KDog

To each their own, but I don't see how that could be. A realistic, modern-day Space theme lacks the imagination and fun of the designs in a theme like SPIII, and is a totally different play pattern without the aliens/villains. A modern Space theme is nice, but it's really not a replacement for Space Police III as much as it is another theme that just happens to involve Space.

SPIII seems to have run its course, as much as I like it. I really hoped another futuristic space theme (hopefully one based on exploration) would take its place in 2011. It seems a step downward to go back to modern day Space. NASA is retiring the space shuttle, so the timing seems off to see a new theme based around it.

Sweet! Yeah, it'll be a shame to see her go.

Yeah, Star Justice didn't come with airtanks. Like some other space factions (Mars Mission, the updated Spaceman from the minifigure set) the airtanks seem to be implied as part of the torso print. Now, you don't actually see them with Star Justice, but I imagine they're there. :)

Jenny (Part 2): http://drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=733119

Jenny (Part 2): http://drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=733119 Thankfully, the hiatus was shorter than I expected. :-D

This REALLY SUCKS, but the comic has to go on forced hiatus for awhile. And I just came back from it! What happened is my laptop computer suffered a fall. Not that hard of a fall, because I managed to grab the end and slow its descent, but it still landed on its side. Now, it says it can't find any Bootable Devices when I turn it on. I've read that this can be a sign of hard drive failure, in which case I've lost most everything related to the comic. I've been expecting to get a portable drive and back it all up, but apparently didn't do so in time. However, this can also be a sign of something loose inside the computer. I hope that's all this is. But before I open up the computer and look, I'm going to try and get help from someone who knows what they're doing. What's even more annoying is I took photos for the next two comics today, and was turning on the computer to put together the next comic. ARGH!!!! All I can say is, pray. :-/

I want nothing more than for Paul McGann to get more screentime as the Doctor. As for Freundlich talking to people while facing away from them, I purposely included a shot of him doing that in the last part of the story after you mentioned it. :) I purposefully left it ambiguous as to whether Dash was actually there or not. Either way, his message to Romero was, "I'll be waiting." When I have a bunch of minifigures that all look the same, I try to distinguish them in some way. Keeping Douglas' helmet visor halfway down is just to make him unique. I like that you're always informing me of new writing tropes. :) This comic nomination is the same as last time. It's just Drunk Duck, but it makes me feel good, nonetheless. Yeah, it was about time, wasn't it? :)

Jenny (Part 1): http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=730578

Jenny (Part 1): http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=730578

The Weight: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=729307

The Weight: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=729307

I wrote to LEGO customer service about the Spaceman minifigure and this was there response: .Man, I wished they had released the Slave-I a little bit earlier than they did. I was waiting for it to show up in the store and knew the order would be over $75.

I just went to order one of the new Star Wars sets and it seems the free Spaceman minifig offer is no longer valid. I guess they ended it a day early. :-/

Another Meeting: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=728352

Another Meeting: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=728352

Joebot is right. I think you should go for it. Have fun with it, and other people probably will, too.

Bring Out Your Dead (Part 15): http://drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=724970

Bring Out Your Dead (Part 15): http://drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=724970

Yep, Fleet Admiral McGann is a reference to Paul McGann, who played the 8th Doctor. Good catch! And when the Doctor has appeared in the comic, it's been the 8th. He never got enough adventures, so I figured I'd use him here. :) "Bring Out Your Dead" is definitely about the comic's darker themes and is purposely less humorous. There's one more comic in this storyline, an epilogue of sorts. I have a tendency to draw or photograph characters facing away from the people they're speaking to and looking into the distance when they're being dramatic. I think I've just done it the most with Freundlich, as this story has been more serious. Good point, though, as I hadn't really considered it might be something he does.

Classic-Space.com is down right now, and there's a message saying it was hacked. Could EuroBricks also have been hacked by someone targeting LEGO sites?

I'm back! Bring Out Your Dead (Part 14): http://www.drunkduck...Space/?p=724376

I'm back! Bring Out Your Dead (Part 14): http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=724376

Well, my big move is almost complete and things should be back to normal this week. I expect to have a new comic up tomorrow (Wednesday).

Shouldn't the milk carton be saying, "MOOOOOO!!!!"