What Do We Know About Blacktron?

[@willemdakevin1681]

Lego lore goes crazy

[@Windfly8888]

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[@nerdyoutube7847]

I have a feeling this channel could blow up (in a good way). This is not a threat.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! This appears to be happening! Looks like the mind controlling space worms are doing their thing. ;)* *There are no mind controlling space worms here, or anywhere.

[@thequestion8697]

I really appreciate the clarification.

[@SMZProductions]

Haha good one

[@bhakcintra]

A Blacktron lore video has more credible sources than 99% of history based videos. Incredible work and really loved the narration!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! If you like Blacktron lore, the new LEGO Space 1978-1992 has some great material that I would have loved to have included. Next update!

[@Szuwiusz]

Damn! This should be a massive lego wiki article! All info's from catalogues, leaflets, comics and games put together to like massive ancient not known lego build dropped down on the floor where all bricks spread around home are now put back together to show us lore.

[@loreescape47]

I like that description! That's a lot like how I think of these videos; assembling histories and stories from as many of the pieces as I can get my hands on. :)

[@ThePope781]

This hast to be one of the best Lego videos I’ve seen since Lego rewind

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! LEGO Rewind is one of my favorite series, so this means a lot to me. :)

[@autumn702]

12:19 This image is so funny and I don't know why! A bunch of M-tron astronauts with spanners beating up the two Blacktrons lol

[@loreescape47]

It's been entertaining me for decades now; I knew I had to put it in there somewhere. Those old catalogs are full of crazy minifigure shenanigans.

[@hab0272]

It's nice to see regular workers fend off a hostile force.

[@spacebuilder4d]

I have a feeling this channel will blow up. This is a threat.

[@TheProwlingSleepster]

my love for blacktron just got quadrupled

[@loreescape47]

That's awesome! It's a beloved theme that I didn't get to experience a lot of beyond looking longingly at catalogs, so I was really hoping to do it justice here. :)

[@TheProwlingSleepster]

@@loreescape47 I own two very different Blacktron figures, one being a classic guy and the other being from a cmf

[@TRLGamingRTS]

@@loreescape47 They should bring the theme back.

[@VezonWireless]

A very well-researched video on Blacktron lore! I was glad to see obscure references like Planet B-II and Commander Beltar make their way into this, and there were even a few things I never heard before! There's just two facts that I can offer that weren't covered in this video: 1. In the 2009 online LEGO Club news article "INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGO SPACE POLICE!", Space Officer Stan Cometsky is interviewed about an encounter with the Skull Twins driving their Skull Interceptor, described as a customized type-3 hyperspeed vehicle. He comments, "Oh yeah, no mistaking that old Blacktron-built spaceship." This confirms that Blacktron built the Skull Interceptor from the "5973 Hyperspeed Pursuit" set long before the events of Space Police III. As far as I can tell, Wayback Machine never archived this news article... but it's one of the few articles that I happened to save a copy on an old hard drive, and I've recently copy/pasted the text onto Brickipedia: brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/User:PeabodySam/Sandbox 2. Regarding the eBlacktron X, its predecessor was the eBlacktron IX. Therefore, it is most likely the tenth model of the eBlacktron, and the X would be read as "ten" rather than "ex". Source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKS7qnibnKqIb8k (timestamp: 8:21)

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much for sharing, that's a fantastic bit of trivia! I'd half-jokingly mentioned Blacktron being involved in transportation as a reference to the "Blacktron Cadillac" line of the old Maniac song, I guess this confirms it. And the material you posted is a treasure trove of LEGO Space terminology; I need to start making note of that for future videos. A fellow AFOL recently sent me an old Shop at Home catalog that has a short M:TRON/Blacktron story prompt too; I may update with a short video with the stuff I overlooked the first time. I gotta say, I laughed pretty hard at my eBlacktronX mistake. I try my best to get all the information I can out of of LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, but those videos can be hard to scrub through so I guess it's inevitable that I'd miss something. Thank you for pointing that out! BTW, I'm super happy and flattered to see you here and commenting--your channel has been an amazing resource and I believe we've crossed paths before on various forums over the years. It wasn't until I was researching last year that I realized that your username here was a Bionicle pun--very clever, love that!

