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Re: 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:50:08 GMT
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Allan Bedford wrote:
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> In lugnet.loc.ca, Gail Meagher writes:
> > Allan Bedford wrote:
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> > > I was wondering if anyone else was wondering this....
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> > > Since 1998 brought us the 35th anniversary buckets and tubs here in Canada I
> > > was thinking that 2003 must then be the 40th anniversary of LEGO in Canada.
> > > <snip>
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> > I think you are missing something big here. We didn't have 35th
> > anniversary buckets in Canada because it was the 35th anniversary of
> > LEGO being sold in Canada, we had repackaged (different outer bucket, no
> > silver 2 x 4 brick) buckets from the 25th anniversary of LEGO USA (1).
> > I doubt they will have special buckets and tubs for the US 30th.
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> I thought about this some more. I took a look at one of the buckets. It
> says, "35 Years of Building Imaginations". 35 years must mark some sort of
> event, anniversary etc. 35 years from what beginning point?
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> Granted they may have been repackaged, but weren't they marking some sort of
> 35th anniversary in Canada?
Sorry if I wasn't clear. 1998 _was_ the 35th anniversary of LEGO being
sold in Canada (originally by Samsonite). LEGO Canada (sniff, I miss
S@H Canada) took over from Samsonite around 1988/89 (I have a 1988
Samsonite catalogue, and a 1989 LEGO Canada catalogue).
LEGO USA (or whatever they were called) was created 30 years ago now,
but LEGO continued to be distributed by Samsonite in Canada until the
late 80s.
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> Now more curious than ever,
> Allan B.
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| (...) Yes, and perhaps I wasn't entirely clear in my initial post. That's what I was trying to express though... that it was my belief that this was the 40th anniversary of that event. Perhaps the linkage to the product that was available was a bit (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) I thought about this some more. I took a look at one of the buckets. It says, "35 Years of Building Imaginations". 35 years must mark some sort of event, anniversary etc. 35 years from what beginning point? Granted they may have been (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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