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Re: Lego show on Treasure HD Network
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Date: 
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:33:13 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Eaton wrote:
6. What were Lego's first two licensed themes?
6. Star Wars & Winnie the Pooh (Again, poor specification in the show-- it
was clear what they intended, but Lego's done promo's with other companies
going back to even before they made Automatic Binding Bricks!)

There's a distinct difference between a licensed theme and a promotional theme.
Maersk probably paid The LEGO Company to produce sets based on their
transportation equipment.  The LEGO Company had to pay out a licensing fee to
Lucasfilm for the _rights_ to produce Star Wars sets.



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  Re: Lego show on Treasure HD Network
 
(...) Oh yeah-- the questions were something like this (not sure of the order or the exact phrasing): 1. "Lego" is a contraction of 2 Danish words. What do those 2 words mean in English? 2. Lego's first castle set was released in 1978 and was in (...) (16 years ago, 24-Apr-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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