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    Explorovore —Brian Cooper
   On Christmas I reconstructed a Galaxy Explorer from my 25 year old Lego collection and had some fun with it. ---...--- In the Classic Space era, thousands of Galaxy Explorer ships were produced and dispatched into the far reaches of space. This was (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space) !! 
   
        Re: Explorovore —George Haberberger
     (...) Augh, in space no one can hear you scream "Leave my classic Galaxy Explorer alone!". Great idea and implementation, Brian, thanks! George (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) Thanks. And I think they can hear you scream in the realm in Classic Space, as long as you use your walkie talkie... Hmm, wait a minute, how can you use a walkie talkie with a space helmet on. That's right, they have no helmet visors. Wait, (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Soren Roberts
     (...) There's something wrong with you. Or something very right. I can't tell. Awesome concept, creepy backstory, excellent execution. MORE! Soren (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) The backstory adds a plausible scientific logic to the wrongness and makes it seem almost right. :-) Ah, the beauty of science fiction. K (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Mark Neumann
     (...) ?!? "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 (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) I started thinking about monstrous things while creating the Explorovore. Imagine a moonbase module that seemed like a plain, featureless connecting corridor, but which from time to time would divert people into the red meaty oblivion of a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) Glad you liked it. Actually I wasn't sure people would get it, so I had to bulk up the backstory to explain (the true horror of) what was really going on. Your imagination can provide the animation. :-) Egg laying is always erotic to life (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Pawel Nazarewicz
     (...) Awesome idea, great design ... I love everything about it. -- Pawel (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)  
   
        Re: Explorovore —Jean-Pascal Rignault
     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 (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) Thanks. To make it seem like a living thing, I wanted to give the sense that inside its grey metal shell the Explorovore was packed with red, meaty substance. The spaceman lure is enclosed in folds of red, meaty tissue. The egg comes out of a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Calum Tsang
     (...) Wow, that was delightfully creepy. I've never felt uneasy looking at Lego creations before. Nicely done! Calum (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —James Wilson
     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 (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) Thanks. The word "ovipositor" also popped into my head when I was taking the pictures. I was thinking that it would require an elaborate apparatus like a space shuttle manipulator arm to place an egg in zero g. It moves very slowly and gently (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Kenn Oldham
     (...) 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 (19 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Chris McNamee
     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 (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —David Simmons
     Totally awesome! Something tells me you've created a whole new sub-theme! The unfolding of the creature is superb! Dave (19 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Erik Boons
     (...) -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 (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Niels Bugge
     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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) I would have to conclude that up to this point a color scheme wasn't significantly beneficial to survival. Now if people start shooting grey ships on sight, Explororvores with tinges of blue might be spared and evolution can work its magic. (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Niels Bugge
     (...) Lets just hope that evolution works fast enough to save those cuties - extinction is forever! But I suspect that the Reich is giving them a helping hand as we speak. -NB (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Samarth Moray
     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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Explorovore —Brian Cooper
     (...) Thanks. I like it when MOCs stick in your mind and are elaborated by your imagination (like that fantastic MPP) - toys for the mind. K (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Nelson Yrizarry
     <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 (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Explorovore —Chris Giddens
     *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 (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)  
    
         Re: Explorovore —Larry Pieniazek
     after some snippage... (...) Wait! Spaceheads are lacking in an oddball sense of humor? I did not know that. (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)  
   
        Re: Explorovore —Scott Lyttle
   (...) 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... (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.space)
 

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