Blacktron 1.5 ~ LEGO 1875 Meteor Monitor

[@Zepimo123]

Im half expecting the singer to say "its the autumn of snails" eventually

[@notthis9586]

Man I wish! Too bad it's sacrilege under slugalicism and all who witness it would rounded up for daring to look upon such succulent sin :L

[@Joneender]

Unfortunately not where i live :( i've still got like until late October before i can say that it's autumn

[@xeron_7433]

Those recolors honestly make me kind of mad at the Blacktron 2 we got, it looks so much more visually imposing and striking instead of circling around M-Tron’s aesthetic. Great video as always, Slug!

[@edwardhuntington389]

I am an AFOL (***Adult Fan of Lego) and a lifelong lover/collector/hoarder of Lego products, and WOW this video got me right in the heart 💗 The Meteorite Monitor (along with the rest of its combo pack) was the first Lego set I ever received; all those years ago back on my 7th birthday. Of the sets included, it was the first I built and the one I treasured most. I played with it CONSTANTLY, even though I never had any other space sets like it, and the poor pilot always seemed "faction-less" since, as a child, I had no way of knowing that his real faction had retired years before, and he didn't match any of those that followed - heck, I didn't even know the set's name was "Meteorite Monitor" until a year ago! - truly the set's place in the world of Lego space was an enigma to me for most of my life, a mystery you have thoroughly explained for me now, Mr. Slugger! And yes, of course, I still have it! But of all the Lego sets I own, it is the only one that isn't in excellent condition - I took extraordinarily good care of my toys as a child, but this little model is pretty darn beat-up, with the red disks long-since disappeared, and the white camera elements all but disintegrated, and the whites now deeply yellowed -- but all this, only because it was so beloved and so often played with, specifically, despite eventually having dozens and dozens of bigger, more elaborate sets. This set is a priceless treasure to me. Sadly the cost of buying a new boxed version is truly astronomical and beyond what I will ever be able to afford, but I'm hoping the cost of piecing together a new one will at least be reasonable, so that I can put my original, exactly as it is, in a small clear acrylic case to be 'retired' and displayed as a permanent treasure and heirloom in honor of the many ways it changed and shaped so much of my childhood (and thus my entire life, really). It really does mean SO MUCH to me, finally seeing this wonderful little as get its own video - until I was an adult and had the time and internet to teach me all about Lego history and lore, I knew nothing about the set except that it was somehow connected to Blacktron, so get so much wonderful and exhaustive content finally telling me all about my little treasure is a gift beyond anything I could have hoped for. Thank you, thank you for this video. 💛💛💛

[@RRSlugger]

This is so incredible! I'm humbled that this video has brought you such joy today! ❤️ And there's nothing better than a well loved LEGO set - I like your plan to retire the original and construct a new one. The parts should be fairly easy to source, methinks!

[@roisinbyrne3893]

JESUS THATS A LOT OF WRITING

[@PirateJohnson]

SMH my head.

[@akuro6470]

i hate to be this guy but, adult fan of lego of lego

[@PirateJohnson]

@@akuro6470 Yeah... IDK don't know 🤷

[@Josehuds69420]

It has begun

[@korkad_]

Black white and red are very primal colours in human history, no wonder it works so well

[@CYTBlitz]

I love how the male soloist’s “It’s the summer of slug” gets gradually sillier as the summer unfolds. Still eagerly awaiting the mouthful of marshmallows rendition.

[@matthewvogel7076]

PLEEEEEASE SLUGGGER? PLEEEEEEASE???

[@outdooroperator714]

Bro got the coolest name of all lego content creators

[@Anfernyrocks]

Okay weird coincidence after finding your channel only a month or so ago i dug into my vintage lego and found out the person i got my collection from had THIS SET along with a lot of old town and paradisa that I never knew I just had sitting in my closet for 15 years!

