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Hello All--I just saw a commercial for the Honda Element that looked like it was building the car out of LEGO---I just wondered if anyone else had seen it or knows anything about it. It looked like it was raining brick, or scattering it kind of like (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: UPDATED: BayLUG to Show at Sacramento LEGO Tour Stop
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(...) As a reminder the event is today, tomorrow and Sunday. KCRA in Sacramento had a news report on it-- they challenged a master builder, Kurt Zimmerle, to build the Tower Bridge (a local landmark) in 90 minutes-- in time to show it at the end of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Why isn't LEGO mentioned in Top Toys of 2003
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(...) These are from Imaginext. It is not in any way compatible with Lego. I have seen these close up. Steven Weiser (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Why isn't LEGO mentioned in Top Toys of 2003
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(URL) Doh! No Bionicle or Make&Create... But the Pirate set looks suspiciously familiar to LEGO's Pirate line (especially the sails...) -stephen (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO -- Ripley's: 8 October
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(...) A few cool, if very brief, segment. I was glad to see it, because I thought I'd missed the broadcast, and I don't even usually watch the show at all. Of course, the commentator kept referring to "LEGOs," but Eric was studious enough to refer (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO -- Ripley's: 8 October
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Eric & All, (...) sat down to eat) I saw this episode in its entirety. I forgot to tape it (d'oh!) but it was pretty neat. I think one of the funniest things was the utter amazement of Kelly that you can make mosaics out of LEGO elements. It did (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO -- Ripley's: 8 October
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(...) Looked good Eric, they really made it look like you did it all on site. And yeah I wish that Eiffel tower had only been 6', it would have fit much easier in the van ;) jt (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO -- Ripley's: 8 October
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(...) The link provided in Eric's post is now indicating it will air at 9:00 am this coming Saturday (10/11/03), but a scan of my cable system's on-screen guide lists "40,000-piece Lego portait" in its description of the episode airing (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Napster?
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I never much cared for the Napster service, but I did always like their logo. Well, it's back in various forms: (URL) -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Mindstorms in The Australian today
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Pretty "overviewey" but (URL) it is. ROSCO FUT: .mediawatch (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Speaking of the recall...
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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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| | Speaking of the recall...
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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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| | The White Stripes' 'Girl' Video Block Party
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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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| | LEGO -- Ripley's: 8 October
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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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| | Brick Testament in Entertainment Weekly and Budget Living
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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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| | Publisher's Weekly reviews The Brick Testament
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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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| | LEGO supports the paranormal!
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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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| | LEGO® secures 'Spider-Man 2' movie rights
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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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| | Press releases
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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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| | Google News is a good way to get references to Lego in the media
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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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