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As a Battletech/Mechwarrior fan, this blends the aesthetics of the Locust and the Raven, both of which are favorites of mine. I have a soft spot for chicken walker type mechs. The heraldry from the Nexo Knight shields suggest that this mech exists in a feudal society (again, much like early Battletech) where mechs belonged to noble families and were handed down from generation to generation. Though, with Emmet as the technician, I would be a little hesitant about piloting it.

I was concerned about that since I do tend to build on a smaller scale. Finding suitable Technic functions will be difficult, like say for missile launchers that can hide and pop out, especially if I want to hide the the mechanism well. I played with the truck and it was certainly educational. I like the steering and the dumping mechanisms. Here it is, driving over a WIP Blacktron project that's waiting for a bricklink order. I got bored and built a bunch of micro sky-fi planes. Now I need to build a flying carrier for them. Now to see if I can incorporate some Technic functions and build one with working elevators for the planes.

NICE!!! I love the engines and the wing shape! My only suggestion would be to make the colors "more military". Right now, it has more of an "airshow" paint job to it. I'm definitely curious what functions you've incorporated into it.

Dramatis Personae: Previously, Currently, Rassilon? Why are we looking at Rassilon? It looks so peaceful, doesn't it? And they don't even realize... That didn't sound ominous at all. Wait...that thing we built? Don't tell me!!! There it is, up in the sky! We're destroying the Sea Rat settlement of Rassilon? All those people are going to die!!! They're not ALL going to die. Besides, the upkeep costs were getting outrageous. Rassilon had to go. It got too expensive. So we're just going to kill them?!?! DON'T WANT TO CLOSE MY EYES!!! I DON'T WANT TO FALL ASLEEP, 'CAUSE I'D MISS YOU, BABY, AND I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING!!! We're responsible for this! We built that giant fireball! Ahem. Technically, I did. Leave it to the psychobabble student to try to steal credit from the engineer. You admit it! Of course. It's not my best work, but I'm proud of it nonetheless. PROFESSIONAL PRIDE!!! I don't care who built it! We couldn't have evacuated Rassilon first?! And create a refugee crisis? We can't afford that. Why do you think we are doing this in the first place? All those people are going to die and it will be on us! Nah. The people will just think the gods did this. It's not like they can see the fourth wall, let alone anything past it. I can't watch... Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

An ocean liner rocket ship?!?!?! In art deco style?!?!?! Just creating the shape would be insane. Not to mention being able to access the different levels inside for the play features and minifigure accommodations.

Well, you've inspired me to try to add some functions to my MOCs, so I went out during my lunch break and picked this up: It's time I learned a few new things.

Thanks! I saw your recent sky-fi MOC and I love the engine and the colors! Thanks! I'm glad you like it! Thanks! I'm not much of an expert of sky-fi. @Digger of Bricks is much more of the expert than I am. I just put it with the Rocket Ranger or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow or AT-43 or Maschinen Krieger type of alternate World War II technology (some call it Weird War II). Throw in some art deco influences and make sure there is a heavy emphasis on style and form. Imagine a battlefield with blimps and helicarriers launching their diesel powered prop planes with armies of soldiers in hardsuits and tank-mechs stomping around below. I'm flattered that you would want to use my MOC as a template for your future project, but I'm going to say that the examples of John Hall's MOCs provided by @Digger of Bricks are much better. His MOCs were partly the inspiration behind mine. Also, I wanted to congratulate you on winning the Technic contest with your ridiculous P-38 MOC. It's truly awesome, especially with all the functions and power functions.

I'm glad that TLG is pushing how their bricks and technology can mesh better to expand the LEGO experience for children. However, I do hope they keep MOCers in mind and in the future allow MOCs to be integrated into their AR apps. How? I don't know. But I do hope they keep working at it.

^ is the realistic answer. But since the question is about what I'D want to see: Something either with City, Castle, or Space. 1) A huge 8,000-10,000 brick downtown. A real downtown...or at least as real as 8,000-10,000 bricks allow...something more than just one city block... 2) A huge 8,000-10,000 brick castle. Give it a ton of play features and offer a variety of printed faction flags and shields so the owner can make it Black Falcon, or Lion Knights, or Wolfpack Renegades, or whatever. 3) A huge 8,000-10,000 brick Classic Space base. With full facilities and a multiple landing pads for more spaceships, Spaceships, SPACESHIPS! I know...pie in the sky. But this is just another wishlist.

Thanks! And it's great to see you back! For me, AG was a great crash course of intense LEGO building. However, that resulted in me building a lot of crap MOCs, which really were against the spirit of the game. When AG ended, I decided that I wanted to take my time and use the lessons I'd learn to improve my MOCs. Also, thanks to my exposure to all the great AG storytellers, such as yourself, I also decided to change the way I presented a story and up my writing game, as well.

