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The logo has changed slightly. It no longer says "The electronics specialist", and the dot over the "i" is round and the same colour, not square and black. If anyone wants to update it, it's here. If you click on the old logo: there's a notice indicating that there shouldn't be any copyright issues with it: "This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." In fact, I think the "new" logo is the one that was mostly used in the past. Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 22:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
I'm curious as to why the company was called Maplin. None of the founders were named Maplin, so where did the name come from? 86.141.24.6 (talk) 22:11, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
The first location was near to Maplin Sands. Their 1970s catalogue, along with the slinky woman in the '70s maxi-dress, had a Concorde on it and the tagline "Maplin - site of London's third airport". Of course, that never happened. Diaph0nous (talk) 15:04, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
I recall at the time controversy about building 'Maplin airport'. It was it the news for a while then Labour cancelled the project.
Soon after that Maplin electronics appeared which I assumed just pig-backed on the name which was familiar to most people. This sort of thing seams to often happen. Some years later hundreds of companies popped up with JR in the name despite JR being the 'villain' 80.88.222.181 (talk) 20:01, 24 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
there's a notice indicating that there shouldn't be any copyright issues with it: "This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." In fact, I think the "new" logo is the one that was mostly used in the past. Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 22:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
