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Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.castle
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Date:
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 02:28:03 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <3829ce1e.34753719@lugnet.com>...
> In lugnet.castle, Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> writes:
> > I never understood why Ninja was a Castle subtheme...to me the two
> > series are unrelated and just because the sets represent the same era,
> > they took place in different parts of the world and I don't see any
> > thematic connection between them.
>
> Hey, Space stuff takes place on different planets...why can't Castle take
> place in different parts of the world? :)
>
>
> > Why not consider Ninja a separate theme?
>
> Well, Ninja *is* a separate theme from the classic castle sets, as well as
> from Fright Knights, Dragon Masters, Royal Realm, Wolfpack, Forestmen, etc.
> But all of those are part of something larger: The LEGO SYSTEM Castle
> product line, a.k.a. the LEGO Castle System.
>
> Ninja is a sub-category of Castle (not classic castle, which is also a
> subcategory of Castle) because of the positioning of the set numbers and
> because of what's printed on the shipping cartons and because of what you
> find on the official LEGO website if you dig deep enough. :)
> --Todd
OK Todd, I will grant you that Ninja is a subtheme of Castle, as I have
incorporated those sets into my customized Fibblesnork under Castle because
of the set numbers. Still, I hate to admit it; it really sucks for TLC to
stoop so low. However, I think you are pushing these various Lego ___
System pretty hard (in admin.database a few days ago), while TLC hasn't used
the terms officially in quite some time. To me, each so-called subtheme is
now a system of its own. The systems are just a lot smaller than they were
in the 80s and early 90s. But its still a lot of arguing for something as
menial as nomenclature.
--
Have fun!
John
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