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I have seen a number of folks here continuing to use the acronym, TLC, instead of TLG. It is driving me crazy. I checked the bottom of several of my Lego sets, including 7144: Slave I and this is what I found: The Lego Group. The Lego logo and the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) :) Here's some history (2 URLs) (...) Yep - you're right - maybe LEGO should be used instead of TLC, it'll take a while to change it though (re: the losing LEGO vs legos battle!). But all the people who care about it can do is use the correct (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) instead (...) Those where posted in november, yet the lego site front page has "the Lego Group (c) 2000" at the bottom. Of course TLG/TLC/LEGO have made slip ups in published material before. (...) I agree too; TLC is annoying (there's too (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It is kind of the same reason why people continue to write 1999 on their checks after the year has changed. I don't think it is cause for "driving me crazy" at least not yet. Maybe 6 months from now....? (...) Also, I don't think it's a lack (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Charles Spindell <legomenace@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Fp34G5.BL5@lugnet.com... (...) instead (...) Lego (...) Grammy (...) The home page at www.lego.com now says: The LEGO Company © 2000 at the bottom... Huw (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I could be wrong on this one but let me try... I think that the US organization is The Lego Group while the worldwide is The Lego Company. I think I came to this conclusion after seeing different company sites... I could be wrong though...??? Dave (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Things have expanded since 1986 (the date the pamphlet from which the following information comes), but the parent company is INTERLEGO A/S, and it owns LEGO Overseas A/S (Based in Denmark oversees operations outside Europe and North America), LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Not anymore, actually. What was once: The LEGO Group [of Companies] is now simply: The LEGO Company even though TLC as a whole is still a multinational conglomerate. I believe the reasoning behind this transition finds its roots in TLC's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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