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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Volkswagen Creates Life-Size Pink New Beetle Convertible for Barbie(R) 50th Birthday

"HERNDON, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. helped Mattel celebrate Barbie(R) doll's 50th Birthday by transforming a New Beetle convertible into the ultimate Barbie(R) dream car. The life-size pink Malibu Barbie(TM) New Beetle convertible made its debut at Barbie(R) doll's Malibu Dream House(R) exclusive birthday celebration. Customization artists ABD Racing Werks, Katzkin Leather and Interiors and FoamMolders fully transformed the iconic New Beetle convertible into the perfect Barbie(R) ride.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090310/DE81419)"

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Friday, March 06, 2009

Toys'R'Us Celebrates Barbie(R) Doll's 50th Anniversary

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Toys'R'Us Celebrates Barbie(R) Doll's 50th Anniversary:

"WAYNE, N.J., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1959, a new fashion doll appeared on Toys'R'Us store shelves, creating a sensation and becoming an instant favorite among generations of little girls. Now, Toys'R'Us is rolling out the pink carpet to mark the 50th anniversary of everyone's favorite fashionista, Barbie(R) doll. Beginning this weekend, and continuing through the month of March, Toys'R'Us will provide fans with numerous ways to celebrate the pop culture princess that began the fashion doll business, including an in-store Barbie(TM) boutique and special parties in stores nationwide."

Thursday, February 26, 2009

[Flickr] Ron Bailey wants you to see something

LEGO 365
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rattleandhum/sets/72157605378152096/

About the set
270 items | 2063 views

a LEGO a day for a year.

I also made a pretty photo-blog for this project. Flickr is more of a storage crate for it. So please check out the photos here:
legomyphoto.wordpress.com

Thanks!

A selection of things from the set

(By the way, if the set link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it from this email into your browser's address bar.)

Flickr is almost certainly the best photo management and sharing application in the world. If you'd like to see what I use it for you can check out my profile page or browse my photostream.

Note: The "I" referred to in this post is not me, but the photographer.