Fresno's Duncan Enterprises gets crafty rename Aug 16, 2009
Borders has greatly expanded its toy and game offerings in its more than 500 superstores nationwide to include products from leading brands such as Melissa R), Creativity for Kids(R), LEGO Systems, Inc, Playmobil, Scientific Explorer(TM), Chicco(R), Battat(R), Blue Orange Games(R), ALEX(R) and many others. The expert buyers at Borders selected many of the toys and games because they play a role in promoting discovery, fostering creativity and helping build cognitive skills in youngsters,... (Fresno Bee)
The LEGO(R) Experience Tour Hits the Road With Building Fun for the Entire Family Aug 15, 2009
Source: LEGO Systems, Inc. ... CHICAGO, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO Systems, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of construction toys and experiences for families, starts a nationwide tour, called The LEGO Experience, this weekend, August 15 and 16, at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo ... Scheduled to visit 23 cities throughout the United States, The LEGO Experience lets children and adults alike immerse themselves in the best that the LEGO brand has to offer, from hands-on, minds-on building fun... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Kids Top 10 Web searches? Sex and Porn of course! Aug 14, 2009
Walsh likes to watch videos that kids make with Lego s re-enacting scenes from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Our computer is in a common room and I walk in and out on him checking what he s looking at, but I honestly don t know how he navigates to You Tube if Michael has it bookmarked or he knows to type it into Google. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Layoff adds to challenges in Highland's diorama saga Aug 10, 2009
Kayla Kolar of the Gilbert Historical Museum offered him a museum room which had a dollhouse, collection of miniature military tanks and Lego toys. "I'm really thrilled that we get to help him out," she said. (AZCentral -- News)
Yard sale will benefit Dyslexia Center Jul 29, 2009
Items at the sale will include toys (train sets, Lego), furniture, appliances (microwaves, irons), books, jewelry, clothing, and more. Free coffee, lemonade and cider will also be offered. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Supercomputer Fastest Of Its Type In World Jul 25, 2009
That is because they can rearrange their internal circuitry like Lego blocks, creating the most appropriate architecture for each assignment. As a result, a reconfigurable computer can be from 10 to 100 times faster than other computers its size while using five to 10 times less energy. (Science Daily)
Blockbusters boost toy sales Jul 20, 2009
Store buyers are reluctant to gamble on original films such as "Up," preferring proven favorites such as Lego building sets and toys based on the animated TV series "The Clone Wars," the action figure, G.I. Joe or Disney's Princesses, eight characters whose animated legacy dates to the opening of "Snow White" in 1937. The forthcoming film "The Princess and the Frog" will add another royal member to the assemblage, Princess Tiana. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Toy makers, retailers get big boost from movie biz Jul 19, 2009
Store buyers are reluctant to gamble on original films such as "Up," preferring proven favorites such as Lego building sets and toys based on the animated TV series "The Clone Wars," the action figure, G.I. Joe or Disney's Princesses, eight characters whose animated legacy dates to the opening of "Snow White" in 1937. "It bodes well for some of the major studios like ourselves, because we do have tent-pole films with massive budgets, with a lot of strong promotional partners," said Karen McTier,... (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
My child is a TV addict Jul 15, 2009
Some kids are great at entertaining themselves and will happily play with their trains, lego, dolls or colouring in. Not my son. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
He-Man and the Infinite Sadness Jul 3, 2009
One endearing subset of entries imagined plotlines based on the less-than-cinematic destiny of real childhood toys: I loved Dominic Bertelli's Lego Ship Apocalypse: Menace of the Mom Expecting Company and James Priest's Lego Pirates: Journey Through the Bowels of My Little Brother. James Lebo lodged a kind of retroactive consumer complaint with Voltron: Awkward Connection at the Hips. (Slate)
MOMMY BLOG: The summers top toys (and a few laughs) Jul 2, 2009
And the Lego Star Wars Anniversary Edition Vaders Tie Fighter: Use the Force to assemble this mighty fighter and crush the Rebel Alliance with the included Darth Vader mini-figure. (Note: If the Force is not strong in you, try using the directions. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
After Strategy Shift, Lego Is 'Lean And Mean And Sharp' Jun 22, 2009
After Strategy Shift, Lego Is 'Lean And Mean And Sharp ... It was Lego's first licensing deal, and it led to others ... Now, as the recession hits some toymakers hard, Lego's strategy is paying rewards. (FOX61, CT)
Hero Pilot: Bird Warnings Not Much Help Jun 20, 2009
i want a small or medium homeless garden full of milkcrate or lego rooms and houses constructed and deconstructed and woven and rewoven, 00004000 disposable and interchangable and recycleable and portable, and everyone shops and gifts bargains and educations and surgerys and such for a living. Posted by vgbledblabl at 7:45 AM : Jun 9, 2009. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Co-Lin instructor plans robotics camp Jun 2, 2009
