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| (...) I never made fun of people who are concerned about the colour change issue. I point out the problems, and then end it with a funny punchline that certainly doesn't mock or belittle the character who is annoyed by the colour change. I can't see (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I love the comics. I think they are well drawn and cute. They can really help to get the point across about adults and LEGO. The megaBlXXks one was very funny. I am, however, rather offended that the artist feels it funny to joke about the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Well, the idea was in the same vein as that old adage... "Those who laugh together, stay together" I figured if I could get my colleagues laughing about these issues, they would stick in their minds a little more. Greg and I also tried very (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| "Mookie" <Mookie@tanarth.com> wrote in message news:LAEJKFGCAJBFPIB...rth.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) there (...) [ ... snipped ... ] It can't be much more than an hour drive (depending on traffic of course) from Milwaukee to the LEGO store at (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) s/copyright/trademark/ (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| In lugnet.lego, Matthew Miller wrote: oups and how to find on-line plces like Lugnet. (...) We are thinking about possibly putting written related information on the same pages as the strips. -Greg (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) A children with a t-shirt "My dad has more LEGO than yours". Paulo (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| Many, many props for the efforts to bring this into existence! It's exciting to see Greg's career grow! The comic is really, really fun... it's great poke at ourselves and it needs to be produced. However, I feel I need to build on Leonard's (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) My thinking is: might as well provide useful information in the strips themselves. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) I think that leaving it "AFOLnet" for the strips is fine. I'm hoping that the printed comic won't just be the comcs, but there will be written information, including resourse information on how to find local groups and how to find on-line (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Yeah! That's it! Oh darn, somebody else got me on using CORRECT "Battlestar Galactica" and "Jar-Jar" and so on... Uh... "Brickwarz" is a totally different, but sort of similar, game than this "Brikwars" you speak of. Okay, you got me. Not to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Names aren't covered by copyright -- that's what trademarks are for. (...) I e-mailed Jake about this, actually, and he said that AFOLnet was simply done to make the comic more generic so that interal people don't just assume that Lugnet is (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Yes, but Megabloks (page 7), Playmobile (page 13), Target, K-Mart, Sears, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart (page 12), Brickfest (page 14), Cylon & Battlestar Galactica (page 17) and Jar-Jar (page 26) are copyrighted by somebody. Personally, I hope Greg (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) ROTFLMAO!!! It burns ussssss! Congrats on a great job! I can't wait to see the finished copy! Nathan Wells (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks Jake, This brought smiles and smirks to my face, and considering I've never been to a Brickfest, and haven't seen the new grey, that's an accomplishment. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) (snip) (...) This is a great segway tool Jake...if this was circulated in an effective manner and to the right audience, I think the results would be excellent for the community and the company. This new turn towards 'back to basics' and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I got the feeling that the "Brickwarz" spelling, like "AFOLnet," was a move to avoiding stepping on anybody's copyrights. But I'm sure that it wouldn't be too hard to get usage permission from the copyright owners, for use in the comics? (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| Really nice! I printed a copy and put on a table in the brake room here at work, reactions will be interesting. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HtnwFt.qC@lugnet.com... (...) thoughts on (...) Jake & Greg, this is great work. And I'm sure it will go a long way towards describing the AFOL community to your colleagues at LEGO. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Just quote price and availability, and bring some (enough!) to 1000steineland in Berlin. Pre-orders? Bulk-orders for user groups? (...) First of all: Great stuff. The repeats and spelling mistakes have already been mentioned, so I skip that. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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