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(...) Richie, Congrats on your televised LEGO appearance! Even Google (URL) is in on the fun (check out their ever changing logo today) (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well, it happened! The alarm did go off at 4am... (URL) More pics (URL) here> once moderated. It was a great experience to build something (technically rebuild something) on national television, and be part of the live-to-air interview. The (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Ahoy all, In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the 4x2 Lego Brick tomorrow (Jan 28), Lego builders will be featured on Channel 7's 'Sunrise'. Building will commence at 6:05am, and there will be regular crosses to the builders during the show, (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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Gizmodo has a look back at old versions of popular websites, including (URL) Lego's official site as seen in 1996>. They've come a long way. And I remember when it looked like that.... Roy (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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A friend sent me this link: (URL) CTTC also asks about 1,000 children test toys in their own homes for six to 12 weeks and then asks the families to provide a report of which are the most fun, and innovative. Among the Top 10 Children's Choice picks (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic)
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Merry Christmas everyone! There's a NY Times article, actually a fiction piece in the opinion section, about a surprise Christmas gift of Lego. It is accompanied by a Nathan Sawaya sculpture. Login may be required: (2 URLs) image> Roy (17 years ago, 25-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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If you've ever seen the show on TLC, it's a great show--probably the only "reality TV" I watch. Last night on the Season Finale, Jeremy, the oldest, was wearing a LEGO T-shirt while going for his drivers test. Also, on one of the episodes, it was (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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<www.gizmodo.com Gizmodo>, a popular tech blog has a nice (URL) about the UCS Millenium Falcon, hailing as a top Christmas gift, and including a soon-to-com time-lapse video of the construction. Roy (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(URL) Built by model builder Eric Hunter. Hope the video works. JOHN (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I think I improperly catagorized this... Moved to .mediawatch -Eric (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.mediawatch)
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So from LEGO to bottle caps, thats and interesting twist. I'll have to make a point of going down to the World of Coke and check it out. "To commemorate the partnership with Toys for Tots, Coca-Cola commissioned New York-based sculptor Nathan Sawaya (...) (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Following on from the large car prototypes (URL) shown at Frechen> Lego seem to have sone some more work alongside VW on the (URL) and it should be out next year! (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.year.2008, FTX) !
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NEW YORK— From Playthings.com on 10/31/2007. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, LEGO Group's principal owner and grandson of the construction toy company’s founder, will be the 2008 Toy Industry Hall of Fame inductee, the Toy Industry Association announced (...) (17 years ago, 10-Nov-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) If you're trying to read the linked article, and have found that the posted URL isn't working, here's the Tiny URL version of the URL listed above. It will take you to the same article Clifton is trying to link to: (URL) J.P. Manalo (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Sorry for the double post. There was a hang up with LUGNET. (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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FYI Article published in the Potomac News (Potomac.news.com), a local paper that serves the Potomac Mills Area of Virginia. (URL) article didn't mention that the 9V trains are being discontinued by LEGO, but overall a good article. Thanks everyone (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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FYI Article published in the Potomac News (Potomac.news.com), a local paper that serves the Potomac Mills Area of Virginia. (URL) article didn't mention that the 9V trains are being discontinued by LEGO, but overall a good article. Thanks everyone (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The 'reactionary' part is that what they claim happened didn't happen. Without access (or reference) to the original article it's no surprise that it seems grossly ridiculous. I did read the original article and it was barely similar to all (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) There would be no reactionary right wing response if the left wing hadn't wanted to instill in children that ownership is evil. Non-socialists should respond to dribble like this. John P (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) -Abner (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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