the 70-minute interview conducted here at my house, I plugged both Lugnet and Brickshelf, but those plugs along with about an hour of other comments I made were cut down to the six minutes of interview you heard. @8^) Guess (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO spotted on Jimmy Neutron DVD
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Well, it isn't much of a sighting. :) But if you check out the 'Making of...' on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius DVD, you just might catch a glimpse of some LEGO bricks. They're laying on a table during a segment in which they talk about modeling the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That was great! I find it funny that the *one* week I don't listen to Studio 360 is when they cover Lego art. It seems so strange to hear real "art people" talk about photographing Lego like this, though. I went to art school and spent half (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Studio 360 talks with Rev. Smith
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Hi, all. The 10-minute interview segment of me talking about The Brick Testament is airing today on Public Radio International's program Studio 360. You can check this listing for stations and times: (URL) segment and entire show are archived on the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: lego sponsor ad for PBS's Arthur
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"Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@enviroweb.org> wrote in message news:3D260BB3.204@en...web.org... (...) LEGO has been sponsoring Arthur for a long time. From what it sounds like from your description, they have updated their "sponsored by" piece. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I was just flipping through some channels and came across the 'this program brought to you by...' sponsor ad before the Arthur cartoon. I don't know how new this ad is but I thought it was very good. This is the ad where a small kid comes down to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Monster Garage June 30, 2002
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Discovery Channel/ Monster Garage Program/1990 Mustang to Racing Lawnmower Episode 4, "Switchblade"- 06/30/02- Sunday Jesse James, of custom motorcycle design and fabrication fame, mentions as a child he built with "legos". This was in answer to a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Largest Lego Collection in Australia ?
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(...) There was *a lot* of LEGO available in the 70's, and, IIRC it was all available in Australia, except for one or two train sets. (...) Agreed. And when trains are involved, multiple sets seem to become almost compulsory. (...) Hmmmm... my (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I can't speak for Steak-n-Kidney but Lego was readily obtainable in Brisbane in the 1960s, and back in the those days most sets were just "bulk parts"; very few sets had a model with instructions as I recall. Indeed, I remember how thrilled I (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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not using the Internet ,his choice of lego dealer would have been limited,and bulk parts ,or supplementary kits even harder to find (Sydney depot,second hand!),for at least until the 80s (was lego not so popular b4 this?) If he had bought one box of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Big Momma's House
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(...) Yeah we watched* that movie just the other week... *well I attempted to, and to my amazement, my Husband who were watching got excited everytime he saw Lego, "look Mel, the have Lego on there"...I think I heard that quite a few times actually (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | One of the Largest Lego Collections in Australia ;)
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(...) Well it won't be a debate if we don't let it and take everyone the wrong way and take things to the extreme :) So no worries there :) Lets just say it is a big collection, there are people out there with bigger, but he still has a large (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well, not wishing to cause this debate to push our postings TOO high...I did not see/hear anything on the article, except that it was a big collection...the information I posted was on a pamphlete advertising the collection, which said (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Insert video tape, fast fwd, fast fwd, fast fwd.... Corin Grant : 'there's like 90,000 pieces in there.' I watched the whole thing again and no mention of value and given the way Corin said 90,000, I think it was a guess or something she was told (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I saw this Lego collection in 1997 and looked like there was a lot more than 90,000 pieces. There is a big 12v and 9v train layout in the middle of the shed with shelfs along the walls with sets from every theme. (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hi Brad... I saw it too, what I meant in my post was that, (it always seems like all I do is watch TV ;)... I wasn't watching the TV, but were sitting at the computer... but I can see the TV from where I sit. Anyway as soon as I saw/heard it (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That sounds a bit low for someone who has collected for many years? There's a least one Aussie bricklinker with more parts than that just in their bricklink shop. Kerry (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Why do you doubt it? Too large? Too small? Just curious, as it didn't seem incredible (either way) to me. Kerry (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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I saw the segment and I thought they said 90,000 piece collection. -Brad (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I doubt the $90,000 pricetag on the collection a case for mediawatch itself. earlier post on Tom Lucieer getaway appearance. (URL) to getaway episode has gone ! It may rise the question again I missed it to ,is there a pic of his collection (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | From the 15 minutes of fame department...
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I am supposed to be interviewed today for the local news. It's not LEGO(r) related, although I may slip a little something in, but rather it's because of our many exchange students. We have had GEO exchange students the last 2 summers and are (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Lego on Rove Live!
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(...) Or your daughter is watching and quickly pops in a tape and tapes it for you (missed the start though). Wife didn't agree that we should do the same in our big room upstairs (I'm sneaking in a new set onto the shelves every now and again and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego on Rove Live!
