Arctic
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Arctic is a Town subtheme that was centered around arctic exploration. Most of the sets were released in 2000 and discontinued during 2001. The theme comprised a total of nine sets.
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This is the first Town subtheme that involved arctic explorers. Although the basic subject had already been touched before by a Technic theme (Arctic Action) and a Space subtheme (Ice Planet 2002), this was the most realistic take on the subject in the LEGO universe. The sets featured several snow vehicles and a research station. The release of the theme fell directly into an era were LEGO sets showed an especially high level of juniorization and thus many of the models had a very simplistic design.
The background story behind the theme involved meteors that were falling onto the arctic. The explorers tracked down the impact sites to collect these meteors which were transparent hollow rock pieces that contained exotic creatures such as transparent red scorpions.
This theme was the first to feature translucent blue Rocks with Craters, Minifigure Hood Fur-lined, and Minifigure Snowshoe. Many of the sets also had the first Polar Bears and ice pix (1998 had them first).
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- 6520 Mobile Outpost (2000)
- 6573 Arctic Expedition (2000)
- 6575 Polar Base (2000)
- 6577 Snow Scooter (2000)
- 6578 Polar Explorer (2000)
- 6579 Ice Surfer (2000)
- 6586 Polar Scout (2000)
- 6626 Snowmobile (2000)
- Other sets
- 6569 Polar Explorer (2000), Bonus pack that contains the sets 6578 and 6586
[edit] See also
- Arctic Action (Technic theme)
- Ice Planet 2002 (Space subtheme)
- Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze
