"LEGO maniacs on Internet" - LEGO REVIEW

[Jeffrey T. Crites]

A while ago I submitted an article mentioning that I was mentioned
in the inside-the-company magazine: LEGO REVIEW. I finally got a
copy from a friend today. As it turns out there are others from
our group on the internet that were mentioned too. Some good and
some bad.

So, I will give their names and a short discription of what was said.
If you would like further information or a direct quote, please let
me know.

This information was taken from: LEGO REVIEW; April Issue; Page: 26.
By Peter Jessen, Soborg, Copenhagen
"Peter Jessen is an old `Billund boy' who undertakes freelance
linguistic assignments for LEGO Trading as an east European
consultant, Ed."

Here's who was metioned in the order that they appear:

* Clare Douglas - Thunder Bay, Canada
- complains about being taken serious as a LEGO collector.

* Jeffrey Krites (We all know it's `Crites')
- LEGO Castle collector & the famous Castle Listing.

* T. Ogrin - Bradley University
- fathered `LEGO Wars' game & two other games with LEGO.

* One Dane -
- gave wrong info. about 1960 fire in the wooden-toy factory.

* Bruce Miller - linked into internet via U.S. govt. network.
- gives the wrong meaning behind `AG' = company.

"AG is, in fact, an abbreviation of `Aktiengesellschaft', the
German for `limited company.' In Denmark, the equivalents are
`A/S' or `as'."

* David Koblas - His `Raytraced LEGO image gallery' is shown.
- A print-out showing computer pictures of LEGO models.

* Norman Sippel
- Song he wrote for LEGO maniacs.

* James Mantor - Polytechnic student at Rensselaer, NY.
- Has injection-moulding machine and dreams of making his
own LEGO bricks.

That about covers it all. If you have any questions and/or comments
please let me know. I'll see what I can do...
Take care,

Jeff
cri...@cc.purdue.edu

[Tony Kilaras]

In rec.toys.lego cri...@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites) said:


>* Clare Douglas - Thunder Bay, Canada
> - complains about being taken serious as a LEGO collector.
>
>* Jeffrey Krites (We all know it's `Crites')
> - LEGO Castle collector & the famous Castle Listing.
>
>* T. Ogrin - Bradley University
> - fathered `LEGO Wars' game & two other games with LEGO.
>
>* One Dane -
> - gave wrong info. about 1960 fire in the wooden-toy factory.
>
>* Bruce Miller - linked into internet via U.S. govt. network.
> - gives the wrong meaning behind `AG' = company.
>
> "AG is, in fact, an abbreviation of `Aktiengesellschaft', the
> German for `limited company.' In Denmark, the equivalents are
> `A/S' or `as'."
>
>* David Koblas - His `Raytraced LEGO image gallery' is shown.
> - A print-out showing computer pictures of LEGO models.
>
>* Norman Sippel
> - Song he wrote for LEGO maniacs.
>
>* James Mantor - Polytechnic student at Rensselaer, NY.
> - Has injection-moulding machine and dreams of making his
> own LEGO bricks.

Is Lego making fun of r.t.l.? That's what it sounds like to me. Seriously,
what the hell is this?

[David Karr]

kil...@nyc.pipeline.com (Tony Kilaras) writes:
>In rec.toys.lego cri...@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites) said:

>[A bunch of things that the LEGO in-house magazine wrote about people
> on r.t.l.]

>
>Is Lego making fun of r.t.l.? That's what it sounds like to me. Seriously,
>what the hell is this?

Sounds like an in-house newsletter/magazine to me. I've seen two kinds:
cute and deadly dull. This sounds like one of the cute ones. (Unless
it's a deadly dull one that Jeff has managed to lighten up by clever
excerpting and paraphrasing.)

Seriously, it sounds like we got a more friendly review from LEGO than
from .net magazine (though one would certainly hope that LEGO thought
more highly of the LEGO hobby better than .net magazine apparently
does). We can't expect an outsider to just drop in to research a
story and manage to get all the names and facts straight, and not lose
any of the substance of the postings in the translation.

-- David

[The Nephilim]

Jeff - would you please post the contents of the article for us to read?
Or, fax it to me and I'll type it in and post it.

>kil...@nyc.pipeline.com (Tony Kilaras) writes:
>In rec.toys.lego cri...@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites) said:
>[A bunch of things that the LEGO in-house magazine wrote about people
> on r.t.l.]
>
>Is Lego making fun of r.t.l.? That's what it sounds like to me. Seriously,
>what the hell is this?

--

je...@teubner.com "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun."

[Tony Kilaras]

In rec.toys.lego ka...@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) said:


>Seriously, it sounds like we got a more friendly review from LEGO than
from
>.net magazine (though one would certainly hope that LEGO thought more
highly of
>the LEGO hobby better than .net magazine apparently does). We can't
expect an
>outsider to just drop in to research a story and manage to get all the
names
>and facts straight, and not lose any of the substance of the postings in
the
>translation.

What review did we get in net magazine? What did they say about us?