[@Anfernyrocks]

I even had a paradisa baseplate as a kid and never thought to check what set it was from 🤦‍♂️

[@RRSlugger]

What a find! 😮

[@Anfernyrocks]

If only child me didn't rip figures apart for customs 🙃

[@Thinginator]

Gotta say I love the aesthetic of Blacktron 1.5 and suddenly really want to build a MOC inspired by it! It's much more future-proof than Blacktron 2 as well, since transparent red is still around. Plenty of new pieces exist that could be used in 1.5 MOCs. I also think not enough people talk about the alternate color schemes of Classic Space - regardless of what neo Classic Space MOCs would have you believe, NOT all of their vehicles were blue with grey wings, yellow canopies, and red wheels! Many had black or white wheels, green canopies, and almost entirely grey construction! The later spaceships were also white-winged and blue-canopied with blue accents! Classic Space had a much more diverse color palette than anyone seems interested in representing, and frankly I don't understand why. Yeah the first Classic Space set had the iconic yellow-blue-grey, but is that really the only Classic Space set anyone remembers? What's wrong with the later ones? Heck it wasn't even until the later ones with new color schemes released that every original color of spaceman was available, yet people include those in yellow-blue-grey MOCs all the time. There really are some underrepresented classic Space theme aesthetics in the LEGO fandom...

[@AugustusFGraham]

3:02 THE LAST OF THE V8 INTERCEPTORS

[@nikolaigerasimov8632]

Man, it’s crazy that LEGO was already making sets in the 1870s!

[@Staunomat]

The little "oh" and delay in the intro has been living rentfree in my head for 2 days

[@tulioroberto9438]

I think I would love to see a lego movie with the lore of old lego sets like blacktron, life on mars and rock raiders. You started talking about their personalities and I kinda fell in love.

[@roisinbyrne3893]

THE LEGO CLASSIC SPACE MOVIE!! START THE PETITIONS

[@thecianinator]

Fresh out of boot camp, combat engineer Cody Wilkins is dismayed to learn that his first assignment will be all the way out in sector 2002, in the frozen wastes of the ice planet Krysto. Upon arriving at the remote ice station Odyssey, Wilkins finds his commander, Indrid "The Bear" Cold, to be far more good-natured than his reputation suggests. But everything changes on one field mission, when Cody and his no-nonsense compatriot Dr. Kelvin detect an unregistered vehicle moving through the supposedly uninhabited tundra... Commander Cold's sudden change in attitude lead Wilkins and Kelvin to suspect that the rockets they've been launching, and the satellites they carry, might be for more than just atmospheric study. In a thrilling twist, they discover a network of Blacktron bases in the caverns deep beneath the frozen surface of Krysto, supporting an entire civilization of men, women, and children! But Commander Cold isn't interested in peaceful coexistence, and once the Space Police arrive for backup, he reveals the true, sinister purpose of the weather satellites: Once aligned, they light up the sky with a grid of red laser heating elements, and the freezing atmosphere starts to cook! Now there's no way on or off Krysto, and the only way to deactivate the laser grid is within Odyssey station itself. Cody Wilkins, Dr. Kelvin, and their new Blacktron allies have no choice but to fight their way through the army of Space Police and take down their former home base. And they'd better hurry, because the longer the planet heats up, the worse the hailstorms, lightning strikes, and avalanches get! Rated PG-13.

[@tulioroberto9438]

@@thecianinator amazing, get this man a budget

[@MrHumbuck]

This sounds like an amazing idea!

[@siljeff2708]

1990’s blacktron has the color scheme of RR Slugger wearing pajamas

[@MortexBerri]

YES CHANGE TO THE THEME YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@keithbrannon251]

No change it back!

