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'''rec.toys.lego''' was a [[Wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] [[Wikipedia:Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] dedicated to | '''rec.toys.lego''' (often abbreviated '''RTL''')<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/outsideinnovatio0000seyb/page/392/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company's Future |first=Patricia B. |last=Seybold |year=2006 |publisher=[[Wikipedia:HarperCollins|HarperCollins]] |ISBN=0-06-113590-9 |p=392}}</ref> was a [[Wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] [[Wikipedia:Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] dedicated to the discussion of [[LEGO]] products and compatible toys.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/internetstarterk00engsrich/page/850/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh |edition=2nd |publisher=Hayden Books |year=1994 |first=Adam C. |last=Engst |ISBN=1-56830-111-1 |p=850}}</ref> It was one of the first online LEGO fan communities | ||
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Revision as of 12:42, 24 April 2024
rec.toys.lego (often abbreviated RTL)[1] was a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of LEGO products and compatible toys.[2] It was one of the first online LEGO fan communities
History
The first major LEGO newsgroup was alt.toys.lego, which was created in January 1993.[3] Its successor rec.toys.lego was created on 10 January 1994.[4]
References
- ↑ Seybold, Patricia B. (2006). Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company's Future. HarperCollins. p. 392. ISBN 0-06-113590-9.
- ↑ Engst, Adam C. (1994). Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (2nd ed.). Hayden Books. p. 850. ISBN 1-56830-111-1.
- ↑ davee123 (July 25, 2013). "20th Anniversary of the Online LEGO Community!". Brickset Forum. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Eaton, David. "The AFOL History Project". Archived from the original on 2021-09-19.
