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Lego and other brand trademarks
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Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:01:35 GMT
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Is there any sets where Lego has included references
to other trademarked names.
One example I can think is Jeep,
for the 711 Jeep CJ-5 set.
Are the ferries (Stena, Silja),
and Maersk, names copyright/trademarks?
Any others?
Keep on bricking,
dave
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Message has 7 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Lego and other brand trademarks
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| Even if you exclude the movie and TV licenses (Star Wars, Bob The Builder etc), there are still many: Shell (there are many shell sets) Mcdonalds (the Mcdonalds Drive Thru set) Exxon (more gas station sets) Many licenced/labeled promotional sets (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hey Dave.... I'm surprised you didn't think of them..... Esso, Shell, Exxon, VW (named beams), and then there are all the 1:87 cars/trucks. Is Octan a real service station? I have never seen one here or in Europe (Germany, Austria, Britain, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I seem to remember the 1998 World Cup football/soccer sets had a sticker sheet with a number of real-world brand logos. I don't clearly remember what any of these were, I'll have to dig out the sheet. They definitely had jersey stickers for (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Wow, a quick list of companies, and some sample sets where I could find them. plus other stuff that people have mentioned from this thread: Adidas (3426) Air Canada (611) ANA (All Nippon Airways) (3197) ANWB (1590) Audi (unnumbered promo) (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ironically the very first trademarked items came out 50 years ago this year. That would be the Esso Service Station accessories. In 1955, with the advent of the Town Plan TLG produced 3 Esso trucks (#1250/#250 Esso Barrel Tanker, #1251/#251 (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Dave; If you want to include pre-building block lego the 1:43 cars/trucks (Modelbiler) were all licensed from Chevolet. Packaging, etc even include the Chevolet trademark. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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