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Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005
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Sun, 20 Feb 2005 04:53:13 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2005, Allan Bedford wrote:
   I noticed something interesting in this pic:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1112482

Is that a microfig scale Status of Liberty? Cool. :)

Yep, that looks like Anthony Sawaya’s winning entry in week 2 in the LEGO Factory competition, and the town hall is a winning entry from week 3 (this one deservedly beat out my entry for that week).

Coolness.

Also, according to a recent LEGO press release, the LEGO Factory will be expanding to do other things:

“Notable in the System’s 50th year is LEGO Factory, a tool that meaningfully blends virtual and physical building worlds to make every child a LEGO Model Designer. Users browse an online warehouse of LEGO elements to create their brick pallet and design their own LEGO models. This summer, custom models can be ordered and will arrive in packaging that shows the model and name on the front and includes the pieces and one-of-a-kind step-by-step building instructions for building it in real life.”

Kelly



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  Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005
 
(...) Yes, this release was in our press kit as well. Reading between the lines of some of the comments, I got the impression that (not surprisingly) they don't have the fulfillment of this completely sussed yet, as pricing wasn't discussed. They (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)

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  Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005
 
(...) Larry, I don't recall pictures like this (from yourself or anyone else) from past Toy Fairs... so just let me say thanks right off the bat for taking and posting these images for us. (1) (...) (URL) Is that a microfig scale Status of Liberty? (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)

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