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Lego is about to lose its monopoly in Germany. They have lost their suit to keep out Best-Lock and lost the law protecting the sanctity of The Brick. Mega Bloks are poised to go into the German market and are projected to rapidly take 20% market (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | PCS Edventures partners with Mega Bloks
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PCS Edventures has partnered with Mega Bloks to be their partner in the education market. Presumably this means their BrickLab kit will feature MegaBloks instead of Lego. Longtime Lugnetters may remember Richard Wright (aka Weird Richard). (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: ToysRus is taking your vote for your best toy award
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(...) And the winner is..... Not Lego. But not MegaBloks either, thankfully! Instead the K'Nex "Big Air Ball Tower": (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO town stop-motion animation music video
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I just saw a video by DJ Timo ((URL) called "The Robots", and the entire video was stop-motion animation of a LEGO town. The song was Kraftwerk's "Die Roboter", with a more modern sound. I was impressed by the video - the creations are well done, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | The Lego block radio in print
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I found this in a strange publication, the Ericsson corporate magazine, while thumbing through the "boring reading material in lunchroom pile". (URL) magazine is a half editorial, half advertisement for Ericsson products. It's sort of a mix of Wired (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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