To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.mediawatchOpen lugnet.mediawatch in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 MediaWatch / 1756 (-20)
  Abston Churh of Christ in the news
 
I have a policy of ignoring media requests, but I've softened lately and granted permission for publication by three special-interest publications. One is an Ohio building trade magazine and another is a UK Christian newspaper, both of which have (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)  
 
  Media Advisory - FIRST Robotics Competition - Greater Toronto Regional Event
 
From Canada Newswire: Media Advisory - FIRST Robotics Competition - Greater Toronto Regional Event The Competition for 'First' is on... First Robotics is North America's Largest High School Robotics Competition TORONTO, March 31 /CNW/ - About three (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  LEGO® looses a court decision in Germany
 
A sad day for LEGO® in Germany SUMMERLAND, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2005-- Best-Lock Construction Toys announces a decision of the German Patent and Trademark Office canceling a 2x4 stud block design trademark registration in the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)  
 
  Re: Lego: meet an obsessed genius. And his wife.
 
(...) Good stuff Paul. I like how you're quoted in your dislike of the term LEGOs and then they quote your wife saying "LEGOs"...LOL! jt (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Lego: meet an obsessed genius. And his wife.
 
Subject heading was on the front page of Columbus' The Other Paper, on page 7, a profile about me and my hobby (obsession?). In press yesterday, on line since this morning: (URL) best thing is they didn't use a 110 bold font caption "LEGOS", like (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch) ! 
 
  Star Wars and Moby commisioned illustrations from back in 2002
 
Don't know why it's taken me so long to post these, but anyhow back in 2002 I was commisioned to do a couple of LEGO illustrations, one for SPIN magazine, one for Mojo magazine. Here they are for the first time online: (URL) This one was to (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX) ! 
 
  Lego Jewelry
 
Caught this via a blog site...(real) jewelry made from (real) Lego. (URL) on Forever Young then use the arrows to navigate between images) -Rob A> (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  New Death Star makes Gizmodo
 
Hi all, <www.gizmodo.com Gizmodo> is a blog on technology and related topics. They just posted an (URL) on the new Death Star from Lego. Interesting to see it already in the mainstream - maybe it too will sell well like the ISD! Roy (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
 
  Lego makes an appearance in FineScale Modeler magazine
 
I was just perusing my April 2005 issue of FineScale Modeler, and found Lego making a cameo appearance. In the "Coming in the May issue" section on p. 73, there's a teaser for an article on resin casting, and a picture of someone pouring mold (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  LEGO vs. MegaBloks
 
From CBC Radio November 25, 2004 (URL) Megabloks For some, building walls is child's play. You may remember spending hours stacking Lego blocks or Megabloks to make your own perfect worlds--full of spaceships and castles. Lego doesn't make a (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: Can't find this link anymore, any help?
 
My friend told me where the pics are! His directions: 1) Go to the main page at (URL) Click on the red box on the left-hand navigation bar. This is the entry for "prior broadcasts". 3) In the drop-down menu in the middle of the page, pick the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)  
 
  Can't find this link anymore, any help?
 
I got this from a mailing list: "One of the fun aspects of living in Japan is getting to watch Japanese television, which is always entertaining. One show we like is TV Champion, which pits contestants against each other to show off their amazing (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: Rights to Spiderman..
 
(...) You make a good distinction between film-character and comic-character rights, but it might not apply across the board in this case. Although LEGO did indeed have the tie-in rights for the Spiderman films, it appears that MEGABLOKS has (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Lego on the Late Show With David Letterman!
 
I figured someone would have posted this already. On the Late Show last night (Feb 25th), Nathan Sawaya did a real time mosaic of Biff Henderson during the show. He did a really nice job in capturing Biff and it was a nice plug for Lego in general. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)  
 
  Market research
 
It would be great putting our hands on this report : (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: Rights to Spiderman..
 
Megablocks have the comic rights. Lego have the film rights. Lego can only produce sets relevant to the films, megablocks can't reference the films only the comics. You might find that the Lego deal is with Sony(?) and the Megablocks one, directly (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  LEGO® Star Wars Game Trailer released
 
If you haven't hear about it or seen it. Here is the link to new LEGO® Star Wars game trailer. On Eidos website. FYI: file size 7.3 mb (URL) Enjoy. -Abner (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)  
 
  Re: Rights to Spiderman..
 
(...) To answer the last part: no listings in the Danish 2005 catalogue... /Jesper (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Rights to Spiderman..
 
I saw in the (URL) and Mail> that Mega Bloks "has Spider-Man on its side since the Montreal company struck an exclusive deal last fall with Marvel Enterprises to develop products featuring Marvel's super heroes, which also include X-Men, Hulk and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Nova Scotian "blockheads" profiled in Sunday Daily News
 
Greetings, The Sunday Daily News (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) has an article on the local AFOLs. Unfortunately it does not appear to be on the paper's online site ( (URL) ). If you are in the Halifax area I recommend picking up a copy. The cover (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns.hal, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.mediawatch)


Next Page:  5 more | 10 more | 20 more

Redisplay Messages:  All | Compact

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR