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A machinery, made from LEGO Technic, has a prominent role in the swedish movie "Varning for Jönssonligan" (1981) Link: (URL). The movie is a family comedy about a criminal "mastermind" and his two partners in crime. The device is used to open a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Daft Planet
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Just noticed a segment in Daft Planet (animated show) where Jake uses firecrackers on a LEGOesk yellowbrick castle. Includes a imagination part with brother and co as Mini-Figs defending the castle. Best DaveG Note: Infolink about show (URL) the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Article in Computerworld about LEGO servers
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Hello all, I just saw this article on the Computerworld website about the LEGO Company switching from HP servers to IBM servers. The article doesn't have much to do with bricks, but I figured it still may be of interest to some people around here. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Ldraw.org on [H]ard-OCP
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I just saw this on (URL) so ldraw.org should prepare for an increase on bandwidth, most sites usually overload when they've been put on the newspage: Leggo my Lego: Never again will a small child have the ability to run into the room and bumrush (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickFest mention on CBS radio in NorCal
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(...) The was a TV story Sunday night on one of our local stations, WTVD (ABC) about Brickfest, mentioning the attendee count and footage. My parents asked me if I was there this past weekend:) Joe Meno (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Lego chooses IBM over HP
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Lego chooses IBM over HP (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickFest on Fox Report
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(...) Hah! The tower was Teddy Welsh's Moonbase module, and the castle was probably the one that Jim Foulds did. Too cool. Adrian (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | BrickFest on Fox Report
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BrickFest was given a news bite on The Fox Report with Shepard Smith this evening at 7:20PM EDT on a segment called Fox Report Across America. It showcased some pretty impressive models, including a huge castle, a very tall tower with three large (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | BrickFest on NPR
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Just heard it this morning. It's in audio (Real or Windows Media player). Just scroll down the page and look for the title "Morning Edition Returns: Building Blocks" (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickFest mention on CBS radio in NorCal
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(...) WTIC 1080 AM in Hartford, CT also carried this Brickfest story this morning, but then they added a bit of local flavor by discussing the model builders in Enfield, CT (not far from Hartford) who have careers building models for Lego, then they (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickFest mention on CBS radio in NorCal
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(...) The Bay Area ABC radio affiliate picked up on it too. In addition to mentioning the "cathedrals to robots", they talked to AF'sOL who admitted spending upwards of $10,000 a year on LEGO. Hmm, that could be any of several people.... :-) Maggie (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BrickFest mention on CBS radio in NorCal
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(...) Hmm... sounds like they picked up the CNN scroll from last nite. (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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G'Morning all you lucky BrickFest attendees! The SF Bay Area affiliate of CBS radio did a 3-line mention of BrickFest this morning at about 7:33 am. Key points: not for kids, 255 adults, GWU-Arlington campus, models ranging from "cathedrals to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Brickfest in Washington Post
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On 04.08 8/10/2003 +0000, Greg Kramer wrote (...) Not bad... Shame she didnt have a camera tho :-) --- wubwub aka stephen f roberts wildbrick.com - Jain's Guide : Promoting more than just the MOC (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Brickfest in Washington Post
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Looks like it might be in Sunday's print edition? (URL) mention of the Sunday "Open to the Public" times, though. So you might not need extra crowd control. -Greg K (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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(...) Wow, Eric....I've been living vicariously through your Lego escapades for 3-4 years now, but this definitely tops 'em all...congratulations! Can't wait to watch the show. --Dave (jot and jab) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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Congratulations on getting such great publicity, Eric. And thanks for the write-up of the event. That was a very fun read. Out of curiosity, were those guys breaking baseball bats over their thighs while you were building? And if so, was that (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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Hi Eric, It looks good. I was sorry I wasn't able to swing by and see the building in action. Will the Ripley's people let you know when this will be aired, and, if so, will you post an announcement here? Bruce (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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As promised, I have written up a webpage documenting the craziness I recently experienced out in Hollywood... a rather lengthy webpage, at that: (URL) or comments are welcome, and feel free to corner me at Brickfest if you want to hear more stories (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Brickish Association member on TV
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(...) Really cool and Duncan got a lot of promotion for his house as well. (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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