[@THEEJONESY]

it was wildly enjoyable, incredibly subversive, a timing achievement in the theme song community, that niche offset beat 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@fu3g]

still is bad. really bad

[@siljeff2708]

That means Summer of Slug is running out 😢

[@daltonmaes2899]

I completely agree with your points about how Blacktron 2 seemed soft compared to 1st gen. I absolutely love your 1.5 color scheme and it makes me want to incorporate that into my space area

[@yeeoof1995]

if i had to make up something on the spot: the original blacktron were a group of hostile space anarchists who operated by staying out of sight between attacks as much as possible. the space police became more and more vicious with their ways of dealing with them (cramped cells with no food or movies? talk about a low-budget flight) and blacktron 1.5 was a result of some of the remaining blacktron 1 reconfiguring their colour palette and going over their whole schtick again. blacktron 2 is the result of people looking at blacktron 1 and going 'these guys knew what was up' without actually understanding what blacktron 1 was up to and thus being another group entirely. opposed to the space police (because by that point the space police were starting to get pretty nasty) but not to who might stop and try to sympathise with them. maybe the colour palette and set count is representing blacktron 2 being more open about their existence than blacktron 1.

[@Janoha17]

The Blacktron 2 outfits look like your standard sci-fi/superhero cartoon henchman uniforms.

[@LuketheDuke424]

I had a couple combo packs from the late 80's/early 90's as a kid, but they never really struck me as odd because I was conveniently a fan of all the themes included (Space, Town, Pirates, etc). Nowadays LEGO still occasionally makes combo packs for things like Star Wars or City, but I'd love to see them make ones that branch across multiple themes again. But more importantly, I want them to bring back alt models on the back of boxes/instructions; those pictures were so inspiring as a kid.

[@strataseeker2981]

Blacktron II is "MY Lego" generation. That whole renaissance of 90s space was so core to my love of lego and creative ideas back then. Even today, I am constantly on the look out for minifigs and iconic parts (sooooo much Neon orange and green needed!) Seeing these is really freaking cool! I that 1.5 color scheme feels really distinct. I am now pondering some builds in something like it for my MOCs.

[@MedallionBricks]

Is it just me, or has R.R. been doing more sluggin' this summer than usual?!

[@LasersPew]

Blacktron 2 looks like the friendly corporate front for Blacktron 1

[@valettashepard909]

Does that make blacktron 1 corporate covert ops? Insert a back budget joke here somewhere then lol

[@felineki]

The Blacktron astronaut visually accompanying the good old newspaper joke was great.

[@inthetoyroom4life]

There's a hundred and four days of Summer of Slug Then life comes along just to end it So the annual problem for one KZbinr Is finding a good way to build it Just imagine... Building a rock drill Or spending too much money Or buying another Eiffel Tower Reviewing a theme that shouldn't exist Or giving Ingo a shower Surfing with Pepper Roni Creating Ogel Drones Or locating Majisto's wand Finding a Mr Gold Painting Mata Nui Or driving the fans insane As the instructions say There's a whole lot of stuff to build Before the series ends this fall So click with us 'Cause R.R. Slugger is gonna do it all! So click with us 'Cause R.R. Slugger is gonna do it all!

[@chaoscounty6459]

0:50 ah yes. Dark helmet, the epitome of fashion

[@XtraC86]

That video was a ride of emotions. Starting excited for a video about the best space times ... getting angry for calling BT2 "posers" ... being astonished about the insane look of the color-swaps ... becoming sad after finding out that the 6x6 octagonal canopy and the big 10x6x11 panel are not available in trans-red. Anyways - for me, those have been your best 9 minutes so far! The only bad thing I could see about that black-white-red combination (which might also be a reason why Lego didn't ultimatively go that route?) is the association of that color-set with a historically actually bad "faction". But of course one can argue trans-red isn't "red".

[@loreescape47]

As one of four kids, we loved the value packs because we could each get a small set--it was never really a question of whether we wanted one but not the other, since it was either a chance for us to claim one from our favorite theme or try a different theme. :) I never really appreciated the Walker alternate model until now, it's pretty amazing!

[@Orangeyultar]

i like to think that blacktron 1 is the undercover bandits that everyone says they are, and that blacktron 2 are like an evil space corporation

[@Orangeyultar]

like blacktron 1 steal your sattelites and pirate your ships, and blacktron 2 repossess your house and commits plaigarism

[@WhiteManOnCampus]

I never actually owned any Blacktron but I always adored the original designs when I'd see them in magazines. They were genuinely intimidating. I find the 1.5 design really cool, and the white only accentuates the menace rather than relieving it. I could easily see the black, red and white vessels as threats in space. That said, I like the fan theory that Blacktron 2 was the organization pretending to go straight and give up crime, thereby adopting the typically friendly look of other Lego space sets.

