Town

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Town was one of the Core LEGO themes, based on town life, it included sets such as Emergency Sercvices and cars. If you count World City and City, their has been at least one release a year. City and World City are counted by some as parts of Town, though others as seperate.


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History

Town was introduced as a theme in 1978 when also the first minifigures were released. Before this time there have already been several Lego sets that were centered around present day town life. These, however, were part of the LEGOLAND theme.

Originally, all town life related sets that were minifig compatible were released directly under the Town theme. Exceptions were several Enviro-Model and promotional sets as well as Dacta sets. Floating boats were released under a different theme as well. As were trains. Starting in 1985 an increasing number of Town sets would be released as part of different subthemes that focussed on specific aspects of town life, such as airports and planes, racing sport or sea ports. From 1993 to 1996 all police and firefighter related sets were outsourced to the subtheme Rescue.
Initially, all of these town-subthemes only involved everyday town life. With the advent of Launch Command, Divers and Arctic the setting was expanded beyond the scope of a simple town or city. Town was now about everything you could find on present-day earth. But with Time Cruisers and Time Twisters the Town theme began its advance into more fictional realms. Which progressed with the introduction of Alpha Team in 2001.

1998 brought some major changes. Most of the sets that involved Town's former core themes (like police and firefighters) were released as part of Town Jr. and many established subthemes, such as Rescue, Flight or Paradisa, were discontinued. The new subtheme featured especially simple building techniques and designs that turned off many AFOLs. Town Jr. was succeeded by City Center in 1999. After City Center's discontinuation in 2000, Lego Town was virtually nonexistant and the only active subtheme in 2001 was Alpha Team.

Town was brought back to live when World City was introduced in 2003. The new subtheme involved police, firefighters and Coast Guard and was all in all more action oriented with no sets that featured construction sites or airports.

In 2005 the subtheme City made its debut and featured the first construction vehicles released since the end of City Center. In the following years more sets that were picking up Town's classic core themes were released, including an airport, a hospital and a harbor. In 2009 the first-ever Lego System farm was released.

Subthemes

Town has grown to incorporate many different subthemes, which focus on a specific area of Town.

  • Arctic (1998-2000): Arctic was a theme about a group of Arctic explorers.
  • City (since 2005): City is a current theme, and is considered to be either a seperate theme or part of Town. It is mainly based on Emergency Services or Construction.
  • City Center (1999-2000): City Center was a theme of Town similar and most likely a predecessor to World City.
  • Divers (1997): Divers involves underwater diving.
  • Extreme Team (1998-1999): Extreme Team is based around extreme uses of vehicles, such as stunts and drag racing.
  • Flight (1987-1996): Flight was part of Town based on planes and helicopters.
  • Nautica (1991): Nautica involved several harbor-themed sets.
  • Outback (1997): This theme involved a desert-like environment.
  • Paradisa (1992-1997): Paradisa was a theme of Town more aimed towards girls, involving pink peices.
  • Race (1985-1997, 2000): Race involves racing cars, a bit like Racers.
  • Res-Q (1998-1999): Res-Q was a theme based around water rescues (lifeguard/coastguard).
  • Rescue (1991-1996): This theme involved mainly Fire and Police.
  • RSQ911 (1991-1992): This short-lived series involved Fire and emergency services.
  • Space Port (1999): Space Port was loosely based on the Space theme, with spacecraft and vehicles.
  • Town Jr. (1997-1998): The Town Jr.-line comprised several sets that made use of simplified building techniques.
  • World City (2003-2004): World City focused on City life and was a predecessor to City.

Other subthemes


Recurring subjects, organisations and companies

Organisations
Companies

Sets

This list includes all sets of the Town theme that were not released as part of its subthemes, unless further noted.

Accessories

Other themes related to town life

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