I really hope to continue to see a pseudo return to form of these classic remake sets. Honestly the fact that the spaceship looks so unique silhouette wise shows you that the original designs were peak and only got better with age. Let's hope for some MTron, Ice Planet, and hell any other classic Lego themes and sets having an updated comeback
Wow, a nostalgia set that is not €200,-plus. Not to mention it looking to give value for the price (within Lego). And i think this one will be a gift to my brother who had the space theme amongst the three of us, since he has gotten out of his dark ages recently aswell.
They really are! I wonder if the designer had any exposure to that show? I saw an interview with him and he really liked the original Blacktron Renegade when he was a kid, so he was close to the right age to have seen it!
Yes that grille wedge piece already exists in black, for anyone wondering - in the Aquadozer from Aquaraiders, the Interstellar Starfighter from UFO, and the Armada Flagship from og Pirates.
I was literally going into the comments to say that it had been for-EV-ver since we had gotten that piece in black! Heck, now that I think about it, I think that that piece hasn't been active in the LEGO Portfolio in ANY color since the very first set to use their new 6-wide shipping container pattern came out back in the late '00s/early 2010s 🤔 Incidentally, I've been hoping for a reissue of this part for quite some time, as the use of 2 in that set as the bogie ends of a COFC spine-car was rather inspired 😊
Well, as a serial completionist, now they have to make a contemporary M-tron, Space Police, and Ice Planet. I mean, who doesn't want a new Deep Freeze Defender?
Space Police is possible. M-Tron and Ice Planet 2002 aren't, because of the retired trans colors. And there isn't any piece to exchange the large quarter dome piece also. I would love to see a UCS Mega-Core-Magnetizer or a Deep-Freeze-Defender if they would bring back the old colors 🤗. Soo long...
Black Tron, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Black Tron. 🎶 It reminds me of when I would make spaceships out of random parts as a kid, utilizing the wedges from boats and whatnot.
I grew up when Lego spaceships were blue & grey, with accents of yellow. But yeah, the fun was in building new space things from the accumulated parts of my space sets collection.
My initial reaction was not entirely positive, but I think I've come around to considering it a good update. Not entirely clear if the landing gear folds or not, they look less prominent in some of the shots but it might just be the angle. The rover being basically a pickup truck is pretty funny (and... actually, isn't it whatever Kup from the 80s Transformers series turns into?) Only thing I'm really not that happy about is the sensor head, it looks too much like a slightly embarrassed beetle. The mini-flyers being disguised as the symbols on the wings when stowed is actually pretty brilliant. Only one more question remains: Battrax when?
Dude, no idea this was gonna drop. So hyped! I still have the massive ice planet cruiser on a shelf with my modern lego. I cant wait for them to redo that one!
Just came from the re-released old review of the Renegade! The new one looks pretty good; hopefully, Walmart will have this one on sale for $80 like they did for the Galaxy Explorer.
I too feel critical of how blunt the left fuselage is. It will be interesting to see if other builders customize it to be somewhat more pointed, as I likely will.
This set looks like a great value and I enjoy having more exposed studs than usual since it makes it more lego-like. However, I wish the design was a bit more substantial in shape instead of being too busy with too many different angles and shapes for it to look clean and sleek.
Yeah I feel like it lost a lot of its original silhouette, it definitely didn't translate as well as the Galaxy Explorer did to its own remake. It's also a bit of a shame how much they phoned in the box art.
I am very much looking forward to this set! From what I can see, this set might partially still work with the Blacktron Cruiser; it looks like there's the same 1 brick of space between the top and bottom clips; which means (while I don't know for sure about stability) the Cruiser cockpit, the back side of the cargo module, and the back of the wings module should (hopefully) work still. Which also means that the engines, antenna/scanner array, cockpit, and engines of the Renegade would be partially compatible with those modules. But we'll have to wait until we have the two sets in-hand to see! About the one beam in the front: that is technically there on the original, right? it's maybe just more prominent because of how there's more yellow, and the land rover thing isn't filling up the middle space in many pictures.
