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Subject:	Re: The LEGO Racers theme should have its own newsgroup.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date:	Sat, 6 Dec 2003 03:47:26 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ray Sanders wrote: > Maybe. I think 'Racers' is a branding thing that LEGO has choosen to do. To > explain, sometime around the beginning of the 2002 set year, LEGO deleted the > Technic moniker from most (possibly all) set boxes. Various Bionicle sets, which > had 'Technic' prominently displayed in 2001, beginning with 2002 have only > 'Bionicle'. Same with 'Racers', Technic in 2001, then only Racers in 2002. Also > noted the same change in Star Wars. I don't think these sets are any less > Technic beginning in 2002, just that they are no longer branded as such. Even though Bionicle had the 'Technic' label once, it still has its own newsgroup here. Plus most of the Racers sets are in no way Technic as pointed out in another post in this thread. So IMHO 'Racers' MORE than deserves its own newsgroup. Mark P http://www.landofbricks.com

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		Re: The LEGO Racers theme should have its own newsgroup.
(...) into a 'theme' of it's own based on the scale of the figs. I personally don't have a preference for or against a 'Racers' newsgroup, but this thread led me to this interesting minifig mulling. Jeff (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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		Re: The LEGO Racers theme should have its own newsgroup.
(...) Maybe. I think 'Racers' is a branding thing that LEGO has choosen to do. To explain, sometime around the beginning of the 2002 set year, LEGO deleted the Technic moniker from most (possibly all) set boxes. Various Bionicle sets, which had (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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