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Hi.
It's been awhile. From what I've seen, Moonbase is more or less dead, and more
or less dead at Lego conventions. I suspect that like a lot of building trends,
it may have just run its course...which is fine. But I've always felt bad about
letting the Moonbase pages go when my site (zemi.net) got hacked and went under
last year.
Although I do plan on bringing my site back in the near future, I won't be
hosting anymore Moonbase related stuff.
So here's the deal. At one point I wanted to spin a Moonbase website off onto
it's own site. Maybe like a wiki, or something that could receive more input
from the community and grow and thrive naturally on its own.
I first tried to grab sites like "moonbase.com" or .net, but the owners wanted
thousands of dollars for their domains,
In the end, I registered "moonba.se" with a european registrar. I never did
anything with it for a variety of reasons. Real life getting in the way, that
sort of thing.
So right now the domain is going to expire in about 3 days. Yeah, short notice.
But it seems like an excellent domain name for the project and if anyone is
interested in renewing it and taking up the Moonbase reigns, now's your chance.
I know a portion the standard is hosted at classic-space.com, but I'll be more
than happy to get anyone all the other Moonbase related instructions or standard
stuff I've made over the years.
I'll be happy to pass on any information to renew it that I can.
Moonbase is dead. Long live Moonbase.
Please email me at jon@zemi.net if you're interested.
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I'm sorry to hear this, Jon. I've always been a huge fan of Moonbase and think
it should live on.
I'm an editor at Wetpaint, a platform that hosts free wiki sites, and I'd be
happy to help you set up a collaborative Moonbase site if you like. It would be
my pleasure to make sure Moonbase still has a place to live on, or at least have
a place for everyone to archive their work.
Matt Bohlmann
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer wrote:
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Hi.
It’s been awhile. From what I’ve seen, Moonbase is more or less dead, and
more or less dead at Lego conventions. I suspect that like a lot of building
trends, it may have just run its course...which is fine. But I’ve always felt
bad about letting the Moonbase pages go when my site (zemi.net) got hacked and
went under last year.
SNIP!
I’ll be happy to pass on any information to renew it that I can.
Moonbase is dead. Long live Moonbase.
Please email me at jon@zemi.net if you’re interested.
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Jon:
We had a small contingent of moonbase modules at Brickworld 2009. You can see
the pictures
here on Bill Ward’s Flickr Photostream. I think we only had about 5-6 modules,
but it was nice to see some people still carrying on with moonbase. As you
mentioned, there seems to have been a decline in moonbase module building as of
late. I’m not sure why, but I am certain that there will be a “moonbase
revival” in the coming years and it would be worth having the information stored
somewhere on a wiki for when this time comes.
-Dave
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If we could just get BrickWiki up and running again
there is a category for Moonbase with some articles already.
Off-topic: would it be possible to move BW over to Wetpaint?
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer wrote:
> Moonbase is dead. Long live Moonbase.
>
> Please email me at jon@zemi.net if you're interested.
So long as there are even a handful of us building Moonbase, it's not dead. Not
by a longshot.
I always admired your site, Jon. One day I tried to access it and it was not
there. I hadn't realized it had been hacked, of course. But oh, was it ever an
inspiring website.
I suspect I have been absent from LUGNet even longer than yourself. But I never
lost my love for Moonbase, and I know you haven't either. My crater plates, my
blues and my light grays, my trans-yellow elements, are all I hang onto now.
Everything non-spacy I sell via my BrickLink store.
My only problem right now is a building area. Since I'm occupying one of the
rooms of a friend's house, MOC space is tight. But when it comes right down to
it, not even that is really a factor.
So, my fellow Moonbase friends, if any of you elect to take Jon up on his offer
(which I am unable to do at this time), I will do my utmost to give you all the
support in my power.
Let's keep Moonbase going; better than that, let's begin its renaissance.
Pat
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