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The second design for my small command base... I have decided on a name: Immobilis-1.
I like the asymmetric look a lot better, and the windows as an uninterrupted large window work well too. The station is now 8 studs deep, which make the overall shape a lot more pleasing, and while not very visible in these pics, the slanted top and bottom edges take away the 'tree-house' vibe the first attempt had.
As discussed with captain_joe in a precious version, I was torn between an elevator (top), or a simple ladder (bottom) for getting in. His idea for transparent cylinders was excellent, and I have tried both.
But in the end, I think I will go with the ladder. It has a certain 'Apollo-era' feel I like a lot. Lets not forget, this is not Star Trek or anything that advanced; this is "Classic Space'...
My first attempt with stick-on Letters is a little crude. They did not have the size I would have preferred, (7 mm), so I opted for 8 mm. I think that is too big. In due time, I will try 6 mm letters, but for now this will do.
The XL-15 enters the LEGO City!
This set wouldn’t have been on my radar if it wasn’t for the buzz about the Lightyear film’s director being AFOL Angus MacLane (check out his builds on Flickr!).
Evidently, he pushed for the in-film design to have a yellow transparent canopy, reminiscent of the Classic Space elements.
He also had an interesting spot on LEGOCon, worth a check out.
The build of this one and a cat seater spaceship is substantial! As a medium sized ship it checks most boxes for me: fits all accessories, swoosh-ability is there, has mobile base in form of laptop (stretch), and droid in the Catbot (also stretch). No escape pod/rover, which loses some points when compared to the medium builds of my ‘90s childhood.
But the elements and connections this set brings to the table blow anything from my childhood away. There are a few elements that are super obscure.
Color scheme for the spaceship is great, can’t miss with light blue, white, and black with that yellow canopy.
Also bonus points for extra head/hair elements for minifigs.
Less stellar for me were the minifigs. Buzz looks pretty good, but I’d prefer the dome over a normal helmet (I’m sure that’s a movie plot detail). The other figs have nice printing, but are pretty mute brown, like something out of a Star Wars set.
The shoulder pauldrons for all of them are cumbersome to range of motion.
The rocket launcher build doesn’t really work out to be held, but I do appreciate the built up weapon/scanning accessories.
Very nice set, strong suggest for the building experience and MOC possibilities!
I left off the red stripes off the wings. Does it look cleaner? Worse? Let me know
I’ll be looking at more contemporary LEGO sets that are bringing back Classic Space soon!
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Been pondering building a Soyuz spacecraft for some time with Technic connectors and geodesic shapes. Being a fan of cross-section books, figured this was also my chance to explore the inner structure of the spaceship!
Does what it says on the tin.
I built the first segment for displaying last time's Classic Space robot, but then I realised that maybe grey-on-grey isn't the most visibly distinctive colour scheme. But who says once you've built a scenery segment that it can only be used for one thing?
The Galaxy Explorer by Gerrit vd Merwe seems to be chiefly inspired by the Wolf Leews design. It is mainly notable for a very large interior and a lot of piping on the top surface. This interpretation increases the interior space by lengthening the cabin 1 stud and giving the third crew member fold-away displays and controls, allowing crew members to traverse the entire length of the cabin during flight. The greebling is also interpreted in a way that looks better to me. If built in real bricks, this would be quite a bit more expensive than the original. Original here:
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Classic Space: where it all began. Although I intended to use an authentic Classic Space helmet without the visor, the shape of the chin piece prevented me from having the helmet on the shoulders securely. Thus, I chose to use a Futuron dark blue visor, which makes this nifty astronaut magnifigure a hybrid of both vintage LEGO Space sub-themes!
The Planetary Exploration Buggy is a basic CS rover used commonly for ground-based exploration of new planets. The P.E.B. comes equipped with two explorer robots able to search large areas of land independently and return to the buggy to upload their discoveries for relay back to the command ship.
