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  1. Murdoch17
    Thanks @Feuer Zug! Thank you @JesseNight. RE: future MOC's: only time will tell if more are made... (In all seriousness, I'm out of models I want to make / vehicles that are easily recognizable) Thanks @Yperio_Bricks, and I agree about the inventor being a good match for the machine! (You need to find and watch the 1960 film, as it's good! The 2002 one is less so...)
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    This MOC of author H.G. Wells' time-traveling vehicle from the novel 'The Time Machine' (specifically this MOC is inspired by the excellent 1960 movie version) was designed by user D3ner over on Rebrickable. You can see those free instructions here, though it requires major modifications to be buildable in real life. My brother re-built that MOC digitally in Studio and edited it for me to make it more stable and look better. This model completes my Time Machine collection* and has technically been built since mid-December, but wasn't completed until today when my brother found me an Steampunk Inventor fig from CMF series 27 at Walmart. (Thanks bro!) The Inventor fig fits perfectly with the time machine, and his hat just barely fits over the top of the seat, almost like they were made for each other. *My five time machines include: Bill & Ted's Phonebooth The TARDIS BTTF Time Train BTTF DeLorean H.G. Wells' Time Machine Thoughts? (Also, @Peppermint_M, if you think this belongs somewhere else, feel free to move it where you see fit. I honestly wasn't sure where to put this MOC.)
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    Try searching the legs, modified category for "boots" or click here for the category search term, @hikouki. Also, here is the part you're looking for. It's a stupid taxonomy, and the search is usually worthless, but that's par for the course for Bricklink sometimes...
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    Thanks @Barry_Smith! That was my line of thinking as well.
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    I second this notion. Slow and steady wins the race, as they say.
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    I've actually got a 1955 Aerotrain built and it doesn't need the rear axle to move like that when pushing by hand, but it does need wider radius 9v curves (which nobody I know owns) in order to be powered and work without overheating @bogieman. See here for a quick video from 2018 when i borrowed some track and motor from my father's collection to test it. (NOTE: I am missing two car in that video, as the motor couldn't handle all five cars.) Also, the one in St. Louis was just refurbished during the pandemic... but they did weld a bar to the lead truck's so kids could ring a bell. (Don't get me started on that! )
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    Sounds shady to me, and I get a bad vibe. I wouldn't trust it, personally...
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    Meh. As I said on Brickset: I don't need another Blacktron commander.... my own version using legs and torso from the Galactic Bounty Hunter CMF work well enough.
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    @Mister Phes I think the September 27th bit in your post is wrong...
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    You are correct about the straight windows being doors @Sebeus I. Thanks for the compliment too!
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    Yay! Another Nuclear loco! That's three after @Electricsteam 's one and my own. Love the humor in the above post too, and the fuzzy picture of the reactor is the icing on the yellow cake (Uranium)! This MOC is positively glowing with positive vibes, and why not? It's an awesome model, and has totally blown me away. Keep up the good work @FlammerFime! Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to SCRAM.
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    This Blacktron 1 colored passenger train is modeled after the General Motors Aerotrain concept of 1955. I modified the engine to have two bogies (one of which can be replaced with a 9V motor to power the train) instead of the one bogie and one fixed axle of the original. The passenger cars were lengthened from 16 to 24 studs and Jacob's bogies placed in two spots to lessen the part count. (Yes, it bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain other space train of mine... let's just say some espionage was involved concerning the CS design plans for that train!) The train will be used on my Blacktron space base, shuttling VIP's around on tours of my base. Alternatively, it could be used to get personnel to / from the base and the off-site living quarters. (you can read more about my Blacktron fleet in it's own thread in the Sci-Fi forum.) The windows in the train were difficult to get right, but I managed to attach them. Inverted trans-yellow 2x2 slopes that would make this way easier are coming in a set releasing in March, but I'm not waiting that long! (The tail car is currently missing a few parts for the roof.) The cab roof is removable and a driver can be placed at the controls, but the coaches are totally impossible to get into due to the construction techniques used. (Also, two control panel double-cheese slopes, two 1x1 number tiles, and two radiator donut tiles are missing from the model, among a few other parts.) As for when this will be built in the real world, it will be soon. The last few parts for the train were ordered 1/14/25. Update 1/15/25! This space train station (named 'Base Terminus') is to be used with my retro-futuristic Blacktron passenger train to get staff and VIP's to and from the space base. (Some printed parts are not in the picture, but they will be when it's built in real life.) Thoughts?
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    Thanks! I'm working on a Blacktron space train at the moment, and have a backlog of real-world pictures to take, so stay tuned for more @Feuer Zug!
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    SHHH! Don't say that! LEGO designers read these boards you know!
