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  Lego spyed in Malcom in the Middle
 
Spotted on Sunday, May 3, 2001. Hal and Dewy are home alone, when they start "bonding" with each-other and start building a large Lego tower. Later on, they are seen emptying a big box of Lego onto the floor. Afterwards, the living room is filled (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Lego being sued by the New Zealand Maori tribes ?
 
It appears that someone objects to the names being used in the Bionical game. (URL) also referenced from slashdot... (URL) Ray (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: LEG0 in Space
 
(...) I bet the bricks are indeed standard ABS. I assume that glue was used to prevent stray LEGO bits from floating about the cabin. LEGO uses glue on the Miniland structures as LEGOLand and the ones sent on museum tours. -- Jeff (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space)
 
  Re: LEG0 in Space
 
(...) ] The plastic used to manufacture Lego's toy robots - and the ] glue that holds them together - also were tested before the Mars ] Planet Protector and 300 miniature "aliens" were given a green light ] for the Soyuz flight to the station. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space)
 
  LEG0 in Space
 
Russia takes space advertising lead -SPACE.COM Cosmonaut plays with the LEGO Mars Planet Protector toy while aboard the ISS. (URL) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space) ! 
 
  Re: "Talking" Lego T-shirts
 
(...) Just the next step in how to get kids to advertise your corporation's brands for you. -Jon (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: "Talking" Lego T-shirts
 
(...) But I probaly don't have to worry about the July surprise. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: "Talking" Lego T-shirts
 
No worries, LEGO Wear is a licensed product made by a company named Kabooki. See the official LEGO site for more info: (URL) the clothing looks to be very high quality, and I can't wait for it to be readily available in the states...my kids are (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  "Talking" Lego T-shirts
 
On May 26, in several Dutch regional newspapers an article emereged about Lego T-shirts that are equiped with an integrated sound module. The shirts are printed with a special conduive printing material, and the sounds are operated by touching (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)  
 
  TOGETHER by Lukas Moodysson
 
Yesterday I saw "Together" by Lukas Moodysson (Fucking Amal) Set in 1975s Sweden, Together is the story of a woman who escapes with her two children from an abusive relationship. They head to the hippie commune run by her brother. There, many (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  The Simpsons 23/5/1 (Australia)
 
According to the TV Guide, this week's new episode of the Simpsons is where we see them to to Lego^H^H^H^HBlockoland. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Bionicle Comics and Cards
 
Not sure if we all know about this or not, as I am not currently a member of the LEGO Builders Club (TLG run thing in the U.S.), but a friend who is gave me a copy of a DC Comics Issue Number 1 of Bionicle, a mini-series that is based on the new (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: LEGO worker in MCAS article
 
(...) Sorry, make that the New Yorker. The article name was "Lego". -Shiri (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  LEGO worker in MCAS article
 
My friend told me that her essay on the MCAS yesterday, 5/15, (MCAS = Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Standard or some'n like that) made her think about me... because it was about lego. :-) I asked her for more details and she told me it was (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  LEGO Mouse In SF Contest
 
I had seen a story about this contest on TechTV a couple of weeks ago, and just saw an update. That got me to see the web site, and that let me see the LEGO creation there. Where? Why at: (URL) *VERY* cool display, I think, with some really creative (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: RCX on beyond 2000 (old show??)
 
Beyond 2000 was on the Discovery Channel here in the US for quite some time, but I think its been a year or two since I've seen an episode. Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GD6owr.IJL@lugnet.com... (...) Beyond (...) there (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: RCX on beyond 2000 (old show??)
 
<snip snip> (...) The bricks aren't any brand, the studs appear to be blank. It is a pretty cool commercial though. See also the 'AT&T Commercial' thread. (I would post a link if I knew how from my newsreader.) (...) Bryan Beckwith (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  History Channel mention
 
During the History Channel "Modern Marvels" special on the Boston highway reconsruction project, on of the engineers compared the fitting of underwater tunnels to the connecting method of LEGO bricks. (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  RCX on beyond 2000 (old show??)
 
Watching some Canadian television last night, there was an episode of Beyond 2000 (Australian version) on Canadian learning channel, and at the end there was a (brief) segment about the RCX. I didn't see any year on the ending credits, does anyone (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
 
  "100 inventions of the century"
 
I spotted the patent of the LEGO brick in a book that held 100 influental inventions of the century. I thought it was cool, too bad I didn't post when the name of the book was fresh in my mind. (I saw the book in a bookstore in the San Juan Islands (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)


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