[@bricks_in_space]

Sometimes a recoloring is just plain better. This is fantastic.

[@girlhag]

Punks vs Posers is one of your wittiest knocks ever 😭

[@mogreen19]

ORIGINAL BLACKTRON 4 LIFE! Those awesome black figures took the place of my TIE fighter pilots a couple of decades before LEGO Star Wars. I was never into sets - I was born a MOC builder 😄

[@KowlDoogle]

the other summer of slug being off beat messed with me on a spiritual level

[@masahige2344]

I never imagined Blacktron space suits as leather, but now I won't be able to unsee it! Also, your School of Rock reference hit me like a Time Twisters freight train.

[@markofbrick]

The 1.5 color scheme is awesome. The white printing on blacktron figures matches so well with the white highlights, and transparent red was such an underutilized color in the entire classic space era. I always thought it was a shame we didn't get many of the large panels and windscreens in transparent red. This has definitely inspired me to make a MOC within this realm / theme. The large transparent red parts definitely exist within some of the prototype pictures such as sea-tron. I think someone was making reproductions of transparent yellow and red parts that were never officially released, but the source is lost on me now. I'd love to pick some up.

[@pinkraven4402]

As a massive fan of 90's post-hardcore, crust punk, emo and more, I loved that musical comparison 😂

[@DoublePack337]

Amazing video! Rated. R. Slugger but also I would like to say thank you for that recommendation of a rock raiders set on stream! I was able to find a good deal on the hover scout and I’m here to say thank you!

[@RRSlugger]

Oh awesome!! Glad you were able to get that one! 😁

[@markgriffiths2659]

Aw, I kinda love Blacktron 2! Been going through the old Lego bin to see what I have, and there were two minifigs but only one set that I remember (super nova 2). My brother was always into m-tron growing up, but the Blacktron guys with their neon green brought back tons of memories! But the trans red looks pretty good, I must say!! 😃

[@WOLKsite]

The OG Blacktron look just goes so hard. I love the all-black outfits and the black & yellow vehicles.

[@Stemosaurus777]

My cousin had a bunch of old classic space, pirate, castle, and aquashark sets. And my grandma has owned sets from almost every theme! Thank you for making these videos and I would love some UFO alien sets from the theme.

[@555bunnies]

Awesome video, I really agree with you on the space police looking to be the most hostile, it’s honestly kind of funny and sad seeing the blacktron minifigures stuck in a cage with their innocent silly smiles under the mask… perhaps they are troublemakers that get up to a little fun mischief but I don’t imagine them being actually malicious. Blacktron 2 especially just looks like a bunch of dorks lol !! Though I think the 1.5 color scheme looks intimidating I think the most charming are the original colors, the white contrasts a bit too much with the black for my liking. Its fun seeing all the sets reimagined with those colors though, such a simple change totally changes the look of them ! Maybe its because im so used to seeing the original colors they almost seem like totally new sets

[@ShallowVA]

I always preferred the neon greens of Blacktron 2, but the more I see your dramatic photos of the all black original Blacktron guys, the more I like them. They're really imposing in groups! I still think the yellow and red accents make their vehicles look like Evil McDonald's though.

[@aaronodst1174]

The walkin' legs are such a good idea!

[@mrlegolayer]

I've got to say that I just love the slug sound you have, especially when paired with evil slug.

