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I believe you're correct on the official name. I would make a case that most people thought of them as Space Marines though.

• cygx 14y ago
  Apparently the term 'space marine' was never used in the movies, but the alien-themed toys by Kenner from 1992 do use it.
  • regularfry 14y ago
    Would the fact that GW didn't enforce against that use be enough to invalidate their original 1987 claim?
    • stcredzero 14y ago
      Maybe if we also dug up a whole library of other fiction and toys/games using the term as well.