dpb1298 Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 I have recently read the book Starship Troopers and I think it has great posibility as a lego theme. I have tinkered a bit with making some. For the drop pods I used the galaxy squad pods and put galaxy partol minifigs in them. The alien Galaxy squad sets also have great potental. Also the galaxy partol mini figs from series 7 work really well and fit in the galaxy squad pods. any ideas??? Quote
-zenn Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Think it would work, but only with SP3 police uniforms and brickbuild bugs. Inspiration> http://www.flickr.co...arship troopers "The only good bug, is a dead bug!" Quote
Jareth Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 If you are going from the book, I'd recomend brick built hardsuits (not my design) The book and the movie are very different, but I Like them both. I think they complement each other. Quote
tedbeard Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 I have recently read the book Starship Troopers and I think it has great posibility as a lego theme. I have tinkered a bit with making some. For the drop pods I used the galaxy squad pods and put galaxy partol minifigs in them. The alien Galaxy squad sets also have great potental. Also the galaxy partol mini figs from series 7 work really well and fit in the galaxy squad pods. any ideas??? I guess you are a little late to the party: Space Troopers has already reached the 10,000 supporters threshold on Cuusoo and is now up for review for possible production. :) Quote
JaseTJ Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Not to mention Lego's newest Space Theme... Quote
dpb1298 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 I was basing it off the book also a starship troopers film remake entered production in december 2011 so once the film is relesed it would be an idel time for sets also space troopers formaly space marines is not at all the same Quote
Si-MOCs Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I LOVED starship troopers. Both the book and the movie. Though due to highly violent movie (did I mention how much I liked the movie?) I doubt that this would make a kid friendly license. Not to mention LEGO currently has a somewhat analogous theme. Quote
dpb1298 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 true I hope the remake does not have such r rated content Quote
Si-MOCs Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Well doing a bit of research it seems like the movie i already out! Everyone to amazon! (seems to be CGI animation... not that that's a bad thing.) Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Don't forget about the........ Funny thing is why does Halo look similar eh ? Quote
The Mugbearer Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I think it's a bit too bloody for a Lego theme. =) Quote
Nightshroud99 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Funny thing is why does Halo look similar eh ? Bungie got inspiration for Halo from the movie Starship Troopers. Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Bungie got inspiration for Halo from the movie Starship Troopers. Gee, another Lucas eh ? And also I agree that it's a little on the bloody side so Lego would turn it's nose up at it or Galaxy Squad might be the kid friendly Starship Troopers ? Quote
LuxorV Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 You know, I built some Starship Troopers (mostly book based) MOCs a long time ago (it was 2007; in fact, it's been so long I did not remember I made 3 separate topics for them), when the best hard suits were those from Aquanauts and such likes. Anyway, if you'd like to have a look (and forgive the not so good quality), here they are: drop-pods and a little vig, two more vigs and a LDD version of the Rodger Yound (movie style), and the bugs. Nowadays, I'd probably go with the CMF space marines and use more specialised parts for the aliens, not to mention a re-design of the drop-pods. Maybe, some day... Quote
dpb1298 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Great work!! especaly on the bugs. I think now with galaxy squad parts some really nice bugs could be built. Quote
tedbeard Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I was basing it off the book also a starship troopers film remake entered production in december 2011 so once the film is relesed it would be an idel time for sets also space troopers formaly space marines is not at all the same Well I read the book as well and though the original movie was fun, it totally bastardized Heinlein's vision so I don't really hold out much hope for any remake. But to suggest that because the Cuusoo project was originally titled "Space Marines" it, "is not at all the same" is absurd. Sci-Fi armoured fighting troops from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40K to the Aliens movies have all been influenced by Heinlein's classic work. The Galaxy trooper in the collectible minifigure series which serves as the base for the Space Marines/Troopers project is an excellent interpretation of the powered suits in Heinlein's work in LEGO form. Exo-armour combined with a spacesuit, what more could you want? How different could it be in minifigure scale? Why on earth are you slagging a Cuusoo project that has already reached 10,000 supporters? I would think you would be happy that it is close to production and while maybe not exactly how you would design it at least it has a chance of being put into production. Quote
dpb1298 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Artifex Creation has a nice hard suit i think it might work, does anyone have it Quote
Nightshroud99 Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Gee, another Lucas eh ? And also I agree that it's a little on the bloody side so Lego would turn it's nose up at it or Galaxy Squad might be the kid friendly Starship Troopers ? Oh yeah, I can't ever imagine LEGO making a Starship troopers theme, way too much violence, language, nudity, gore... Galaxy Squad is pretty much a kid friendly Starship troopers as you say . Quote
obsidianheart Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 As long as we're talking book Starship Troopers, somebody make the blue guys! Quote
dpb1298 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 i am hopeing for a better remake of the film, they said they were aiming for a pg-13 rating so it will hopefully be better Quote
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