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In lugnet.space, Kya Morden writes:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 05:18:36 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
> wrote:
> > No, the LEGO Star Wars product line at minifig scale isn't a theme, it's a
> > System. Play themes are subcategories of Systems. Aquanauts is a play
> > theme within the Aquazone System, for example. Time Cruisers and Time
> > Twisters are play themes within the Town System. Ninja is a play theme
> > within the Castle System. Insectoids and UFO are play themes within the
> > Space System. LEGO Star Wars is a separate System from LEGO Space.
>
> *blinks* then what's a subtheme? I always thought that Insectoids
> and UFO were subthemes. Now I'm confused ^^;
There's really no such thing (officially) as a "sub-theme" -- it's just an
artificial term cooked up by us fans, just like "Classic Space" and "BURP"
and "minifig."
JoshuaD once did some Deja-research and told me that it's my fault for
starting the whole theme/subtheme confusion a few years ago back in RTL.
The Fibblesnork LEGO Guide uses the term "series" instead of "sub-theme",
but LEGO doesn't use the term "series" either -- LEGO uses the term "play
theme."
Anyway, Insectoids and UFO are certainly sub-categories of the LEGO System™
Space product category, which in turn is a sub-category of the LEGO System™
product category, but TLG has special names for the layers in the taxonomy:
Product Programmes consist of one or more Systems. Systems consist of one or
more Play Themes. Joshua knows much more about it than I do, but over time
I'm learning it, and trying to correct the mistakes I've been making for so
many years.
So, in summary, Space and Castle and Aquazone aren't Themes, they're Systems
(which sit one layer up from Play Themes). UFO and Ninja and Stingrays are
Play Themes within the Space, Castle, and Aquazone Systems, respectively.
(My brain hurts from that too. :)
--Todd
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| My 2 cents about the Lego system/theme controversy... In the 60s, there were no themes, and all Lego toys (I think) were called Lego System (of play). In the 70s, the word system was not used to describe any Lego toys, or themes, etc - there were (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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