NICE!!! I can imagine swarms of thousands (or tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions of these, depending on the titer) injecting their cargo into huge rod shaped motherships and taking them over (maybe even remaining dormant in a lysogenic manner)! I do have to ask: is the helix intentionally left-handed?

Thanks! I took inspiration from both the Saber and the Lightning, and ended up combining them in this weird way. Thanks! The pics themselves are links to the Flickr image, which in this case, are all public. I guess I don't always make pics public, especially in the cases of WIPs and pics that are not mine, but in this case they all are. I should say that the background image was taken from wikipedia, which I assume is public domain. If I'm wrong, I will happily change the background. Thanks! I find most sky-fi planes tend to have straight wings, and I wanted a go at doing one with swept wings.

More pics under the spoiler. Comments and criticisms welcome!

@CopMike and @Sigfreid My manatee showed up and boy is it huge!!! Down, manatee, down!!! Thanks again for the raffle!!!

Wow! I mostly treat TLG sets as parts packs and never actually build what's on the box, but I think these sets are worth putting together. Additionally, I'm glad TLG is continuing to push interactivity technology between the classic bricks and current devices.

Off topic... @koalayummies

One is included or one is excluded. There is no in between state. Which are all cis-gendered couples. Overtly so. Pop quiz! Are non cis-gendered couples overtly included in any LEGO theme or sets? Answer: No. That means they are excluded. There may be marketing reasons why TLG has decided to exclude them. But in my opinion, they are currently on the wrong side of history.

From left to right: Explosion-In-My-Pants-Guy: No explanation needed. Uncle Hombre: Hombre returns as he is in charge of looking out for... Poshey: The adult daughter of Eshey and Pombe. Fresh out of college, with the leadership skills of her mother and the mad deejay skills of her father, Poshey is ready to take on the corporate world! Rosie: The Arizonan daughter of the cactus alien that Poshey's mother shot at in AG1, she was Poshey's college roommate and is a scientific genius. MC Fresh: An alien of the rapscallion species, he lays waste to anyone in his way with funky fresh rhymes and a cool attitude. The frontman for the music group, The Fresh Posse.

Thanks! I think your idea would work! It would push the wheel a little bit further out, but then it would be able to spin freely and still take advantage of the steering and suspension. Just make sure that the wheels are steered properly (in parallel pairs) before rolling or else it won't move anyway.

You put the criteria of nostalgia under the "fairly superficial" category for reasons for why people like/buy things. However, this is why marketing departments exist. Like it or not, perception and branding are stronger drivers for consumer behavior than purely objective measures for why one thing is better than another thing. There are numerous examples in the automobile industry of objectively better cars being outsold by cars with better perception, branding, and/or nostalgic value. That said, this works against fans of classic space specifically because Star Wars has better perception and branding, and higher nostalgic value with the general population.

I admit it was a loaded question. However, as a CS fan who wants to see some sort of CS revival, I'm cautious with my optimism regarding any sort of CS related material put out by TLG. No re-imagining/sequel makes 100% of the fans happy, though some succeed more than others. Like, how do: 1) Lord of the Rings fans feel about Peter Jackson's work? 2) Transformers fans feel about Michael Bay's work? 3) Avatar: The Last Airbender fans feel about M. Night Shyamalan's work? I mean...look at how Star Wars fans reacted to The Last Jedi. I could have swore the internet collapsed on itself. Wow... Back to LEGO: 1) As a Space Police I fan who missed out on Space Police II, I was really happy with Space Police III (though, I was disappointed that Blacktron was not utilized more as an opposing faction). 2) I do feel that Blacktron II was a disappointment compared to Blacktron I, but right now I would be happy with a Blacktron revival similar to either theme.

What I'm reading from the last few posts: Classic Space is Classic Space, so long as the Classic Space logo is used. Everything else can be changed. Am I reading the spirit of the discussion correctly?

@Dannylonglegs OH SNAP! WELCOME BACK! I'm glad to see that you are doing well! Speaking of which, I, too, have my AG2 crew ready. I guess it's almost time for me to post them, as well.

Hmm. An updated and more sophisticated version of Classic Space for today's children. I wonder where TLG might find inspiration for that?

When figbarfing (I think that's the term for this), it helps to include pics (and part numbers so people can look them up easily on Bricklink.com) so that people will know what you are talking about. From what I can tell, you want to do this: But, because the tail assembly is black, which doesn't match the rest of the dark blue (that's the official name of the color, not earth blue) from the helmet, the torso, and the legs, you are looking for alternatives. One idea is that maybe a black visor and black air tanks would work to integrate the tail with the rest of the suit. Another would be to start with the catwoman suit and work around that, since it is black (with some purple):