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That's an old commercial. My friends and I make fun of it a little. (The
what's this lego soccer part)
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Jason Maxwell <jhmaxwell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the new LEGO commercial! Yesterday was • the
> MLS(Major League Soccer) Cup Championship game on ABC. The pregame show • was
> sponsored by LEGO. The first commercial of the first commercial break in • the
> pregame show was a new commercial for LEGO soccer. Here's a description:
>
> A shot of a soccer field from above the goalie's shoulder as the opposing • team
> lines up for a penalty kick. A little white object flys out and hits the
> player about to take the kick on the head. The looks down and it's a LEGO
> soccer ball. He picks it up and looks behind the goal at the kid who • threw
> it. The kid motions to him in a "I'll take you on" motion. The player • walks
> over and asks "What's this?" The kid answers "LEGO Soccer." The scene • cuts
> to the two of them sitting at a LEGO Championship Challenge set. They • show
> them playing and the player wins. The kid says, "Now we'll play by our • rules"
> and it shows them quickly changing the field to the 4 goal setup. Then • one of
> the kid,s friends drops 4 balls in and it shows the player playing against • 3
> kids. The kids win and celebrate while the player shakes his head. Then • the
> annoucer says "LEGO Soccer, available at your local toy store (or • something
> like that)" while the boxes are displayed on screen.
>
> The odd thing was that they displayed 5 boxes, but one of them was the • small
> grandstand only available through Shop at Home. There are six sets (Shoot • n'
> Score, Grandstand, Players Bus, Super Sport coverage, championship • Challenge,
> and the small S@H only grandstand) and I think they didn't show the Super
> Sport Coverage box. I didn't notice until the second time they showed teh
> commercial (at halftime during the game) and it went by so fast I didn't • catch
> it.
>
> LEGO must have given MLS some money for this game as their logo was much • more
> visible than it has been during the season. In addition to sponsoring the • pre-
> game show and the two airings of the new commercial the LEGO signboard at • the
> edge of the field was on the opposite side of the field from the cameras • so it
> was easily seen on TV. During every other game this year it was on the • same
> side of the field as the primary camera, so it was only seen during a • corner
> kick from that side of the field or some other time when they had to use • the
> opposite view camera. Also the LEGO logo appeared as an in-game sponsor • next
> to the scoreboard in the corner of the screen, which is the first time • that's
> happened this year.
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