[@VezonWireless]

@@loreescape47 Oh, you're TalonCard! Hello again! I admit, I didn't realize that until you said we've crossed paths on forums. I hadn't logged into Eurobricks in a couple years, so it's good to see you again and see that you're still active! I'll definitely have to check out that Redbeard biography in the near future when I have some time. I'm very happy to hear that my channel has served you well as a LEGO resource. There aren't very many of us who are dedicated to archiving and preserving old LEGO media, so I'm always trying to do my part wherever I can. (And you're correct about the BIONICLE pun; it made more sense back in 2008 when I was using Vezon as the channel's profile picture, but I'm still sticking with the old name after all these years... you know, "brand recognition" and such.)

[@loreescape47]

Awesome! I'd love to hear what you think of the Redbeard stuff--as you can imagine, the shop videos you posted really came in handy there!

[@jameswestman4745]

A surprise to be sure...but a welcome one! I didn't expect a Blacktron video but what a beautiful sight it was! Can't wait to see more random topics get their own episode!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! As a kid I was always fascinated with Blacktron II sets in catalogs; they seemed to have some kind of implied history being the "Future Generation" so piecing the lore together here was fun. More random topics to come!

[@RinglornLoreGuy]

Welcome back friend! So impressed by the cinematic segment at the beginning! Looking forward to more amazing content!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! I enjoy using these intros to experiment with different styles.

[@BronoFWelz]

Man I missed so many cool sets and figures trying to be a “real” adult! Hopefully some of these will be brought back into production one day.

[@loreescape47]

We can only hope--I know I want an Aerial Intruder one of these days!

[@hab0272]

It's sad to see some themes being lost in time. Many of these themes still have a dedicated fanbase. I hope LEGO re-releases or re-imagines some of these themes.

[@scourgemeltface]

They definitely won't. Once lego retires a set thats it.

[@LEG10N-o7]

I have always loved the Blacktron, they were always my favorites! Really do love all the lore tied into all these themes. You definitely need some more attention, went ahead and shared this video with a few others and left a subscribe!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I'm glad this resonates for the true Blacktron fans out there; as I was largely only able to admire the theme from afar. I did collect almost all of the UFO sets back in the day--LOVED those! I'm looking forward to tackling them here soon...

[@SpeakingJargon]

Unverified rumors indicate the possibility that during the 21st Century, LEGO Batman worked as an agent of Blacktron and sometimes Veryverydarkgreytron.

[@loreescape47]

lol, I see what you did there!

[@natanielleosz5275]

About the origin of the blacktron, it is good to know that it is a well established fact in the Lego universe that there are multiple races that closely resemble humans. For example spyrius are said to be a different race but they look just like other humans, and the space police is a faction created by the galactic council that is said to gather or the races of the Milky Way, but all the members look human

[@andrewchapman2039]

I just got here, and wow I've rarely seen such comprehensive and expansive bibliographies for *anything*, let alone a LEGO lore video. Bravo!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you!

[@PRTYPPR]

Got into Lego Lore because I'm searching connection to Bionicle lore. Not disappointed. Great video btw your tone is really soothing

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! That's very much a mission statement of the whole channel; providing a respite from a stressful world one lore video at a time. :)

[@pkmovies92]

What an incredible video... I am speechless... 11/10

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@suturesunder3465]

I hope those 30k views indicate you intend to make more videos like this. There's some delectable irony in how much effort is put into this lore video using creativity to tie together a bunch of goofy lego promo material like so many loose ends of deep lore, while plenty of other lore youtubers just read the wiki article with a slideshow of relevant pictures from the first page of google images.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you, I really appreciate that! I definitely have more videos in the works like this--the next one will feature UFO, one of my favorite Space themes (and the only one for which I had anything like a complete collection as a kid.) These do take a lot of time to make, but comments like these provide a lot of encouragement. :)

[@suturesunder3465]

@@loreescape47 Heck yeah. I know it's a grind and there's absolutely no knowing if the days of work you put into some passion project will ever reach an audience and make people happy, and it's only by providence that so many of us might even come across a video like this, and yet I'm glad for it all and I'm happy to be waiting for the next video knowing what you have to offer us.

