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Re: Speculation: Monorail, Disney, Past Coincidence?
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Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:32:25 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.SPAMCAKEnet
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If we suppose that Disney and (for our purposes) TLG are monitoring sites on the
net such as James' webpage, I think we (trainiacs) should come up with some sort
of top 10 or 20 list to make known beyond a doubt what TLG can produce which will
greatly enhance their train line and, in turn, make building trains so much more
enjoyable. I thinking along the lines of Matt's wish list
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/wishes.htm If we could
definitively lay something out, perhaps things might happen...
Brian Korn wrote:
> <delurk>
> Well they are making Winnie the Pooh Duplo this year.
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=2988-1
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> Thanx,
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> Brian Korn
> <relurk>
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> Terry Keller writes:
> > On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:53:08 GMT, "James Mathis" <jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > <snipped>
> > > Maybe someone at 'disney.com' was/is simply interested in LEGO in general?
> > > Maybe they routed it out through RTL?
> > > Maybe someone at 'disney.com' is working with the LEGO Group and was checking
> > > out fan-created LEGO web sites?
> > > Maybe ...?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I've not be contacted by anyone affiliated with Disney. But, I • believe
> > > that someone within the Disney company stopped by and, for some reason, had • at
> > > least a 'look-see'.
> > >
> > > Monorails? Disney? Speculation and anxious anticipation abound.
> > > As always, I look eagerly forward to new offerings from the LEGO Group.
> > > However, never have I done so this soon within any given year. My gosh, the
> > > 1999 sets have only just arrived!
> >
> > It is interesting. Another possible explanation would be that Disney zealousy
> > guards it's trademarks and, upon learning of a "Disney-like Monorail", decided
> > to investigate further. (1)
> > It would not surprise me to learn that Disney (or any other trademark
> > protective company) has people working full time that monitor and investigate • a
> > wide range of information sources. It would surprise me if they didn't.
> >
> > -- Terry K --
> > 1. I wonder if they took notice of that page where someone had built a large
> > Mickey Mouse? Is that page still up somewhere?
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| (...) But if I understand TLG's reasoning correctly, the act of publishing your own ideas would make those ideas unusable by TLG. Something to do with copyrights and such? So maybe you would be better off _not_ publishing all those great ideas, and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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