I actually really love this. It looks very industrial, like it was designed completely with function over form, which makes sense for Blacktron, but it’s also the opposite of the Galaxy Explorer that looks like it was designed with form over function. They contrast each other very well so I feel like they’ll look great together
I still have the original on display in my office, along with the Galaxy Commander (6980). I love that they are remaking these but the originals will always be my favourite (because that's what happens when you get old).
Just from the first impression I love this set. And I will definitely buy it. I wonder how this ship will look next to the reimagined Galaxy Explorer we got a while ago. Either way, I hope Lego keeps these models coming. Well.... at least once in a while. Anyways, I think this is going to be a good one.
I've never liked the OG blacktron 1 sets. I had two copies of the Alieanator as a kid, was happy to have it but it was one my least favourite LEGO space set (that and the two UFO sets I had). But this remake looks really good. I like the direction the designer took: not a scaled up version like the Galaxy Explorer, but what the set would look like if it had been created today (like the Lion Knight castle). As for the alternative models, the Alienator remake doesn't connect with me, but I like the mech :)
Thanks Lego for listening and bringing back Classic Space. Fills my heart with joy. There's definitely a market for the old stye Space with a new twist and they're great because they lead to lots of game play and stories. I hope to see more Classic (not City) Space sets, especially smaller ones like vehicles and stations and maybe even someday a mega set like a space monorail!
I was just a little bit too young for the OG Blacktron, but I love this. This is an absolute buy for me. I will still be modifying it, but I dig it! Very industrial looking. Not a pretty ship, nor should it be. It is a ship for work… and swooshing!
I love the contrast w the galaxy explorer. The industrial vs sleek design, asymetry and colour too! Will be grabbing this guy for sure (hopefully on a nice discount like the GE!).
I grew up on the classic space and have a few of the black tron sets. But my favorite is the black tron 2 line ,love the colors better. That being said I will be getting this too and hoping they do a black tron 2 line also🤞🤞🤞.
Im really vibing with this. Not just that the A-Model looks so cool, it also looks like the pieces are really well suited to just go bananas yourself when building. Might even get a couple of them if they are on a sale.
I agree with you about the flat, knobby end to the side of the cockpit. I wish that was a little more aerodynamic and had a cooler feature attached to it.
I have similar reservations about the design decisions. However, the original Renegade is one of the few sets I kept from my childhood and have on display to this day, so I'm compelled to get the new version to go along with the modern Galaxy Explorer. I am happy that my two favorites from when I was a kid have been ones selected by LEGO for new and updated editions.
The first blacktron and the first space police were my favorite space themes. I used to combine them using all black from blacktron and the trans red from the Space Police 1 to make sweet ships.
It’s really neat and interesting, seems a decent price too, far, far superior to anything with the Star Wars tax at least. Will be picking up most likely to go with the galaxy explorer
THE ROBOT... NOSTALGIA!!!! 🥹🥰🤖🖤 Blacktron must've started around the time I stopped collecting Lego.. had just about every set up until that point. Maybe I had a set or two of BT, tho, given I had the robot, and maybe some of the minifigs? Just don't recall any significant sets in the BT colours. But I still NEED this set.. maybe even two, for the alternate builds! 😅
$150 in Norway. Always fun to see the announcement prices and know I can easily just add a third of the peice right on top as a good pointer. This one is confirmed as $150+.
I didn't look at the photos and videos well enough when I saw this - also not a fan of the front of the cockpit being the flag element. Great that it is printed. But would have appreciated a sloped brick there, similar to the original. I still have my original built and on display. One thing this one missed on is the ability for the cargo to be attached to the main cockpit flyer. The original had a lab in the middle that could be attached. This has the lander, so it acts more like a drop ship. I'm sure that was a design decision early on. And the rover/lander looks super cool. It just leaves the original modularity short one large unit. On a marketing note and nostalgia note: the Galaxy Explorer from 2022 was the first set I built upon spending 9 months hiking in the woods. I absolutely loved the build. By the time I got back, it was already on discount at big box retail stores. I bought another so I could build the medium ship, and a 3rd for 1/2 price! [I decided to skip the small ship build and play around with build a MOC which I'm 1/2 way okay with - need to spend time improving it]. So I am not certain this will sell well either. But TLG now has marketing data from the GE 2022 set, so maybe they won't make as many and so there won't be as many overstock in big box stores? The other issue with GE was how big the box size was. A slow seller, low-ish price-point, and a large box are not good combos - I'm sure Walmart and the rest would have appreciated a $300 set that was in the same size box being a slow mover vs a $100 set. Maybe that is why the "retro" box art from GE is not on this set - they want this set to pop more to casual customers. I'll be curious if they have made the box size smaller [take a page from FO, TLG!] so that it won't take as much shelf space, as well as be better/more efficient for the environment and for shipping. $100 seems like a good value on this. But my 3 Galaxy Explorers cost $100, $70, and $50. So I may just wait to see if this goes on a similar sale, as I really want to get the modular on Jan 1 as modulars don't seem to go on sale very often, and TLG has me with the GWP that comes with the modular [how I loathe the GWP system, but at the same time, when there's a GWP set I like, they get me to fall in line and buy the set at midnight ...]. Looking forward to your review and comparison video, Jang!