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

A lot of hard work went into this. Lego was always a nigh on magical toy for me growing up. Especially the annual Lego exhibitions. This backstory into the Lego space range, and an explanation of it's generational transitions is a wonderful addition to the Lego brand name, even if it's not officially endorsed by the Lego company. Well done. You've earned my sub.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! "Magic" is exactly the right word; as a kid I always felt like there was more to the stories behind the toys than the brief glimpses we had. :)

[@TiMona42]

I personally headcanoned blacktron as mercenaries with a focus on mining out those jetblack ores, and Blacktron 2 as a revival by people more interested in the tech than the original organisation's goals. Pretty cool to see all this promotional stuff mixed into something consistent!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! It was fun following all of the bread crumbs and trying to make a loaf out of them. :)

[@maunz5791]

I think that is my new favourite version of "paint it black"! 😂 Your channel is amazing!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@ianholcombe18]

Blacktron was OBVIOUSLY started by Batman, because he only builds in black (and sometimes very dark grey)

[@loreescape47]

LOL!

[@LuketheDuke424]

Fantastic video! The scripting, editing, and research are all equally impressive! Blacktron was the Space theme I had the most sets of as a kid, so "lore" like this has always been something I've loved!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! Funnily enough, I barely had any Blacktron sets as a kid but that actually drove my fascination, especially because the Future Generation sets were in stores but I knew there had been a prior incarnation in the Space Police I set I had--it was a big ol' mystery to me how the two were connected!

[@LuketheDuke424]

@@loreescape47 There were many themes like that for me as a kid, countless hours staring at catalogs. I love researching the history of LEGO, I've definitely been inspired by this video!

[@loreescape47]

Awesome! That means a lot coming from a fellow researcher. :) You should see our old copy of the idea book in your latest video--it's been worn to shreds!

[@LuketheDuke424]

@@loreescape47 Well, you've always got my video to reference to if any of the pages of yours are unintelligible xD

[@Marco1973est]

If only I grew up watching this every Saturday morning as a kid, after I’d head to the basement and continue the saga. Great job 👏🏼- well done ! 👌🏼

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! It's fun to speculate about 80s/90s era themes in a Saturday morning cartoon setting; they'd fit right in!

[@creativespaces7305]

I have the new blacktron invader

[@creativespaces7305]

Btw I’m just a kid using moms I pad

[@mikestich9173]

Awesome video! Please do more on the 90’s space themes. Would love to see you do one on Spyrius, Unitron, Ice Planet, Exploriens, and Space Police 2.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! I want to get to all of them for sure, though I'll be jumping forward and then back on the timeline a little first. ;)

[@traymas]

This video was phenomenal! Really good work my friend. I hope to one day see a full deep dive into the entire Lego space lore and maybe even castle.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I'm really excited about the next Space video. Blacktron was something I admired from afar for the most part, but I actually collected almost all of this next series...

[@blitzeditzccp]

I don't think any lego theme would come close to space and blacktron peak ass lego themes but I was very dissapointed when they discontinued the seatron theme with that new alien mold but its whatevs blacktron was still goated noneless

[@mattdoesntknowwhattodowith5760]

The amount of research put into this is insane, seeing all the sources pop up every minute . Commendable work man

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@mattdoesntknowwhattodowith5760]

@@loreescape47 no problem !! keep up the stellar work !

[@alexbranitsky530]

I just discovered your channel, with the lego lore timeline video, and i am absolutely in love with your content, style, and presentation. The song at the end was an absolutely wonderful cherry on top. I hope you keep making content as this was such a refreshing video!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I'm committed to putting these out; I just wish I had more time to work on them. :)

[@Jason12-l5h]

Could you please make a video on m-tron

[@loreescape47]

I'd like to make one for each of the space factions! M:TRON has some pretty interesting lore too!

