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Hey Joseph, Congratulations!!!
Like the late pop artist Andy Warhol once said, "everyone is famous for 15
minutes".
Maybe you've still got another 13 minutes to go!
Gary Istok
Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Joseph Gonzalez writes:
> > I had a coworker tell me that she heard something on her radio this morning
> > about Lego. They were saying that the majority of buyers are adult males
> > making purchases for themselves (I'm quite curious where the info came from).
>
> Just a footnote to this little incident. The information came from an
> interview I did with a reporter in Denmark for the Bloomberg Newsgroup (like
> Associated Press but on a smaller, growing scale) about two months ago. It was
> originally for an article about the growth and current status of the Lego Group
> (since Bloomberg is mainly interested in business news).
>
> I had totally forgotten about the interview but I guess the article got
> published in a magazine and could still be picked up by newspapers or radios
> since it got put on the newsline. A photographer came over to my house last
> night and took some pictures of me and some assembled Lego models (it was very
> last minute so all I had was a couple of Rock Raiders models and a Paradisa set
> my daughter got for her birthday, #@!*&!).
>
> Anyway, I have no way of knowing where any other related articles may end up.
> If anyone hears anything about this deranged father-of-four legomaniac, please
> let me know. (Hey, now I have a claim to Lego fame for my rollcall!)
>
> Thanks.
>
> ..joseph g
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| (...) Thanks, Gary. Here is a copy of the article (portions of it appeared in my statewide newspaper's business section today). I'm also supposed to do a little interview with a local radio station on Friday. THANKS, Poilin!!! ---...--- Lego Uses (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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