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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by bovine3dom on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:25PM (#17169431)
Lego is the brand name; "let's play with Lego" is short for "let's play with the Lego bricks". I think it's much closer to a group noun :)

See also: Meccano, Duplo, Brio, Scalextric.

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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by weinzierl on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:55AM (#17170959)
In Germany we even stopped pretending that it's just a bunch of bricks and use the word as if it were the name of the game. We say "Let's play Lego". Does this sound strange in English?
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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by fjsolwmv on Sunday May 27, 2018 @10:01PM (#17170213)
LEGO(tm) brand bricks
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