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I think that most of us went through a period of time in which we took up interest in other toys instead of LEGO®, this is known as 'The Dark Ages'. My old argument was that with video games and all, kids would never go back to The Brick. Then I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | HP Lego on Local Fox News
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Monday night on our local Fox News station (Boston, MA), there was a little 3 minute bit on "The best toys this holiday season" or some such. The idea being that they were going to take a group of kids and turn them loose on roughly 20 pre-picked (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | In Touch
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Last night's "In Touch", on BBC R4, contained a Lego item. This is how it was described: ==+== ETHNIC ENABLE Lego is used as a training technique in business. The idea, is that by building symbolic models, you can focus companies' attention on their (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | PC Magazine - November 5, 2002
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PC Magazine - November 5, 2002 Front of magazine titled: 104 ways to make Windows Work Better Page 8, article titled Robots, Robots Everywhere, by Michael J. Miller extracted from article: "Robotics is about to become the latest craze in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Almost a drug...
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This weekend, MonLUG and ParLUGment participated in a Montreal Area train show and we had a little article on page 11 of Sunday's edition of Le Journal de Montreal about the show and our participation. The article, which is written in french, can be (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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A news reporter on 13 ABC Toledo, used the metaphor of a child playing with LEGO blocks and then destroying what he has built to describe damage due to the severe weather that roared through northwest Ohio earlier today. -chris ps. i was playing (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Today I read "Mikrodatorn" #13, a Swedish computer magazine coming every four weeks ((URL) and found a half page about lugnet! The author Jörgen Bergfors, technical editor at Mikrodatorn, is impressed by lugnet. I quote (my shortened translations, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Re: Caroline Rhea in Lego
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(...) Found a pic: (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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This was reprinted in my local newspaper, the Raleigh NC (USA) 'News and Observer' today. Here's the original Washington Post article: (URL) Potter's Chamber of Secrets Lego set is already gone from some stores, one toy expert said after visiting a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Wall Street Journal - Jack O Lantern
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Oct 30 WSJ - In an article on the commercial possibilities of Halloween on the first page of the second section there's a photo of a Lego Jack O Lantern under construction for Legoland. The caption cites "77,000" pieces used in its construction. I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO MOSAIC press
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FYI, A friend just pointed me to Dwell Magazine website. Evidently they took notice of the LEGO Mosaic program: (URL) is mentioned in their Dec 2002 print issue as well. eric harshbarger (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Bionicle sighting in MDA
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(...) I watched this for the first time this week and I thought I saw a Bionical, but I couldn't figure out which. You have put my mind at rest. Trav (-|-) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | A mention of Ascending and Descending
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Not quite mainstream media, but www.weirdlinks.com has a link (a weird one, I guess) to Andrew Lipson's extraordinarily cool rendition of Escher's "Ascending and Descending." (URL) warned--some of the links from the site are disturbing, and a good (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO Mall Kiosks open for the Holiday Shopping Rush
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(...) Hmm. This must be the "United States and Canada" that doesn't include any of Canada. Waldenbooks doesn't operate in Canada, and the list of Kiosks(1) on Lego's website has only US locations listed. Does anyone know if there will actually be (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO Mall Kiosks open for the Holiday Shopping Rush
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(BUSINESS WIRE) LEGO® Mall Kiosks Open for the Holiday Shopping Rush; LEGO Americas Teams With Waldenbooks to Launch Innovative Fourth Quarter Retail Strategy ENFIELD, Conn. Oct. 22, 2002--Expanding its national distribution, LEGO Systems, Inc. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Bionicle sighting in MDA
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In the ABC series MDA, Jamie Lawless (played by Angus Grant), has a Bionicle Kopaka ((URL) on his desk. Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Carlton United Breweries and LEGO in the workplace.
