[MOC] AquaJune a month of Aquazone

[the Inventor]

Last month was AquaJune (see alsothe group on flickr for more builds: http://www.flickr.com/groups/14858395@N21). 

It's a new theme month to builds some Aquazone MOCS, I posted two already, but maybe it's better to make a thread with all the builds.

Let's start with the original Aquanauts and Aquasharks builds:

Aquanauts - Crystal Discoverer 3 by Ids de Jong, on Flickr

Aquasharks - Shark Infiltrator by Ids de Jong, on Flickr

 

Then came the Aquaraiders, a mainly US Aquazone sub-theme with only a couple of sets and only one faction:

Aquaraiders - Crystal Scout by Ids de Jong, on Flickr

 

And last but not least, I made a Hydronauts and Stingrays build:

Hydronauts - Reef Explorer by Ids de Jong, on Flickr

Stingrays - Reef Rebel by Ids de Jong, on Flickr

@sinister5988 Thanks for you comment in the other thread, I posted here all my Aquazone builds I made in June in one place.

Edited July 3, 2023 by the Inventor

[BrynnOfCastlegate]

These are brilliant. My favourites are the Hydronaut and Stingray ones; they really fit in with the sets. I love how you made the neon elements glow!

[Peppermint_M]

There is a special place in my heart for Aquazone, two little impulse sets were my very first "proper" LEGO sets and I still have vivid memories of playing with them. These rather excellent builds certainly capture the look of the theme but also brings them up to date a little. Thanks for sharing them here 

Aquajune is a great concept, I may have to try and participate next year!  

[BardDandelion]

Cool revamp of the theme!

[royalstick]

Newer version of Coral parts made Aquazone diorama more realistic!

I had a Neptune discovery lab and this kit has very little maritime parts... So, New jellyfish, coral, seaweeds is badly needed for maritime place

[Third Navigator]

yellow submarine looks good, especially that cockpit. I had seen it in space-blacktron serise and still think it is good to these days' sets too. good works

Edited July 7, 2023 by Third Navigator
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[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wow what a colorful marine habitat... the giant jellyfish are my favourite! 

[The Reader]

Great builts. I adore the colour choice!

[Josh120]

This is REALLY cool, Aquazone was also some of my earliest Lego...before it came out I liked Blacktron II, so I was instantly grabbed by that first model that borrows heavily from their cockpit designs. It seems of-the-time and even more plausible that it had been an Aquanaut sub designed back then. Even the basic designs have this authenticity. They all fit in as sets -even bizarrely into unoccupied roles/price brackets in the themes. Aside from the HUGE upgrade terrain/fauna/wildlife, which is simply too good to have happened

[Spacedude studio]

On 7/3/2023 at 8:26 PM, the Inventor said:

So cool!

 

[Doddsino]

I was never a huge fan of the Aquaraiders or Hydronauts, but those two little sets are pretty awesome. The Aquanauts cockpit is pretty cool too, reminds me of a throwback to Futuron or something.

I don't mind the others, but they're kinda similar to existing sets. Nonetheless, I like them all.

Edited July 11, 2023 by Doddsino

[Powder Monkey]

On 7/7/2023 at 2:55 PM, royalstick said:

Newer version of Coral parts made Aquazone diorama more realistic!

So true :) Those new pieces couldn't have been a better present to all fans of the old deep sea based Lego themes 

[mrcp6d]

Love the original Aquazone theme!  This and Ice Planet 2002 were I think the two themes of my childhood I and my brother had all the sets between us.

These MOCs are an excellent slice of nostalgia for me.   I'll have to plan a little bit for an AquaJune next year!

[xoona]

Very nice. I love the sets too and have bought 2 little ones for my underwater display.