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On Christmas I reconstructed a Galaxy Explorer from my 25 year old Lego
collection and had some fun with it.
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In the Classic Space era, thousands of Galaxy Explorer ships were produced and
dispatched into the far reaches of space. This was not without consequences...
Space is an ecosystem, with its own checks and balances.
It had long been theorized that non-intelligent space inhabiting animals might
exist, feeding on gas clouds, asteroids, comets, perhaps even other such animals
lower on the food chain. In the Classic Space era, another food source increased
in abundance, rich in complex organic compounds, refined metals and radioactive
elements, a candy-like treat.
Many Galaxy Explorers were lost on their missions, in fact, an alarming number
of them, information which has been suppressed for political reasons. Space
development is big business.
Recent losses of ships in the spacelanes that have been attributed to piracy may
indeed have been caused something else entirely. Consider the data: grey
unmarked, unregistered ships feigning distress and then attacking, leaving their
victims thoroughly gutted, if any remains are found at all...
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The Explorovore drifts inert until it detects the emissions of a radar scan. Its
body is a metal shell grown in the shape of its prey, roughly matching its radar
and visual signature. Aroused from a hibernation state, it extends its lure, a
protrusion evolved to mimic an astronaut, which bobs and waves as if in
distress.
When the prey is close enough, the Explorovore unfolds its grappling arms and
opens its maw. A burst of plasma from its belly thrusters gives it a sudden
acceleration and it crashes into the hapless ship.
Once the prey is subdued, the feeding begins. Depending on the duration of its
prior hibernation, the Explorovore will either consume the ship entirely, or
nibble merely enough to sustain itself, preserving the rest for another purpose.
Reproduction is important for all animals. The Explorovore deposits an egg on
the partially eaten carcass. Once hatched, the newborn will consume the ship
from the inside out and adopt its shape, continuing the cycle of life.
One can only wonder what might happen if an Explorovore egg hatched in a
battleship, space station or moonbase module. Beware all things grey and
featureless. Beware the red spaceman. Beware.
K
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| (...) Augh, in space no one can hear you scream "Leave my classic Galaxy Explorer alone!". Great idea and implementation, Brian, thanks! George (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) There's something wrong with you. Or something very right. I can't tell. Awesome concept, creepy backstory, excellent execution. MORE! Soren (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) ?!? "battleship, space station or moonbase module" !?! Ok, what are you up to...? Dear God, I love you. I'm sort of imagining Classic-Space meets Starship Troopers. Sick and wrong. Keep it up. Mark (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I'll say! This totally rocks, Nik and I were laughing our heads off... Little Shop of Horrors meets Spaceman Spiff! Is it just me or: - Am I the only one that thinks this whole sequence would make a great stop motion or LDraw animation? - did (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Awesome idea, great design ... I love everything about it. -- Pawel (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| Scary.... it has something of Alien. The way the egg is droped on the rest of the ship, this red and confined interior, these arms... it is just missing some kind of slime, yerk! I promise I won't get close to any red space man! Awesome MOC, the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Wow, that was delightfully creepy. I've never felt uneasy looking at Lego creations before. Nicely done! Calum (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| That's great! The whole concept is imaginative and original. I really like the "ovipositor" apparatus. But what makes the concept really work is the lighting - the stark, angular effect screams "space!" Well done, you sicko! James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Heh, evil. I just want to add a comment about how nice the teeth look and how well any moving parts are hidden. Very well done. Kenn (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| I am deeply disturbed. The entire scenario is quite grotesque. I love the whole thing! .Space needed some natural inhabitants, stands to reason it should be something large and carnivorous. I applaud a very successful effort, and hope we can see (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| Totally awesome! Something tells me you've created a whole new sub-theme! The unfolding of the creature is superb! Dave (20 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) -snip- That is awesome Brian! I do not usually post here on Lugnet, am more of a big time lurking member... but after seeing *this* I just had to post a reply ;-) Your dark, creepy scenario reminds me of early 80's motion pictures like (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Hillarious idea, excellent performed and great pictures. I especially like this one as the red reflex gives the picture an extra bloody look. (URL) I guess we just have to shoot red spacemen on sight from now on... BTW, isn't it a great evolutionary (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| SNIPPY HI Brian, I must confess that when I first saw this post, I just did what a lot of people do- scroll down to the brickshelf gallery, and check out the pics. Add to this the fact I have the attention span of a doughnut and... well. I saw an (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
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| <Snip> (...) Spotlighted! Your excellent storyboard presentation method makes this MOC all too cool!!! I wonder if this creature has already taken over an ISD? A being of that size would truly make it the "Mother Ship". "Big Daddy" Nelson (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
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| *quarantines all red spacemen* This thing had me laughin' before I saw your post. Man, so very cool. It's an amazing combo of creative building and a oddball sense of humor! LOVE IT. Something needed fer us spaceheads!! All grey spaceships are now (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I love it--the story and the MOC are great! My only concern...does the Explorovore go for light and dark stone grey? My assumption is that the Explorovore has only feasted on Galaxy Explorers, so it may dislike the taste of a "better" color... (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
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