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Barbie Luxe

Barbie Luxe
If you look like an adult but don’t want to go through the trouble of thinking like one then Mattel would like a word with you. They are launching a line of Barbie fashions for adult women so you too (yes, you) could dress just like the cliche fashion doll princess and maybe even land a dream-home of your very...
Posted by on Sep 30th, 2005 | 0 comments

When the Customer is Wrong – Part II

It is amazing how many companies attempt to impose themselves and their intentions on to the consumer. One of the latest issues related that phenomenon is Sony versus PSP hackers. The PSP is selling like sunscreen at a nudist camp but not because the limited supply of commercial PSP games is all too impressive. What draws many people to it is that with a little initiative, the device can serve as a very inexpensive...
Posted by on Sep 6th, 2005 | 0 comments

When the Customer is Wrong

The times, they are a changing. Some companies don’t like to correct your mistakes for you without lecturing you first, even if its something as silly as nomenclature. Some companies want to whine about how people don’t refer to their products in a way that pleases them or in a way that doesn’t jive with their carefully constructed brand identity. Some companies even insist on all-caps. Some girls...
Posted by on Sep 1st, 2005 | 0 comments

Gold(en) LEGO

Gold(en) LEGO
For the 50th Anniversary of LEGO, the LEGO group will be including some gold LEGO pieces with some sets (which is obviously a limited time offer), Don’t get your hopes up too high though, they neglect to mention that these pieces aren’t gold, but just golden plastic. There is even a golden C-3PO LEGO-man up for...
Posted by on Aug 29th, 2005 | 0 comments

LEGO Digital Designer

Who needs to fumble around with blocks like a chump? That is SO 1985! Nowadays you can play with LEGO digitally with the clicking and the pointing and the beeping. But wait … There’s more! Once you’ve completed your design, you send the folks at LEGO some cash (again…digitally) and they’ll send you all the bricks you need to build that model ready for you to produce it analog style. Get...
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