Halfway through!

 The color it Blacktron contest is now (Approximately) halfway done! There is still plenty of time to get your entries in! Email them to colouritblacktron@gmail.com. This is your chance to win some Blacktron swag!

Color it Blacktron Contest VII (7)

 As per usual, when I do run the CiBC, I do it on the anniversary of the blog, April 21st. I am fairly certain the 21st.... Anyways, Contest!

CATEGORY 1: MODERNIZE A CLASSIC BLACKTRON 1 OR 2 SET!

Redesign a classic Blacktron, 1 or 2, set with modern parts and techniques! Just like Lego has done with the Renegade and Invader. Every Blacktron set needs an upgrade, and just because Lego did Renegade and Invader, doesn't mean you can't do better! creations in this category should not deviate in looks to the original source. No need to tell me what set you have chosen to remake. I know all the Blacktron sets. If I don't obviously see the source material, I reserve the right to transfer the MOC to Category #2

1st Place: A MISB 40580 Blacktron Cruiser

2nd Place: A used 6812 Grid Trekkor. Set is used, but has instructions AND BOX! A real collectors item, box is from my own person collection!

(Not my image, but close enough)

CATEGORY #2: BUILD A NEW MOC. 

Built a Blacktron MOC that isn't an obvious remake of a set? Then it goes here. It's that simple.

1st place prize: Used 6878 Sub Orbital Guardian. Set is complete, good condition. Instructions are a maybe. box is a no.

2nd Place prize: TBD!

If anyone wishes to donate a prize, please contact me @ colouritblacktron@gmail.com.

ALL MOCS TO BE SUBMITTED TO COLOURITBLACKTRON@GMAIL.COM (Don't forget the U in there!!!!!) No need to tell me if it's category 1 or 2, I'll figure it out. Like I said, I'll instantly if it's based on a set. If it's not obvious, it category 2

CONTEST RULES:

#1 Builds must be Blacktron. I don't want a spec of Classic Space found, unless it's a stolen coffee maker inside your MOC.

#2 No Megablocks. Or off brand blocks of any kind.

#3 NEW MOCS ONLY.

#4 I won't disallow digital builds.... But I'll flat state I prefer real models. I also can be bribed.

#5 No rules on photography. 1 image? 100 images? editing? no editing? videos? I'm cool. as long as I can see the MOC, I'll accept it.

CONTEST DEADLINE IS JUNE 30TH.

Just about anything (Blacktron) goes in this contest, so START BUILDING BLACKTRON!

Any questions or Comments, refer to Flickr here, or email at colouritblacktron@gmail.com.

Contest incoming!

 

It's been a few years since the last one, but I'm getting ready to do another one!

Details will be coming soon, but I plan to have the contest starting on April 21s, as I always have done.

One reason why I haven't done one in the last few years is a lack of prizes and/or funds for prizes. If you are interested in donating a prize, email me at colouritblacktron@gmail.com (Make sure it's the U in colour, Canadian spelling. The blog has no U. The email does. Very important)

Starting Febrovery off with a bang

 This is honestly the strangest Rover I have seen come out of any Febrovery, and I've seen a lot of whimsical ones. Walter Whiteside Jr often builds in the more whimsical side, but this City Rover tops the cake.

Regardless of its weirdness, it's pretty cool.

Star wars is great inspiration.

 I've used Star Wars as an inspiration for a few of my Blacktron MOCs. Zack-Ta seems to have done the same. This Arial Assault Fighter looks like a mixture of the Allied Avenger, and a Jedi starfighter

There is also some clever parts usage. do you spot the Aquazone propeller housings?

2025, Year of the Upscaled Blacktron!

 With the releases of the new 10355 Blacktron Renegade, I was inspired to upscale a Blacktron ship myself. I had been wanting to use the big 10x10 domes for an upscaled cockpit, so this was the perfect opportunity. 