[@DragonxFlutter]

This was awesome, and the Paint it Black parody was _hilarious!_ Imma subscribe just to see more like this!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! It was a crazy idea that came off pretty well. 😁

[@Raven319s]

Fantastic video! I am saving this for historical record. I always pictured Blacktron as one of the many split off factions of the original space explorations missions. The settlements they originally were sent to explore were scarce in resources so scientific enlightenment turned to survival. The early settlers pleaded for trade with the other star system settlements that were more abundant in resources but there requests were often overlooked. After time passed, and being unable to leave their desolate planets en mass, this forced them to start utilizing their remaining tech to intercept cargo haulers in the trade routes. I imagine Spyrius was a spin off faction of Blacktron to exercise more covert methods of acquiring materials and technology for survival. I look at them as NOT the 'bad guys', but a people left to the darkness of space to find their own way to survive.

[@Raven319s]

I actually envision my own spin off called the Epsilon Group. Their color schemes vary quite a bit depending on the type of background planetary camouflage they need but still use the Blacktron II windscreen configuration. Here is one flown by an M-tron test pilot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaaloZZnepl2ac0

[@loreescape47]

@@Raven319s Hey, that's a cool video! How long did that take you to put together?

[@Raven319s]

@@loreescape47 Well the entire project I've been slowly tinkering with for a couple years now, but I built the autopilot Monday night and then Tuesday morning I set up the blasters collisions for interaction with other vehicles and then just recorded myself flying around to compile some good clips for the video. So all in all a handful of hours for that particular video set up and some slight editing.

[@711desmond]

My head cannon is that all the themes take place at about the same time, except for maybe the later space police and blacktron generations, and they’re all human, and blacktron are kinda just the pirates of human space, also I would note that all that all universe and corporate references were made made by descriptions of gen 2 blacktron at least in the examples you gave

[@loreescape47]

Nice! There's definitely story evidence for that too, and all things are possible in the LEGO multiverse. :) You raise a good point about the corporate stuff; that's a fairly recent addition to the lore via the LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed game. Given that Dwayne, an original Blacktron figure, was the one with the corporate connection (and the speculation within the video about Forrest Blackwell) I went with the interpretation that it's been an element of Blacktron society for a long time.

[@711desmond]

@@loreescape47 yeah like maybe blacktron 1 were the pirates but when blacktron 2 came around they had a “corporate benefactor”

[@auditect950]

Great video! :D The outro made me add it to my favourites! I too had the headcanon of combining the Zotaxian's two names into Prof. Locust Webb.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I figured it sounded better than Webb Locust. ;)

[@auditect950]

@@loreescape47 Combining alternate names into full names works well with some of the characters (I think Zec Wizer has a nice ring to it) but less with others (Gypsy Moth Sharp or Danny Longlegs Steel sound arkward, so perhaps Sharp and Steel may be nicknames given to them due to their abilities?)

[@ArmchairWatchmaker]

Wow. Impressive work! I had no idea there was such a deep lore behind these themes! I saw them only in catalogues and on shop shelves.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! Blacktron didn't start out with a lot of lore, but it's certainly picked up quite a bit over the years since.

[@GreenSpacebug]

This is such an awesome video man, I love seeing high production lego videos like this and Lego Rewind. Blacktron II is hands down my favorite theme

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I'm flattered to even be mentioned alongside LEGO Rewind; that's one of my favorite series here.

[@themaskedraff]

Would love the entire collective space lore

[@loreescape47]

Ideally I'd like to do at least one video for each Space faction! It's a daunting task especially since there's been a TON of cool Blacktron info since this video came out that I would have loved to incorporate. We'll see how many revised videos I'll have to do when it's all said and done, lol.

[@themaskedraff]

@loreescape47 I expect a 87 hour long timeline in reverse order with extra lore information that breaks the 4th wall

[@ApocGuy]

they may be baddies, but one i love. and i see them more of a Mercs than a "big bad wolf". thanks for expanding Blackie's lore.

[@GameyRaccoon]

LOVED the mention of Pete Reid's Lego Space Building the Future!!

[@loreescape47]

I've always been impressed with the amount of thought and work that went into that book. Pete Reid actually stopped by to comment and I was appropriately star struck. :)

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@loreescape47 I emailed him when I was younger and he kinda mentored me and encouraged me to start uploading my MOCs onto Flickr. He's super down to earth and cool.

