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(...) I saw only the first show, saw the LEGO, they had a table of bricks and showed the family around it. Ahmed Zappa, one of the sons of Frank Zappa, the musician. Mike (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) LEGO on TLC During Robotica (rip-off of the U.K. version of Robotwars!) a contender named Grimlock was based on a Lego prototype Technic bot. And if you’re wondering, Grimlock lost… it lost bad. :( But at least the prototype could be entered (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Ahmet Zappa. Trying to live up to his dad's odd reputation, I guess. "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message news:GBAs8t.EnD@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Who (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I watched part of Robotica but didn't notice the LEGO. I kept changing the channel because that announcer guy was just too annoying for my tastes. Who is that guy anyway? Bryan Beckwith FUT: lugnet.mediawatch "D M Garcia" <dmglego@yahoo.com> wrote (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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from article: " Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology [...] As part of Iowa State University's "Preparing Today's Teachers For Tomorrow" program, Computer Engineering 370 -- Toying With Technology -- helps pre-service teachers in the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | RE: Interesting Article..."Students fashion a 'living' metropolis from Lego Blocks"
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(...) IIRC (from Mindfest), the "Cricket" is about the same length and width as the 9V battery which powers it, so it is significantly smaller than an RCX. With the battery included, the entire assembly probably fits into a 4x8x3 space. There are 3 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It looks like the crickets are basically Mindstorms RCX's, in smaller packages. If you follow the link at the bottom of the page, it takes you to CMU's page about it. A little digging finds the following pages: (URL) about the crickets. They (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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From the article: "In all, the city required more than 100,000 Lego pieces, which the company donated." Yowza! I was disappointed to read that they made their roads out of construction paper instead of the road plates. I bet they didn't use minifigs (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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My 2-yr old's been wearing LEGO-wear for at least 6 months now... ever since my wife found it on clearance at TJ Maxx... -Jon (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch)
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During the new Mag Ryan movie Hanging Up, there is Lego around at least in three different scenes. Mostly castle and pirates. Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) You are quite a challenging personality..:-) From lawyer to mechanical design engineer?..wow! Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) -Tim (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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February's issue of "Desktop Engineering", a freebie industry publication that I get at work, contained a neat two page article about the Unigraphics systems in use by Lego for everything from product and mold design to rapid prototyping of ABS (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Yeah, I considered that possibility, too. More likely, this bit of dialog was entirely an invention of the playwright (Benjamin's dad), and there wasn't really a lego castle. (...) What can I say? I'm a sucker for sentimental stories, cheap or (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe he built his own Castle. When you first said you were "in tears" at the end, I assumed it was 'with laughter'. Ooops. eric (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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TheBliss4[1] went to _The Yellow Boat_ on Saturday. This play is produced by Grand Rapids Civic Theatre's Traveling Troupe, a kids' theater group.[2] The gist of the play is the true story of Benjamin, a young boy who was unfortunate enough to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey all, I just saw Lego on University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Television. The channel is for televised college courses, as far as I know. I found the show while channel flipping, and it seemed to be about market choice or something, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Star Wars Lego made a brief 'appearance' on NPR's Morning Edition last friday in a report about 'The Onion' moving its offices to NYC. -chris (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I was just wondering the other day if this group was created. I've been having computer problems and life obligations to deal with in the past few weeks and haven't been following lugnet much at all. Looks like there is already a good bit of traffic (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The Museum of Natural History in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada models pyrite crystals with Lego. (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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