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(...) Todd, Microsoft was number 116 on list. However Apple was number 98. Macs Forever! Bruce (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) From the way the article is worded, it looks like the results would only show how the average consumer in Denmark views/viewed TLG. I think this study's results don't count for much, since they only surveyed those who live in the same country (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Snip (...) To ALL, (For greatest impact, read this as if Foghorn Leghorn was reading it out loud to you.) I say, I say, I am flabbergasted, down right outraged that Microsoft is not in the top 200. Why its, its an outrage that this fine (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Bryan, Interesting choice of words, "schism." Schism is often associated with the division or split of great and permanent nature among religions or religious sects. The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church is an example of a (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) For a few of us, they never lost that trust. I'm one of them. I am glad to see that TLG is coming back to its core product (Otherwise known as, "It's about the BRICK!!!"). If TLG is becoming more stable...that's great news to me. We should all (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's interesting how the change they implemented around 2003/04 created a huge schism within the AFOL community, but really had no major effect whatsoever on how the average consumer views/viewed TLG. TLG probably lost a lot of our trust (...) (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I am assuming they (Forbes) want us the AFOL's to go out and buy an issuse. :-) -Abner (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Neat! (...) I like how by "complete" they mean "1/3 of the total". DaveE (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® is No.1 of 600 companies for 2007 May 23, 2007 Fobes.com By Tara Weiss The world’s most reputable companies: These business have products consumers want — and their trust (URL) With all the bad news recently about corporate scandals you might (...) (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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LEGOLAND Billund employee killed in roller coaster accident The Associated Press Published: April 30, 2007 COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A 21-year-old employee at the Legoland amusement park was killed in a roller coaster accident, police and park officials (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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(...) Oh I forgot about that! Thanks for doing that. Of course, I was also worried about posting it in the wrong group - god only knows what would have happened to me! lol (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Crossposting to Loc AU, congrats you wacky Australians (If your looking for it in the shops in Australia, it is the one with the ninja turtles on the cover) (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Congrats to them for getting a Spy vs. Spy Lego vig in MAD magazine: (URL) Here's the thread (1) talking about it in a bit more detail: (URL) (1) Standard JLUG warning: anyone who takes everything too seriously, please don't click this link (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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Lego works for industrial testing! A few years back RIMM were testing the reception of one of its 900MHz devices, which varied by angle and orientation. What did RIMM turn to? LEGO machines See an article (URL) here> and the creator's (URL) webpage> (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Hi Jacob, Congratulations on your MOCs TV (I think) appearance. Tim (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Seems that LEGO is being used in the QA dept at RIM to test the reception of some of their products. (URL) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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All, I didn't find this mentioned anywhere here (sorry for the dupe if so)... There's a nice 6-page writeup on Lego in this week's Newsweek, "Building an Empire One Block at a Time". Despite repeated use of "Legos" to describe our beloved brick, it (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Today's Metro (Thurs 12th April) features an article on page 3 about Nathan Sawaya and his Lego sculptures. Metro is a free national daily newspaper given out on public transport and proabably has the highest readership of an papaer in the UK (I (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Somebody uploaded this clip from Normalerweize on YouTube: (URL) proud to reveal that the model is MOC. You can find a few still pictures on: (URL) well, Jacob (17 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.dk) !
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Slashdot readers have probably already seen this, but for the rest of you, there is an article in the New York Times about using a 3d scanner and rapid prototype machine to reproduce LEGO: (URL) (17 years ago, 6-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch)
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