[@andrewgilbertson5672]

Thank you for this- the Blacktron second generation (including that control panel framing the video) were very much my childhood and introduction to Lego (along with the castles + forest-men sets). This was a ton of fun!

[@loreescape47]

You're very welcome, and thank you for watching! I had a lot of fun trying to adapt the control panel and thinking about what the graphics would be like. :) Love the Forestmen too--I didn't have many of the larger sets growing up, but one year I got TWO largish Forestman sets for my birthday, and it was just the best.

[@spirituskitsune]

For blacktron! We will conquer this galaxy!

[@goodguygaming4324]

Mind control worms? Makuta: allow ourselves to introduce the kraata

[@loreescape47]

I had to look these up. Creepy little guys...

[@goodguygaming4324]

@@loreescape47 There is also a group of organic mind control masks from the Bionicle they are called Krana The Krana pilot a robotic suit called the Bohrok Similar to how the mind control slug Kraata Pilot a robotic suit called the Rahkshi

[@rudboypaintbrawl]

Absolutely awesome video and your channel is truly an hidden gem, subbed and gonna binge watch all content up to today :) I wish you luck with algorithm so you get snowball effect with gathering viewers :) Cheers, also Merry Christmas and Happy News Year :D

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I will take all the well wishes I can get; I know some of the things that make the channel appealing are also not helping when it comes to the algorithm, but I'm hoping to bridge that gap a little more next year. :)

[@PureSolace]

Yay, Blacktron!

[@XCATX25]

I feel like this channel could blow up (this is a threat). In a good way.

[@TheCollectibleMinifigure]

This was super cool! I have been looking for a channle like this for a long time and you put the lore together so well! Please do ice planet next!!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! Ice Planet is definitely on my list; I have fond memories of playing with my Ice Sat V; I don't think I'd ever seen that many wheels in one set before. I also have a sealed 1711 Ice Scooter that I've been saving for when I need to cheer myself up on a rainy day. It will take awhile but I want to get to all the Space subthemes. I hope you'll check out the UFO video as well!

[@TheCollectibleMinifigure]

I watched that video to

[@Brick3acon]

The vibes are immaculate

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

I'd love to see a video on the Insectoids. Their lore in Europe vs America are so drastically different, and to some degree so are the UFO aliens before them. My personal headcanon was that the Zotaxian fleet were once good guys working under Iil...xy...yx... whatever his name was when visiting the Fright Knights in that old commercial and Time Cruisers comic. When he died, Alpha Draconis took over as the cruel and tyrannical ruler described in the Insectoids book. The events of that book with the good European Insectoids then happen, before one of the fleets rebels and leaves Holox leading to the evil American Insectoids who would team up with Blacktron. (Ive also got my own more crackpot concept adding Craniac and the Buggoids into the equation but that one is for me for now)

[@loreescape47]

I'm actually working on two UFO videos right now! It sounds like we're thinking along similar lines to incorporate the US/International storylines. Having Alpha Draconis as the evil Insectoids leader from Insectoid Invasion was also part of my headcanon even as a kid, before I knew about the lore of their shared homeworld--I was going entirely on the shared UFO/Insectoids armor piece! Some additional lore and other elements of my approach have led me down a more ambiguous direction for Alpha, but I always loved that idea. Working on the UFO videos has me really excited to tackle Insectoids, though I think I'll probably jump back to cover the other Space factions first. There ended being even more lore overlap between the UFO and Insectoids characters than I was expecting, though, so there'll still be plenty of great Insectoids stuff there!

[@hab0272]

Interesting how in europe the insectoids are portrayed more positively. I've also heard th a t roboforce was only introduced in america in order to have a faction that could fight the UFO aliens. I'm starting to wonder about America's relationship towards aliens. Maybe it has to do with alien abductions being more common there.

[@ItsPaulsChannel]

Im glad i stayed foe the song in the end.