McKone said the camp will use Lego's Mindstorms NXT line of robotics toys during the camp. The NXT line is the third generation of Mindstorms toys, which use Lego blocks to build the robots. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Electronic Arts, Konami, SKECHERS USA, Liverpool Football Club Join More Than 100 New Exhibitors at Licensing International Expo 2009 May 27, 2009
Consumer Products; The Lego Group; Nintendo of America and many others. A complete list of new and returning exhibitors can be found at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lego, Teavana to open at Kenwood Towne Centre May 14, 2009
Lego, known for its colorful building blocks and life-sized creations, is opening its first Ohio store May 21. The store will hold grand opening celebrations June 19 to 21, according to Lego s Web site ... Lego, based in Denmark, is the abbreviation of two Danish words that mean play well. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
REGION: Pro shoplifting is big business, has risks May 2, 2009
Local investigators turned their attention to Laura and Matthew Eaton in the summer of 2008, when the couple was suspected of stealing a single Lego brand toy from the Target store in Vista ... They often stole Lego toys that they later sold on the Internet auction site , they said ... Shoplifting isn't often made into a federal case, but under the right circumstances it can be ---- as in the case of a man dubbed "The Lego Bandit.". (North County Times)
Sims' Creator Leaving EA Apr 11, 2009
Some of the robots at the Berkeley facility, Wright said, have served the company by "sparking a lot of creative ideas that we realized would make interesting Lego blocks, or nuggets, that we could build entertainment experiences around.". Enlisting EA as an investor, Wright said, was a deliberate alternative to venture capital funding. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Feds search home after couple admits theft on TV Apr 4, 2009
Last August he received a complaint from a Target store in Vista that the couple had stolen a LEGO kit and confronted them at their home ... He said the couple admitted stealing the LEGOs and he filed a misdemeanor case with the district attorney's office. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
REGION: Vista deputy tipped off feds to alleged shoplifters from 'Dr. Phil' Apr 3, 2009
A Vista sheriff's detective thought he was investigating a routine shoplifting complaint last year when he confronted a San Marcos couple at their home about allegedly stealing LEGOs from the Target store on University Drive ... But Hillen said Thursday that he first encountered the Eatons in August after a Target employee suspected them of stealing a LEGO toy kit. (North County Times)
Danish Employment Model Put To Test In Meltdown Mar 30, 2009
Robust unemployment compensation is a key feature of Denmark's labor market model, studied so widely in recent years that it rivals Carlsberg beer and Lego toys among the Scandinavian nation's most famous trademarks. Called "flexicurity," it combines flexibility for employers to hire and fire workers with financial security for the unemployed. (CBS News -- World)
* The rebirth of Lego Mar 29, 2009
Never mind the recession X Lego is now so popular that there are 62 little colored blocks for every person on the planet ... How did Lego put itself back together again ... It's quite easy, wandering round the small town of Billund, to start believing in the existence of a Lego god. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* White Day: Valentines Day redux Mar 12, 2009
You can buy a whimsical keychain wallet by the brand UglyFamily (NT$280) or a colorful Lego brick pendant (NT$300). Japanese accessory maker Bowu Si Ko Bo (Ulu) on the same floor offers charming hats, including a gray UV-deflecting number (NT$2,750) that is reminiscent of the cloches worn by women during the Great Depression X highly appropriate given the current global economic crisis. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cyberschooling Mar 2, 2009
Many popular toys such as Barbie and Lego, television channels such as PBS Kids, ABC Kids, and CBC Kids, and magazines such as Highlights have websites with fun and educational activities. Additionally, homeschoolers can use subscription educational websites such as BrainPOP, which offer animated online lessons based on academic standards and curricula, or more expensive accredited virtual schools, many of which are listed on Homeschool. (Suite101.com)
The key to saving Lego was about... Mar 2, 2009
The key to saving Lego was about breaking it apart and rebuilding it, brick by brick - Times Online ... The key to saving Lego was about breaking it apart and rebuilding it, brick by brick ... Add to that list Lego, invented by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the Danish carpenter- turned-wooden toymaker who coined the name in 1934. (New York Post -- Business)
* Taipeis underground gaming heaven Feb 28, 2009
Like many of the other toy and figure shops in the mall, Indian carries a large selection of Bandai gundam kits and Lego sets (including several from the Star Wars series for NT$1,590). Other merchandise includes airspray kits (NT$1,310 for a Pro Spray MK-5), complete sets of Cosbaby Edward Scissorhands vinyl figures for NT$3,500 and pre-labeled miniatures from Re-Ment and MegaHouse (which are usually sold in blind boxes). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Brick builder gets word out Feb 28, 2009
