The year: 1953. The US and Soviet space programs are in full swing, and a war rages for control of earth’s only natural satellite, the moon. Shannon Ocean has the full story.
See many, many more awesome Battle for the Moon creations by Shannon on MOCpages.
I recently finished reading Arthur C. Clarke’s very early Islands in the Sky (published in 1952), full of both prescient hits and blind misses.
Catarino has perfectly captured in microscale LEGO the look of retro-future space stations I imagined as I read Clarke’s science fiction.
Via MicroBricks.
Okay, so I don’t know that this diorama by Mristoph Chonnaie (stenertje) is actually set on a moon made of yellow cheese, but it sure is delicious.
Take a closer look at the base and the fighters in the full photoset on Flickr.
Thanks for the tip, Rodney (we’re a bit behind right now).
There’s no doubt that 10182 Cafe Corner will go down in history as a classic. But what would it look like at different point in human history? Crises has the answer.
Those of you who’ve built the LEGO Space Police sets will have noticed a number of subtle Easter eggs the LEGO designers included for long-time LEGO fans, including “Blacktron” spray-painted on the side of 5972 Space Truck Getaway.
Less subtle a reference but no less awesome, LEGO Designer Mark Stafford has built a Blacktron version of 5973 Hyperspeed Pursuit:
See more photos on MOCpages.
So I was absolutely ecstatic to see that Robert VH (flickr and MOCpages) had built The Spearhead, a spaceship that appeared in the 1986 LEGO comic story “Jim Spaceborn.”
During my “dark ages,” I did a pretty good job of preserving most of my bricks and instructions, but I regrettably let the catalogs and idea books go. Luckily, I have friends who have plenty of extras. Reliving those memories and garnering inspiration from those classic documents can be a refreshing addition to building.
One of the things that has been capturing my attention in nnenn‘s posts of his space creations, is that each time he reveals a new ship, he includes at least one picture that shows the ship from all sides, in a beautiful layout that still allows the viewer to appreciate how the whole thing works together. You can really see each ship’s thickness, angles and structure. The first is his most recent space carrier.
The one that first caught my eye is this lovely escort fighter.
All kinds of little robots on his photostream too, but I can’t blog it all.
This medical bot by Rong Yiren appears to be the result of an unholy union between a Mech and a Segway. What’s really cool is that it looks awesome!
Cybernetic trolls by Aaron Andrews (darkspawn). They have optic feedback units. No more needs be said.
“Big Daddy” Nelson‘s wife build this beautiful pink medical moon base several months ago and he posted pictures today. I just love it. Absolutely love it. My wife’s Barbie collection would love to live in this thing, if they were small enough. Ha ha! Too small for them!
Check out the back story and other pictures in Big Daddy’s photoset.
Sometimes, the words we write for our blog posts can’t do justice to the wonderful LEGO creations we feature. Here’s Kevin (Legorevolution) in his own words:
The NSR (or New Space Reich) lost contact with the battle cruiser Andromeda a little over 2 light years ago. Since the vessel was exploring an uncharted sector of space, whatever they had mapped or come across was vital to our database and to the progression of our colonies. As a trained veteran in both military, technological, and scientific affairs I was natural chosen to find the ship and bring her and the crew home. However no training could have prepared me for the frightening discovery I have just made. The ship is in utter ruins- the crew all dead and seemingly infected with some sort of unknown agent that turns their skin tone green. Scouting out the lower hull of the ship so far has produced various wall murals written in blood. The most disturbing of which I have just found in one of the hangars spelling out ‘RUN’. Why RUN? The quietness is so eerie; all I can hear is myself breathing in my hardsuit. My god, what has happened here…
It’s hard to imagine the Neo-Classic Space LEGO creations by Peter Reid (legoloverman) scaled down with just as much detail, but Pete himself has accomplished this with a series of lovely little microscale vehicles.