[@weavernutz22]

This video answered so many questions. Thank you

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@hazbinhotel5488]

OMG...The last bit of this was sooooo funny...first off great song...hilarious parody of that song... This lego video was good...quite good in fact. it's basically the COMPLETE opposite of what I plan to do with Ninjago 2042....the year the world runs out of oil. I promise it will try to be as equally hilarious. That song at the end though....made me laugh...quite hard.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! It was a bit of a crazy idea that worked out really well. 😁

[@shinyrayquaza9]

got this after looking at reviews of some blacktron sets I may pick up, amazing job

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! Are you starting out with the theme or looking to expand your collection?

[@shinyrayquaza9]

@@loreescape47 I was picking up some mars mission stuff (last year I picked up power miners) and I finally got around to looking at pricing of some old space stuff, I saw some of it was actually affordable and decided to get some. My first blacktron set was the gwp cruiser which I unfortunately need to fix the stickers on now that I know better (the instructions make a few of em upside down). I had also begun looking at the theme a little after getting the galaxy explorer when that released

[@autumn702]

Cool video, really enjoyed it (especially the outro)! Never knew that classic Lego space themes had lore with any depth beyond what was there for marketing. I just ordered a second hand Blacktron Cruiser a few days ago which must have made this video pop up in my recommended feed. It will be my first Lego space set since my dark ages, super excited for it to arrive!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! One of the great things about LEGO lore is that there is so much of it and so little at the same time. (Though most of it is indeed marketing, lol.) The Blacktron Cruiser is a great set, awesome choice for a dark age decloaking. :)

[@jonmandelbaum5395]

My headcanon is that all the factions are actually just different branches of the same dysfunctional government. Blacktron are the military. Futuron are administrative. Spirius is in charge of manufacturing and R&D. MTron is in charge of resource mining and processing. Space police is space police, and has many former Blacktron guys in their ranks. Ice planet guys are in charge of mining water and anything that they find in the water be it lithium, salt, or microbes. The OG classic space guys are the explorers

[@loreescape47]

I like this take too!

[@josephrowlee]

This was awesome! I'd love to see some collaboration with stop motion animators to bring the lore to life someday!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! I'd love to see this happen too!

[@benkevelson5942]

This is brilliant, you earned a sub

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@Krondon-SSR]

Whaa no Galactic Bounty Hunter? haha great vid

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I do love the figure though! He's got a tiny cameo @2:30, along with bounty hunting being a well known occupation for Blacktrons (I think the Meet the Minifigures book even said that he came from a planet of bounty hunters). Probably could have done more with the character, but I knew I was basically using the same figure for the neo-Blacktron in the opening scene, so I didn't spend a lot of time on him.

[@skeemeastwood9075]

The singer of the Paint it Black parody did an amazing job. This is the coolest thing ive found on youtube since i discovered the great Sir Baldemort and 40k lore.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! She's really talented. :)

[@RetroGamer7200]

This was a very well put together video! Really got me interested in Blacktron, whereas before I was indifferent. Any plans to release "I rather it were Blacktron" separately?

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! By popular demand, it's officially on the list of channel projects (though it is a long list ;) ).

[@p6mkq]

You know how to do your research right. May your creativity be praised.

[@MaxSupercars]

Great video! Good job! 😊

[@loreescape47]

Thank you!

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Brick Theory approved. You got yourself a subscription

[@loreescape47]

Thank you!

[@13luissalas]

At 2:50, what is that clip based on? Love to get my hands on that robot/mech. Is if from that old rgp type lego game??

[@loreescape47]

That's from LEGO Minifigures Online, a MMO that was only online for a little over a year before being shut down. I wish I'd taken the time to play it back then, it looks like it had all kinds of fun characters and environments. The trailers and game footage folks uploaded should have some more reference angles if you decide to build it--I don't think it was based on a physical model.

[@BrickMenyce]

More! That man in the profile picture is a blacktron sleeper agent. He has infiltrated Ice Planet and later Galaxy squad.

[@loreescape47]

You never know where Blacktron will strike next!

[@spencerd3696]

Great production! Following for more!

[@loreescape47]

Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!

[@fatdawgfilms]

This is fantastic!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@Sassy_Witch]

Bro that video was absolute insane. Holy shit how did go under the radar for so long?!

