| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto Makes the Front Page. Literally.
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The December 22nd, 2002 Sunday edition of the Toronto Star features a Lego brick mosaic of the paper's banner, in place of the normal banner on the top of the front page. It also includes a detailed article about rtlToronto and Lego enthusiasts in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Socceroos and LEGO
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Spotted on p.75 of yesterday's Herald-Sun: a photo of Socceroos coach Frank Farina sitting behind a LEGO Soccer field! The interview didn't mention LEGO at all, just Australia's greater chance of actually appearing in the next World Cup, but I just (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: News Flash - Life on Mars in short supply!
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(...) lol, sounds like somebody at ABC has a child with LOM sets on their list :) Julie (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | News Flash - Life on Mars in short supply!
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Last night (18 December 2002) ABC Nightly News included the usual holiday segment on frantic parents searching for the season's "hot" toys, and a LEGO item was mentioned. According to our crack reporter, the "Life on Mars" (LOM) series is hard to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Drug Humor with Technic Figures
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Interestingly enough, these images appeared in a popular Israeli magazine called "Rating". Kind of a cross between a weekly magazine and a TV guide. It appeared next to the editor's column. Supposedly, it's part of the war against drugs (????? cute (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Mindstorms on Fox Toledo
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Last Thursday (12/12) there was a small segment about a local LEGO Mindstorms competition in NW Ohio on Fox Toledo news. I didn't catch the exact location, but the goal of the competition was to design robots to navigate an urban environment. -chris (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego in Jan Toy Fare (#65)
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Toy Fare has weird priorities. Jan 2003 P.38 shows the March Bionicle releases and SW mini snowspeeder and AT-ST, plus an NBA set. There are details about the September Bionicle video. Galidor in Letters col. Then there is an article about the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Article on "Expresso" newspaper
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This week's edition of portuguese newspaper Expresso had a three page article about Legoland California, written by Tony Jenkins (New York Times?). There is a description of the park's attractions, with a few photos, along with the mention that (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Have I got news for you
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Hi. Thanks to everyone for the info. It's much appreciated. If someone could tape the show and get me a copy, that's be really great to have. I'd be happy to reimburse for all the costs involved. I have a friend who can play videocassettes in the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Have I got news for you, repeat is on BBC 2
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The segment was in respect to "tat" being sold by the church. The featured items were a "nodding" figure of Jesus, an inflatable cathedral and the "Brick Testament" Father, Son & Holy Ghost set. It didn't mention the web site that they were (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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