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(...) Yet another who missed it...and was told at work this morning. From what little info I could get from the person at work, I've deduced it would have been Tom Lucieer, whose collection is on display at the following address: 37 Jubilee Avenue, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego on Rove Live!
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(...) You *know* it's an addiction when friends call you to tell you about stuff like this 8?) I also missed the start of the segment, but it looked quite a comprehensive collection. And yes, the proceeds go to St John Ambulance. ROSCO Added (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | lego films at the underground publishing conference
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The film "You Only LEGO Twice" was shown at the 4th annual Underground Publishing Conference in Bowling Green, OH this past weekend. This ~12 minute parody of the James Bond film series was one of the highlights of the the many (>10) films shown (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO Explore and independent toy sellers
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:AF54FE8A-8833-1...ate.com... [ ... snippage ... ] (...) In my area (Raleigh, NC) it seems that the smaller toy stores have been the first to get some of the new LEGO sets, specifically the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO Explore and independent toy sellers
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I came across a 2-page piece in the June 2002 issue of "Specialty Toys & Gifts." It's by Carrie Casaceli, who's spokeswoman for the Americas panel of LLI (the LEGO Learning Institute). The article isn't online, so I'll quote some of it here. Much of (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO in Michael Madsen's Poetry
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Ran across the following poem in Michael Madsen's poetry collection "Burning in Paradise": Christian After he dumped the Lego blocks on the bed and squashed the rubber Free Willy, everybody finally fell asleep watching The Great Mouse Detective. I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | George Will mentions LEGO Death Camp Sets
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In a Washington Post syndicated column that appeared in my local paper* today, George Will made a reference to the LEGO WWII Concentration Camp sets produced by Polish artist Zbigniew Libera. The tone of the article is basically centered on (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Sponsor Colwyn Bay Football Tournament
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There was a brief article on the local news about a youth football tournament. There is a bit on the BBC site (URL) no photos of the children, which is a shame as they were all wearing football shirts sponsored by LEGO -- James Stacey ---...--- (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego in July 2002 Maxim
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Every month, Maxim has an article that explains "how to" do various things, such as stop bleeding, win bar bets, so on. Just got my issue in the mail and saw that on pages 48-49, the illustrations to the "How To Sail Like A Pirate" are in fact Lego. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO reference in the Atlanta Journal Vent section..
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If you mean: (...) I agree that this is a bad trend in the Media. Yesterday's 'The Learning Curve' a BBC Radio 4 programme mentioned "Lego style modular degrees" as if it was an insult. The crux of the programme was whether separate units of study (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
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Hey, I just got the issue today. I'm in Time! Well, not by name, but the site "devoted to Lego depictions of Lord of the Rings" is me, unless there is another site out there I don't know of. Here's the article: "Toys Kicks from Plastic Bricks How it (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO reference in the Atlanta Journal Vent section..
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(...) Of course not-- you never would have written "Legos". :-) BTW to anyone looking for it you have to click on Friday. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO reference in the Atlanta Journal Vent section..
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The AJC has a section in the paper were people send in their little remarks to either complain or sometimes praise current events. Today I noticed a LEGO remark....and no I didn't submitt it. (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego in my X-word clue
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(...) I worked that crossword as well (and no, I didn't use (URL) ) and my reaction was about the same as when I run across a computer-related clue. Since that's what I do for a living, there's no way I'm going to make the same association as the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun)
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| | Lego in my X-word clue
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I got a clue in a crossword last week that went something like: "Legos can be placed like this" answer: "endtoend" -Suz (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well, I'll bite. I haven't seen the magazine yet (and probably won't... our household tends towards Forbes and The Economist as news sources rather than Time). But I just spent a little time scrolling through the reverse chrono list and I did (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
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(...) Of course it's "new", because TIME just learned about it! ;-) And you are just ahead of your time, J-1:-) -J-2 (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Ah! that explains our 12 memberships in one day.. :-) ..and one of them's 'fav artist' choice! ;-) -Suz (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) This does beg the question whether this is a "new" trend or not. If yes, some reasons might include: 1. It's 20-30 years after a big push with Legos in the 70's (possibly due to the introduction of minifigs?). More kids building Legos grow up (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Ok... I tracked down a copy. The issue specifics: TIME magazine, 17 June 2002 Written up under 'Trend Alert', page 16 lower right corner. I could not find reference to it on their website (www.time.com) cheers, eric PS: this makes the second (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Is it still a "new" trend if we've been building (as adults) for 20 years? But yes, "Congrats" to Eric!! :-) John G, GMLTC (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hmmm... this is news to me... guess I'll have to track down a copy. eric (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO makes Time Magazine
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I'm surprised that no one here has reported that the current Time Magazine contains a quarter page item on an "amazing new trend": adults like to build things with LEGO! The story mentions Eric Harshbarger (congrats Eric!). -Ted Michon (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Professor Chris Rogers Visits Australia
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"Professor Rogers is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering who is currently on a Fulbright fellowship in New Zealand. He heads the LEGO Design and Programming System Project at Tufts University in Boston USA, where the ROBOLAB software (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: MTV Video Completely Made From Lego Stop Motion!
