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(...) Should I be impressed that this candidate likes LEGO, afraid that he likes the wrong kind, or annoyed that this reference is pandering to the audience or ?? (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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..the Sacramento NBC affiliate did short profiles of the major California gubernatorial candidates tonight. The Peter Camejo (Green Party) profile began with Mr. Camejo holding his grandson and saying to him, "You want to talk about Bionicles?" Hmm, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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email from my far away daughter: "you need to watch this white stripes music video (URL) is a link on the right side of the article" enjoy... sheree (21 years ago, 4-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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An update about the airing of my appearance on Ripley's Believe It Or Not! TV. Evidently my gig will be featured on Episode 421, which is to air on 8 October (this upcoming Wednesday). The schedule at the TBS website: (URL) me with other things (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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There is an item about (URL) The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> in this week's (3 October 2003) issue of Entertainment Weekly. It's on page 78, in the book reviews section. Here's a scan of it: (URL) Also, there is an item about (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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The following review of (URL) The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> appeared in the 15 September issue of Publisher's Weekly. It's the first editorial review of the book that I'm aware of. THE BRICK TESTAMENT: Stories from the Book (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, FTX) !!
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Not sure if this quite qualifies for mediawatch, but the back cover of the latest issue of Fortean Times is a full-page ad for LEGO, featuring the AT-AT, Jabba's Palace, and Why Can't I Remember The Other One At The Moment? Fortean Times also caters (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Playthings -- 9/9/2003 By Staff LEGO® secures 'Spider-Man 2' rights NEW YORK — LEGO® is among a half-dozen new domestic licensees for Spider-Man 2 announced this week by Sony Pictures Consumer Products. LEGO has been granted worldwide rights for (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Anyone have any sample press releases they'd be willing to share? Knowing how the press release fared when sent out (in terms of whether it got any coverage as a result) certainly would be nice too, but not required. Thanks! (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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I am a big fan of Google News ((URL) You can use it to set up "news alerts" that send out an e-mail when a certain keyword is found in news stories (say, LEGO). One of the things I love about it is its breadth of coverage. You get news from lots of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO, Conan O'Brien, TODAY SHOW
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(...) That seems a bit harsh. My impression was that he was overwhelmed (and not in a good way) by all the stuff they threw at him. He didn't really have a chance to see any of it. Further, the hosts made a big deal of pointing out the fact that he (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Well, there's no doubt the whole thing did not go as smoothly as I had hoped, but I was pleased with how the model looked (while it was fully intact). More importantly the client was pleased with it (pleased enough that they agreed to buy it). (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) After seeing the show, it appears that Conan didn't give a **** about your bust. The bust being broken, it didn't help either. Anyway, congrats on your evergroing celebrity. Might I say, I don't know if this project helped your celebrity in a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That must be one of the worst fixes I've seen. It must have been obvious it should not have a huge gap in the cheek area, oh well. Perhaps you can arrange a fix-it trip? :) Just watched the video (thanks Mike) and it was a close one it got (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I've been reading GR since like issue 7. It's the *only* magazine I read. I adore it. I've secretly wanted to be in that magazine forever. This is really an honor Henry! I'll have to pick up a copy soon. Just curious though, why did you post (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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"Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:HL028o.1u06@lugnet.com... (...) I captured the portion of the segment where Eric's sculpture can be viewed. This is a big (20+ MB) file: (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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New Media Age 4th Sept 2003 Article on the benefits of a strong online presence in the sale of toys mentions LEGO as a positive example. Has a comment from Brad Justus too (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Thanks, Mike... I will include a pic on my webpage (and give you credit). The model had obviously been damaged during shipping... to see the undamaged model, I have a write up at this webpage: (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO, Conan O'Brien, TODAY SHOW
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Congratulations, Eric, on the media exposure. As always, great work. Here are some screen captures I took: (URL) of many items presented to Conan> (URL) Bust> (URL) comparison> (URL) had a camel and clowns, too!> (URL) appears very pleased (as does (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO, Conan O'Brien, TODAY SHOW
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(...) Cool Eric, I just watched it on TV, it was brief but they did get a shot of it. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of it on your site. jt (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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