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Subject:	Re: The LEGO Racers theme should have its own newsgroup.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions
Followup-To:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:39:20 GMT
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FUT: lugnet.technic "Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:HpGEq9.237B@lugnet.com... > In lugnet.admin.general, Stephane Simard wrote: > > Which begs the question... Has 'Technic' been retired ? Actually, it raises the question. Begging the question would be like saying "When is Lego going to stop retiring themes?!?" or "When did you stop beating your wife?!?". Anyway, if you look at the front of the 8455 box, you see the word "Technic", so clearly it has not been retired.

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		Re: The LEGO Racers theme should have its own newsgroup.
(...) Ok, I just looked in my 2003 Holiday catalog (which includes 8455). I do not see any mention of Technic in the catalog. To me, 8455 is certainly a Technic set, no question. But there are some Racers sets which I would also call Technic sets (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic)

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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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