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In lugnet.build.contests, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> My understanding was that IP 2002 was done out of sequence because it was
> 2002... not because the themes are being chosen in preference order. My
> expectation was that the next theme will be the next one in sequence.
Larry's comment got me wondering "What sequence?" So I moseyed on over to
Fibblesnork and found the following approx. dates (asterisks indicate the
themes that have been done, the dates I assume were based on the retail
consumer availability of each theme, the question marks are my own approx.
dates -- AND if it looks crappy, try viewing raw, I dunno...):
***Classic Space 1978-1990
Futuron 1987-1993
***Blacktron 1987-1990
Space Police I 1989-1991
M:Tron 1990-1992
Blacktron II 1991-1995
Space Police II 1992-1995
***Ice Planet 2002 1993-1995
Spyrius 1994-1996
Unitron 1994-1996
Exploriens 1996-1998(?)
RoboForce 1997-2000(?)
U.F.O. 1997-2000(?)
So we are doing a pretty bad job of following a sequence having blithely
skipped over Futuron. No one is really in charge of this contest, unless
Todd wants to administrate it again. So I guess we all just pick a theme.
If we wanted to go back and attempt to correct the sequence, Futuron is
next. It'd be nice to have the monorail DAT files made LDraw official
soonish to accomplish the CAD side of that.
Was this already decided elsewhere at some point?
-- Hop-Frog
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 | | Re: Ice Planet 2002 Contest Winners!
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| (...) Not all THAT badly, really. My memory is hazy but IIRC BT was chosen over F because they both started the same year but BT ended earlier so it's therefore "older by the averages" or something like that. Thus if Futuron was next, everything (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Ice Planet 2002 Contest Winners!
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| "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gzu2rF.3zM@lugnet.com... (...) According to my 1987 and '88 catalogs (North American - perhaps they're different in other parts of the world?), the Blacktron 'big three' (Invader, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ice Planet 2002 Contest Winners!
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| (...) My understanding was that IP 2002 was done out of sequence because it was 2002... not because the themes are being chosen in preference order. My expectation was that the next theme will be the next one in sequence. But I do like M-tron! (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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