Moriboe

Very impressive. The perfect synthesis of style, playability and total coolness! The Blacktron II Aerial Intruder was my favourite space ship as a kid, I get much the same vibes from this

I love how everything is functional and the thought that went in it. Always makes a build look better. Great work :)

Fantastic, it really comes alive!

A: 3 - 7 - 8 B: 9 - 6 - 2

Looks great! The ship has that quirky classic space-futuron vibe that slicker builds just don't have. I´m sure your approach to piece selection had a positive effect on that. And most of all it looks like a lot of fun :). Also those chairs are indeed awesome. My favourite entry.

Nice. Definitely learning from this.

Wow well done, it beats the original! Very charming and looks like a lot of fun to build :)

Fantastic. They may be few but I love the movable parts, works great with the expertly shot video!

Thanks! I combined the parts of all owned sets in a theme to have some more options. So maybe not strictly alternative builds nor multibuilds, but I don't know a better description for this concept where using extra parts is off limits. Happy to see others enjoy this too :)

I was a big fan of the space theme as a kid. I don’t remember if I had a backstory for the factions, they were just cool. When rebuilding the sets some 20 years later I did think of a shared universe. Classic Space/Futuron would be first generation, government sponsored missions. Standard. M-Tron introduces some big mega-corporation taking on logistic tasks outside the solar system, gradually branching out to research and exploring to allow for new settlements. Blacktron II is split off to break the monopoly and gets involved with darker genetic and social engineering stuff. Stealing M-Tron company secrets is part of the job. Spyrius are subcontracted for duty in the most remote and inhospitable regions, for this reason relying heavily on robots and AI. They have dubious and changing loyalties. The Ice Planet 2002 is the most successful settlement, getting ice into orbit with a space elevator and piggybacking it on meteors for transport. Their rocket program, initially to link up communications, is becoming a bit of a worry though. To handle increasingly conflicting interests, the Space Police is sent by the Earth government. They are not always welcome and are suspected of being a cover for their real mission: keeping the space colonies in check. Lastly the Insectoids would be Blacktron II experiments to handle extreme conditions on some newly colonized planets. The other factions don’t have a place in this narrative simply because I don’t own any of their sets :p I don’t think this kind of world would be commercially viable at all. A variation on the Stargate concept would be cool though: linking all worlds, not just space, in a more serious way than Time Cruisers. But probably the narrative from the Lego Movie has already filled that bill.

Really cool, makes me want to buy new space sets :)

Looks great! And it really captures the atmosphere of the original series.

After coming out of my dark ages and rebuilding all my sets, I was a bit at a loss for what to do next. As nostalgia was my motivation and I’ve always liked alternative builds, I decided to take apart my space sets, grouped by faction, and try to remake them in something that would make the 10-year-old me proud. I enjoyed the restriction it imposes, like a big puzzle. I mention the sets I used in spoiler tags. More pictures in the link at the end. For Blacktron II I kept the pods as they are so iconic. I found these sets were rather heavy on plates. Constructions include a mothership that can dispatch the pods to the planet surface where the other crafts await. All except the hover car (and robot) can attach one. There's a surface hopper that can lower its dinosaur-like tail for support when no pod is attached. Sets: The main Space Police II build is a large vehicle with a scouting ship. The back can fold over and reveals a big cannon used to immobilze the baddies. Many big pieces compared to Blacktron II. Sets: The Ice Planet 2002 sets are a bit of a throwback to classic space with many basic bricks, which at first I found somewhat limiting. But it did allow for a swooshable space ship! The launch base doubles as drilling station (a cover?). Vehicles include the tunnel boring "mole", the ice cutting "ostrich", which fits snugly between the robot's legs, a solar sail sled and one with a radar dish and fold out console. Sets: Flickr link for a couple more pictures of the mocs. I also included a picture of the pieces I didn’t use for each faction. I’d like to see more creations just from old sets, please share if you have any!