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LEGO owned by Mattel?
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Date: 
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:19:57 GMT
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I’ve been out of the LEGO loop for a while but I’m 100% sure that this article has it wrong. Right?

http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/10-brands-made-comeback-151600113.html

According to that article back in 2004 Mattel bought out LEGO? ROFL!!! Yeah Right!

-Ahui



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(...) You are correct that the original article was incorrect: "(In a previous version of this article, it was incorrectly stated that Lego was purchased by Mattel in 2004. The current story has been updated to reflect this change.)" The comments (...) (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) As Bob already noted, by the time I got to the article, it had already been corrected. However, I believe there was a teeny nugget of truth in there. At the time, I recall hearing some noise about either Hasbro or Mattel making an attempt to (...) (13 years ago, 17-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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