I have the original set as well, I can't wait for this one. I loved the new Galaxy Explorer which I also have from my childhood, got this one when I was an adult but.... now 2 space remake sets in a row? I'm happy.
I really love this one. I've been waiting for this reveal since the rumor dropped. I do agree more of those beams would have been nice, but not sure where you could put more without it feeling cluttered. I myself use those beams in some City Space builds, in order to frame the modules - but I can't put more than 3 around one of those modules, and those are thicker than the sides of this ship.
I would love it if they eventually have one spotlight set of each of the original space themes. There doesn't need to be an entire line and I don't think even old fans really want to dedicate their whole displays to one theme, but getting something like a Futuron lab base, a Space Police big cruiser and a M-Tron six wheeled mobile base would be awesome.
I hope they remake the Space Police Mission Commander next. That set was a flawed design, but it still had a lot of cool features. Plus, it was basically the heroic counterpart to the Blacktron Renegade.
Wish the Invader/Cruiser had had a release like this, but it looks really cool. The vehicle deployment feature is stellar I wonder if the print on the Blacktron 'nauts will wear off like the old ones did...
The connection points aren't THAT different compared to the blacktron cruiser, you could probably make some minor modifications to it to make it fit with this.
Totally missed that the printed flag like piece was the nose cone. Great thing to point out . . . Somehow I thought the old slope piece would still be in production even though I didn’t see it in recent history
SOLD! And glad to hear it has printed pieces. The instructions for the little Blacktron Cruiser GWP actually told the builder to put two of the stickers UPSIDE-DOWN! It's Blacktron! Not Zelda! Sheesh!
My era is more Ice Planet and Blacktron II, and Spyrius. But I’m still going to get this, and if they continue this trend of $100 upscaled remakes I’ll keep getting them. Something about a good ol’ spaceship just hooks me.
Blacktron must've visited Hyrule recently with all the triforce imagery theyre using now! Jokes aside, this is pretty darn good for a remake of an old set. The price for once also seems to align quite well for what it is. Might have to pick this up sometime!
I think the issue here is that its hard to pin down what Blacktrons aesthetic is. This build reads just a little more utilitarian than what I think most people associate Blacktron with. I totally think this would be an alreight design for blacktron but put this thing in light sand blue or gray and it might end up being MORE on point for the general space theme.
I don't remember owning any backtron stuff, I never was into space stuff as a kid and the only building instructions from the 90ies I still own are from two firefigher sets. Somehow there are still tree blacktron torsos in my parts collection. I don't know where they came from, I certainly don't remember buying or getting them.
Hopefully there will be more Classic Space and the other related following space sets. The basic designs back then were very entertaining. LEGO could tweak the designs to make them fit in with current Space thems.
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Now I want an Ice Planet remake!
I need that!
Yes!
Including trans neon orange
@@NicolasMiari agreed 100%
Yes!!
I really hope to continue to see a pseudo return to form of these classic remake sets. Honestly the fact that the spaceship looks so unique silhouette wise shows you that the original designs were peak and only got better with age. Let's hope for some MTron, Ice Planet, and hell any other classic Lego themes and sets having an updated comeback
MTron and a few other sets are unlikely to return, at least in the way they were back then. We certainly aren't going to get magnets anymore.
