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.

With a wave of a wand, the crow will fly into space

 I can't ever recall seeing the magic wand part used on a Blacktron MOC before, but Gaurav Thakur used one on their latest Blacktron ship, titled the BT-12 Crow.

My favorite part, perhaps other than the wand detailing, is the cockpit. With only a finite amount of Trans neon green cockpits available, the builder manages to do something that stands out, yet still fits the Blacktron aesthetic. 

Sleek and modern

 This Cosmic Gemini is a truly wonderful new take on the Aerial Intruder. Not a stud to be seen, and curves everywhere. It's a bit challenging to be so curving in Blacktron 2, for there aren't many curvy trans neon green canopies to work with, but Librarian Bot has overcome that small detail and given us this gorgeous ship.

Watch out for asteroids

 Or in this case, watch out for what may be lurking inside the asteroid field. Gaurav Thakur has been featured before on this blog, And I suspect will again, if creations like this keep popping up in their Flickr stream!

Resistance is futile

 This rather abstract looking squared rover really gives of Borg vibes, don't you think? An old Febrovery build by Walter Whiteside Jr. I guess he couldn't wait a few more days til this years Febrovery?

The shipyards have been busy

 Apparently Rubblemaker has been busy! I previously posted his Trident, but he had apparently built three more very swooshable looking ships to go along with it!

Its hard to choose a favorite among them, but I'm going to have to go with the one in the back! It's just the most menacing of the lot.

NoVVember continues, even here at home.

 Every so often I build a Vic Viper of my own, and normally, I am quite disappointed in the results. This year, I can finally say I built a Vic Viper that I am happy with.

In case the inspiration wasn't obvious, I was inspired by 6981 Aerial Intruder, and the Millennium Flacon. So I named the ship Aerial Falcon. Inventive, I know.

Of course I can swap out cockpits, so here's a shot with a more traditional Aerial Intruder look.

The combination of the two worked really well in my opinion.

NoVVember already? I swear is was just last week...

 And it's the 15th AnniVVersary of NoVVember, too. And of course, someone, Rubblemaker, had to do a Blacktron VV.

Mind you, it's not quite a proper Viper in my opinion. The prong's aren't prongminent enough, the cockpit is too large.

But it get's bonus points from using a Bionicle part, so that evens things out.