These guys are most certainly sinister! The other ships are visiting .... comparable to how the USA and CCCP (USSR) combined efforts on their space programs before the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Blacktron kind of the bad guys? Also, what's with the other space series' ships docked there?

Oh, of course! This explains the incredible lack of trans-yellow windscreens on cracklink!

6941; 6941 reporting to high command! 6941 reporting to high command over!...they don t seem to answer! 6941b; maybe they forgot about us? 6941; IMPOSSIBLE! they HAVE to answer! 6941; unit 6941 reporting!...we heu...had hybernation system problems, we re ready to conquer ALTA-5, any change in our objectives?... over! 6941; ok, i m sure they ll get back to us! let s prepare for conquest!...

(JAW DROPS) how big?????

*JAW DROPS SO FAR,TOUCHES THE FLOOR* Your creations make mine look like drowning ants!

AMAZING!!!!!

love the monolith man, that hits me deep.

*JAW DROPS*

awesome. i would have to agree with jesse because of all the ships, the main build itself(like,you know, buildings and terrain), and how you also made it funny!

Jesse, thanks for the compliments. Here’s the real answer to how many and how much: I’ve never kept track of either. I started building these larger creations around 2003 and they are continually being reworked as I see things I can improve. My MOC’s have been the subject of many newspaper articles and 8 different TV interviews in the Indianapolis and St. Louis markets. The BIA is 100% mine with the obvious exception of the classic LEGO spaceships. The Alpine Train layout is mine with the exception of the city at the most recent show; it was built by a friend (Jake Runnals). You can see my city which is usually displayed as part of my train layout in previous posts here at my MOCpages. The mountain design was initially a collaborative effort with Jeramy Spurgeon for an IndyLUG show. The farm’s barn was built by another friend (Mark Peterson). In some older pictures of my train layout you’ll see some beautiful flying boats built by another friend (Eric Bell). Other than that the train layout is all my own creation. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway MOC is all mine however I did get some design help on the grandstand curves from Mark Peterson. Hope this answers your questions.

Best...LEGO...Space...Build...EVER!!! 1. How many pieces are in this MOC build and your Alpine Railway MOC build? 2. How long did it take for you to plan and build this MOC build and your Alpine Railway Build? 3. How much money did you spend to build this MOC build and your Alpine Railway MOC build? 4. Did you ever get on the news with this particular MOC build or your Alpine Railway build? If you did not get on the news in some form or fashion, then it is a shame for the media and, truth be told, after hearing of all of the doom and gloom of the past few weeks, people need a nice little bright spot in their day and this MOC build and your Alpine Railway MOC build would be the ticket to joy for some people. 5. Did you build this MOC build by yourself or did you have help with this MOC build like you did with your Alpine Railway MOC build? By the way, you did a nice job with your racers and, as that one guy said, if LEGO (even back in the day) can put stickers and decals in their creations, then so can you without fear of reprisal of not being seen as purist in the eyes of narrow-minded people that refuse to see LEGO as a tool of imagination. You just blew my mind and made my jaw drop to the floor with your MOC build here and your Alpine Railway MOC builds. About the only thing that your MOC build here needs are some LEGO Space Police III vehicles, some ExoForce vehicles, and possibly some Alpha Team, and AquaZone vehicles and some LEGO Creator robots. Granted, I am not a fan of the vehicles of the space bikers/criminals (though with MOC builds, you can alter them to much better and more space biker/criminal-like vehicles, bases, and such), but I think that the Space Police vehicles are just as good as their Space Police I and II counterparts.

Oh, my God.. the effort, the creativity, the amount of bricks! Space is not my favorite type of diorama but this is out of this world! Good work!

O M G! Awesome set!! (but is there a word to qualify it?) If Lego had to re edit the old BT sets, they could take the 11th pic as a art box'background. A nice tribute to your work. The level of details is so amazing! An unreachable dream for an AFOL like me; I really like your sense of humor => Kubrick's movie. Still LOL!! ^^

In your living room, kitchen and bedroom, it was killer... but now, with many pictures.... it's... it's... it's WOOOW !!!!! No words !!! Just lucky guy !! A wonderful women ;-)) and a wonderful MOC !!!

black-tastical!

And I thought that this was amazing when you posted it while it was in your house. It looks even better now. I must say, I'm glad to see it populated as it seemed to be lacking minifigs last time. Love all the vehicles.

Wow! Just Wow! So massive, and so detailed! 5/5!

Wow! Just Wow! So massive, and so detailed! 5/5!

Best space creation ever! Blacktron is still my favorite Lego space theme despite the fact I only have one set that I got as a kid. Something about black and yellow I guess :)

Thanks Mark. The show was great fun and literally four deep both Saturday and Sunday. LEGO layouts really pull in the public; even a freaky space display at a train show!

Never looked better, Brian! Hope the showing went well!

This is amazing!

LOVE THIS!!! Is there any possibility that you will go to Philadelphia, New York, or maybe even Lego Land California! I would like to meat you and talk!

0.0 2nd EPICNESS in past minute!

EPIC WIN! MASSIVE! EPIC WIN!!!!! Seriously, great moc!

Sorry Max, not for sale at any price.

Wow, if I had all the money in the world it would all be spent on this!

Man thats awesome i cant wait to showmy dad he'll love it

This is more than just an intel base, this is a space city.

Nice display, the expansion looks great.

Alot of bricks, Really good.:)

mind boglingly fantastic! so much to look at! superb! amazing! such details in such a massive moc!

Thanks for posting this Brian! It is extremely helpful for us who are not going to be able to make it to BW. If anything else this will make us go to Brickworld. My favorite part is the track wrapping around the towers. Fantastic stuff and a legendary MOC.

I always love seeing this MOC, it never gets old. So well thought out in every regard. Great integration of all the transit types into the various structures.

Wow, this is amazing! All the details in the buildings and vehicles are great, and I love the mischief that those minifigs are up to. :)

of all things you do why do you choose to put the rest of us down by this amazing thing?

It's really quite amazing that nothing has ever gone missing from the BIA! This was my 68th public event since 2003 (showing one or more of my bigger MOCs) and the only thievery I’ve experienced was an old style motorcycle from my Mountain Train Layout and one Jar Jar minifig from my Pirates of the Bermuda Triangle display. As you can see I don’t use any barriers because I want people to be able to get close for viewing details. ---- I would love to meet you in person but it will have to be at some other event besides Brickworld. I will never, ever bring any of my projects to Brickworld again.

cool, do you have any pics from the by air by rail festivle?

Make you a deal Brian, tell me which Brickworld you are going to and I will come over from Australia to see it in person. Thanks for all the sweet detail shots, it really helps to show all the hard work that goes into this behemoth of a display. May I ask if you lose many pieces from petty thievary when you display?

Holy Blacktron moly.

Hmm... looks like some stormies have broken through the perimeter, TMA-1 has been recovered, and the BIA is suffering from more awesomeness than one creation can handle. Thanks for these detail shots, I was really hoping for some.

This is amazing, how much money do you estimate you spent to acquire all the pieces to build this?

Once again a wonderfull display. I like this old-school space lego too, and even got one of the spaceships you photographed myself. Too bad I can't visit it: the photo's you took show much detail. Just fabulous and awesome.

This is just amazing glad you took some more detailed pictures. Love the old school lego pieces. Keep it up!

okay, this is incredible. stop making your stuff so incredible, it hurts.

Close to home! ( live across the river)

wow..that is so cool..any chance you're going to brickworld?