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The account merge worked fine for me. I'm not happy about Bricklink being run by Lego in general, but many sellers have already moved to Brickowl and other sites.

It works fine for me. I used to post there way back in the day, it was the original hub for Lego discussion and there wasn't really any other place to discuss lego until Eurobricks in mid 2000s. The set database is all on Brickset now, but records of that old discussion of lego is still useful.

Yes it's greebling but could be viewed as a heatsink or solar panel.

Classic Space exploration truck with an array of internal lab equipment https://www.flickr.com/photos/141514326@N04/albums/72177720329452601

Great cockpit design with the aquazone panels on opposite sides, took me a minute to see how you did it.

Thanks all! I wanted to use that cockpit specifically, it's only used in Aquaraiders but always looked very Blacktron to me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/141514326@N04/albums/72177720327010736/ Blacktron II assault mech that stands guard outside vital installations.

I picked up this game, it's only a few dollars on instant gaming. It was not that well received by reviewers but I really liked the first Lego Movie game and the way the entire world was built out Lego. It's the only Lego game like that and is great for moc inspiration.

Yes, a few midsize sets had very good B models too. I like the ones in 8425 and 8295, and for 8284 the A and B models were switched around in some countries. The duck looks awesome, I never saw it before. I don't have that set but will have to try building it.

I just built the crane B model for 8094, so thought I would bump this thread. A few B models for the largest sets were amazing but most were forgettable. I can see why they stopped making them after the growth of Rebrickable and custom moc instructions being much more common now. Many of them were good but felt like inferior versions of the main model, so there wasn't much reason to keep it built. I often built the B model several years later with spare parts not from the same set. My favorite ones are in 8868, 8480, 9396, 8094, 8485, 8425 and 8458. I especially like the ones where they introduced new and very different functionality like 8868 or 8485. The Universal sets also had good ones but sometimes had no clear main model to begin with.

That would be great to see. To be honest M:Tron might be a little too obscure today to get much traction on Ideas, but I can certainly try putting it up.

As you can probably tell it's a beefed up version of the old Particle Ionizer. The intermeshing rotors are geared together, they are used in a few real helicopters and the 9396 alternate model.

Thanks, these look really nice, like a black ops MTron team.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/141514326@N04/albums/72177720318424460/with/53830085412/ The M-95 Particle Incinerator is an M:Tron atmospheric gunship with intermeshing rotors and rear engines for lateral thrust.

That is an epic army. I like the huge battleship in the back as well, reminds me of 40k imperial ships. Do you have a closer picture of the black MTron guys in the back?

I'm at this event, send me a pm if you're up for getting together sometime on sat or sun.

This is true but the rules have never really been enforced, I have seen many people use clone bricks at Brickfair and Brickworld. The problem is a lot of the big shows are supported by TLG in the form of free sets, which would go away if clones were explicitly allowed. But they have removed many other types of support over the years (they used to have big discounts at local Lego stores for show exhibitors back in the day) and I could see this disappearing anyway. In the long run it's much better for fans to not be so dependent on TLG.

I've had this view for a long time. Some of the clones have just as good quality as Lego if not better, and Lego quality is not what it once used to be. It would be healthier for fans if Lego had a serious competitor on a global scale (none of the current clones are) and fans used different bricks in their creations. I still use 99% Lego in my creations because my existing collection is all Lego and it's easiest for me to buy Lego bricks from the usual sources (bricklink, PAB walls, etc.), but I do occasionally use clones and custom parts, especially for bricks that don't exist or are long discontinued in Lego form.

They are specific white bricks in sets from about 1988-2000, treated with some different chemical mixture. They yellow just as fast in a pitch dark room as in the light, while other white bricks on the same models look perfect. The only way to distinguish them is to leave them on a built model for many years. I have such bricks in the 8880 Super Car, several Explorien and Futuron sets. I'm just redoing the treatment on some of them, but will probably replace them with newer white bricks. But some are rare printed parts that are long out of production.

Update on this after two years, most of the retro-brite treated bricks still look great and like new. However, some specific bricks from early to mid 1990s sets (the "oxygen sensitive" white bricks) have become yellowed again and reverted back to how they were before the treatment. It only happens with these specific bricks and it's very obvious because other bricks from the same sets are fine. I'm redoing the treatment with these parts since there aren't that many of them, will see how long it lasts.

You can also see the differences in the head prints, the old figures have smaller eyes and mouths and it gives them a different facial expression. There are also at least three collectible minifigs that are great additions to the theme too.

Thanks everyone! I got the idea for a plasma ball moc from a friend in my local lug. I wanted to have some kind of trans panel or glass inside the pentagons but nothing really fit well, so I just left it open. The colors are a bit haphazard but Galaxy Squad had many different color schemes. The teal hose made for a nice accent on the catwalk.

Galaxy Squad fusion reactor built around a plasma ball. Technicians monitor the power output from an array of consoles. https://www.flickr.com/photos/141514326@N04/albums

Looks gorgeous! I wish we had that windscreen in trans green though.

The anti violence thing was never really taken seriously by the set designers though, especially with space sets. They even said later on that the ships had weapons in their minds (and in the minds of kids who played with the sets), even though they were not allowed to call them that. Some sets like 6940 are obviously SW inspired.