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I think I'll be out there most of the day and into the night. Despite much prebuilding, just getting the thing onto the billboard is expected to take some time. At first they considered leaving the mosaic up for a month, but as it is relatively low (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Ripley's approached me a few months ago about doing a segment for their show, and shortly thereafter they asked if doing this billboard craziness was possible. eric (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Well, as hinted at in my first post... most of the actual work is already done. On Monday I'm just going to fake most of the actual building, and they will do edit tricks to make it appear that I've built the whole thing in one day. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Eric, Any idea what times you will be working? Will the mosaic stay up for a while after you build it? If possible I'd love to swing by on my way to work or maybe on my way home. Bruce (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Wow, very cool indeed!! How did the show producers find you? Or did you purpose the idea to them? jt (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Eric, that is so cool! It's going to be a very tough build, is there any way you can prepare the bricks beforehand so that the building will go faster? Can't wait to see pictures, and see it on TV! JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Ok, so my details on this are somewhat sketchy still, but I'll try to relate as much as possible. I wanted to wait until I at least had my plane tickets in hand. What I do know: - This upcoming Monday, 4 August 2003, will see me and an extensive (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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This was in Saturday's paper, and thought people would be interested. Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner, so you don't get to see Kurt Zimmerle posing with a LEGO sculpture, but the writer did capture the notion that LEGO bricks are for all ages. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, FTX)
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From today's (check (URL)): "Lego Armada Playship (£34.99) from www.lego.co.uk. I have mixed feelings about the new-generation Lego. On the one hand, it's topical and children love it; on the other, you only have to lose a single piece of your (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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July 28,2003/PRNewswire/ Miramax Films and the LEGO® Company Strengthen Their BIONICLE™ Bond; Follow-up to Exclusive-to-Video BIONICLE: MASK OF LIGHT Begins Production Following their first collaboration, BIONICLE™: MASK OF LIGHT -- set to debut on (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The lava monster in Spy Kids 3D looks a lot like a lava monster from Rock Raiders Lester (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Dunno if this has been posted before .. but (URL) frontpage linking to (URL) James Stacey ------ www.minifig.co.uk Lugnet Member #925 I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I was browsing the ebay listing for legos, and I stumbled on this one: (URL) am not a lawyer, but I think this is a flagrant infringement of copyright. This set is identical to a genuine LEGO rescue set, 6451 River Response, even the age markings (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Harold Goldfinch froze, his fierce pride at having placed the last brick on what would now be known as the biggest Lego metropolis ever built by one man melting into terror, as from somewhere in the blue plastic streets below him a tiny voice called (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Yup, and if you want to see pictures and a story on it you can check it out over here: (URL) was really cool, I got to play the video game thats due out later this year, got to see some behind the scenes stuff from the movie, got to talk to PR (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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SAN DIEGO,/PRNewswire/ -- An exclusive, all-inclusive BIONICLE™ experience awaits visitors to Comic-Con International, July 17- 20, at the San Diego Convention Center. Comic-Con International Gets the Big Picture on BIONICLE™ - The LEGO® Company, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I refuse to call Slashdot "the media", but Jon's cool Alphabet Project spaceships are on Slashdot as a feature article: (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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Toy maker LEGO® loses appeal in the battle for the blocks. By BERTRAND MAROTTE -The Globe and Mail Wednesday, July 16, 2003 MONTREAL -- Danish toy giant LEGO® System AS has lost another round in its long-running battle to prevent upstart Canadian (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:HI2G3r.n8M@lugnet.com... (...) This was on BBC South Today the other night after the 10 'o' clock news but I haven't got around to posting here yet. Can't find anything on the BBC News (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Scanned some articles from the always prestigous Boston Metro that came out on Monday July 14th right after the roadshow. (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.mediawatch)
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