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Just wondering... onedaycnn (sid) (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) year 2001. Beginning with model year 2002, almost all sets were rebranded with things like "BIONICLE", "RACERS", "STAR WARS", etc. I have been told that there are a few higher-end sets still marked TECHNIC, but I have yet to see one. Ray (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) My favorite set of 2003, the 8455 Backhoe, is officially labeled Technic/ (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hailfire droid is made with technic parts, but they had to license the rights to make it from George Lucas, so they are required to label it Star Wars. LEGO does not use double labels. Many sets use technic parts, but are not labeled technic. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, thats only partly true. Up thru model year 2001, there were several sets which had both TECHNIC and Star Wars on the box front. R2-D2 and the Destroyer Droid are two that come to mind. Also many of the 2001 Bionicle sets had TECHNIC (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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The mystery continues! :) onedaycnn (sid) (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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My opinion is that when a set comes with 0 LEGO bricks, there's no question that it's a (very recent) TECHNIC set.* I'm looking at my own Hailfire Droid I just got for Christmas, and I just can't find any. It's all liftarms and axles. Come to think (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I had nothing to do today, so I made this list for conspiracy theorists to discuss: Set # Set Name Year TECHNIC (Y/N)? 4481 Hailfire Droid 2003 N 8000 Pit Droid 2000 Y 8001 Battle Droid 2000 Y 8002 Destroyer Droid 2000 Y 8007 C-3PO 2001 Y 8008 (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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