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Re: what defines a MOC as blacktron? was: (2nd Annual Space Building Contest)
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lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:59:29 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Why do Space-heads love Blacktrons?
< How many times can I return to answer the same question? >
In thinking about this a bit more, I think the attraction to BT1 comes down
to the color scheme above all else. Look at it: Black with Yellow
highlights. The standard "LEGO" colors are the inverse: Yellow with Black
highlights -look at real life TLC trucks or sets like these:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6692
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/2148
Colors being opposite, the subconscious might view BT1 as the anti-LEGO,
like the evil alternate universe of Star Trek. BT1 is, by appearance, the
Dark Side of LEGO. And that somehow appeals to a part of ourselves that is
excited by the sinister, the criminal, and the dangerous -something most of
us explore only in fantasy. And what better way to experience such fantasy
than with LEGO toys?
So the next question is obvious: How do the Res-Q sets fit in? Aren't
they also of this inverse-LEGO color scheme? :-o
Long live Blacktron!
-H.
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