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(...) x-posted to .mediawatch (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | PRODUCT REVIEW: Lego's new action figure disappointing
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PRODUCT REVIEW: LEGO® new action figure disappointing to parents but fun for the kids. By MARTHA MENDOZA .c The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Its arms fall off, it has a banal computer game in the back and you have to watch television (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | The Onion
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LEGO appears in this weeks Onion, in the STATshot (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego in "News of the Weird"
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Lego was the topic of a story reported in the 10/06/2002 version of Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird column: (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Caroline Rhea in Lego
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(...) Correct on all answers! I checked her website,but didn't see any pics. Julie (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Caroline Rhea in Lego
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(...) She was one of the aunts on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I think she may have her own talk show now (did she take over for Rosie O'Donnell?). Maggie C. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Caroline Rhea in Lego
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(...) I'll bite. Who is Caroline Rhea? (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Caroline Rhea in Lego
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(...) They revealed the sculpture today. Very good job (of course!), even included her engagement ring. Julie (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Robolab -- National Instruments Labview Connection in NASA Tech Briefs
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I scanned an article from the October 2002 issue of NASA's Tech Briefs manufacturing newsletter that discussed how National Instruments helped Lego develop RoboLab. The image is available at: (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | The Planetary Society and LEGO Company Announce Participation in Planetary Mission
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The Planetary Society and LEGO Company are also producing two DVDs that will be mounted on the two Mars Exploration Rover-2003 landers. Each DVD will carry millions of names, and people around the world are encouraged to send their names to Mars by (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: possible sighting -- Intel Pentium 4 commercial
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(...) Cheesy 1960's monter flick? -Aaron- #279 (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Cartoon Network
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(...) My 5 yr old absolutely glazes over when this comes one, as far as he is concerned it does not get any better than this. -Aaron- #279 (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: possible sighting -- Intel Pentium 4 commercial
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(...) Hey, I finally saw the commercial! Wonder what the point of having an iguana run through legos is. Hasta La Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego sighting in tonights Battlebots
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Had a short silly bit with the builder of the robot Diesector. He made a mindstorms version of his robot and played with it in the lab at Legoland CA. (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Legoland Billund, visitor # 35,000,000
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Last night the TV-news from the national Danish broadcasting company had a story from Legoland Billund about its 35,000,000 th. visitor. The lucky visitor was a 12 year old boy, who won a lifelong free entrance ticket and his own weight in LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon in the news
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(...) Well, we had a couple of very positive articles about BayLUG last spring. The San Jose Mercury and the Fremont Argus both sent reporters to our meeting, and they both wrote very nice, long articles with pictures and everything. They got picked (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Spybotics = Insectoids?
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In the last couple of catalogs - on the pages with the new Spybotics sets - there has been a photo of a boy dressed all in black. I (being a graphic designer and sensitive to such things) have noticed that this photo is of extremely poor quality. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Bionicle Ctoon
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Something I picked up from cartoon orbit after entering the contest. (URL) to get it is master. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) Account: drumm-family Bricklink Store: Drumm's Small Lots CLOSED! (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Cartoon Network
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Just saw the latest Toonami contest.Bionicle! Offering solid gold mask as one of the prizes, along with what looks like the entire new line. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) Account: drumm-family Bricklink Store: Drumm's Small Lots CLOSED! (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon in the news
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I really thought it was a reasonably written article for the lifestyle section of a major newspaper. Ms. Phinney was not really condescending (which many reporters tend to be) and I will bet that the article did far more good than harm. And that is (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego on "Without a Trace"
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(...) I was just gonna post too! Jeff (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego on "Without a Trace"
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Tonight's episode had a lost boy. They showed his bedroom. In it had Technic Jango Fett and Onua Nuva. Approximately 15 minutes into the show. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) Account: drumm-family Bricklink Store: Drumm's Small Lots CLOSED! (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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This is a small image of MJ playing the new LEGO basketball game and it looks like a lot of yellow headed players to me. Of course this could just be a demo set. (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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(...) ...and Santa. Julie (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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(...) And Zidane in the Soccer Sets. And what about the Spider-Man figs? They're based off of real people, even though they're in character. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company ?Clicks? With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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(...) snip (...) "togetherness"--is this the Lego Co. answer to the yellow question? I saw a cartoon logo of the NBA line & that cartoon minifig was yellow. I hope they are yellow 'cause I like the idea of not separating my minifigs/towns/creations (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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(...) Except for that Steven Spielberg minifig, right? Steve (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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(...) Well, this brings up the questions of races in minifigures. You could assume that Magic Johnson would be one of the 24 players. (...) I would wonder about how many players will be included. In <set:3420 Championship Challege II> 5 players were (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game
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Lego Company “Clicks” With NBA On Innovative New Basketball Game Internetwire Fri 27 Sep 2002 SPRINGFIELD, MA -- (INTERNET WIRE) The LEGO Company and the National Basketball Association (NBA) will team-up with 2002 Basketball Hall of Fame inductees (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Article on Eric Harshbarger in "Rev"
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Rev is a Canadian attempt at a stylish "Men's" magazine, that I get every few months for free (I don't know why they keep sending it to me - I've asked them stop twice). It's incredibly stupid, with articles on topics that run the stereotypical (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: possible sighting -- Intel Pentium 4 commercial
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(...) Yeah, there's some skeletal LEGO buildings the igauna or whatever is crawling around in. John #388 (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | possible sighting -- Intel Pentium 4 commercial
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Out of the corner of my eye today, I thought I saw a scene in a new pentium four commercial that had a lizard crawling though and destroying a lego city while kids filmed and edited it on a computer. i think i was watching 'enterprise' since it was (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Article in Kalamazoo Gazette
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(URL) know for a fact that Stefan would never say "legos" so the reporter isn't perfect. Enjoy (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.michlug) !!
