About this creation
The Globetrotters in the 2012 MOCathalon category:
26. MOCing the 80’s
Ah the 1980’s, the good old days, Dennis Price’s favorite decade! Build us a MOC that shows something iconic from the 801’s. It can be a famous movie such as Breakfast Club or Terminator, a popular TV show such as Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, or Dallas; or famous music, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Motley Crue, Duran Duran. Anything you want, just make it 80’s!
The 80's produced many things: some great films; some new technology; some interesting music; and also some crazy predictions about the future! The 1981 film Blade Runner is set in 2019 (only 7 years to go guys!) and is based around the theory that people will all move to space, Earth will be ridden with pollution and that everyone will be driving round in hover cars!
The hover cars in Blade Runner are called "Spinners" and I have created two of them: the main "Hero Spinner" driven by Harrison Ford's character and another, "The Alfa Romeo Spinner", which is seen in passing during a flight scene.
What you see in the background is meant to represent the city skyline using forced perspective. Search the opening of the film on YouTube if you don't know what I'm on about ;)
I had originally planned to build a Minifigure scale "Hero Spinner" for my entry but I changed my mind and was left with all the black/yellow cheeses out, so I decided to use them on the road - "DANGER! KEEP MOVING FORWARDS!"
Find some information and images of the two Spinners here.
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November 17, 2012 |
EXCELLENT Blade Runner creations! You have serious talent. How long did it take to create these? |
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November 17, 2012 |
Awesome piece! Very creative |
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November 17, 2012 |
Any possibility of selling, or rebuilding for sale? I love it!! |
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Would have been so awesome if you mounted these onto ninjago spinners in the last frame just to throw everyone off. :) Great build! |
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March 30, 2012 |
Dang! Nicely done :D The SNOT road looks great :D Awesome stuff ;) |
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March 28, 2012 |
These are excellent! I'm loving your recent micro-scale builds, great stuff! :) |
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March 22, 2012 |
Nice! Score = 4 |
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March 20, 2012 |
I love how you did the "DANGER! KEEP MOVING FORWARD" road. :)
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March 20, 2012 |
Excellent stuff George! |
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Wow, George, your skills in small scale MOCing are incredible! And once more you've added another movie car to my to do list... Great job! :-)) |
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March 19, 2012 |
The microscale skills are beyond mad! Awesome MOC! |
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March 19, 2012 |
Great job! Score= 4 |
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March 19, 2012 |
The spinners were a solid three, then you bumped it up a bit with the "set." Score of 4. ~Chris. |
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March 18, 2012 |
Great work on the spinners. Score: 4 |
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March 18, 2012 |
Another brilliant GG production! You're definitely one of the most versatile and talented builders out there. |
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March 18, 2012 |
Wicked! |
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March 18, 2012 |
Very nice!I was always thinking of making some of the flying cars from Blade Runner! Excellent job! |
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March 18, 2012 |
Impressive build George, you packed some great details in this and the forced perspective is sweet too! |
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March 18, 2012 |
Nice work. |
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March 18, 2012 |
Nice work. |
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March 18, 2012 |
Nice, you're really liking those miniscale vehicles! |
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March 18, 2012 |
Cool! I love how you made the background city-skyline! The road looks great. 5/5 :-) |
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March 18, 2012 |
Brilliant. You really did capture the accuracy of the spinners. Good luck! |
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March 18, 2012 |
In this case, I've been there and seen it some time ago. |
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March 18, 2012 |
Quoting Mr. Xenomurphy
Congratulation, George. As a huge fan of the movie (both versions), I can happily say that you did it justice. Syd Mead would be proud, I'm sure (maybe he'll even have a look at your MOC). -- And now for something completely different: A Scotsm... no, wait, the round table. You mentioned in another comment (Ru) that you're living next to the town where the table is supposed to be. Is the tabletop - only the top without the legs - presented hanging flat on a high wall?
Thanks Xeno! And why yes, you are correct - the table is hanging from a wall with no legs :) Strangely enough though, despite living so close to it, I've never actually been to see it! An outing for the Easter Holidays me thinks! |
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March 18, 2012 |
Congratulation, George. As a huge fan of the movie (both versions), I can happily say that you did it justice. Syd Mead would be proud, I'm sure (maybe he'll even have a look at your MOC). -- And now for something completely different: A Scotsm... no, wait, the round table. You mentioned in another comment (Ru) that you're living next to the town where the table is supposed to be. Is the tabletop - only the top without the legs - presented hanging flat on a high wall? |
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March 18, 2012 |
Really nice! |
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March 17, 2012 |
I know Climate Change sucks... but I REALLY want a hover car.. I know it's selfish... so I blame these awesome builds... |
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March 17, 2012 |
Did they really have Alfa Romeo spinners in that movie? Lol awesome stuff. I like the road paint aswell, looks spot on. |
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March 17, 2012 |
Excellent MOCs from one of my favorite movies of all time! |
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March 17, 2012 |
I love the road. |
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March 17, 2012 |
Very cool George! I really like this but my favourite details are in that road :-) |
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