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Re: Scans of 1960's ads
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:33:03 GMT
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mattdm@%AvoidSpam%mattdm.org
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> "Give your child enough Lego® and his imagination may get carried away." • [snip]
> "It would take about three thousand boxes of Lego to build a giant
> elephant like this..."
> I wonder what year they decided that "Lego" was no longer the toy but the
> brand?
Interesting question. Maybe that one just slipped by their lawyers. :)
It's interesting to note that this supports the "Lego as plural noun for
Lego" camp (ie most diehard online Lego fans). Since current documents say
that Lego is never a noun, it's difficult to see the official stance on
this -- but here, historical proof.
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| (...) I find the text on the elephant page historically interesting, BTW! :) (URL) actually say: "Give your child enough Lego® and his imagination may get carried away." and: "It would take about three thousand boxes of Lego to build a giant (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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