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In lugnet.general, Brian Kendig wrote:
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So I think the answer is that Lego doesn’t even know what it wants to be
called.
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You’d think :)
Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I understand
each country office/branch is a separate “company”. So in Billund, it’s LEGO
A/S. In Enfield, it’s LEGO Systems, Inc., etc.
I don’t know the specifics (I try to steer clear of legal stuff), but the name
to refer to the thing that you know as “LEGO”, and you once referred to as “The
LEGO Company” is “The LEGO Group”.
Hope that helps.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message
news:IDGJJE.1or5@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Brian Kendig wrote:
>
> > So I think the answer is that Lego doesn't even know what it wants to be
> > called.
>
> You'd think :)
>
> Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I
> understand
> each country office/branch is a separate "company". So in Billund, it's
> LEGO
> A/S. In Enfield, it's LEGO Systems, Inc., etc.
>
> I don't know the specifics (I try to steer clear of legal stuff), but the
> name
> to refer to the thing that you know as "LEGO", and you once referred to as
> "The
> LEGO Company" is "The LEGO Group".
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jake¬
> ---¬
> Jake McKee¬
> Community Liaison¬
> LEGO Community Team
Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist
formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again?
Rob
www.brickmodder.net
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In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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> Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist
> formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again?
That's enough out of you Rob; there always seems to be one "smartass" in the
group...LOL!
jt
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
news:IDGKMy.1xzF@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
> >
> > Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist
> > formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again?
>
>
> That's enough out of you Rob; there always seems to be one "smartass" in
> the
> group...LOL!
>
> jt
Oh, pardon my intrusion into your territory Mr. Trobaugh... :P
r
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Brian Kendig wrote:
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So I think the answer is that Lego doesn’t even know what it wants to be
called.
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You’d think :)
Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I understand
each country office/branch is a separate “company”. So in Billund, it’s LEGO
A/S. In Enfield, it’s LEGO Systems, Inc., etc.
I don’t know the specifics (I try to steer clear of legal stuff), but the
name to refer to the thing that you know as “LEGO”, and you once referred to
as “The LEGO Company” is “The LEGO Group”.
Hope that helps.
Jake
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Yeah, and LEGO Brand Retail is separate from Shop@Home. There’s a tax rule out
there between having an online store and that same company having a retail store
regarding taxes. Bottom line, If Shop@Home and Brand Retail were part of the
same “company”,if you ordered from Shop@Home, and it was shipped to a location
in NJ, NY, MA, VA, FL, CT, GA, CA, WA, MN, and IL, you’d be charged state sales
tax in addition to shipping (since that’s where the LEGO stores are located).
Right now, since Shop@Home is in CT, all CT addressed have to be charged tax and
shipping. (I also witnessed this when I went to order from Circuit City with
free shipping--I still got charged state tax, so there was no difference going
down the street to buy it locally.)
Think of it this way--by LEGO being split into separate companies, it saves most
consumers a little bit of money, and diversifies the companies as well.
-Scott
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In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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> "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> news:IDGKMy.1xzF@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
> > >
> > > Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist
> > > formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again?
> >
> >
> > That's enough out of you Rob; there always seems to be one "smartass" in
> > the
> > group...LOL!
> >
> > jt
>
> Oh, pardon my intrusion into your territory Mr. Trobaugh... :P
That's Ambassador Trobaugh to you mister! :)
jt
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In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
> That's Ambassador Trobaugh to you mister! :)
Power Corrupts!
Didn't take long, did it, JT! you don't see ME going around insisting people use
my many titles, do you? Didn't think so.
Help, I'm being oppressed!
++Lar
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@ascentialsoftware.DOT.com> wrote in
message news:IDGyDp.oH5@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
>
> > That's Ambassador Trobaugh to you mister! :)
>
> Power Corrupts!
>
> Didn't take long, did it, JT! you don't see ME going around insisting
> people use
> my many titles, do you? Didn't think so.
>
> Help, I'm being oppressed!
>
> ++Lar
Um, you're professional titles or the ones we use here....err, the ones we
can't use here in fear of breaking the ToU?
:-P
--Rob
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
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That’s Ambassador Trobaugh to you mister! :)
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Power Corrupts!
Didn’t take long, did it, JT! you don’t see ME going around insisting people
use my many titles, do you? Didn’t think so.
Help, I’m being oppressed!
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Bloody peasant. That would be “repressed”. Sorry to get all pendantic (sic) on
your butt, but that’s one of my favs. Incidently, my daughter was lucky enough
to be in NYC last weekend and see “Spamelot” with Hank Azaria et al. I would
take that opportunity over attending a Brickfest, I believe...
JOHN
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