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| | Re: Google News
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(...) Frank, but I know of him - One of my co-worker's wives was a student of his. I was told of him when they saw my Lego obsession, but contact was never made. James (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm)
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| | Google News
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Google has added a new "News" tab to their search interface, allowing you to search thousands of news sources. A quick search for "lego" turns up a couple of interesting recent articles...(I'm sure there are thousands more)... (URL) Anyone in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.az)
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| | Lego trains mentioned in "Classic Toy Trains"
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In the current (Nov. '02) issue of Classic Toy Trains, Lego trains get a mention. There is an article where 15 "experts" discuss the future of toy trains: Joe Lesser, book and magazine author: "I am also intrigued with the Lego electric trains. I (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | celebrity justice
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i'm ashamed to admit that i was listening to the new show, Celebrity Justice. In a scene arguing about whether or not some 4-year-old girl deserves $490,000 a month in child support, there was a mention of playing at LEGOLAND... i'm turning off the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon on Nickelodeon
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(...) It probably doesn't get much cooler. Fantastic News! (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon on Nickelodeon
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I know I missed something... Thanks Bill! Mark (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon on Nickelodeon
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That is too cool! You missed two of the most important newsgroups for this topic however: lugnet.mediawatch and lugnet.events.nwbrickcon. I'm posting this message there, so people who missed your message will see it. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: Lego hobbyist article (check this out!)
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"For me it's a pleasant diversion, something to do that's fun and different," Lim said. "But there are others who are obsessed. It's a little freaky." Huh? This might seem odd to some but I can't think of many builders that are more obsessive than (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego hobbyist article (check this out!)
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(...) Thanks for posting this, Matt. A good article indeed. Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego hobbyist article (check this out!)
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I'm not seeing the links, Matt - as he seems to be a Star Wars enthusiast I'm naturally curious if FBTB was mentioned. Tim (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Caroline Rhea in Lego
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She said on her show today she was photographed from all angles so she can be made from Lego. Cool for her! -- Thanx~ Nicole; "Now with Masters in Psychology Analytical Action!" (URL) Account: drumm-family Geekshelf Account: Drumm-Family Bricklink (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego hobbyist article (check this out!)
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Good Article! Mentions Henry Lim too! Legomaster www.mylegomaster.com (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego hobbyist article (check this out!)
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I found a really interesting article in today's paper and I thought you might want to check this out! There's even a link to lugnet, and several well known lego sites, as well as some pictures of decked out minifigures. (URL) Hein_>> Fellow Lego (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.us.az, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | PBS promo
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Some shots of children playing with some Duplo bricks were seen in a short PBS promo/PSA on WBGU (Bowling Green, OH) about the importance of early childhood education and how parents can help their child's brain development at home. Just another one (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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I agree, they are great little kits. I just ordered the girl and the "attitude boy" from S@H, and have them here at work. It's pretty neat that they snap onto baseplates if you remove the bottom fitting. We had one snapped to a blue baseplate in our (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Serious Play Lego article in National Post
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Hi all, A while ago, we were commenting on the new "Serious Play" package offered by Lego designed corporations. Well, there's an article in the National Post on this new program. If the following link doesn't work, go to the National Post website (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Building Blocks for Student Success
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My wife Paige is a high school teacher for Chesterfield County (suburban Richmond), Virginia. Last week, as part of Teacher Prep Week, she attended a meeting for a new program being promoted by the county called “Building Blocks for Student (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO spotted in American History X
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(...) Hard to believe that the Tony Kaye wanted an Alan Smithee credit on this one (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO(r) mentioned in "Alice" promo
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(...) KLLC, I believe. (...) Because he knows that FAO Schwartz is overpriced, that's why! BTW, as long as you're in SF, there's an FAO there, too. But it too is overpriced. You'll do better at Target (pronounced Tar-zhay, of course). --Bill. (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO(r) mentioned in "Alice" promo
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San Francisco CA has a station called "Alice" (locals no doubt know the call letters and freq, I just know where it approximately is on the hotel radio)... the following is from memory and maybe not quite right A promo I just heard for their morning (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Wow, I totally forgot about this thread ;) I did get 2 of them and I must say I love them! They are great fun and very cool. I am still surprised how wrong I was about these before :) They are worth picking up if you get the chance!!! Mark P (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) I finally got a chance to take a couple of pics-- and, as luck would have it, they're of the two *not* pictured by Rob. (They are the large images in the Bricklink catalog. Mark contributed images of them in their boxes.) (URL) boy pal has a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego featured in Baby Blues comics
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Lego featured in this Sunday's comic: (URL) Bob (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego building corporate bonding
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Just ran across this on fark.com today, doesn't say too much though. (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Brick Testament Reference on th Radio
