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I'm wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of (URL) this poster from the UN> about racism. I'm having a hard time thinking it's coincidental that the symbol they chose for "odd man out" is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Adam @ Home Comic Strip
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Ever step barefoot on your bricks??? (URL) Adr. (19 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: I love toys - on VH1
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Eric & All, I am glad I did not see this thread until tonight and saw what LEGO came in at. : ) I think number 3 is especially good, and overall, it was a good review outside for the one guy thinking they were from France (Denmark silly!!!) That's (...) (19 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Mindstorms Developer Story on c|net...
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...right (URL) This story features comments from Geoff Gray, one of the staff on BrickJournal, among other things. Congrats, Geoff! Joe Meno ed/pub, BrickJournal (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: I love toys - on VH1
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Ahh cool, thanks, I was watching that the other night and had to leave before the program was over. I was curious about what place (not if) LEGO would come in at. Of course I was dragged away by many large amazonian women. The spirit is willing, the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: I love toys - on VH1
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(...) Hula hoop? Though I really think that bikes should probably top the list, I can't really imagine that hula hoops had any great popularity after about 1960. Anyway, thanks for finding that. I'll have to tape Friday night's episode (though, (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: I love toys - on VH1
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(...) Found it - Friday night's episode, coming it at #3 overall, just behind Barbie and Hula Hoop, but beating out notables such as GIJoe, Star Wars figures, "Bike", and Atari: (URL) Hula Hoop. -Nick (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | I love toys - on VH1
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Hey all, VH1 is doing a series this week called "I love toys", counting down the top 100 toys from our childhoods with 20 each night. I assume LEGO will be on the list somewhere. On their website they've posted the (URL) list from 100-81> (last (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Mindstorms NXT - More Than 9,000 People Worldwide applied for MDP
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(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2006-- More Than 9,600 People Worldwide Answered LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Call for 100 "NXT" Great Developers; Robotics enthusiasts as young as 75 years of age representing 79 countries applied. The LEGO Group's robotics team (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO in Bizarro Comic
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(...) Well, whatever you think of his work, you should know the cartoonist himself was very nice. When I emailed him because I could not find a link to his strip (my local newspaper doesn't post the comics online and King Features Syndicate has (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO in Bizarro Comic
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<Adjusts tie, with bulging eyeballs> Tough NG-- I gotta be my own straight man! (...) What? Minifigs do float???? Well then, by golly, I take it all back! That comic is hilarious! "Bizarro" is the funniest thing since.... since.... well, I get back (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO in Bizarro Comic
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(...) Thanks for the heads up, Maggie! I'll say 2 things about the comic-- 1. NOTHING can ever replace The Far Side, least of which this tripe, and 2. it would be funnier if minifigs actually did float, which they don't, so where's the joke? The (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGO in Bizarro Comic
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The February 24 Bizarro comic features a LEGO scene: (URL) C. (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Brokeback Mountain
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(...) Jonah Goldberg mentioned this today on National Review Online's blog, (URL) The Corner>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.western, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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(...) The animation segment was short but really well done. They matched some minifigs pretty well with some of the characters. (...) I can't say for sure, but given that it was a first-run episode from season three, I'd guess that it was filmed (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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(...) I managed to catch this episode and saw the whole town. I missed the part with the animination though. I wonder when it was filmed since they had Jack Stone Pirates :) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Corner Gas episode called 'Block Party' - AFOLs involved?
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I hope everyone caught tonight's episode of Corner Gas called 'Block Party'. Here's the synopsis from the show's website: (URL) I was hoping they wouldn't make fun of building with LEGO bricks, but rather would have fun with the idea. And I think (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Time
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In Time magazine, canadian edition, Feb 20th, 2006, they profile the Google guys on page 20 : "In search of the real google". ... they play with Legos (sic) for some inspiration (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | InformationWeek
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In InformationWeek, Feb 6th, 2006, a magazine that attends to the information technologies crowd, page 65, in the personal tech guide, they show the Mindstorms NXT as a cool gadet : (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Boys and Girls Club Web web site has incidental Lego
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One of the images rotated on the (URL) home page> for the Boys and Girls club shows a youngster contemplating Lego (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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