[@pinkraven4402]

These alt builds are phenomenal

[@smittzero8463]

Interestingly, although Space Police II appeared to have less firepower on their vehicles than their original incarnation, set names like 'Solar Snooper' and 'Rebel Hunter' suggest that, instead of protecting the innocent, the Space Police's primary function has become ridding the galaxy of Blacktron members, whether they've committed any crimes or not. Spooky..... While Blacktron I's sets are certainly those of a villainous organisation, Blacktron II's only aggressive sounding vehicle is the Aerial Intruder. The other sets sound like those of either a neutral explorer faction or even a peacekeeping force ('Allied Avenger' and 'Sub-Orbital Guardian' don't sound particularly evil). The name 'Meteor Monitor' fits the Blacktron II a lot more than Blacktron I, so perhaps it's a prototype craft built during the transition period between the two eras of the organisation? Or perhaps there's a sub-faction of Blacktron I in deep space who has a whole fleet of vehicles with this unusual colour scheme, and a Meteor Monitor scout ship has been the only one to reach our end of the galaxy? Lego currently has an example of bundling two completely unrelated sets together on shelves. The current issue of the Lego City magazine includes a pretty sweet rover for the Space (sub?)theme and a ride-on lawnmower for a regular City setting.

[@augustus766]

Lego blacktrons one of my favorite subthemes, thanks sluggy!

[@arive8088]

It’s really amazing how modern that little set looks (especially the second build). Those different angles really set the vibe.

[@colinroberts2060]

As a whole, it sometimes seems like both waves of Blacktron as well as M-Tron and the "civilian faction" of Futuron have rarely been discussed in recent memory. Not to mention that one of these also marked the introduction of transparent red to Lego as a whole, even if its appearances were fairly limited at first. As in contrast to many other transparent colors, much of this color's usage were in "Pirates" sets (such as 6279), several sets from the "Fright Knights" theme, and "Town" (now called "City") sets rather than in Space factions.

[@Maniac4Bricks]

I picked up the 1843 combo pack from eBay many years ago, just as a bonus throw-in with some other items I was obtaining from the same seller like BIONICLE and Exo-Force. I was pretty satisfied with both Castle and Spyrius models included! However, back when I reviewed it and only had the instructions, I was not aware of the alternate model combining the two and didn't take advantage of that extra play. I probably came across a couple other combo packs over time but only known them for the base models, but I like the idea of combining the varied themes for the alt builds!

[@bricktoadbuild]

I own the exact combo value pack you highlighted. It is great and I wish those products still existed for my kids.

[@MunchYoutube]

We love you biker bob

[@jyanocha]

I’ve been an avid collector of space through insectoids and actually have all the combo sets that have space in them from the 80’s and 90’s (the rarest being set 1616). I actually had a few as a kid as they were wonderful to build different themes with more parts and generally weren’t that expensive, so I thought i promoted creativity pretty well. Also, I loved the recolor with the black / white / trans red and want to do that as some recolors myself (funnily enough - I did a recolor of the 6954 Renegade in classic space grontron scheme this week, so the timing of this video is great).

[@TM2DB]

I did not remember until this exact moment that I had (and still do) all of those combo packs as a kid. Early 90's Lego is hands down the best.

[@goatsmilk11]

I have a head cannon that blacktron 2 came before blacktron 1, showing that they were peaceful at first, and then slowly becoming the bad guys we all know them as today

[@RRSlugger]

Honestly, that tracks pretty well!

[@goodpotato1000]

Definitely a fan of the red and white color scheme

[@DragonxFlutter]

I like the idea proposed by creators such as Lore Escape that Blacktron 1 is the covert-op espionage cloak & dagger group, and Blacktron 2 is the “civilian face” that most people see in day-to-day activities. Insofar as your idea that the Space Police are locking up random citizens: imagine, if you will, that they are instead grabbing a minion that slipped up or collecting an informant from the field under the guise of grabbing a mook.

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

The 1.5 colors are really good looking.

[@thecelestialtoygazer7816]

I think the main reason Blacktron 2 looks more friendly than it's predecessor is because the smiley face is visible through the trans green visor. With Blacktron 1 they were concealed by opaque black visors, which definitely gave them a more mysterious, threatening feel

[@TheHylianBatman]

The intro was very funny! Is that gonna be the running joke this year, that the intro singer is getting later and later? I dig it! Just the same, I dig the 1.5 color scheme, and I wish there was more of it! Of course, the 1 and 1.5 colors are still produced by LEGO (right? Maybe? I think?), so we can still just part out pieces and make our own MOCs in those schemes! This makes me really yearn to learn more about Classic Space. Back when Sci-Fi was on top of the world! Thanks, Slugger!