The Ideas project "LL928 comes home" has a Galaxy Explorer with a clever build, lots of detail, and a unique implementation of the lower fuselage. I want to like it, but it has too many greebles for my taste and it relies entirely on obsolete finger hinges to achieve the stud inversion, while generally mixing modern and vintage parts in a way that means it could never have been put into production in a form remotely like the original submission even if it had made it to the review stage. As an exercise in stud inversion and greebling, I made a Galaxy Explorer inspired by "LL928 Comes Home" that uses only modern parts and preserves what I see as the most important features of the original, with slightly less greebling. Original here:
ideas.lego.com/projects/e171cf44-c810-4f03-8e24-6d51e5a9bcfd
A DD-34 tops off at a subsurface fuel depot. A LART-8 is ready to haul the tanker overland once it's full.
The DD-34 (Dual Dispenser) is ideal when you need a really big pair of tanks.
Safety Tip: If you fill one tank with oxygen and the other with hydrogen, drive carefully.
I've wanted to make a Classic Space X-wing since over a year. I've just been motivated by the 30th anniversary of Classic Space. But I guess it's not quite consistent with the idea of Neo Classic Space. More photos on Brickshelf.
This 928-class starship carries a crew of four scientists, two flight engineers, and one pilot in its missions cataloging gaseous anomalies and interstellar shockwaves. A small compartment in the center of the ship has hatches to the front cabin, rear cabin, and cargo area, allowing any of the three cabins to be accessed independently without exposing the others to vacuum. A small airlock opens onto the rear cabin and the tail of the ship for spacewalks. Unfortunately, the crew stations, floors, and bulkheads installed for the scientific role occupy most of the cargo volume, which would otherwise be enormous, so the storm chasers can only carry a miniaturized rover which would not be very useful if they were to become shipwrecked on a deserted island world. ... But does it come in black?
I may revisit this build sometime, because I'm not satisfied with the wing attachments. They're very smooth and they look great, but they wouldn't be able to maintain the 30-degree angle if the ship was turned upside-down.
Original here:
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It might look identical to the grey version, but there have been some improvements. The air scoop doesn't exist in blue, so I made use of some weird racer parts I had nearby.
Benny was initially a bit put out when he was told he had to recycle his old '80's technology, however he soon managed to make the most of it.
I've decided to make a robot for my Spaceship and Walker set. The Ambassador Droid is a man made robot with a hovering capabilities. It has a green eye, lights on each side of it's head, and it has a meter on it's chest. The robot has 20 pieces.
I hope you like it
1991’s Aerial Intruder from the Blacktron II fraction enters the LEGO City!
The ‘Big’ ship from a fan favorite (myself decidedly included) sub-theme is actually not all that big compared to the other Space sub-themes’ flagships. This ship checks the majority of my criteria for what made an excellent spaceship play set as a kid!
Great color scheme and cool large transparent elements?
Blacktron 2 has arguably the best + printed large windshield!
Detachable base with usable interior space?
The center of the ship is large when opened and has an aft storage compartment. While tight when loaded with cargo, great when side-builds are deployed
Dropship/Escape Pod?
Two of the best designed simple ships that deploy from the sides, that are also designed to be compatible with the rest of the sub-theme! So simple and genius
And a bonus jetpack element that is classic
Rover?
Two! Yes, super simple, but very standard for the time.
Action features?
The simple rover launch action definitely suffices.
Droid/Robot?
Not for this faction, but I believe that’s because they were outlaws. Correct me if I’m wrong?
Yes, I’m a really big fan of this old spaceship. Any detractors, like having 5 pilot-able options with only two minifigs can be understood with all their buddies they’d have to break from the Space Police II
This Absolute Classic brings me to the conclusion of my look back at some of my favorite LEGO from the ‘90s. I’m sure I’ll do more shoots with these sets in the future, but I’ve got a ton of contemporary sets to showcase for now and a large MOC in progress.
What did you think of this ship? Did you have it? Does it hold up today?
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