This email below was too good not to share with AAOLIST members who may not
subscribe to ARCAN-L.   It certainly gave me a lift too on a grey and yucky
Friday.  Who says archivists aren't exciting!  Maybe next they'll come out
with Conan the Conservator.
Iona McCraith,
AAO Preservation Consultant


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janice Brum" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: Toy Archivists


> Yes, you too can own your very own Archivist 'action figure'.
>
> The Lego company has just recently introduced some new characters in its
> Bionicle line, one of which is Tehutti the Archivist.  Tehutti is
described
> in Lego promo material as "A veteran worker in the Archives of Onu-Metru,
> Tehutti dreams of finding a treasure that will make his reputation.  But
> will he sacrifice the city to make his dream come true?"
> According to the story line so far, Tehutti is one of six Matoran knowing
> the secret location of a great disk, and one of the six will betray all of
> Metru Nui.  So, hero or villain?  You'll just have to wait for the next
> issueof the Bionicle comic to find out.
>
> For those interested, the comics can be found on Lego's website Lego.com,
> although the January 2004 issue introducing Tehutti hasn't been posted yet
> (I have the inside scoop as my 6 year old is a lego club member). And of
> course, you'll probably be able to get your own Tehutti 'action figure' at
a
> toy store near you.
>
> Janice Brum
> University of Saskatchewan Archives
> 301 Main Library, 3 Campus Drive
> Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4
> tel: (306) 966-7253 fax: (306) 966-6040