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Hi, Mike. Thanks for mentioning this. It's always nice to hear about my site getting talked about in the media. @8^) -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (22 years ago, 25-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Brick Testament Reference on th Radio
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The radio station I usually listen to here in Raleigh carries the nationally syndicated "Bob and Tom" radio show ((URL) in the morning (we used to get John Boy and Billy but they went to the oldies station when Clear Channel Radio gobbled up WRDU). (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego mentioned in this week's Newsweek
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Here's a link I found... (URL) Lyttle (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego mentioned in this week's Newsweek
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August 26, 2002 issue - Page 58 Under the heading of College Essentials: Number 1 - Lego Mate desk organizer - Bob (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Wall Street Journal Article on Executive Training
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"John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message news:H0yr73.Bsp@lugnet.com... (...) pointing (...) their (...) fees (...) I didn't get a chance to read the article earlier today (a co-worker had a copy of WSJ with him) and I don't have an online (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO spotted in American History X
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(...) Yet more proof it is a great movie. :-) Jude (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Wall Street Journal Article on Executive Training
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The Wall Street Journal has an article entitled "To Do: Schedule Meeting; Play With Legos" today (August 16, 2002) on the front page of the "Marketplace" section. Commenting on the Lego Company effort to license Corporate Training and Development (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO spotted in American History X
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Just sitting here watching American History X (for about the 500bazillionth time), and Shiri spotted a big blue basic bucket. It's around 51 minutes into the movie. -Chris (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Real Life Amtrak LEGOLAND train car advert
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(...) That's pretty neat, and to think Amtrak was going under??? -Harvey (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | ReadyMade
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While browsing through the third issue of a new magazine promoting the DIY ethic (although in questionable way), I was reading the contributors page a came across the one on the contribs recently built a cake top out of 'Legos' for her wedding. Oh (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Internet Freaks
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Rob Doucette quotes Time Magazine: (...) Pretending? *Pretending*? :-) I enjoyed reading the non-LEGO community's reaction to the Brick Testament. Invariably someone would post the link with a note about its creepiness, or some disparaging remark (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Internet Freaks
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From Time magazine[1]: "We know from the Internet that everything has its freaks. There are freaks for Legos, for presidential graves and for women who kill rodents with stiletto heels. But with the Internet, you always suspect that these people are (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) I beleve that the hair does come off and the head is a pencil sharpener. I was at BF and went to the store. I bought the girl for my 8 year old and a Duplo train for my 4 year old (she also plays with the regular trains). The 4 year old (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) good news! thanks! sheree (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Don't wish it, just skip the "lifestyle" products in the future. Vote only for bricks with your dollars... -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wow!!!!! I stand corrected (Thank god!) The plastic circles DO come off!! I wonder if they did something to the one they had on display at Legoland then. The one I was holding the hat did not come off, and the plastic circles were attached. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) rosenkrantz" <srosez@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gzyo6q.79r@lugnet.com... (...) MAJOR (...) circle (...) a (...) circle (...) think (...) of (...) off. (...) to (...) The (...) lift (...) baseplate (...) Duplo (...) Legoland (...) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks, Maggie. I would also welcome any observations/opinions on these figures that you might care to share. sheree (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) to tell from the pictures any of the critical data. I am still intrigued by them. Certainly, one of these is as close to a "big" minifigure as I might ever get. The hands do sound problematic. [hmmmm, i wonder if someone good with a dremel (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wish I had known about this before I ordered mine! (...) My order shipped Friday, so if no one else puts up pics before I receive it I can take some. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) They have been on sale at Legoland, CA for at least a month now. One MAJOR thing the pictures do not show in the S@H catalog is that the hands have these clear plastic full circles that IMHO ruin the entire thing. The circle is so they can (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) (URL) these just now. Anyone know how long they have been out? Anyone have any yet? If so what is your opinion of them? Height? Mobility- arms, legs, head? Hat, hair removable? Were any shown at BrickFest(tm)2002? Are they already at the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Another LEGO reference on the Register (regus.com in America) (URL) Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) And I will now correct myself: As a new member of the Star Wars Fan Club, (I only joined to get the membership deal during the SWFan Club Store Lego Blowout) I got my first SW Insider Magazine (a perk to membership) today in the mail. In it, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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As a new member of the Star Wars Fan Club, (I only joined to get the membership deal during the SWFan Club Store Lego Blowout) there is an extensive article on the Celebration II. And from page 38, paragragh 1, I quote: "and on of the most (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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I'm a big fan too, and can't believe I never noticed this. So I typed "Marillion Incommunicado lyrics" into Netscape's URL field, and got: (URL) give: Incommunicado Lyrics: Dick Music: Dick/Kelly/Mosley/Ro...y/Trewavas I'd be really pleased to meet (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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This is neat! Copied to mediawatch as an FYI... but I left the FUT to fun.gaming. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.mediawatch)
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