Blacktron might be the most popular Classic Space subtheme in numbers, but all the cool kids stan Ice Planet 2002. It has amazing colors, chainsaws, and courtesy of the CMF space series, penguins in space suits. Bob DeQuatre heats up the Ice Planet Renaissance with his latest retro tribute, the Ice Falcon. The classic color scheme is there with the addition of medium azure for subtle gradation in the blues and a little extra black for those incredible engines. Of course a classic printed slope graces the nose.
From the front, the ship is sleek and studless. The engines bring in more greebling and cables. To give the ship texture while minimizing studs and seams, Bob incorporates Hero Factory leg elements into the engines. It’s a bit odd seeing a transparent color other than dark orange on an Ice Planet ship, but the glowing engines look great.
Best of all, as a modern Ice Planet ship, Bob make’s room for the penguin co-pilot. Beautiful.
Bob followed the Ice Falcon with this Mobile Analysis Unit. The blue color band looks great, with a touch of medium azure peaking out.
Bob’s latest Neo-Ice Planet ship carries on his series of tributes to the beloved theme, started by last year’s recon craft pictured here, and the Ice Explorer, which we blogged about back in 2019.