Wow, a nostalgia set that is not €200,-plus. Not to mention it looking to give value for the price (within Lego).
And i think this one will be a gift to my brother who had the space theme amongst the three of us, since he has gotten out of his dark ages recently aswell.
I love it. Happy to see Blacktron remakes. Gonna be a day 1 purchase for me.
Its so ugly. I love it.
😀 😀
So it's like our french bulldog then. 🙂
@@subraxasYup
it's so ungly, and I don't like it :(
Exactly.
I agree, it has to be ugly. That's why it's so great!
Ooh, my collection of Blacktron dudes are gonna love this! They’ve been jealous of all the space the rainbow crew got in their ship!
This will go with my galaxy explorer and space shuttle nicely
Those girders on top are pure Space 1999 Eagle detail.
@prokesuk it add something retro future to the aesthetic and I like it 👍
They really are! I wonder if the designer had any exposure to that show? I saw an interview with him and he really liked the original Blacktron Renegade when he was a kid, so he was close to the right age to have seen it!
Yes that grille wedge piece already exists in black, for anyone wondering - in the Aquadozer from Aquaraiders, the Interstellar Starfighter from UFO, and the Armada Flagship from og Pirates.
I was literally going into the comments to say that it had been for-EV-ver since we had gotten that piece in black! Heck, now that I think about it, I think that that piece hasn't been active in the LEGO Portfolio in ANY color since the very first set to use their new 6-wide shipping container pattern came out back in the late '00s/early 2010s 🤔
Incidentally, I've been hoping for a reissue of this part for quite some time, as the use of 2 in that set as the bogie ends of a COFC spine-car was rather inspired 😊
Blacktron was my absolute favorite as a kid. Well done, Lego. Take my money!
Finally a great looking set I can actually afford! Been waiting since the galaxy explorer came.
Well, as a serial completionist, now they have to make a contemporary M-tron, Space Police, and Ice Planet. I mean, who doesn't want a new Deep Freeze Defender?
@@charleshanson9467 YES!!! Would love to get an updated Ice Planet Deep Freeze Defender before I even drop $$$ on the original from Ebay!! Lol
Space Police is possible. M-Tron and Ice Planet 2002 aren't, because of the retired trans colors. And there isn't any piece to exchange the large quarter dome piece also. I would love to see a UCS Mega-Core-Magnetizer or a Deep-Freeze-Defender if they would bring back the old colors 🤗. Soo long...
I think first will be M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer
I love the walker alternate build. To me, it seems just as good as the main build
Black Tron, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Black Tron. 🎶
It reminds me of when I would make spaceships out of random parts as a kid, utilizing the wedges from boats and whatnot.
I grew up when Lego spaceships were blue & grey, with accents of yellow.
But yeah, the fun was in building new space things from the accumulated parts of my space sets collection.
Black Star?
My initial reaction was not entirely positive, but I think I've come around to considering it a good update. Not entirely clear if the landing gear folds or not, they look less prominent in some of the shots but it might just be the angle. The rover being basically a pickup truck is pretty funny (and... actually, isn't it whatever Kup from the 80s Transformers series turns into?) Only thing I'm really not that happy about is the sensor head, it looks too much like a slightly embarrassed beetle. The mini-flyers being disguised as the symbols on the wings when stowed is actually pretty brilliant.
Only one more question remains: Battrax when?
Ah the gear do fully retract using the exact same design as the Galaxy Explorer. Sorry for not covering that.
Dude, no idea this was gonna drop. So hyped! I still have the massive ice planet cruiser on a shelf with my modern lego. I cant wait for them to redo that one!
So happy to see the throwbacks continue. One day down the road they will make a throwback of a set I had as a kid.
Hope we get more retro sets of all the old themes. an updated fort Legorado set would be so cool
Just came from the re-released old review of the Renegade! The new one looks pretty good; hopefully, Walmart will have this one on sale for $80 like they did for the Galaxy Explorer.
This is what i want from lego space! not star wars or those sleek looking city space sets, but this. these gritty looking sets
Old blacktron was right before I started buying legos. Blacktron with the white suit was when I got it. Nice
I don't have any nostalgia or anything for blacktron but boy this thing looks really sick. Very tempting
The new cone they made for the concord nose would work really good for a thruster, and it fits the 3x3 dish inside.
