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Re: On to other news....
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:30:16 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Greg Majewski writes:
> In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes:
> > I have two questions for the people in this bulletin board. The first >question
> > is why has Lugnet not put a section for Exploriens? They have all of the >other
> > themes except Exploriens.
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> My guess is that it is just a simple mistake by Todd.
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> > The second question is if Legoland Space and Futuron/Futureworld are
> > considered two different sets, then why do they have the same symbol? People
> > on this bulletin board would say that the first Space Police symbol is also >too
> > similar to the Futuron/Futureworld and these people are correct in their
> > response to that question.
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> Wow... that was really awkwardly worded. But I think I get your idea. First
> of all, what is with "Futureworld?" There was never any line of products by
> this name. The line you probably mean is Futuron. The reason Futuron is
> considered seperate from Classic Space is because 1. Futuron was actually
> declared as a subtheme of the Space System, where Classic Space had all
> generic sets within that system. 2. The minifigs are different, as are the
> color schemes. Also, I do not see where you are coming from when you say
> that the Space Police symbol is similar to CS and Futuron. While CS and
> Futuron do both have the orbiting shuttle logo, Space Police's logo is the
> words "SPACE POLICE."
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> > I believe that this is how Legoland and the Space
> > theme originated over twenty years earlier in the Lego Company. I believe
> > that, as with Blacktron and Space Police, that there are two different series
> > of Futuron/Futureworld but starting around the year of 1985, the later version
> > of Futuron/Futureworld was created parallel to the old Futuron/Futureworld.
> > The Space Police probably became a security force for the Futuron/Futureworld
> > people and that is how they got the first version of Space Police. Does >anyone
> > know what the truth is about this situation of Legoland Space and
> > Futuron/Futureworld?
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> Yes, I think it is safe to say that "I know the truth" about the situation.
> Classic Space got started back in 1978, and then for whatever reason Lego
> decided around 1987 to start running two parallel but seperate lines of
> Space toys that had real names and have been dubbed as "subthemes:" Futuron
> and Blacktron. After these two subthemes debuted, Classic Space hung around
> for maybe a year at the most and then fizzled out. Space Police came a
> couple of years later and so was never run parallel to Classic Space. Space
> Police was its own subtheme and was never a part of Futuron or Classic Space.
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> Hopefully this will solve some of your confusion.
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> greg
> http://www.geocities.com/citrusx__/q.html
The instructions for the Canadian Lego catalog of 1988 referred to Futuron
as Futureworld. The same symbol appears for Futuron sets as it does for
Legoland Space sets and both Futuron and Legoland Space have the same logo.
The first version of Space Police has the similar planet on the shoulder
logo as Futuron and to most people, those Space Police figures can be easily
confused with the black shouldered figures of Futuron and the only
differences are that the planet is gold and not yellow on their shoulders
and that the Space Police I visors are red and not blue as was the normal
visor colors of Futuron. The words "Space Police" do not appear until the
1992 resurrection of Space Police, or as known on Lugnet as Space Police II,
and on Space Police I, only the word "Police" appears on the doors that are
red as opposed to the transparent green of the windows, windscreens, and
visors of the Space Police II sets and figures. I believe that they simply
referred to Futuron as Legoland Space for several years because they did not
have any ideas for any competing forces in space until 1987. I believe that
if you play a certain video game with a sword carrying elf named Link, you
will see why the old Blacktron logo does not exist on the newer Blacktron
sets. I believe that Nintendo could have sued Lego for copyright
infringement because of the old Blacktron logo but they, meaning Lego,
discontinued that logo for fear of being sued by Nintendo. I hope that
shows more information to you, Greg.
Jesse Long
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| (...) Are you talking about the logo itself, or the design of the "uniform"? (...) This link has a lot of information for you (if you haven't been there already...). (URL) you mind separating your post into paragraphs? It makes it very hard to read (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Really? I never knew that. Thanks for pointing it out. Do you have a link or proof that this was the case? (...) Oh, I was not aware that you were referring to the minifigs. True, SP1 and black Futuron minifigs both have the same torsos. But (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I doubt this. The Legoland Space series was introduced in 1978. It was the first space-themed series of LEGO toys that made use of the poseable "minifig", which was also introduced in 1978. "Legoland" was the name given the the line of sets (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) My guess is that it is just a simple mistake by Todd. (...) Wow... that was really awkwardly worded. But I think I get your idea. First of all, what is with "Futureworld?" There was never any line of products by this name. The line you (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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