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Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
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Tue, 11 Jun 2002 23:39:58 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Ted Michon writes:
I'm surprised that no one here has reported that the current Time Magazine
contains a quarter page item on an "amazing new trend": adults like to build
things with LEGO! The story mentions Eric Harshbarger (congrats Eric!).

-Ted Michon

Is it still a "new" trend if we've been building (as adults) for 20 years?

But yes, "Congrats" to Eric!!  :-)

John G, GMLTC



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  Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
 
(...) This does beg the question whether this is a "new" trend or not. If yes, some reasons might include: 1. It's 20-30 years after a big push with Legos in the 70's (possibly due to the introduction of minifigs?). More kids building Legos grow up (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
  Re: LEGO makes Time Magazine
 
(...) Of course it's "new", because TIME just learned about it! ;-) And you are just ahead of your time, J-1:-) -J-2 (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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I'm surprised that no one here has reported that the current Time Magazine contains a quarter page item on an "amazing new trend": adults like to build things with LEGO! The story mentions Eric Harshbarger (congrats Eric!). -Ted Michon (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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