These were my favorite mini figures of all times.
I too feel critical of how blunt the left fuselage is. It will be interesting to see if other builders customize it to be somewhat more pointed, as I likely will.
Nice to see more space sets that aren't just more of the same Star Wars.
I love how you buy your own Lego to review, it means so much more when you say you will buy it
Yup, I have to buy this as I had the original set when I was a kid!
More classic space is always good! And being fully retail is even better.
Legends of Zelda cruiser 😎
Triforce Renegade
they're really milking that Nintendo partnership
I so want to watch your review if this set!
I know hundreds of RUclipsrs are going to review it, but you're the one I trust to do it thoroughly.
This set looks like a great value and I enjoy having more exposed studs than usual since it makes it more lego-like. However, I wish the design was a bit more substantial in shape instead of being too busy with too many different angles and shapes for it to look clean and sleek.
Yeah I feel like it lost a lot of its original silhouette, it definitely didn't translate as well as the Galaxy Explorer did to its own remake. It's also a bit of a shame how much they phoned in the box art.
I am very much looking forward to this set!
From what I can see, this set might partially still work with the Blacktron Cruiser; it looks like there's the same 1 brick of space between the top and bottom clips; which means (while I don't know for sure about stability) the Cruiser cockpit, the back side of the cargo module, and the back of the wings module should (hopefully) work still. Which also means that the engines, antenna/scanner array, cockpit, and engines of the Renegade would be partially compatible with those modules.
But we'll have to wait until we have the two sets in-hand to see!
About the one beam in the front: that is technically there on the original, right? it's maybe just more prominent because of how there's more yellow, and the land rover thing isn't filling up the middle space in many pictures.
Woah, Blacktron. That’s awesome! Had the micro set when I was little.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Jang!
That Rover is awsome!!!! 😂
I actually really love this. It looks very industrial, like it was designed completely with function over form, which makes sense for Blacktron, but it’s also the opposite of the Galaxy Explorer that looks like it was designed with form over function. They contrast each other very well so I feel like they’ll look great together
I still have the original on display in my office, along with the Galaxy Commander (6980). I love that they are remaking these but the originals will always be my favourite (because that's what happens when you get old).
Just from the first impression I love this set.
And I will definitely buy it.
I wonder how this ship will look next to the reimagined Galaxy Explorer we got a while ago.
Either way, I hope Lego keeps these models coming. Well.... at least once in a while.
Anyways, I think this is going to be a good one.
The best part is the addition of the Alienator alt build
I've never liked the OG blacktron 1 sets. I had two copies of the Alieanator as a kid, was happy to have it but it was one my least favourite LEGO space set (that and the two UFO sets I had).
But this remake looks really good. I like the direction the designer took: not a scaled up version like the Galaxy Explorer, but what the set would look like if it had been created today (like the Lion Knight castle).
As for the alternative models, the Alienator remake doesn't connect with me, but I like the mech :)
Thanks Lego for listening and bringing back Classic Space. Fills my heart with joy. There's definitely a market for the old stye Space with a new twist and they're great because they lead to lots of game play and stories. I hope to see more Classic (not City) Space sets, especially smaller ones like vehicles and stations and maybe even someday a mega set like a space monorail!
I was just a little bit too young for the OG Blacktron, but I love this. This is an absolute buy for me. I will still be modifying it, but I dig it! Very industrial looking. Not a pretty ship, nor should it be. It is a ship for work… and swooshing!
Love this , I’m absolutely going to buying multiples so I can recreate modern versions of the old sets using the pieces.
its so. . . 199O's I love it.
AND IT'S $99.99 bucks?
I am sold.
@@MetalPcAngel was actually the 80s but yeah
80s, actually. The original Blacktron sets were from 1987.
I love the contrast w the galaxy explorer. The industrial vs sleek design, asymetry and colour too! Will be grabbing this guy for sure (hopefully on a nice discount like the GE!).
I grew up on the classic space and have a few of the black tron sets. But my favorite is the black tron 2 line ,love the colors better. That being said I will be getting this too and hoping they do a black tron 2 line also🤞🤞🤞.