[@Jolamprex]

1:07 I knew exactly what you were going to do here and I’m proud of you for following through.

[@boxfoxscoot1614]

im so glad he kept up the changing intro

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Obscure Lego history. That's why we're here!

[@Pattern51lover]

I love the 1.5! Looks very much 2001 to me! It’s a vibe

[@mystic-malevolence]

I never thought about it... but Blacktron 2 makes it feel like they went clean at some point between the two series.

[@Chevyman3030]

Honestly lego should bring the multi line pack back cause it'll help to bring diversity to your collecting & if blacktron 1.5 was made it would influenced a kinda edgy but still family friendly space line under the city umbrella tho

[@joseramalho3297]

Great video and amazing what if combination of colours 👍👍👍

[@raygen103]

omg i absolutely love your recolors, the 1,5 color scheme is amazing!!!

[@FirstPersonLife]

ohhh man that 1.5 color scheme is awesome. funny that you showed the swapped the color schemes. i was hoping for something like that lol

[@5days5hearts25]

One day I'll click on a video and the Summer of Slug theme tune will never end. It will simply carry on, the title slowly drifting off screen.

[@StoneCresent]

I had the Spyrius x Castle value pack (set 1843) as a kid. The Spyrius minifigure it came with served as my Lego avatar for a long time until I migrated the head to a Futuron body with a few additional accessories.

[@EtchJetty]

IT STARTEDDDDD

[@CraftySven]

Excellent work ! I grew up admiring the trans neon green, so it has a special place in my case.

[@adamn.4615]

I had a few of those combo packs (including the one with this Blacktron vehicle). There were some where only one or two of the included models got my attention, but I collected sets from all four of the original themes, so I generally liked these packs.

[@aveoxus1139]

I caught myself doing the face on the dude in the "Distracted Boyfriend" meme when I saw the color swapped Blacktron 2 builds. Really spectacular! I had ideas about pallet swapping other themes to blacktron, like one of my favorite sets; 2161 aqua dozer. Was looking on bricklink and theres supposedly a prototype trans-red 2598... if it's even real

[@titanic_monarch796]

Given the sleek black tubed fighter flight-suit of the first figs I've headcanon'd Blacktron 1 as a secretive merecary group persuing that mysterious black metal ore, and Blacktron 2 as a group riding off 1's popularity relying on armour and more advanted technology- funny how your analysis lines up! I'd never thought about this as a Blacktron 1.5, outside of just an oddity of design- it's a fun throughline to consider!

[@warmetalpacifist]

Color scheme aside, 6887 has to be the coolest space ship Space theme ever had

[@venenomecca858]

Slugger has a lot of Blacktron, maybe a “so you wanna get into Blacktron” soon 👀👀👀

[@CW0123]

Follow the money. Space Police Unions own the Legostream media 😳

[@Bobobofan12]

I love the part where you compare both blacktron versions as punks vs. posers lol

[@sockraiders]

I love both black tron colour schemes equal if I’m honest, that black white and red is striking however !! Whenever comparing black tron 1 and 2 I always think of that space mini figure pack with both and an m tron and space police astronaut ! To me they fit together quite well!!

[@enriquemartinez9774]

THATS MY SLUGGGGG!!!

[@rtg]

You've heard it here: Dark Helmet was a fashion trend setter in the 80's!

[@jackbackln4432]

Great video! I've always been curious about blacktron and this taught me a lot! and the black, white, and red color scheme is powerful!

[@verexeo]

Finally! I've been refreshing your channel all day.

[@Dynamic_Flyer]

Discovered this channel recently and I like it! Interesting videos and good videography. I had some original Blacktron mini figs when I was a lad and I thought they were cool. They were always the pilots of my best MOC spaceships, planes and helicopters. I like your Blacktron 1.5 look. It would stand out brilliantly at a Lego exhibition or convention. You should do it!

