Answers.Body: <p>The 1955 Bedford Esso truck sets that <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/2477/750">oddTodd refers to</a> were the earliest appearance of a company name/logo on a product in the LEGO system, however these trucks were sold separately as part of the Town Plan, without bricks (although some versions of the <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1251-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">1251 set</a> came with 1x1 bricks that were used as oil cans). An <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1247-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">accessory set from 1955</a> included gas pumps and a printed Esso sign, but no building elements.</p>
  
  <p>The first regular building set to include a company logo or name was <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1310-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">1310 Esso Filling Station</a> from 1956. The next building sets to include a company name and logo were <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=306-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">306 VW Garage</a> and <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=307-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">307 VW Auto Showroom</a>, both released in 1958. (The first use of the VW logo was on the first 1:87 scale car LEGO produced in 1956, the <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=275-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VW Bus</a>.)</p>
  
  <p>Usage of the Esso name ended in Europe and Australia in 1965 and in the US in 1966. In 1966 the Shell brand name was first used in set <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=325-3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">325 Shell Service Station</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Esso (aka ExxonMobil) showed up in one of the first sets ever, released in 1955. Bedford, a truck maker, was also represented in the same set (and others from that year). I do not know if there were Bedford sets released before the Esso/Bedford sets, since they were all released in the same year.<br>
  <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1250-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1250-2</a></p>
  
  <p>Esso also shows up on an actual printed brick in this 1958 accessory set:<br>
  <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=226-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=226-1</a><br>
  Note that 1958 was the start of the current stud-and-tube technology.</p>
  
  <p>Ferguson plastic tractor (1951):<br>
  <a href="http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/lego-group/the_lego_history/1950" rel="nofollow">http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/lego-group/the_lego_history/1950</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Excluding the <em>Lego</em> company, which "Real World" Company was the first to have its' name featured in an actual Lego set?</p>
  
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Title: Which "Real World" Company was the first to have its' name featured in an actual (numbered) Lego set?
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ThreadText: # Which "Real World" Company was the first to have its' name featured in an actual (numbered) Lego set?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-10-17)
  
  Excluding the *Lego* company, which "Real World" Company was the first to have its' name featured in an actual Lego set?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-10-24. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  The 1955 Bedford Esso truck sets that [oddTodd refers to](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/2477/750) were the earliest appearance of a company name/logo on a product in the LEGO system, however these trucks were sold separately as part of the Town Plan, without bricks (although some versions of the [1251 set](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1251-2) came with 1x1 bricks that were used as oil cans). An [accessory set from 1955](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1247-2) included gas pumps and a printed Esso sign, but no building elements.
  
  The first regular building set to include a company logo or name was [1310 Esso Filling Station](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1310-1) from 1956. The next building sets to include a company name and logo were [306 VW Garage](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=306-2) and [307 VW Auto Showroom](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=307-2), both released in 1958. (The first use of the VW logo was on the first 1:87 scale car LEGO produced in 1956, the [VW Bus](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=275-2).)
  
  Usage of the Esso name ended in Europe and Australia in 1965 and in the US in 1966. In 1966 the Shell brand name was first used in set [325 Shell Service Station](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=325-3)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2013-10-17. Score: 4
  
  Esso (aka ExxonMobil) showed up in one of the first sets ever, released in 1955. Bedford, a truck maker, was also represented in the same set (and others from that year). I do not know if there were Bedford sets released before the Esso/Bedford sets, since they were all released in the same year.  
  <http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=1250-2>
  
  Esso also shows up on an actual printed brick in this 1958 accessory set:  
  <http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=226-1>  
  Note that 1958 was the start of the current stud-and-tube technology.
  
  Ferguson plastic tractor (1951):  
  <http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/lego-group/the_lego_history/1950>
  
  
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