Regardless, if you are going to be an official AFOL, you won’t be able to say “LEGOs” anymore, because LEGO is the brand name and the products are LEGO bricks or LEGO parts. AFOL’s try to respect the company’s right to be protective of how its name is used. The LEGO Company has gone so far as telling people to change their name on eBay if it contains the letter sequence LEGO. I think a TLC representative even cautioned someone in our LUG not to use the word blocks instead of bricks.
Harsh, Greg… but true. I do believe you’re correct on the caution we got at KidsFest. I think it’s ok to slip up and say “LEGOs” occasionally, but not a bad idea to start trying to use the proper terminology – especially when there’s a paper trail (or data trail… 😉 )
As for your location, Nancy – we aren’t looking for addresses or anything, just a general geographic idea so we can more effectively plan meeting locations and whatnot. So far, most of our active members either live in the city, North near Cranberry (or Gibsonia, right, Greg?), or along 79… ish. Well, Josh just moved to the ‘burbs so that’s one fewer in the city and one more in the South Hills…