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Events

• March 29: LEGOLAND Windsor opened in the United Kingdom.
• LEGOLAND Billund admitted its 25 millionth visitor.
• LEGO.com was launched.
• The Polish artist Zbigniew Libera created a controversial series of sets for an exhibition, based on Nazi concentration camps.
• The LEGO Watch System was launched.
• It was estimated that 180 billion LEGO elements had been made, and over 300 million people worldwide played with them.

Themes introduced or discontinued

• Wild West was introduced.
• Time Cruisers was introduced.
• Dark Forest, a sub-theme of Castle, was introduced.
• Exploriens, a sub-theme of Space, was introduced.
• Imperial Armada, a sub-theme of Pirates, was introduced, then discontinued.
• Boats was discontinued.
• Spyrius was discontinued.
• Aquanauts was discontinued.

Sets introduced

624 Basic Motor, 9V 626 Large Green Baseplate 628 X-Large Grey Baseplate 630 Brick Separator 637 Plastic Playtable 1737 Scorpion Detector 1747 Treasure Surprise 1751 DUPLO Bucket 1776 Bonus Value Bucket 1784 Animals Bulk Box 1797 Large Bulk Bucket 1811 Safari 1815 Paradisa Lifeguard 1818 Aircraft 1843 Space/Castle Value Pack 1854 House with Roof-Windows 1856 Water Park Tub 1858 Cloud Cruiser 2150 Train Station 2221 Build N' Play Circus Theme 2673 Motorcycle Patrol 2674 Racing Team

2683 Police Station 2685 Water Park 2694 Mini Farm 2695 Pony Wagon 2697 Farm Animals 2791 Playground 2935 Fire Engine 4002 Riptide Racer 4005 Tug Boat 4012 Wave Cops 4532 Manual Level Crossing 4559 Cargo Railway 4565 Freight and Crane Railway 5028 Baseplate 5087 Toolo Wrench 5089 African American Family 5090 Asian Family 6024 Bandit Ambush 6046 Hemlock Stronghold 6079 Dark Forest Fortress 6104 Aquacessories / Aquanauts & Aquasharks 6135 Spy Shark 6190 Shark's Crystal Cave 6232 Skeleton Crew 6248 Volcano Island 6280 Armada Flagship

6335 Indy Transport 6337 Fast Track Finish 6494 Mystic Mountain Time Lab 6545 Search N' Rescue 6581 Dig N' Dump 6563 Gator Landing 6598 Metro PD Station 6615 Eagle Stunt Flyer 6625 Speed Trackers 6712 Sheriff's Showdown 6755 Sheriff's Lock-up 6761 Bandits' Secret Hideout 6762 Fort LEGOREDO 6769 Fort LEGOREDO 6815 Hovertron 6854 Alien Fossilizer 6856 Planetary Decoder 6938 Scorpion Detector 6958 Android Base 6982 Explorien Starship 8223 Hydrofoil 7 8230 Coastal Cop Buggy / Miami Police Patrol 8408 Desert Ranger / V2 Sport Star 5520144 Unternehmen Cybercom 5526564 Der Falsche General