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Top line showing a few Wrexham bricks (Grangemouth).
A small collection of bricks that fit no where else in my collection so far.
Some strange letter and number combinations going on here.
I hope to find out one day what these combinations meen.
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?
#LEGO #Blacktron2 #ClassicSpace #6981 #AerialIntruder #LEGO1991 #LEGOSpace #Legoblacktron #blacktron #afol #legomania #LegoArialInteuder #LegoJetPack #LegoPhotography #RetroLego #LEGO6981 #LEGOSystem #Legoland #toyPhotography #LegoPics #toyPics #90sLEGO #LegoCity #NeonLegoBricks #ToyNostalgia #LEGOSpaceship #ClassicLego #LegoSpaceMan #NeonBricks #Vaporwave #VintageLego
1997’s Robo Raider! Check out this old LEGO Mech from a space sub-theme that I hardly remember!
I was a huge fan of the Space theme through the entirety of the 90’s, and was probably collecting the most LEGO of my childhood around ‘97, but when I came across this sub-theme I have a blind spot.
Exploriens? for sure. Insectoids and UFO? I was all about it. Robo Raiders? Never heard of ‘em.
Enough of my potential forgetful-ness, check out this funky robot.
This whole theme had some pretty rad prints, awesome neon transparent elements, and really cool mini-figs!
More RoboForce and older Space sets to be featured soon!
#LEGO #RoboForce #ClassicSpace #2151 #LEGO1997 #LEGOSpace #LegoRoboForce #RoboRaider #afol #legomaniac #LEGORoboRaider #LegoMech #LegoPhotography #RetroLego #LEGO2151 #LEGOSystem #Legoland #toyPhotography #LegoPics #toyPics #90sLEGO #LegoCity #NeonLegoBricks #ToyNostalgia #ClassicLego #1997 #LegoSpaceMan #NeonBricks #LegoDroid #ClassicSpaceMech #LegoMecha
An alternate build of set #77941 Mighty Dinosaurs (Blue), inspired by the old Prehistoric Power Creator set which featured a Triceratops and a Mammoth.
This is a fun little build, with plenty of flexibility and expression. I guess this is probably more like the kind of thing I should do if I ever want to get back to LEGO!
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?
#LEGO #Blacktron2 #ClassicSpace #6981 #AerialIntruder #LEGO1991 #LEGOSpace #Legoblacktron #blacktron #afol #legomania #LegoArialInteuder #LegoJetPack #LegoPhotography #RetroLego #LEGO6981 #LEGOSystem #Legoland #toyPhotography #LegoPics #toyPics #90sLEGO #LegoCity #NeonLegoBricks #ToyNostalgia #LEGOSpaceship #ClassicLego #LegoSpaceMan #NeonBricks #Vaporwave #VintageLego
Finished my third complete set of old boxes, the ones without system on the box.
These originate in the UK or "Made in Great Britain" as it says on the side*.
Now my 3 series of 218 black slide boxes are complete.
Thanks A. hope you get your items soon(c:
*The new firm started distributing LEGO products from 1960 and brick manufacture commenced at Wrexham in 1962.
If you have an old LEGO set that says ‘Made in Great Britain’ on the box, it was made and packed by hand on Wrexham Industrial Estate.
Lego Pirates theme celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
With this photo series I celebrate my favorite Lego theme.
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I made this the night before I was going to leave for BrickFair VA, because I thought that it was the funniest thing ever. I am going to make more I think because people -really- liked this and thought it was funny, and because I donated this one to the Slade Child Foundation auction this year.
Part of my 2x4 brick collection.
This part became to big for my normal frames, so I had to find a new way to store and display these.
All 8xf bricks, these show the least ammount of color so far, I wonder if I will ever find much more...
The one right milky white has the hard F, while the others have the more slanted f.
These are drawers with 48x48 baseplates cut to size.
The Tadpole is commonly seen at spaceports and outposts, particularly ones that are just being built or are expanding. Often working alongside the C.A.T.T. cargo transports, the Tadpole can get into tighter spaces than many other industrial forklifts, which makes it highly valued.
Part of my 2x4 brick collection.
These are different bricks that fall outside my "normal" Bayers.
The brown/red/yellow bricks have 7x a letter and LEGO on 1 stud.
The red/white bricks are reversed and have LEGO on 7 studs and 1 with a letter...
The bottom looks very much like Minitalia bricks, also the plastic is very similar to Minitalia plastic.
Not sure if these fall under Bayer or LEGO.......
The light blue and greenish bricks have 1x a number and 7xG.
There are numbers 1 to 6, but 5 is missing...
This part became to big for my normal frames, so I had to find a new way to store and display these.
These are drawers with 48x48 baseplates cut to size.
Part of my 2x4 brick collection.
This part became to big for my normal frames, so I had to find a new way to store and display these.
These bricks I first wanted to throw away when I found 1 or 2 with the hole in one of the studs.
Still being nice bricks, I gave one or two away untill I found more and they became a small collection of their own.
All of the right corner fault bricks are #1, there are also a few left corner faults, those have a different mold and number.
Seeing as how it's a returning problem in all colors, it must be a mold mistake.
The fault is very much identical on all bricks.
Funny how things go sometimes....
These are drawers with 48x48 baseplates cut to size.
Clowns assembled - with replaced white and clear 1x2 plates (these were CA and way too small to fit on the rest).
Note the spare parts used for the alternate models! One spare trans-clear 1x1 and a white one (plus three to be used for the clowns) are missing here.
It is a clock for the person who is covered by the concept of time. This allows you to try different things without worrying about time.
