LEGO Icons 2025 Blacktron Renegade Alternate model review & comparison! Walker #NotSponsored 10355

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[GalacticBricks]

We need more alt builds designed by Lego that look as good if not better than the normal set!

[LegoTFGuy]

Really cool that it just rebuilds the center portion and the existing other modules attach! Gives it the feel that the cockpit and such are generic modules that connect to different bodies that have specific uses.

[FlymanMS]

Motorised version of it would look hilarious when shuffling its feet.

[waltherltd]

You just blew my mind with the alternate flyer coming off the legs! It looks so good. Might be my favorite part of the set.

[stuchly]

I kinda like the alternative flyer more than the original main build 😅

[Gzilla]

For the gun on the mini walker, I didn’t know Lego still made that piece. It’s great to see again!

[bobgerard]

Really love this B model!
That's what is so cool about the modularity of this set: all the potential it has! I'm really inspired to try building my own module for it and expend my choices. I loved the galaxy explorer, and it definitely is a better set overall, but I feel this one opens more door for imagination and play potential. Personally, I feel it was a better choice to go for modularity than a closed interior.
Yes, the cargo hold was nice in the original renegade, but this set offers you the possibilty to make it even more cool with the drop feature!
Anyway, I can't wait to receive my 2 copies and start building. Thank you for the reviews, Jang!

[lulushishi]

I actually prefer this over the main build

[distantearth]

I think this whole set actually looks best when you have both the ship and the mech, rover and small mech ALL on display together. That’s when it really looks like a fleet of related transports and equipment that are on a mission together.

[warrennewman]

2nd rebuild version blacktron looks awesome fun great review jang 👍

[josephrowlee]

Very cool! Thanks for the review, Jang! :)

[nikoladimitrijevic]

When I saw those two 1x2 slope bricks with printed red and yellow buttons in small mech... man I just got back to '98 and small sets that I had as a 7, 8 year old kid trying to make something bigger. Still using that piece in modern mocks out of amazing nostalgia. Thanks Jang!

[SwiftpawWolffox]

I like how this uses the same cockpit and modules, it just rebuilds the center fuselage into a walker mech, another reflection of how these classic space sets had all the interconnecting components. And it actually makes an interesting smaller craft without the legs.
It resembles the Alienator, but I do recall there being a mech alt build on the back of the original's box as well, so this is like combining the two concepts.

[vincentwiddershoven]

Thank you Jang for rebuilding and revieuwing this alt build. 👍

[cooperv.]

That final shot of all of them together... oh man, they honestly look so cool! Wasn't born when blacktron came out and never had any of the sets assembled but if I can find a good sale I think I may have to get 2

[truntbeefwell]

Ooh, this has the size and complexity the Alienator holds in my mind. I recently saw a original one IRL, and it is so much tinier and simpler than I remembered from my childhood.

[TheRichrocker]

It's funny: As soon as I've seen this, I thought about modifying the top section to use it as its own spaceship without the legs. Nice that it is even an intended or unintended bonus feature!

[TheStugbit]

That top part separated from the legs looks like quite a great space ship. Had Lego put a little bit more effort when designing this, the alternative model would perhaps look as good as the main one. For those who have the money, they could easy buy two sets of this space ship and build everything. The only thing that would be missing is a space base on the moon like they used to have.

[rc-fannl]

5:34 fully agree, that spaceship looks really good

[Benjamin]

I like that classic walker design. Blacktron II had a walker with that same leg movement as well.

Oh, your option of removing the top portion to be a dedicated flyer is great.

That is indeed a lot of leftover parts. But, you can do stuff with those parts, as you mentioned.