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"Battle of the X-Planes" was on Nova last night. It was about the Joint Strike Fighter contract competition between Lockheed's X-35 and Boeing's X-32: (URL) showed a clip of one of the engineers (I can't remember which company) assembling one of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Lays Off 160, Citing Slow Sales
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(...) I'm betting lots and lots. I know no kid that likes that show... (...) Hopefully the 2003 line stuff we've seen is a portent of better things to come... (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I wonder how much of that overstock is Galidor? (...) Time to get back to basics? I hope so. Allan B. (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Another use for Lego mentioned in the current FineScale Modeler mag
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In the tips and techniques section of FineScale Modeler, a reader suggested using Lego bricks to make molds for casting your own parts for plastic models. Apparently the compound used to make the copied parts does not stick to Lego so it makes an (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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To All, Rick Hallman asked me to post this to LUGNET, as he is having posting problems. Man, it might be nice if the Lansing State Journel found out about MichLUG, but I digress! ;) Here is Rick's post: In today's edition of the Lansing State (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Thieves ignored money - stole LEGO!
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Found in a Swedish paper, Expressen ( (URL) ): (URL) translation: "Thieves ignored money - stole LEGO OFFENBACH. The thieves could have stolen computers, cash and other valuables. Instead they took - LEGO. The remarkable burglary took place in the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.se)
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Lego Lays Off 160 Workers, Citing Slow Christmas Sales in U.S., Germany The Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark Feb. 3 — Danish toy maker Lego said Monday it cut its work force in Denmark by 161 because of a slowdown in retail sales during the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, Just thought I would mention that before the NHL All-Star Game started, there was about a 15 second glimpse of the LEGO Stanley Cup plus a Western Conference Player during the "This game is brought to you by...." segments. Good thing they (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: ABC’s Latest Brickmation Video to Air on MTV
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(...) Gallery" and my video is now available for viewing online. When you go to the page linked above you'll find my video is the fifth one down from the top - look for the thumbnail pic of the mini-fig bluegrass band. Enjoy! Greg (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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On 20:26 01/28/2003 +0000, Greg Perry wrote (...) TiVo thought it was Clone High, so I wouldnt have seen it otherwise :-) (...) Thanks for warning us it was up (the exact time was handy too... would have been hell to catch otherwise!). Always nice (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Stephen - THANKS a lot for making time to check it out. Tell the truth though - you were probably already planning to watch "The Osbournes" anyway. I also appreciate you taking time to post and let me know you saw it. I was wondering if anyone (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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On 20:33 01/24/2003 +0000, Greg Perry wrote (...) ...Managed to catch it :-) Congratulations!!!...!!! Hope you get some more shown! (22 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Time Bandits Lego cameo
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Just watched Terry Gillam's great movie Time Bandits last night. There are Lego bricks on the floor of Kevin's room in the beginning of the movie, and later, the interior sets for the Fortress of Darkness are made from enourmous stone Lego bricks. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The Animated Brick Company is proud to announce that its latest brickmation video “plasticgrass” will be airing on MTV beginning Saturday, January 25, 2003. It is scheduled to be shown that day at 4:41 PM EST (during either “The Osbournes” or “Clone (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Wins Pirate Case in China
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO NBA in Newsweek
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There is an article titled "The Smallest Big Guys" in the January 27th edition of Newsweek. I was checking mediawatch because I saw this and the article on LEGO wins case in China this week. The Newsweek article has pics of Shaq and Iverson (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO wins in Chinese High Court
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China Court Backs Lego Copyright Claim By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer January 21, 2003 BEIJING - As it opens to the world, China has vowed repeatedly to eliminate counterfeit and pirated products. The latest test of its commitment appears to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO wins in Chinese High Court
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Crossposted to lugnet.mediawatch ---...--- (...) BBC News Online Tuesday, 21 January, 2003, 13:16 GMT Lego Defeats the Chinese Pirates * photo caption: Children first got their hands on Lego bricks in 1958 Danish toy-maker Lego Company has won a (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Wow! that video clip was great! Thanks for capturing the video. Nice job on the show, Steve! We are in the presence of LEGO Robotic royalty! Dave K (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Steve Hassenplug on TechTV!!! (In a LUGnet T-shirt...)
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(...) Rob Limbaugh re-encoded it so it's only 36megs now. I may attempt to recapture it, the audio is pretty bad. (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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