[@loreescape47]

Blacktron is stealthy like that. ;)

[@legosarecool627]

7:47 =analog horror

[@АлексейДовженко-ъ4я]

Does Blacktron have his own story? What a twist! Like for video. As a child, I wanted to have a LEGO 6981 Aerial Intruder set. I liked him. I did not understand how these transparent cabins are arranged. Now I can construct this myself from old Lego parts bought in the EU. 🥰🥰🥰 But I never considered Blacktron's men to be evil. I liked these guys. They had the usual kind faces. And now LEGO makes its little men some kind of scary twisted faces. With stubble and warts. Fu crap. 😢

[@loreescape47]

The Aerial Intruder is on my wishlist too! And of course, the Blacktrons would consider themselves to be the good guys. :)

[@АлексейДовженко-ъ4я]

@@loreescape47 100%

[@intranexine8901]

didn't know lego lore was that deep appart from Bionicle

[@loreescape47]

It's been doled out in bits and scraps over the years, but it's pretty amazing what you can find when you go digging for classic LEGO lore. Bionicle was very much the full expression of a drive to theme based storytelling that had been simmering for well over a decade.

[@julienthijs1271]

​@@loreescape47 amazing ! I Just got the new galaxy explorer and it picked my interest in the lore of those old themes ! Happy to stumble upon your videos ❤ Ps: The little node to Bionicle on one of the screen blew my mind and warmed my heart. It really does stimulate the imagination...

[@loreescape47]

@@julienthijs1271 thank you! The Galaxy Explorer is one of my favorite recent sets, the details are fantastic. The Bionicle canisters are iconic!

[@ChrisRoots-k7g]

Impressive.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! And thank you for watching! :)

[@danielwilliamson6180]

My cousin Ben once had Blacktron Lego and minifigures. I've got the Series Blacktron Galactic Bounty Hunter minifigure.

[@loreescape47]

I love that figure--had to put him in the intro. :)

[@invaderbrickstudios900]

I never never I needed this but I'm glad this video exists

[@loreescape47]

I make it a personal goal to make the kind of content I'd love to stumble across myself, so this means a lot to me!

[@invaderbrickstudios900]

​​That sounds great

[@lukascermak4011]

Subscribed, great job man!

[@loreescape47]

Glad to have you, thank you so much!

[@MatiNuva1724]

I would absolutely listen to a full version of Build It Black

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much! I second guessed myself on including it a lot: "Is this too much?" "Is it too weird?"--glad it's finding an audience; we'll see about a full version. :)

[@thecopperowl8386]

This video was so useful for me! I've been trying to make a blacktron moc and was having trouble deciding who should be the leader. I didn't know about the Centerions, and ended up making my own 6 man team. Unsure if I will make them

[@loreescape47]

Nice! There's a lot of cool opportunities for individualization there!

[@thecopperowl8386]

@loreescape47 The best part was learning that they had a leader, but also confirming my suspension that Space Villian and Rench arnt members of the organization but just posers

[@hakanstorsater5090]

The connection might be unclear, but Kazak's insignia also appears very similar to the early checkered Classic Castle shields from 1978-1984.

[@loreescape47]

Good catch! Love the early LEGO Castle aesthetic there.

[@juanatethejetdryer7580]

This video was amazing, before watching this I always thought blacktron was Russian for some reason, probably because they were first introduced during the Cold War.

[@loreescape47]

Thank you!

[@toon_cosplay_guy7930]

That was awesome so much nostalgia

[@loreescape47]

Thank you so much!

[@natef15]

Whoa... this is excellent

[@loreescape47]

Thank you!

[@leighneil]

Just gold, pure gold...umm I mean, black!

[@loreescape47]

I see what you did there! :)

[@kerbal666]

I had most of these sets from the 80s and 90s. I had no idea they were bad guys though haha

[@loreescape47]

The sets are pretty ambiguous until you get to Space Police, where they're just being locked up left and right. But the recent book LEGO Space 1978-1992 introduced some ambiguity to the Blacktron faction that I really like; I'll be incorporating that into the future generation of the video.

