Black Starship Parts

[dverburg]

Hi!

I've been lurking for a few weeks but just decided to register this morning.

I've always loved LEGO, but am just getting into buying some again. Space has always been my favorite theme. When I was very young I had some Futuron and Space Police 1, but my golden age was from M-Tron to Spyrius or so.

Anyway, I just recently came upon the Raid VPR, Space Villain minifig and a few Blacktron 1 guys from Bricklink. I want to build a Blacktron starfighter.

Can you guys suggest good sets to use for parts? I'd like them to be on the inexpensive and easy to come by side. The Lunar Limo looks like it could definitely work, but then again it's so beautiful that I'd just want to keep the original build, haha.

I appreciate any advice you guys might have, you're definitely more knowledgeable than I am. Thank you!

[-zenn]

Well, you could give a shot at modding the lunar limo; replace the highlight colors to give it a more of a Blackron look... Lunar Limo Blacktron Special.

As for parts, in my country to are selling a lot of SP with a discount at the local toystores. So maybe it's the same in your country, just give it a look.

[Si-MOCs]

You could always buy TWO.

one to create a moc with, and one to keep as is

And welcome to EB!

[fr33manator]

My suggestion. Get an idea in your head of what you want to build, along with some spending money, and then get on bricklink and try to find a store with the parts you want.

You'll save more money in the long run by just getting the parts you need.

The ones I haven't bought yet of course

Lol

[Aanchir]

The Mars Mission alien vehicles had some great black parts including the large quarter-circles with sloped edges. I'm not totally sure how great these would be for Blacktron, as it really depends on what sort of aesthetic you want to go for. Blacktron I had a very dart-like aesthetic, as did many other themes around that time, whereas Blacktron II had a greater emphasis on bubble-cockpits.

Space Police III bad guy vehicles also had some great black parts, as do some of the Atlantis sea monsters.

[dverburg]

My suggestion. Get an idea in your head of what you want to build, along with some spending money, and then get on bricklink and try to find a store with the parts you want.

You'll save more money in the long run by just getting the parts you need.

The ones I haven't bought yet of course

Lol

I've tried that with some degree of success. I'm new to Bricklink-- but a lot of the stores have a lot limit or whatever, so buy the time I pick out a ton of pieces I found out I just haven't spent enough money and have picked from too many lots. Oh well!

Thanks everyone else for your ideas. I didn't think of the sea creatures at all! I'm not sure that I want to directly copy the aesthetic of either Blacktron I or II, I just want to start building and see what happens. My library of bricks is just pretty small right now.

[fr33manator]

I've tried that with some degree of success. I'm new to Bricklink-- but a lot of the stores have a lot limit or whatever, so buy the time I pick out a ton of pieces I found out I just haven't spent enough money and have picked from too many lots. Oh well!

Thanks everyone else for your ideas. I didn't think of the sea creatures at all! I'm not sure that I want to directly copy the aesthetic of either Blacktron I or II, I just want to start building and see what happens. My library of bricks is just pretty small right now.

Ah, the classic dilemma of the AFOL

keep collecting and you'll get there

[dverburg]

Well, you could give a shot at modding the lunar limo; replace the highlight colors to give it a more of a Blackron look... Lunar Limo Blacktron Special.

So, I bit the bullet. I ordered a Lunar Limo. I also ordered all of the purple/gold parts in either yellow or trans yellow. I'm going to build a Blacktron 1 Lunar Limo for my Space Villain minifig to be chauffeured around in. I am really excited, as this is the first time I've used Bricklink for such a thing. I think it will be a really fun project.

I need to find a good substitute hood ornament, though...

[brickmack]

Well for Blacktron 1, I would recommend, in addition to the actual Blacktron sets, the Lunar Limo, some of the recent Atlantis sets (Not much black but they do have trans-yellow, all too rare a color these days, and also some yellow, which will be needed for highlights), and perhaps the alien sets from Mars Mission, lots of black parts there. Also just looking around on Bricklink might be helpful, especially for trying to get the parts from the Atlantis sets since I don't think they are out anymore and only have a few useful parts anyway.