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(...) I was in Circuit City recently and it was showing on the in-house system in the DVD, CD Music Section. Todd (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | MTV Video Completely Made From Lego Stop Motion!
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Hi everyone. I saw this once in Las Vegas about a month ago and was going to post it but completely forgot. Then last night when I was just browsing through channels I came across MTV. I had just caught the beginning of a music video which was (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO COMPANY AND NBA BUILD COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL ALLIANCE
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(URL) COMPANY AND NBA BUILD COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL ALLIANCE NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2002 – The LEGO Company and the National Basketball Association have reached an agreement for a comprehensive multi-year global merchandising and marketing alliance that (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego)
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| | Lego Company Responds to Judgement
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(URL) Company Responds to Judgment ---...--- Story Filed: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:27 PM EST BILLUND, Denmark, May 31, 2002 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- The Federal Court of Canada has issued a judgment dated May 24, 2002 dismissing an action for (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Federal Court Throws out Lego's Trademark Case...
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(URL) court throws out Lego's trademark case against Mega Bloks Inc. Associated Press Fri May 31,12:12 PM ET MONTREAL - A court has dismissed a trademark case involving Lego Canada Inc., in which the producer of the popular building-block toys (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Toys Bring Out Kid in Corporate America
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(URL) bring out kid in Corporate America Wed May 29, 8:38 AM ET Bruce Horovitz USA TODAY Push those paperweights and penholders off the desk. Make way for corporate- colored Silly Putty eggs and Etch A Sketch boards etched with company logos. The (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto in National Post!
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(...) Hey, now THAT is pretty cool-rtlToronto, worldwide, courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood multinational media conglomerate that repurposes materials. Thanks for the link, Ross! Calum (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto in National Post!
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Illustrations for SPIN and Mojo, May 2002
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(...) I finally got my hands on this month's issue of Mojo. My LEGO illustration can be seen taking up all of page 99. I'm very happy with the way it came out in print. -Rev. Smith (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Dandy issue 3157 More Bionicle stickers
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(...) Ahh thanks, that's great, Did you get recent set or would you like me to photo it "face on" for your guide. Best DaveG (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Dandy issue 3157 More Bionicle stickers
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You might want to read this (URL) Edwards ~~ (URL) ~ Edwards-Parts (URL) ~ Kanohi-Power.com ~~ "DaveG" <peagreen@intergate.ca> wrote in message news:Gwn83L.I4J@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Dandy issue 3157 More Bionicle stickers
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(URL) of the stores near me had April 26th issue. Anyone know which four figures were in it? Best DaveG (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Review of Jin Sato's LEGO MindStorms: The Master's Technique
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Just found this review on Slashdot (URL) if the link wraps... FUT: .robotics.rcx ROSCO (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | BlockCAD on 'TechTV' (again)
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I just saw an imposing rise in the hit count for my BlockCAD page, and found the reason: "Play with virtual Legos just like a kid, Friday 5/17 at 5 p.m. Eastern on 'Call for Help.' Also airs 5/20 at 3 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern." (URL) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad)
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| | Rosie O'Donnel
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I was just flipping through the channels and Rosie O'Donnel was announce that she is auctioning off (for charity) a large jango fett sclupture with "over 25,000 pieces" on ebay. looked pretty cool she also gave away copies of the Jango Fett's Slave (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | A LEGO game on the MSN Gaming Zone
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I got my MSN spam this morning and saw that they have a Lego game on the Gaming Zone called Stack-It, wherein the player has a limited number of bricks and must build them as high as possible. Simple, but could be entertaining for a little while. (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lawyer in bricks, WSJ
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There's a suit sitting in a pile of Lego bricks. "Complex deals: many pieces, assembly required." It's an ad for business lawyers, WSJ 5/8/02 B9A. "Building a sound business doesn't come with instructions." On close inspection, there is some kind of (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Illustrations for SPIN and Mojo, May 2002
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OK, just picked up the new SPIN, and confusingly enough, it's got a big photo of Moby on the cover. My Star Wars illustration is on page 50. But for my Moby illustration, you'll have to find Mojo. Everybody clear? @8^) -Rev. Smith (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Illustrations for SPIN and Mojo, May 2002
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I was recently commissioned to do a couple of LEGO illustrations for magazines which should now be in print. The first is for the US magazine SPIN. It's a Star Wars themed illustration which is supposed to run about 1/4 page. Its for an article in (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars)