Just like the original ship it was based on, the cockpit can detach, and is still swappable with most Blacktron 2 ships!

Lean, mean, speedy machine

 If you have at all paid attention to this blog (And I don't blame you if all you do is skim the pictures and don't read) then you'll know I love remakes of sets, and this latest Battrax remake really hits the spot. Much better than my own take on it.

The stunning photography and backdrop really bring up this creation by 1corn. Now, if the builder would be so kind, could they build the rest of the line up of Blacktron sets? including the all new 10355 Blacktron Renegade, available for purchase for all on January 4th!

(This blog is not sponsored by LEGO or by Blacktron, but I will gladly steal take your Lego donations!)

10355 Blacktron Renegade

 Last year we had the best GWP Lego ever gave us with the 40580 Blacktron Cruiser, but on January 4th (January 1st for Lego Insiders!), 2025, we will be able to purchase a BRAND NEW Blacktron set, 10355 Blacktron Renegade! 

10355 Blacktron Renegade. 1151 pcs, 3 minifigures

With the name of the set, it comes as no surprise that is a remake of the classic Renegade. what's next? Maybe a remake of the Message Intercept Base? We can only hope.

I initial reaction is one of pleasure. I'm not over the moon with joy, but I'm happy for the relatively low price point, 3 minifigs, plus a robot! We get a new trans yellow piece, along with one of those Benny SSS cockpits. I look forward to purchasing and building it! Maybe I'll actually do a review of it this time! (Unlikely, but we shall see.)

NoVVember already? How time flies

 And it flies like a Viv Viper in black/white/neon green livery. Pascal, a builder who has been featured here many times, brings us this wonderful little Vic Viper. There's no crazy parts usage here, just a clean, simple build.

The Virus is Spreading

Whatever has caused the Series 26 Blacktron Mutant to, well, mutate, I think it's spread to the mech he piloted. 

Builder Titolian has been constructing mechs for each of the Series 26 Space figures, and this is by far, the only one appropriate for this blog.

Where there's one, there's four

 That's just how Rubblemaker rolls. When he builds one small fighter, three more are sure to follow. So here's his quartet of small, one man fighters in the Blacktron 2 livery.

The one in the upper right corner is probably my favorite. What's yours?

Pinching you in the most curved way possible.

 Rubblemaker is at it again, this time with the second generation of Blacktron.

I'm pretty sure Rubblemaker has made use of every single new curved piece Lego has made. I've pointed it out before, but it's a bit difficult to make curved Blacktron 2 MOCs, simply because of the few curved Trans-neon-green parts there is. And there won't be any more, because Lego has discontinued the colour.

A case of the Modern Blacktron

The most recent Collectable Minifigure line that Lego released is all about space, in case you haven't heard. and one of them is the Blacktron Mutant. 

While perhaps not the greatest minifig to amass an army of, the torso is absolutely a great update on the Blacktron 2 torso. I love it so much.

Now, Jamie Thul has taken the torso, along with another part from another fig from the same CMF line, and created an updated version of the jetpacked Blacktron, who I refer to as "Big Boys"

It is a brilliant combination, and small base for the fig includes another yet another part from a series 26 fig, a 1x2 plate printed with yellow caution stripes from the M-tron!

Feeling a little crabby today.

 I've been seeing a lot of crabs popping up on my Flickr feed lately. Apparently there is some Crab-Collab going on. Rubblemaker joins it with a Blacktron 1 crab. Clearly a person with great taste.

I always smile when someone utilizes Bionicle parts well, and the use of the Bohrok head pieces as the crab's legs is brilliant.

Double the intrusion!

 A second MOC this year based on the Aerial Intruder? I must have accidentally sacrificed a goat or something. Robert Fillmore brings us this beefy, twin cockpit craft that is clearly an Aerial Intruder on steroids. I love it. I need more of this!

There's no crazy parts usage going on here, it's just a fun, well executed Blacktron 2 creation.