[@RRSlugger]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel! There is a huge back catalogue of videos, should you want to peruse. 😊

[@NiiRubra]

Maybe Blacktron 2 is a classic case of people making a whole thing, and then some higher up coming along, looking at it, thinking its neat, and that it's a good opportunity to slap a dormant brand they have in their drawer on this totally unrelated thing, in hopes of drawing upon that brand's popularity, and heightening the profits from this new thing. Except what they don't realize, is that in doing so they are alienating its target audience and hurting that brand that was deemed so profitable. 1:07 The Blacktron folks are the type of people who would wear shades underneath their shades, if you forcibly removed them. 4:22 I look forward to Slugger's exposé on space police overzealousness and what that may imply for space society. (ASCAB) 6:25 I like the first alternate build, looks like a cool atmospheric craft, or some really metal fighter that foregoes a cockpit entirely, because if you're not riding on top of your space ship exposed to space, you're not cool like Blacktron. 7:46 OHH! Okay, I like this better than Blacktron 2. Yup, definitely missed out on something here.

[@LittleMushroomGuy]

1.5 Looks amazing, but I understand them, they also looks very serious

[@mensen2462]

I guess I have to swap my TNG parts for trans-red now 😅 Thanks for another fascinating video on colours (I LOVE THEM!!!)

[@natef15]

Excellent video! I've been putting off expanding on this set for way too long.

[@Entertaininglylame]

And now I want to make blacktron 1.5!!!!! It looks so good!!!!

[@RRSlugger]

Ohh, I can't wait to see what you'll do with this colour scheme! 😮

[@TheNumberOfTheBeast666]

Wild that this video pops up one day after after I set up two of the original blacktron figures and one blacktron 2 figure on my desk.

[@Clawforge9]

The recoloured sets do look quite striking and I like to believe that the Meteor Prospector as well as some of the other 1.5 vehicles shown in this video would have been prototype models developed by the Blacktron faction prior to the formation of Blacktron Future Generation.

[@stevendodd2634]

Nice video slug thanks for posting!

[@thefourthfrank8814]

I was given a bunch of classic Lego sets a while back and I have the combo set with the Ice Planet plow and city fire truck, I think they are both really fun little vehicles, I don’t know how much it would have sold for but it was a bogo price it would have been great!

[@MATEAKENNY1234]

Getting lots of inspiration looking at your fotography work. Love it.

[@RRSlugger]

Thank you! If you want any of the photos yourself, I always link them in a Google Drive folder within the video description. 😊

[@AClassicBrick]

I wonder if the transparent red was planned to be used for Blacktron Future Generation at some point. I agree with you that it looks more aggressive and therefore suits Blacktron better. The problem is, had they done that we would've missed out on the Blacktron Future Generation Look we got in the end. I'm unsure... I love both looks. In a perfect world we would've gotten Blacktron 1.5 and Future Generation both in some way (obviously with different set designs and not just colour swaps).

[@roseconleey103]

3:19 competing with the fabuland episode for the hardest I've laughed at a slugger joke. considering my music journey starts with linkin park and quickly deviates into weirder electronic/hip-hop stuff and heavier metal/hardcore stuff. summer of slug 2024 is really knocking it out of the park so far!

[@VestedUTuber]

Since you brought it up at the end, you know what's hilarious about the Blacktron Cruiser GWP? It's still quite cheap on the resale market last I checked. Apparently they're either in low demand or there's a ton of them out there. Or both. So if anyone wants a Blacktron ship and they don't care which one or that it's not from the original run, it's a good one to get.

[@RRSlugger]

Hopefully a bit of both!

[@kennywhee]

I missed the sloppy intro slug voice greatly! PS if a semi-lengthy written defense of the Inika builds would be welcome please let me send it to you Mr Slugger sir

[@RRSlugger]

Hahaha, you know my email address! 😉 [e-mail]