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(URL) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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LEGO has won a suit in China, against a company making knock-off items. The company was ordered to surrender its molds. I don't know if this is the maker of the "Shifty" clones mentioned on Lugnet a couple of years ago, or another. Full story here: (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | malcom in the middle
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Tonights new Malcom in the Middle featured Dewey playing with what appeared to be two Bionicle sets. -chris (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: "Lego tries for girls' block vote"
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(...) Hence the "life on Mars" being fitting! It's a male dominated world, or so we are told (I have my doubts about that... I know who really gets things done, but I digress), hence it is "Mars" where all the women are living now, regardless of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, no, no, no, no! Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus! ;-) Fiona (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) My sister and I both grew up with Lego. When she was young she got 3 of those sets with the big people that had minifigs as babies. We both enjoyed the sets, but we quickly discovered how wonderful all the tiles were for building "puzzle (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey hey hey! Sand red is different than pink! I like LoMs, but maybe that's because I do mecha/mechs, so I can overlook the obvious :<P Plus, the 50% off sales at ShopKo were a great way to stock up on the Red Planet Protector... Anyway, on (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) But...LEGO already have a fitting theme for females - 'Life on Mars' Jon (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Confirmed :-) I have some in my collection, as I was a little girl in those days. My sister played more with it then I did. I preferred the castle sets :-) It was actually called Scala! Look over here to see the sets: (URL) van Doesburg (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Rant begins. The whole thing is rather silly really. I had loads of lego when I was a kid (I am a 'girl' (perhaps more of a woman now) by the way if the name had not given you a clue) and all of my friends who were girls loved it and usually (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Now, I've been unable to find the catalogue on brickshelf, but I'm certain Lego did something like this in the 70s with bracelets. Is someone able to confirm this? Peter (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | "Lego tries for girls' block vote"
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A clipping someone gave me from the Daily Mail, not being a reader of it myself. Original article their copyright. "Lego tries for girls' block vote" LEGO is to launch a range of pink 'design' blocks just for girls. The 70-year-old toymaker will try (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Johnny Vegas is a fan of Star Wars Lego
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Comedian Johnny Vegas is to become a father for the first time. Vegas chose the Empire Film Awards in London to announce that his new wife Kitty was pregnant. The baby is due on July 4 and the 31-year-old comic said he was "thrilled" with the news. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego mentioned in Nova broadcast, "Battle of the X-Planes"
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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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| | IndyLUG Mentioned in Lansing State Journel
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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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