Im really vibing with this. Not just that the A-Model looks so cool, it also looks like the pieces are really well suited to just go bananas yourself when building. Might even get a couple of them if they are on a sale.
I agree with you about the flat, knobby end to the side of the cockpit. I wish that was a little more aerodynamic and had a cooler feature attached to it.
personally my only issue is i think they went a little overboard on the yellow.
Now this is a set I would love for you to review, but a live build is fun too!
I love it. Blacktron is my childhood. I will buy 2 sets to display both models.
Looks really cool. Didn't have the original growing up, but I love the vibe.
i really like the rover and all printed parts. and of course getting brand new blacktron figures is good
I have similar reservations about the design decisions. However, the original Renegade is one of the few sets I kept from my childhood and have on display to this day, so I'm compelled to get the new version to go along with the modern Galaxy Explorer. I am happy that my two favorites from when I was a kid have been ones selected by LEGO for new and updated editions.
This new one looks sooooo much better than the old and Im not even nostalgic for it. Really want this.
Quite aliens looks amazing Quite big I've got last yr GWP looking forward to getting this great preview jang
I bought a ton of modern black trons recently off of bricks and pieces. Super excited for this release. Now my spacemen have an adversary.
This is perfection. I hope they do more of this. Day 1 purchase.
The Blacktron GWP is a GOAT of a GWP. I'll pick this up on day 1.
The first blacktron and the first space police were my favorite space themes. I used to combine them using all black from blacktron and the trans red from the Space Police 1 to make sweet ships.
It’s really neat and interesting, seems a decent price too, far, far superior to anything with the Star Wars tax at least. Will be picking up most likely to go with the galaxy explorer
THE ROBOT... NOSTALGIA!!!! 🥹🥰🤖🖤
Blacktron must've started around the time I stopped collecting Lego.. had just about every set up until that point. Maybe I had a set or two of BT, tho, given I had the robot, and maybe some of the minifigs? Just don't recall any significant sets in the BT colours.
But I still NEED this set.. maybe even two, for the alternate builds! 😅
I cannot wait! Figure 1 to start and go from there. 4-5 would be awesome.
I hope we get some space police stuff in future.
So nostalgicaly amazing.
Looks great with good value. I'll be purchasing it down the line.
It only takes a couple small tweaks to the GWP Cruiser model to make it modular/compatible with this one.
$150 in Norway. Always fun to see the announcement prices and know I can easily just add a third of the peice right on top as a good pointer. This one is confirmed as $150+.
Now I want an M-Tron Magnetizer remake!
I think this is an excellent tribute to the original!
I didn't look at the photos and videos well enough when I saw this - also not a fan of the front of the cockpit being the flag element. Great that it is printed. But would have appreciated a sloped brick there, similar to the original. I still have my original built and on display. One thing this one missed on is the ability for the cargo to be attached to the main cockpit flyer. The original had a lab in the middle that could be attached. This has the lander, so it acts more like a drop ship. I'm sure that was a design decision early on. And the rover/lander looks super cool. It just leaves the original modularity short one large unit.
On a marketing note and nostalgia note: the Galaxy Explorer from 2022 was the first set I built upon spending 9 months hiking in the woods. I absolutely loved the build. By the time I got back, it was already on discount at big box retail stores. I bought another so I could build the medium ship, and a 3rd for 1/2 price! [I decided to skip the small ship build and play around with build a MOC which I'm 1/2 way okay with - need to spend time improving it]. So I am not certain this will sell well either. But TLG now has marketing data from the GE 2022 set, so maybe they won't make as many and so there won't be as many overstock in big box stores? The other issue with GE was how big the box size was. A slow seller, low-ish price-point, and a large box are not good combos - I'm sure Walmart and the rest would have appreciated a $300 set that was in the same size box being a slow mover vs a $100 set.
Maybe that is why the "retro" box art from GE is not on this set - they want this set to pop more to casual customers. I'll be curious if they have made the box size smaller [take a page from FO, TLG!] so that it won't take as much shelf space, as well as be better/more efficient for the environment and for shipping.
