Hello and Welcome!

This is my submission for the Bricklink Designer Program Series 1 that I call "Modular Spaceships".

As a huge classic space fan, I have designed more than a few ships through the past years and I had the idea to create a set of ships with an interesting twist "what if some of their attachments like wings, stabilizers, engine add-ons etc. would be interchangable?". Of course they always are, we are talking about Lego's after all, but my idea was to have certain modules that can be de- and re-attached easily thus drastically change the ship's profile and function.

I designed 3 ships inspired by mostly classic space themes this way:

Zaptron Interceptor (349 parts / 100 lot) :

I was originally planning to base a ship on the Spyrius or Space Police line, but due to the limitation of the pieces we were allowed to use, I decided I come up with my own "faction" the Zaptron's and their starfighter the "Interceptor".

Futoron Shuttle (530 part / 104 lot) :

This fast personal transport was mostly inspired by today's beach buggy's. My goal was to create a smooth looking space-car that could easily be used for leisure by any of our astronauts.

Star Explorer (553 pats / 174 lot):

Heavily inspired by the official Classic Icon set, the Galaxy Explorer, this smaller but significantly faster ship is used for short-range reconnaissance.

As seen on the 9th image, the modules can be re-arranged in numerous ways to create crazy combinations!

The set included 3 pilots, 1 for each ship and bring the total number of parts to 1447 parts / 314 lot. (Built in 462 steps)

Personal note:

I have my doubts about these designs namely the way all attaching points with the technic pins are so visible, but the original idea was to keep all the module's connection points easily accessible for an easy removal. I was also thinking of redesigning some of the ships and upload them separately, with more flushed exterior designs, but at the end, these ships were designed with the original intention of having interchangeable parts and would be a shame to separate them. I really liked the idea to show the true lego spirit with a set that encourages not following the instructions and finding your own ship design that you like. I hope many fellow builders will feel the same way!

-Cpt.Roberto