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* LEGO would like to remind you that "[[LEGO]]" must always be capitalized and works only as an adjective for their products, e.g. "LEGO bricks." An individual block is not "a Lego." The tiny LEGO people are called minifig.
** This seems to be more of an American thing that doesn't get used so much in the UK. However, in Germany it's common to call them ''Legos'' (though the probably company-approved ''Legosteine'' - ''LEGO bricks'' - is in use as well)
* Video game companies deal with this trope all the time, as the most popular system often becomes a synonym for video gaming itself. It's still common to hear people (mostly non-gamers who don't know anything about video games and systems) to say that they are "playing Atari" or "playing Nintendo" even though these companies obviously have more than one system.
** In Australia, the non-hardcore gamers among us don't play with our "[[PlayStation]]/ -2/ -3" or "Wii/GCN/N64/SNES/Game Boy/NES". We play with our "Sony" or "Nintendo". Slowly dying out as gaming becomes more ubiquitous, however.
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* At least a few years ago, every single fashion doll was a Barbie doll, regardless of whether or not it was made by Mattel. Just so long as it could wear the same clothes as a Barbie, it was a Barbie.
* The Sony [[PlayStation]] would often be referred to as the "[[PlayStation]] Game Console" in commercials for their games.
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