All around him were the Triangle's business and civic elite playing with a toy that he has built a career around: Legos. On Tuesday, Legos were used at the convention center as part of an exercise to plan the Triangle's future ... Meno, a Raleigh resident, is editor-in-chief of BrickJournal, a magazine for Lego fans that he started several years ago. (News & Observer)
• Redoing a kid's room: 3 parents' stories Feb 22, 2009
At the footboard, we put a kid-size table and chairs for Lego projects. The corner of the "L" is home to his deep but frustratingly narrow closet, as well as his dresser. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Redoing a kid's room Feb 21, 2009
" So first thing, I ordered a cool blue comforter set with accent stripes from Nautica for the teenager, and for his little brother, bedding with a "wolves in winter" motif.The downside of buying bedding online is that you can't feel the fabric. The wolf design turned out to be uncomfortably scratchy. I later found many complaints from parents online about elaborately patterned children's bedding feeling rough to the touch. One Web site recommended washing in hot water with fabric softener and... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Please Play With the Toys Feb 19, 2009
LEGO, the plastic building blocks that have enthralled children for decades, is going back to basics but also going digital releasing a set of "regular" LEGOs called Builders of Tomorrow. The blocks look and feel like the LEGOs of yesteryear but these give you the opportunity to go online at legofamilytime. (Fox News)
Financial pinch returns focus to cheap toys Feb 17, 2009
Lego is doing extremely well in this economy, and Crayola had the biggest sales week in the history of the company right before Christmas, when nearly everyone else in the industry was scraping by. "It's play that's powered by kids' imaginations," said Stacy Gabrielle, a Crayola spokeswoman. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Lego and Disney sign toys tie-up Feb 17, 2009
Toy maker Lego and Disney Consumer Products have announced a licensing deal that gives the Danish firm access to properties owned by the US firm. From January 2010 Lego will recreate characters from the film Toy Story, such as Woody and Buzz Lightyear ... Later in 2010 Lego will produce characters produced by the animated movie Cars. (BBC News -- Business)
Disney, Lego strike licensing deal Feb 17, 2009
Lego Group The first product lines under the Disney-Lego parternship will be based on Toy Story, Cars and Prince of Persia ... and the have signed a multi-year licensing deal giving Lego the ability to roll out a new line of products based on Disney properties, including Disney Pixar ... The first three product lines will launch in 2010 and are based on "Toy Story," "Cars" and "Prince of Persia." The products will encompass the company's Lego and Duplo lines of toys. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
G.I. Joe Preview Feb 16, 2009
You can play G.I. Joe as a solo experience, but, like LEGO Star Wars, the game seems designed for two-player cooperative play. You and a buddy will each pick two Joes and take them through twenty different missions in your quest to thwart the plans of Cobra. (IGN PS2)
New takes on old favorites at NYC toy fair Feb 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Barbie is turning 50, Legos are going digital and Razor is making girly pink scooters with tasseled handlebars ... Legos, for example, are selling despite the economic downturn because parents like giving their children toys they played with themselves, said Karen Lynch, staffing the toy fair's Lego display Sunday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York ... Besides offering themed kits for building a pirate ship, a medieval castle or Indiana Jones' Temple of Doom,... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Disney tries to crack an elusive audience - boys Feb 14, 2009
"Advertisers have been telling me for many, many years that they are looking for a competitor in this space." A bevy of companies have signed up as advertising partners for Disney XD's introduction, including Lego, General Mills, Kellogg's, Kraft and Pokemon USA.. Programming will be heavy on music. (International Herald Tribune)
LEGO Group Celebrates 10 Years of the Force Feb 14, 2009
Source: The LEGO Group ... -World's leading construction toy brand kicks-off year-long celebration of LEGO STAR WARS(TM), its first licensed construction toy line ... NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Toy Fair -- LEGO STAR WARS(TM) celebrates 10 years of global toy success in 2009. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Hot' Toys May Not Be the Best Present Feb 7, 2009
"Traditional toys, such as Lego, are also great, because they help build skills such as fine motor manipulation and creativity," Kramer said. "While they come with instructions on how to build certain things, kids can choose to build anything they want.". (MEDLINEplus)
The richest people that youve never heard of Feb 7, 2009
Kristiansen's grandfather founded the Danish company Lego in 1932 ... Today, we simply call them Legos, and the company is the world's sixth-largest toymaker by sales. (MSNBC -- Business)
