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  1. danth
    It is fun and everyone should continue to have fun coming up with Space color meanings. Also I don't blame anyone for running with the Red = Pilot White = Ground Crew or whatever that came out of the original designer interviews. I think those are real roles the original designers talked about, I just reject claims that they're "official". Maybe semi-official. 🙂
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    Yep, there is no "official" meaning. I think people just want to sound like they know something others don't, and share things they've read in designer interviews or whatever, but what they read about never amounted to anything official. This is why I laugh when people say "Did you know Aquazone/Rock Raiders are akshually SPACE themes?" They're not. They may have started as a potential Space theme in some early design phase, but that's it.
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    This might be the best thing I've ever seen in terms of a still picture looking like it's moving. The blur lines and the cape, you can just see it flapping.
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    That rover is great, I like the way it elevates on its wheels and how snugly it fits in the "garage".
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    Thanks! 😊
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    The last step is actually building these from virtual Lego pieces. Can anything do that part?
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    Cool! Apparently there are a bunch of ideas out there. https://www.google.com/search?q=tie+mech&tbm=isch
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    I wanna see Tie and AT-AT mechs. And maybe an R2 mech. For the sheer ridiculousness, of course.
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    Thank you! Agreed, if there was going to be another official alt-build after the two smaller spaceships, it would have to be of the ground base. Thanks TX! What's funny is that all of the things you mentioned basically "built themselves" in the sense that those pieces jumped out at me as begging to be used that way and I had no other choice. I love it when building is like that!
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    Hi all! I made this Galaxy Explorer Ground Base from the leftover parts in set 10497 after building the smallest One Man Space Ship alt build. This is the original: Here's mine: In addition to the command base & comm tower, there's a power station, small landing pad, some craters, a small speeder, and a rover. Command base: Comm tower: Power station: Landing pad and speeder: Rover (which I think is hilarious because the truck/storage bed is under the driver's seat): Anyway, I had a ton of fun building this. Thanks for looking!
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    Other two seem fine. Fett has a jet pack. You can see the backs in the 3D view on Lego's website.
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    Thank you! So I'm NOT crazy for seeing the "Spaciness" in this set. 😊 I hadn't even seen that pic showing the modular front/rear bits. Cool.
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    Yeah...I was willing to forgive the new less articulated arm/leg pieces, and the price increase, but that back is horrendous. Especially for Storm Troopers who have little backpacks built in to their armor! You'd think they would do some kind of backpack on the mech.
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    The back of the Stormy mech doesn't look good:
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    I feel like I'm being mocked. 😁 But yeah, two differently colored windscreens in one set? And none of them are trans clear/light blue/black? Has that ever happened before? Admittedly that didn't happen in Space sets either. Sorry, I guess my comment sounds pretty weird. In my defense I said "theme" not "set". Basically if Lego release a brand new Space theme this year with two different factions, these two color schemes could each totally work for the two factions. And the green car could almost be a rover with a few tweaks. Add the fact that neither build appears to have stickers, and that both drivers look fairly generic and don't have crazy hair or, like, tails and stuff, it has the "feel" of a classic set. Add in a few air tanks, and make the pink/black car into a proper space ship, and this is exactly what I would want out of a new Space theme.
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    This is about as close as we'll get to a new Space theme:
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    A picture is worth a thousand words.
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    Apparently the 2K Drive sets were officially revealed by Lego: This is like a dream set to me. The kind of set I literally dream about finding in stores. Just cool, non-licensed sets with amazing colors and no stickers. These look like they could be Space sets almost! Trans pink AND trans light green windscreens in one set! This is what I want to see, Lego. Stuff like this!
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    I will echo the accolades on the Aquazone parts usage, looks wonderful. And that vending machine is inspired. Any relation to the actual Nakano ward in Tokyo? That place is about as close to heaven as I could get. Especially Nakano Broadway which is an old school anime fan's dream mall.
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    Friends continues to be the best theme. That ski lodge is amazing. And aviator visors in trans purple? What? 🤩
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    I just put together the 75301 X-wing. I was weak. I generally don't buy SW sets, but this one sells for $40, and it looks pretty good. And it's a space ship. So I caved. Anyway, I was hoping this would continue the tradition of excellent, fantastic-looking, and cheap SW space ships after the recent Tie and Boba Fett Starship sets. But it's not quite as good as those. For one, it uses stickers in a few places where they really could have just used tiles or grill pieces. Also, the X-Wing mechanism is cool but pretty big and complicated and results in R2 sticking up WAY too high. It looks almost comical. Also, the wings don't touch when closed. They're further than a plate apart. I don't see what's so hard about getting the wings to close fully. And lastly the mechanism results in the rear of the ship feeling tacked on/not secure, and the whole top of the mechanism is visible instead of the standard greebling. I had some tiles/grills on hand that I think look good enough to avoid stickers:
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    Apparently there is a Lego marketing campaign featuring white Classic Space minifigs that were actually sent to space. Too bad the marketing campaign is definitely not for making more unlicensed sci-fi Space sets. 😒
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    Vader mech chest print could possibly see usage as a Blacktron console.
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    As a mech fan and a Lego fan, I might have to pick these up. I do enjoy the ridiculousness of these, and I like that these are non-canon because (sorry) the SW universe is creatively bankrupt these days. And really, aren't you guys tired of the same designs over and over? I wish something like that Storm Trooper mech existed in the sequel movies. I really like the chonkiness. Unlike the Marvel mechs, these actually look like mechs. I wish the Vader one was more chunky. The thumbs are stupid though. The random parts piled onto the Storm Trooper mech don't really make any sense. And I'm kind of here for it. It's almost like the concept of greebling - random stuff added for the sake of it, but in this case it's mech bulk. And of course, prints. Gotta support prints. I might need a bunch of those Vader prints for Blacktron.
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    I had the original as a kid: 😁
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