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Whoa! Now I´m confused :-)
Is there anything you *don´t* know about LEGO?
I agree that the term "classic" is an unofficial fan-created label. So, if
it was called "LEGOLAND Space system", then perhaps it´s the theme LEGOLAND?
--Tobias
> In lugnet.space, Tobias Möller writes:
> > <SNIP>
> > > No, the LEGO Star Wars product line at minifig scale isn't a theme, it's
> > > a
> > > System. Play themes are subcategories of Systems. Aquanauts is a play
> > > theme within the Aquazone System, for example. Time Cruisers and Time
> > > Twisters are play themes within the Town System. Ninja is a play theme
> > > within the Castle System. Insectoids and UFO are play themes within the
> > > Space System. LEGO Star Wars is a separate System from LEGO Space.
> >
> > Really? I´ve always said "space theme", "castle theme" etc. The system, I
> > thoguht, was all sets with small bricks (duplo is not system).
>
> LEGO DUPLO® is "a system," but LEGO DUPLO® is not part of LEGO® System™.
>
>
> > Then, inside the space theme, were several sub-themes like Blacktron.
>
> No, LEGO Space is not a theme, it's a system within the LEGO® System™ • product
> programme. Blacktron is a play theme within the LEGO Space System, a.k.a.
> LEGO System™ Space.
>
>
> > So, if Space is a
> > system, and Blacktron is a theme, then what is Classic space?
>
> "Classic" space (the word "classic" here being a fan-created unofficial
> label) is an unnamed theme within the LEGO Space System (which was once
> long ago officially called LEGOLAND Space), although when "classic" space
> sets came out, the concept of first-class "play themes" hadn't been
> articulated much in the product line.
>
> The desert and jungle Adventurers play themes are both unnamed themes • within
> the Adventurers system (LEGO System™ Adventurers), and the "town and • bandits"
> and "indians" play themes are both unnamed themes within the Western/Wild • West
> system (LEGO System™ Western or LEGO System™ Wild West, depending on which
> continent you live). The Pirates play theme is named play theme within the
> Pirates system (LEGO System™ Pirates). Paradisa™, Time Cruisers™, Time
> Twisters™, Extreme Team™, and RES-Q™ are examples of named play themes • within
> the Town system (LEGO System™ Town).
>
> Unitron is a play theme within the Space system, but even though it • appeared
> in 1994, it wasn't publicly given a name until 1995.
>
>
> > It can´t be a
> > theme then, since it was no sign on the boxes saying "classic space", it • was
> > just a planet. So classic space is a system, isn´t it? In my point of • view,
> > classic space would not be a sub-theme, since I don´t think TLG intended • to
> > make other types of sets at first.
>
> It depends how you look at it. If you go back in time to 1978-1986, then
> the classic space sets from that period are just LEGOLAND Space -- the • system
> was the theme in those days. Then, in 1987-8, when Blacktron™ and Futuron™
> and Forestmen™ appeared, there suddenly were themes within the Space and
> Castle systems. Whether or not classic space sets are then suddenly • relegated
> to an unnamed theme within the Space system, and classic caslte sets are • then
> suddenly relegated to an unnamed theme within the Castle system, are • probably
> things that will continue to be debated for decades to come. :)
>
> --Todd
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| (...) Ugh... Tobias! Look what you have started here! :-) "LEGOLAND Space System" is, quite simply, every single space set. "LEGOLAND" is just part of the name. Just as it is part of the name for "LEGOLAND Town System." It's like a surname...they're (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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| (...) LEGO DUPLO® is "a system," but LEGO DUPLO® is not part of LEGO® System™. (...) No, LEGO Space is not a theme, it's a system within the LEGO® System™ product programme. Blacktron is a play theme within the LEGO Space System, a.k.a. LEGO System™ (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.database)
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