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1/This 1980s vintage Lego space thing is so beautifully bizarre that I don't even know what it's supposed to be! ❤️
2/It runs on rocket skis. It's open at the back. It's top-heavy and a bit unstable.

It seems impossible that it would be either a space vehicle, a ground vehicle, or a stationary installation!
3/What are these articulated arms for? They can barely reach the ground!

What are these flaps for?
4/This thing has a LOT of moving parts. And it has ingenious mechanisms for locking a flying vehicle and a rolling vehicle into its frame and incorporating them into the overall structure.
5/Because some parts were worn out, the escape rocket wouldn't stay on, so we had to mod it and turn it I to a giant rocket gun on back of the radar dish.
6/I have no idea what this thing is supposed to be or what it's supposed to do, but DAMN, it looks good. 1980s Lego designers really knew how to build em!!

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