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(...) IANAE(1) but I think it's actually "LEGO brand building bricks" :-) 1 - I am not anal either tongue set firmly in cheek. FUT set firmly to ot.f. ++Lar (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Actually, it's "LEGO Bricks or Toys" as seen here on the back of a 1981 catalog: (URL) often do i get to correct both my husband *and* larry p?) (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, sadly, I am pretty anal, but I think Dan was right... I think The Lego Company has asked (back when it was The Lego Group) that their building brick product be referred to as "Lego bricks" or "Lego toys". IANALR (not a Lego Rep) DaveE (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually you not only corrected their misteak, you did it "At The Same Time", an extreme rarity AND you had proof to back you up. Well done! gd&r Thanx, Mark Millere LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millere's Spares (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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I wish I could explain it into words that make sense about the LEGO® Company of the proper usage of LEGO. What I mean is over the years many years with the change of trademarks, copyrights, statemarks, slogans, theme logo designs and company logos. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is some media precedent, right or wrong, for using "LEGO" to refer to the system of interlocking plastic bricks; in The Simpsons episode in which they went to the Ikea-ish store, Marge referred to certain utensils as being made of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GI0zED.1vy@lugnet.com... (...) mentioned (...) to (...) about (...) I am pretty sure it is Lego Bricks, since they have a patent and all. -- Markham Carroll Who needs sanity when you (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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