I just love the diversity in colors in these sets! They should bring these kind of space themes back, although I don't think it's going to happen soon, since Star Wars sales are doing so well.
Looking at this just gives me a warm feeling. Good memories browsing through the Lego magazines in the 90s as a kid and being amazed by all the great pictures of the sets they had back then. And the white, blue and translucent orange of Ice Planet 2002 is just something special!
Those M-Tron pieces bring back memories. When I was in elementary school, one of the classes had a Lego bin and within that bin were M-Tron pieces that I used to make a soccer/football league along with the soccer/football pieces. Love the space monorail but I prefer the superior Airport Shuttle
Ahh my M-Tron and Blacktron 2 childhood! Unfortunately my mom could mostly only afford a few of the little sets. I did have the large 6 wheeled Blacktron vehicle and it was understandably the crown jewel of my limited collection. Good times.
I have a lot of nostalgia for the early 90s LEGO space themes. My older brother was 6 when blacktron 2 and 8 when ice planet came out. He had the galactic scout, allied avenger, ice tunnelator, celestial sled, and ice-sat v. I miss all the creative backstories LEGO used to tell in catalogues. I love the creative stories behind the vintage space themes post classic space era. I definitely prefer the space themes after classic space because although they don’t provide as much sense of wonder about the universe beyond earth, IMO they provide a better sense of wonder about what humans can do if they moved on from earth. The classic space sets were used to make scientific predictions about astronomical technology but post classic space gives thought to what if humans formed separate civilisations. How would we maintain togetherness while living apart in a vacuum and what if criminal activity blossoms in a time of living in and trying to maintain a lunar economy from exploration and prospecting
Nice throwback of your collection to your youth. Mine was the 70’s and 80’s and I had as many of those sets as you had of yours ....great to enjoy - yesteryear.
2:02 I built 6949 for my 5th birthday when that set dropped! I was so stoked and I remember my dad wanting me to try bigger feats if I could build that one haha I loved that goofy robot
So Ice Planet was my childhood but man I also had that little saucer scout too. Completely forgot, you just made this grown man yell "oh my god! I remember that" at his screen haha.
My Dad and Aunt were born in the early 70s and have a ton of the original Blacktron, Classic and Space police 1 sets including the main blacktron 1 base! I’ve been collecting legos myself for nearly 15 years now and It’s still one of my favorites.👍
haha I remember these, especially the alien ufos. Use to fantasize owning them all by looking at the lego catalogues that the sets provided. Never seen them out as whole like this :) Still think they are one of the coolest lego sets.
born 1990 i barely missed the ice planet theme and i was sad about that because to me that was one of the coolest theme ever. i think everyone fondly remembers the GODDAMN ORANGE CHAINSAWS!!!
You just gave me an idea for a switcharoo I was working on. I had the minifigure set that had Two M-Tron, Two Blacktron 2, a Blacktron 1, and a Space Police 1 figure. A already had a the small Space Police Peacekeeper ship, but had lost the Blacktron 1 figure which came with it. The spare from the figure set replaced that one. And, I didn't have a need for the second space police, but I did want a Futuron representative. What few sets I had of Futuron were long gone, same with the figures. But, with the swap of legs, helmet and arms, the lone space police figure could become a Black-suit Futuron figure. I even had a spare trans-blue vizor lying around. But the helmet and arms were either gonna come from one of the Blacktron guys or the M-Tron Guys. (I have the Space Police II Peacekeeper upgrade in the Rebel Runner, and it came with a Blacktron II figure.) Seeing those white Helmet M-Tron guys in the back, I may emulate that. I even have a black vizor lying around from a city racer figure. Just need a white Air tank pack. I'll have a Futuron figure and a cool alternate for the M-Tron. Or maybe Blacktron II.
