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In lugnet.admin.general, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
> 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
'Racers' does have a unique 'mini-minfig' design. I notice a lot of stuff grows
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
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