Born in 1975, I grew up in the prime age of Classic Space Lego. My very first sets I can remember was the X-1 Patrol Craft; the All-Terrain Vehicle, which, in my attempts to "drive" it over crater plates, seemed to be not-so "all-terrain"; and various other smaller sets. I was probably one of the few kids that did NOT get the Galaxy Commander from Santa.
The largest I can remember getting though was the Inter-Galactic Command Base.
My brother Matthew is 8½ years younger than me, so when I turned 14 and went off to high school, he sort of inherited my Lego bin. I had always attempted to make sure "his" Lego didn't end up in mine, but after awhile I just gave up. It all got mixed, and I never found the time to go back and rebuild all my sets to reclaim "my" Lego.
Fast-forward to Spring 2011. I got a text from my brother one day that said "brother I just built the biggest spaceship ever. It's way bigger and cooler than anything you ever built!". Now being the "older" brother who felt that his sibling's building skills would have been nothing without me, that text got under my skin. The competition was on. Starting with not a single brick to my name, dozens after dozens of purchases on eBay and Cracklink, I had amassed around 70 pounds of Lego. Mostly black, and some yellow, and inspired by Brian Darrow's Blacktron Intelligence Agency, I started to build my own Blacktron I - themed MOC. I have not yet named by MOC, but I'm leaning towards "Hostage Holding and Interrogation Facility". It's design is based around a monorail system, with Blacktron I themed Space Police I jail pods to hold M-Tron hostages.The whole complex is currently 3x5 baseplates (96x160 studs) and I have not yet measured how high. (big enough says the girlfriend....)
The facility is serviced by 4 Renegades, 2 Invaders, 2 Alienators (currently in transit from Germany),and a Battrax.
The facility is also currently manned by 99 Blacktron minifigs (also most not shown as I haven't placed them all yet)