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| | NY Times: Building web pages brick by brick
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New service coming on www.lego.com to allow Lego Club members to build their own web page from virtual Lego bricks: (URL) shopping mall kit, 1328 pieces! (URL) Lego Building contest results: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | "De Bouwsteen" mentioned in LEGO LIFE
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Hello all, Our Dutch LUG "De Bouwsteen" got an honourable mention in the March issue of LEGO LIFE. LEGO LIFE is the global, internal house newspaper, published for employees of the LEGO company all around the world. I quote: Co-Operation: Fans help (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Here is the show reference: (URL) episode will be aired again today at 2:00PM Eastern. Eric's segment is about 35 minutes in although he has a brief intro at the very beginning of the show. Nice job, very professional, -Rob. (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I just saw this segment on TechTV. Unfortunately I didn't get the VCR set up in time, but they repeat some of the shows several times per day, so I'll have to catch the next time around. Eric brought his Tux and Santa sculptures and his King (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That's great, Eric! I have seen this show a few times, it's a fun show and I think you'll be treated with a lot of respect. The host has a geeky personality, and I mean that in a good way. I'll see if I can get it on tape... --Bill. (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Not sure where to put this exactly as it's images from a show put on by a fan... but the images do include some writeups in the media. I don't think we have a "LEGO history" group per se... so here it is. (URL) apparently is Karl Heinz Vogt's (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up, Eric! I'll set the vcr! The time you mentioned is correct as I used to watch the show on a regular basis. -Dave (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, Just a heads up... if all goes according to plan, I believe that I and a few of my LEGO creations will be appearing on the live television show "Call For Help" on the TechTV (digital) cable channel. I think it's supposed to be around a 5 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) about use of Recipio(tm) software by LEGO(r) Direct. I found this from BrickShelf while drooling over the Maersk(tm)... it offers a link to do a Google(tm) for "LEGO 1552" Apparently 1552 is in someone's phone number in the article. (23 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I've seen that bit before, it's hilarious! The sets were 8480 Space Shuttles, by the way. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Mark & All, It i funny, this is a year old, but I saw it last night. (...) Indeed, it was TLC, the show was called Caught in the Act, and it looked like a TLC Outlet store or soemthing, but I think it was in Great Britain. The guy was wondering (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Sorry if this was already reported.. I was surprised to not find it in a search. My Feb 2002 issue of The Toy Book had news from LEGO Writing Systems about this pencil holder thingie. It should have been visible at Toy Fair this year (?). I don't (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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From February issue of The Toy Book: "Six new Writing System pens are on the way for Star Wars. The line will include a 1 3/4 inch mini-figure as one of the connectable elements of each pen. Characters featured in the series are: Anakin Sykwalker, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Hi folks, Two weeks ago, the National Post (one of Canada's national newspapers) called me up for an interview to talk about the enthusiast view of the Lego world. Here's the article, it was in today's edition of the Saturday Post: (URL) will have a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.ca) !!
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A vaguely interesting tidbit I stumbled across today: (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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This time, Penny Arcade yesterday: (URL) (It may scroll off by the time you see this.) The discoveries continue! Hope you're handling the hits OK, Rev! LFB (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Great! (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.mecha)
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I haven't seen anyone else post about this, so i thought I'd give Sun's mention in Toy Fare a plug here. A nice write up in the Download section (Buzz) of the May 2002 Toy Fare features the URL ((URL) and a pic from the Zaku factory floor ((URL) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) LOL, no you didn't dream this. I saw it the other night during Conan O'Brien...it was late...I was tired...the images are shown quickly and the camera is moving herky jerky...I thought I was dreaming it as well :) Having seen it twice now, I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Giant LEGO minifigs onan assembly line were feautured on an American Express commercial that I saw during Saturday Night Live last night. I think there was also a Mindstorms robot as well.... did i dream this? -c (23 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I just left a message with the producer, Scott (aka Roadkill, according to his voice mail) about getting a copy of the interview. If I don't hear back, I'll call in and nag again soon. -s (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Someone could try calling the Radio Station and see if they will send you a tape. NELUG did this when we were on the Local TV news and they were more then happy to send us a tape (free of charge even). Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Ugh, sorry, I totally dropped the ball here. I had thought last night about taping it, but this morning, in my rush to grab the radio, I completely forgot a tape. And try though I might, I couldn't get the CD or the 3.5" floppy to fit right in (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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