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    Refrigerator cars / Reefers didn't really exist / catch on in the Wild West of the era being presented in the set. (late 1860's through late 1870's by my guess) I know cattle were originally brought to big cities, slaughtered there, and then sold locally by butchers. (Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are ones that come to mind first in that department.) I'm fairly positive insulation techniques then improved by the mid-1880s, and ice was then used to ship cuts of meats (up until the 1950s when mechanical refrigeration was made possible on a massive scale, of course!) Also, reefers don't have hay, spots for horses to graze, and windows of any kind up top.
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    My Blacktron Army: 1x commander 4x officers 19x troopers 1x robot (HUGE thanks to my brother for giving me ~10 of his unwanted Blacktron torsos from the old GWP that were purchased from Pick-A-Brick back in 2023.) The new Blacktron Vendetta. I combined the Renegade with a new cockpit modified from the Blacktron Cruiser GWP, with added parts from a free Rebrickable MOC's instructions. The cargo pod is reverse engineered and modified from one posted in a Brickset article. More pictures to come somewhat soon of the Vendetta and the just-finished Blacktron space base....
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    I didn't check, and all the spares are dumped into another bin... but I did have another error. While building the engine sections I was short of one red 78256. Luckily, since I didn't built the original set's cockpit so I had spares to fill in the hole.
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    Mine 10355 is done, with some special modifications made! The new cockpit is taken from the Blacktron Cruiser GWP with added parts from a free Rebrickable MOC's instructions, while the cargo pod is reverse engineered and modified from one posted in a Brickset article. (You can view the Rebrickable MOC here, while the Brickset article about modifying 10355 can be viewed here.) Here's a bonus atmospheric shot and a short description: On the rain-soaked moon of Titan IV, Blacktron forces have a secret outpost, used for constructing and testing of new space ships and weapons. Completely hidden under the permanently stormy skies and helped by it's remote location, this outpost is also secluded by means of electronic scrambler devices and a camera-confusing layout, rendering any orbital ship / satellite photos unusable for anyone but those with the proper clearance codes. However, during times of high solar activity, the scrambler devices are turned off for fear of them being destroyed by the flares. In this extremely tight window, pictures may be taken of the base below. In one such solar window, a passing planetary mining survey ship from M-Tron managed to get a single photo of this new Blacktron ship sent off before transmission ceased abruptly... most likely by countermeasures being deployed by satellites to destroy the orbiting ship. Back at M-Tron corporate HQ, realizing that they had info on a new, previously unknown Blacktron ship, sent off copies to the Space Police for further investigation. This ship appears to be a combination of the cruiser type (SP codename 'Invader') and the frigate-type nicknamed by the Space Police as a 'Renegade', with this new hybrid between the two now named the 'Vendetta'. Beyond this single picture, nothing is known of it's capabilities and none have since been spotted in flight or combat. ...yet.
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    Me! Nov. 28th is when i ordered, and my standard order still hasn't shipped. I'm not expecting it before Valentine's Day, honestly.
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    The friction-y plastic axles are a major turn-off for me. That, and I just disassembled my 8 wide trains because they didn't match my other stuff. Thus, this is one set I'm not being suckered into buying by FOMO! Also, I hate that boxcar. American boxcars / cattle cars NEVER had cupolas on the roof. So there's another mark against it.
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    SHHH! Don't jinx it! We need a proper Marvel train! Hopefully with more than one car and with the ability to take a motor! (A guy can dream, right?)
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    I don't know many Marvel movies, but the word 'train' has my interest totally peaked. In fact, wasn't that phrase used in the second Spiderman Movie (2004) during the train scene? Or am I crazy? (I would sell my soul for a remake of set 4855!)
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    How about Febrovery @YellowFrog? (I think I'm spelling that right....) It's all about building space rovers in February!
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    What on Earth makes you say that @kosnevmisha? If it wasn't popular, LEGO wouldn't be making any money off Disney-related themes and would quietly drop them as a business partner. (which is not happening!) The only partner I could honestly see that happening to is DC Superheroes theme by Warner Brothers. (Now THERE is a theme that is on life support!) But Disney? It's Not happening... In fact, if I was a betting man, I'd put money on the Walt Disney Company / Mickey Mouse probably outliving us all.
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    It's a Japanese manga series, a 1999 anime series with over 1,100 episodes (and counting!) and a bunch of films, plus a newer 2023 live action Netflix show. The only reason I know any of this is because: A) I looked it up on Wikipedia. B) I know some people who are obsessed with the older show and are really excited for it, but I'm not one of those people who cares one iota about this theme... if it's based off the original anime, it would shock me as it's far too adult for LEGO from what I've been told / been shown by my friend.
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