IncogM Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I'm a pretty big fan of the extremely short lived Lego space theme Unitron. The theme only got 4 sets total and 3 of them were only released in the States. They were the original counter-parts to Spyrius, but for whatever reason they didn't stay around anywhere near as long. Since the theme only got 4 sets, it ended up lacking a really big spaceship. Since I'm not really a fan of the Ice Planet theme, I decided to take the awesome big ship, the Deep Freeze Defender, and build it in Unitron colors. I also modified it to better fit in with Unitron's other sets. I've dubbed it the Deep Space Defender. I built most of it in LDD first so I would have an easier time ordering the bricks. I couldn't just swap colors because Ice Planet uses a different balance of white/blue/trans than Unitron uses blue/gray/trans. Heres the actual test build I did to finalize the design. The middle received the most change here. Finished product: I managed to not take a good picture of the middle section. So heres the LDD. Its got a maneuverable star-fighter vibe to it in person. Satellite dish in the middle section All three segments Rear engine compartment houses the same spiffy auto-launching little scout vehicle that the original set had Front pod attached to rear engine, kind of a gunboat feel to it Next to prototype Edited August 10, 2015 by IncogM extra pictures RobExplorien, Alcom Isst, Sluicer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I skimmed the intro and saw the LDD model, at which point I thought "Ah it's just another LDD build". Then... KABLAMMO this-is-incredible-I-have-to-read-and-study-the-whole-thing-in-proper-detail. Awesome model you've built there, IncogM! STUDZ and IncogM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostoya Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Really sweet stuff. Deep Freeze Defender is one of my all time space favorites. And it's not a lazy recolor like something I'd make. IncogM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranciblad Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Gotta say, I actually like this a little more than the original! Nice work. IncogM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncogM Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 I skimmed the intro and saw the LDD model, at which point I thought "Ah it's just another LDD build". Then... KABLAMMO this-is-incredible-I-have-to-read-and-study-the-whole-thing-in-proper-detail. Awesome model you've built there, IncogM! I'm glad to have made the read worthwhile for you. One of these days I'll take better pictures. These are actually from a few months ago and the ship probably needs dusting now. Really sweet stuff. Deep Freeze Defender is one of my all time space favorites. And it's not a lazy recolor like something I'd make. Hmm. I should make a single thread for my lazy recolors. Gotta say, I actually like this a little more than the original! Nice work. Sweet, I appreciate it. The Deep Freeze is a really popular set, but in my opinion it has a big flaw: no real space engines. I want big engines on my big ships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluicer Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'm a pretty big fan of the extremely short lived Lego space theme Unitron. The theme only got 4 sets total and 3 of them were only released in the States. They were the original counter-parts to Spyrius, but for whatever reason they didn't stay around anywhere near as long. Thank you for sharing. I really like your model. And I was also a really big fan of the theme. And I hated that I could not buy them all because of the US thing . Your model reminded me on one of my very, very, very old projects. I wanted to create a short animation movie with unitron. I build a hangar and a computer terminal. In the first scene the monorail train should pass the bigger monorail station (I did not found an image) and drive into a mountain. In the next sceen the cockpit should be raised into the hangar and a minifig should get of. In the third scene the minifig enters a computer room where a few guys are waiting for him to show him what they found on the hologram. Here are two test renders: If the project would not be dead your Deep Space Defender would have been a really good addition . IncogM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncogM Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Thanks for sharing, not a lot of Unitron fans out there! Your movie would have been one of my favorite lego vids, for sure. I grew up here in the states, but I never once saw Unitron sets in a store. It was a very exciting moment as an adult to build my first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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