$100 seems like a good value on this. But my 3 Galaxy Explorers cost $100, $70, and $50. So I may just wait to see if this goes on a similar sale, as I really want to get the modular on Jan 1 as modulars don't seem to go on sale very often, and TLG has me with the GWP that comes with the modular [how I loathe the GWP system, but at the same time, when there's a GWP set I like, they get me to fall in line and buy the set at midnight ...].
Looking forward to your review and comparison video, Jang!
That Walker popping up made me way to nostalgic about a holiday i spend with my parents...back when life was simple 🥲
I have the original set as well, I can't wait for this one. I loved the new Galaxy Explorer which I also have from my childhood, got this one when I was an adult but.... now 2 space remake sets in a row? I'm happy.
I really love this one. I've been waiting for this reveal since the rumor dropped.
I do agree more of those beams would have been nice, but not sure where you could put more without it feeling cluttered. I myself use those beams in some City Space builds, in order to frame the modules - but I can't put more than 3 around one of those modules, and those are thicker than the sides of this ship.
I would love it if they eventually have one spotlight set of each of the original space themes. There doesn't need to be an entire line and I don't think even old fans really want to dedicate their whole displays to one theme, but getting something like a Futuron lab base, a Space Police big cruiser and a M-Tron six wheeled mobile base would be awesome.
I hope they remake the Space Police Mission Commander next. That set was a flawed design, but it still had a lot of cool features. Plus, it was basically the heroic counterpart to the Blacktron Renegade.
Ouffff ,gotta get two of those !!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Nice to see a Blacktron remake. Even if it has grey pieces in the build near the engines.
Looking forward to JANG's upcoming review video and comparison video.
The modular system requires a very small modification on the cruiser to make it compatible hopefully
Wish the Invader/Cruiser had had a release like this, but it looks really cool. The vehicle deployment feature is stellar
I wonder if the print on the Blacktron 'nauts will wear off like the old ones did...
I'm excited for this I'm picking it up with the ark 170 next month
Looks awesome
I hope Lego does this for other space subthemes like space police
Looks like the tinted/black visors on helmets are back!
The connection points aren't THAT different compared to the blacktron cruiser, you could probably make some minor modifications to it to make it fit with this.
Totally missed that the printed flag like piece was the nose cone. Great thing to point out . . . Somehow I thought the old slope piece would still be in production even though I didn’t see it in recent history
Maybe if you rotate the truss pieces 90 degrees it will look better?
SOLD! And glad to hear it has printed pieces. The instructions for the little Blacktron Cruiser GWP actually told the builder to put two of the stickers UPSIDE-DOWN!
It's Blacktron! Not Zelda! Sheesh!
My era is more Ice Planet and Blacktron II, and Spyrius. But I’m still going to get this, and if they continue this trend of $100 upscaled remakes I’ll keep getting them. Something about a good ol’ spaceship just hooks me.
Day 1 purchase, for me it goes M-Tron, Blacktron, Classic - so with the Galaxy Explorer being one of my favourite sets this is a must buy!
I’m looking forward to the comparison video.
Blacktron must've visited Hyrule recently with all the triforce imagery theyre using now!
Jokes aside, this is pretty darn good for a remake of an old set. The price for once also seems to align quite well for what it is. Might have to pick this up sometime!
Very interesting retro vibes.
I am very tempted to get this Blacktron set, it would go well with my Galaxy Explorer I bought 2 years ago, yes, very tempted!
I think the issue here is that its hard to pin down what Blacktrons aesthetic is. This build reads just a little more utilitarian than what I think most people associate Blacktron with. I totally think this would be an alreight design for blacktron but put this thing in light sand blue or gray and it might end up being MORE on point for the general space theme.
I don't remember owning any backtron stuff, I never was into space stuff as a kid and the only building instructions from the 90ies I still own are from two firefigher sets. Somehow there are still tree blacktron torsos in my parts collection. I don't know where they came from, I certainly don't remember buying or getting them.
I like this a lot. Now Lego, please remake the Cosmic Fleet Voyager!
Hopefully there will be more Classic Space and the other related following space sets.
The basic designs back then were very entertaining.
LEGO could tweak the designs to make them fit in with current Space thems.
Not that old, but we need a remake of the crystal sweeper from power miners. That was such a legendary set.
Funny enough, I didn't like it at first but seeing it here, it is growing on me