Ice planet and UFO were two of my favorites growing up though I'm sure I would have grown on the earlier releases of the space themes of the '80s if I was around at the time I was born in 1989
Exploriens once were my crush when I was a kid (11yo back in 1996). Well, I did not have them at a time, they were too expensive in our location. But I have now a plan to collect them lol
Fantastic collection. I'm gonna dig out my old catalogues and reminisce. Never owned any as a kid but love the different factions they had. The big spyruis Spy Robot is something I'd love to have.
Just got a lot of the blacktron future generation and space police sets from my grandparents basement when they were planning to move. Had to check out the history on them.
Oh man you gave me so many happy memories, I had a ton of these smaller to mid sets over the years. It’s so cool to see them all built. I used to read Lego magazines over and over and over in the 90s just looking at the sets since I couldn’t afford them but it made me happy. Keep up the awesome work!
This takes me back to my '90s childhood too, I only ever had a few small pocket-sized sets but I did have a couple of large Spyrius sets (6949 Robo-Guardian & 6939 Saucer Centurion).
dude thank so much for these. I remember back then the m:trom and B mega sets were the most expensive toy in my town (only sold in 1 mall, the fanciest one) and everytime I was there I could only look at them. not much of a difference now :))
So many cool themes I did not know about. I knew about some of them, but they were alsmost all released during my period of "not being interested in Lego". I remember one of the last Space sets I bought was first generation Blacktron I think. One black clad astronaout with black helmet. Loved that dude.
I remember playing with these sets when i was at my cousins house. He had gotten older at the time and wasn’t using his legos anymore. I still regret not asking if i could buy some off him ir something. Loved thefluo green glass pieces.
I remember the fun with the mtron big miner vehicle and the large space police flying vehicle. I wanna say i remember having the xwing. All of these have been lost to time.
Looks like someone had a main faction based on the size of that Blacktron 2 army... I'm the slightest bit jealous, those guys REALLY sweep with that colorscheme
I don't know how I never saw blacktron. Know and love everything on the table but blacktron is a complete blank. Anyway, that 3-part cockpit opening concept at 3:07 is incredible
I own every insectoids and UFO series and a few space police and exploriens sets, never had them as a kid because we was kinda poor, however im 51 now so caught up on my youth.. nearly 😃
I felt like I was watching Discovery/History/Sci-fi/How’sThatMade episode which is great! I like those kinds of shows. It’s very informative and entertaining at the same time. Keep up the great videos!
I wish LEGO would go back to these kind of sets. They were affordable (compared to the way to expensive modern sets) and playable at the same time. Would totally by one of these, if LEGO would invent some new Space Theme Sets (for a fair price)
You literally have my entire childhood on display! 😭 Thats my dream collection! I actually only had the celestial forager from M-Tron, I had all of the spyrious sets, a few of those blacktron sets, the Unitron main ship and vehicle and a few UFO... god I’m i literally exploding with nostalgia watching this video!
00:24 I had one of those at the back. The one with two cockpits. Well technically I still have it as the parts and the instructions should be around here somewhere...
Great selection you have there and almost the entire space theme also. I have all of M-Tron, Blacktron 2, Space Police 1&2, Unitron, Double and triple of Spyrius, UFO and Insectoids. I only have 3 small Ice Plant 2002 sets and would like to have more but the bigger ones are very pricy. I have only 4 Blacktron sets 1 and the new remake. With Futuron I only need 3 more for completion but I only want the monorail because the other two small sets look very unappealing. I never got interested in Explorians and Space Police 3 is kind of similar on colors and I am collecting those sets instead but make them more Futuron like. I do agree with you that classic space looks outdated and pricy for decent condition but the new Galaxy Explorer update is definitely a way for Lego to bring back that theme with new models/molds. You should give Galaxy Squad a look and maybe some Futuron sets.
I had about 1/3 pieces for Lego set 6896 but found the rest on bricklink, the toughest piece to get was those 1x1 decorated tiles in the front. Explorians should have comeout in 1998/1999 instead cause Roboforce was a joke.