Wooden castle made by my father for Sinterklaas (1980).
It was sized for playmobil.
In the back ground is some LEGO visible.
The white car (Matchbox 1972 Lesney Tanzara ) in the box is still in my possesion:)
Btw, this is an old poloroid picture.
You can see the little sub-rover tucked in as well as the cockpit. it all opens quite nicely but the front canopy does have to go up for the dish on top to pivot into it.
AKA, King Matteo
This marks the 4th and final version of my quest to use all 4 color variants of the beaked dragon head Lego produced from the Lego Vikings line, that was used as Matteo's mask.
Bio
After a successful career in piracy, Matteo shaped the trade routes of the world to his favor, and became a wealthy merchant. Here he married a mortal woman and adopted a son. After the inevitable conclusion of their lives, Matteo moved on to one of the most difficult challenges he'd ever face...Politics.
Forgotten I had these:)
But this is warm yellowish orange (l) and very light orange (r).
Very light orange is still available on BL.
I hope the difference is visible or I will have to make a better picture.
Part of my 2x4 brick collection.
This part became to big for my normal frames, so I had to find a new way to store and display these.
The top row shows old logo Bayers going from light gray to white.
How many of these bricks were made flushing out the previous colors is not known.
Most of these "faulty" bricks were destroyed/re-used...
The milky white with red are abcd bricks, again a lovely transition from very marbled to almost completely white.
These are drawers with 48x48 baseplates cut to size.
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2023 update Sven:
“In October 2021 I presented a LEGO History Display at the LEGO event Bricks@friends in Cologne. I also presented my Bayer bricks there. On Sunday afternoon a mother, around 40 years old, suddenly stood in front of my exhibition with her little daughter and said: "Look, these are the bricks that mom made in her apprenticeship!" I got big elephant ears and asked this woman for futher informations. She knew the whole story about Bayer bricks and told me that at least until 2009 (the end of her apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant at Bayer) the molding machine from the 1960s was housed in the Bayer Dormagen laboratory and trainees experimented with different plastics on this molding machine. The experiments were mostly about colors. The Bayer factory in Dormagen is located between Cologne and Düsseldorf, in the vicinity of Leverkusen. She couldn't tell me whether the molding machine is still there today. In any case, she was able to confirm to me that the maschine was used there until the end of the 2010s. When I asked whether I should have her contact details for further questions, she unfortunately answered in the negative. Her husband was pretty upset that we'd talked for so long. But she answered my question whether there are photos of the machine from the time in Dormagen. She didn't have any, and taking pics was prohibited in the laboratory.
Unfortunately, I had no choice but to thank her for this interesting informations.”
The Æsel is a sturdy little transport ship, good for hauling supply pods, habitat modules and various other essential bits and pieces between outposts within a system. Built on the same frame as the LL 147 Thunderbolt Viper, but reversed in orientation.
Part of my 2x4 brick collection.
This part became to big for my normal frames, so I had to find a new way to store and display these.
Some ABCD bricks that are for now alone, so I grouped them.
These belong to my full sets of ABCD bricks and should be displayed ammongst them.
The 3 trans-yellow on the right are hollow bricks.
I am not sure these are test bricks, but they do have abcd on them....
Maybe one day we will find more.
These pictures do not do the real colors justice...
These are drawers with 48x48 baseplates cut to size.
Lego Brand Store: 5001622-1
Who cares about the store employee minifig, I bought it because there is 1 red 2x4 brick in there (c:
The Crystal Explorer Sub from 1995’s Aquanauts enters the LEGO city!
Another great AquaZone submarine, this time a large yellow sub. The vibrant color scheme pops with yellow on black and blue, highlighted with neon orange space elements and those awesome blue windshields!
I didn’t have this sub as a kid, but this sub takes my favorite aspects of the Deep Sea Predator (#6155) and upscales the playable space. While some of the interior is narrow towards the stern, the amount of storage space is significant.
Prints are great with this set and it includes several chromed elements, which are always welcome.
I’m a huge fan of the helm’s design and ability to stand the minifig captain up properly. Overall, stoked to have this ship in the collection.
What are your thoughts on this ship? Did you have it as a kid?
As always, I really enjoyed getting shots of this and experimenting with LEGO and flight stands. More retro 90’s set to be featured soon
#LEGO #6175 #Aquanauts #CrystalExplorerSub #LEGOAquazone #legoPirates #legoIdeas #ClassicLego #LegoCreator #LegoLand #afol #legomaniac #90sLEGO #legoSystem #ToyPhotography #LegoPics #LegoPhotography #LEGO6175 #LegoSpyShark #LegoAquanauts #NeonLegoBricks #ToyNostalgia #LEGO1995 #PlasticPhotography #PlasticNostalgia #Legogram #LEGOSubmarine #YellowSubmarine
Light, simple, and reliable, the Scrambler is a real workhorse of the Blacktron ground forces, often seen ferrying spaceship parts between factories, warehouses and spaceports. These vehicles feature a rear-facing seat at the back, allowing armed guards to keep lookout to protect any valuable cargo being carried.
So there are two stories. the Making of first.
I might have dared Andrea to draw a ship for me and boy did she give me a doozy. Seriously..it was impossible. But come Shiptember, I was up for the challenge. This sucker is 150 studs long and just about 166 or so when transformed. I love me some Pneumatics, and technic engines. Its got lights, trains, air pumps and all that shippy goodness. Greebs to a T.. and a proud artist.
Its a Kris Blade, turned into a ship..
Next, the story of the Six Demons.