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where can i buy indevidual lego pieces

If you need a spare and your local Lego store doesn't have it, you can try the official website: http://shop.lego.com - click "pick a brick" and use the search function. Valentinian T / C 23:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "The" in front of "____ Group"

I recently edited the Legoland section of this article, and among other things added "the" in front of Blackstone Group in this sentence: All four parks have recently been sold to Blackstone Group, although the Lego Group retains a 30% interest and voting rights. GoTLG removed it with the explanation: "There is no need of 'The' in front of Blackstone Group" [1] I think in this situation it makes the sentence read better and should stay. If 'the' isn't needed, why is "the Lego Group" always written out instead of just "Lego Group"? I find this slightly amusing, as GoTLG's name stands for "Go The LEGO Group." Input? -HotWheels(53) Talk 18:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

By not getting into a agrument or a heated debate about it. Yes, TLG stands for 'The LEGO Group' where once upon a time before there was 'LEGO Group' it was called 'LEGO Company' for a couple years or known as TLC- The LEGO Company and before that just LEGO. 'TLG' or 'TLC' was a short way to used in posts/fourms on LEGO fansites about LEGO. What I have notice not only on LEGO page, but other pages is The OVERUSE of The at the beinning of a page. It is becoming a problem. Since people are reading and using Wikipedia as a source to get information. However the information can change and can not always be trusted.
Simple you don't call companies like: Mattel: 'The Mattel', IBM: 'The IBM', Ebay: 'The Ebay', Coke Cola: 'The Coke Cola', Sony: 'The Sony', and others. Bottom line is when The is use. There is the right way and the wrong way. In fact LEGO Group page at the beginning sentence 'The Lego Group', 'The' should be removed. GoTLG

First off, I'd like to apologize for bringing an old debate back to the surface and also say that this is not a personal attack against GoTLG. I still feel that in most cases, writing out 'The' Lego Group improves these articles and removing it makes the articles sound poorly written. I agree, one doesn't refer to companies as "The [company name (proper noun)]," however, the LEGO Group asserts that LEGO is not a noun, but an adjective, am I right?[2] In fact, LEGO actually uses the phrase "The LEGO Group" almost every time they mention the company's name.[3] "LEGO" is describing the group. The full name of the company is "The LEGO Group of Companies," or "The Group of companies that is LEGO" so to speak. -HotWheels(53) Talk 18:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization

now, i don't know if this has been previously debated and resolved here or elsewhere, but much like there is the question of whether "LEGOs" is proper (it isn't, see [4]), if we're simply following standard wiki for capitalizing only the first letter of trademarked names that aren't acronyms, there (irritatingly) a good bit of inconsistency in just about every related article. oddly enough, i've personally somehow always said/written it properly before knowing that i was actually doing it the right way. see also [5] and [6]. while it's mentioned at Lego#Trademark, i feel like it's even more applicable here, given that it's their preferred self-referencing, as well. Impasse 00:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cause for financial crisis?

I'd like to know why the Lego Group is not doing well. I heard some rumours that kids no longer play with lego, because they prefer computer games. Is this the case? 84.177.254.223 (talk) 15:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I believe so. The one child I'm currently well-acquainted with loves to build houses and families with The Sims. She'd never consider playing with Lego.
If someone can find some reputable sources for the reason for Lego's problems, it should be included in the article. --RenniePet (talk) 18:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)