ORION_brick
AFOL Designer Entry
The MPM60 Multi-Purpose-Manipulator was my entry into the Bricklink designer contest. I wanted to build something that looked visually intersting and had several play features but that also invoked a sense of nastalgia from several of the older Lego lines. In particular, the arm and the containers were the main features of a number of older space and underwater themes and I thought that they still worked with the new design.
I had also just started looking at Paul Pepera's designs and the "inflatable" and utilitarian look came from that. This was the first ship I made that actually fit with hard-scifi and from here I went on to make all of the other models. The Guppy (one image back ->) has the same base but I changed the tank under the engine and balanced the colors and added new attatchments.
Congradulations to all the winners. There are some great models there!
AFOL Designer Entry
The MPM60 Multi-Purpose-Manipulator was my entry into the Bricklink designer contest. I wanted to build something that looked visually intersting and had several play features but that also invoked a sense of nastalgia from several of the older Lego lines. In particular, the arm and the containers were the main features of a number of older space and underwater themes and I thought that they still worked with the new design.
I had also just started looking at Paul Pepera's designs and the "inflatable" and utilitarian look came from that. This was the first ship I made that actually fit with hard-scifi and from here I went on to make all of the other models. The Guppy (one image back ->) has the same base but I changed the tank under the engine and balanced the colors and added new attatchments.
Congradulations to all the winners. There are some great models there!