JANG does his first Blacktron review! 6987 Message Intercept Base:
http://youtu.be/HNmMRQM-vkY
Ooooh. Gonna watch now. I want to rebuild mine, but somehow lost one of the big Blacktron logo pieces in this set. I am mega sad.
EDIT: Sigh. Watching that reminded me of some other old parts I cannot find either. But love the video, and had a flood of memories watching it.
I remember when I got that set. Every year when my dad got his bonus from work, he would let me get any LEGO set I wanted from Toys R Us. Of course, that year I wanted the Message Intercept Base. We went to TRU and bought one of the last ones they had. I got home, was so excited and started building. Then, about ten or so steps into the build, I realized that an entire bag was missing from the box.
I remember being a little brat and crying and throwing a tantrum about it, and I was all sad because I couldn't finish building it. Cmon, I was only 8 or 9 at the time.
Eventually, we drove all the way back out to TRU and got the last one on the shelf, and thankfully that one had all the bags in it. I was happy the rest of the day obviously.
And I never knew Blackthorn were the bad guys until Space Police showed up. I just always assumed they were the cool space guys.