[@reyvenpl3525]

best video of lego Space ever!!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! Very high praise. :)

[@cykodestructo5316]

Ok this was a good video and all but that ending was the best thing that ever happened

[@loreescape47]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Firefox13A]

Futuron Propaganda. Happy to see Blacktron Space Force jammed the transmission. Freedom from Futuron Tyranny!

[@TheCBoysDotCom]

Fututorn is really holding their kids back by not making them full employees from birth; we must bring them the freedom that is corporately inscribed rights to being a functional aspect of society, lest the known universe crumble further.

[@hab0272]

The "No holidays, no lunchbreaks, no mercy" policy is so cruel. Also love the song!

[@loreescape47]

Thank you! The policy is direct from LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed; the song parody is a wacky idea I had that I'm pleased has gone over well. :D

[@hab0272]

​@@loreescape47The song is such a perfect choice for a faction named Blacktron. Love the lyrics and passionate performance. I do remember playing lego legacy for a while though im unfamiliar with the lore. I was surprised to hear the intro song "lovely day" on the radio because i only associated it with the game at that point

[@Boomtox]

I love army building specifically Blacktron, and pairing that with my space police 3 stuff personally

[@loreescape47]

That's awesome! Do you army build with just the classic stuff or do you incorporate the CMF updates too?

[@Boomtox]

@@loreescape47 I like to incorporate the cmf stuff to varrying degrees, like the galactic bounty hunter I use as like an elite group of blacktron

[@BulbminGaming]

i got a brand new spaceship with a sleek orange paint job, and using it i got to monitor the federation's activities. this is a very interesting document, before it got interrupted by something. when blacktron falls and the secondhand ship market reopens, maybe i can sell it to some new space explorer that needs a ship.

[@loreescape47]

That's the spirit!

[@vexorian]

I always thought Spyrius were a branch of blacktron remmants or defectors that took some M:tron tech to continue the spying business.

[@loreescape47]

It's possible! Spyrius doesn't have a ton of story content, but what it does have is WILD. We'll cover them at some point. The Spyrius droid major is one of my all time favorite minifigures!

[@vaimantobe3034]

This was a trip and a half...

[@loreescape47]

A real galactic voyage, lol.

[@docnecrotic]

Collector Minis Space is gonna drop some lore next year!

[@loreescape47]

I'm so excited for those! I can tell you right now that I'm gonna get all of them. Are you looking forward to any in particular?

[@docnecrotic]

@@loreescape47 black tron, for certain Maybe ice planet

[@thethirdolmak9061]

Recent development; A number of Blacktron employees have been exposed to some form of mutagenic substance, might want to look into that

[@loreescape47]

Our informants keep a close eye on all Blacktron intelligence. ;) Looking forward to including them in future updates!

[@CrockettYT]

Love this, hope we get some Adventures one day

[@loreescape47]

It'll take some time, but Adventurers is my second favorite theme after Pirates, so I think you'll find we think alike here. ;)

[@AbolishReality]

i love the evil mech minifig so much

[@loreescape47]

It's pretty darn cool!

[@therealchillman]

More PLEASE!!!

[@loreescape47]

More to come! Pirates is back up next, and after that I've got a couple of smaller videos about a specific book and game, but I'm really looking forward to the next Space video; it covers one of my all-time favorite factions. :)

[@charlesballiet7074]

omg this was my childhood. I love this generation

[@loreescape47]

Mine too!

[@cosmic24wizard84]

Lego Minifigures Series 26 has a few new additions to the Lego Space Lore! 1) The Blacktron Mutant; 2) M-Tron Powerlifter, and 3) Ice Planet Explorer!!

[@loreescape47]

I love those! It was the first collectable minifigure series I just bit the bullet and bought every figure for. :) Of course that does mean the lore in the video is out of date, but I suppose that's a small price to pay. :)

[@waderoberts3701]

Perhaps Blackrock will one day evolve into Blacktron.

[@houselemuellan8756]

What was the massive cannister? Is it a Bionicle can?

[@loreescape47]

That's certainly what it looks like! And considering that set already references the Blacktron GWP set, it seems to be a reference to the then-upcoming Bionicle GWP. :)