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Re: LEGO parts -- genuine?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:19:50 GMT
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Liz B <liz@bookwyrmz./stopspammers/com>
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liz@bookwyrmz.&StopSpam&com
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It's taken me a bit to get back to answer these. Monday is class day,
and hence, a bit hectic.
I appreciate the reminder in this email. I had not looked into the
proper usage of the term LEGO, and I should have. As a technical
communicator, I've seen the campaigns by Xerox, Kleenex, and others
trying to save their trademarks. Not only is it important for
correctness, but a company can loose actually lose the right to its
trademark (as gasolene, kerosene, etc., did) if their trademarked name
becomes common usage (xerox as opposed to photocopy).
I had been trying to be careful about correct punctuation, but didn't
realize that LEGO was only to be used as an adjective. I've gone ahead
and read the usage sheet, and learned a few things.
Thanks for the reminder!
Liz Bilbro
Teacher/Coach
CyberStorm Robotics Class and FIRST LEGO League Team
Sports for the Mind for Lubbock Homeschoolers
www.cyberstorm.us
> In lugnet.robotics, liz@bookwyrmz.com writes:
> > I have what y’all might consider stupid questions on the • identification
> > of some parts. But please consider that I’ve only played casually • with
> > LEGOs as an adult, never as a child, and have only the last several
> > months been really learning the ins and outs of Mindstorms, etc.
>
> Hello Liz,
>
> Well, I'm not enough of a LEGO piece expert to help you identify the • parts
> in question, but perhaps I can offer another piece of friendly advice:
>
> > There is a tiny
> > number stamped inside the slope, but I can’t read it (it might be 1- • 61
> > or something like that). Is this a LEGO?
> >
> > The other is a black column 1x1x5 (5 being the height) that has a
> > square opening at the bottom and an open (hollow) stud at the top • (some
> > have a tiny “bar” across the bottom of the opening). Is this a • LEGO?
>
> Don't forget that in both these cases, you are referring to LEGO(R) • bricks
> and not a 'LEGO'. LEGO being the name of the company, not the • product.
>
> > Also, there are a few pieces here and there that appear identical in
> > every way to the LEGOs with the exception (such as small tiles) where
> > the numbers printed on them are different and there is no LEGO mark
> > (one does say patent pending), some are plain, some have a label • with a
> > design (not painted on the brick). I’m assuming these are not LEGOs,
> > despite the similarities. Are there older LEGOs that did not have • the
> > LEGO mark?
>
> Similar above.... there being no plural version of the name LEGO.
>
> See the company's own website for all the legal mumbo jumbo:
>
> http://www.lego.com/eng/info/printpage.asp?page=fairplay
>
> (Interestingly, in some of the early parts of your posting, you used • correct
> references.) :)
>
> Let me finish by saying that I don't normally nitpik people on this • subject.
> It happens all the time, even among some hard core fans. But at the • bottom
> of your posting you clearly noted that you are an educator. And not • just a
> teacher, but one who is dealing with LEGO products in your lessons. I
> thought this info might allow you to give the kids a free trademark • lesson
> along with their brick studies. So I hope you take this information • in the
> spirit in which it is intended. :)
>
> > Liz Bilbro
> > Teacher/Coach
> > CyberStorm Robotics Class and First LEGO League Team
> > Sports for the Mind for Lubbock Homeschoolers
> > www.cyberstorm.us
>
> All the best!
>
> Allan B.
>
> - Expert Builder website
> - http://www.apotome.com/builder
>
>
Teacher/Coach
CyberStorm Robotics Class and First LEGO League Team
Sports for the Mind for Lubbock Homeschoolers
www.cyberstorm.us
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