Blacktron

Blacktron was one of the first two factions of the Space theme (the other one being Futuron) and was introduced in 1987.
== Details ==
The first unified and truly "themed" Space subtheme, Blacktron took to the stars in black with yellow trim, and red and yellow transparent pieces. (The odd man out was the Meteor Monitor, which was white and black with red transparents.) Blacktron minifigures wore black jumpsuits akin to today's military pilots, with white trim and opaque black visors. Stylish, sleek and intimidating, Blacktron was a major step up from the rather clunky design values of Classic Space. Blacktron is considered to be the "bad guys" of the two factions. It featured a large spacecraft, the Renegade, which set the tone for all future big ships by splitting into a number of smaller modules, including a storage bin for a small wheeled vehicle; these modules could be recombined not just with each other, but with modules from other vehicles in the set as well, specifically the Invader and Battrax. This modular interchangeability has been a staple of LEGO Space ever since. 
For clarification, Blacktron is often unofficially referred to as "Blacktron I", as LEGO released "Blacktron II" (officially titled Blacktron Future Generation) in 1991. Though Blacktron officially ended in 1988, the 1875 Meteor Monitor was released in 1990. Considering Future Generation's slightly altered colour scheme it could be viewed as being from between the "upgrade" era of Blacktron to Blacktron Future Generation.
Blacktron minifigures were also included as prisoners in sets of Space Police I. Later Space villains such as Rench and Evil Mech have designs derived from the original Blacktron Astronaut.
== Sets ==
== Minifigures ==
== Key Chains ==
==Notes==
* A Blacktron torso could be found from random enemy drops on Crux Prime in the online game LEGO Universe.
== Gallery ==
Blacktron Theme Proto.png|A prototype of the Blacktron theme from 1985.
== See also ==
* Blacktron Future Generation
* Space Police I
Category:Space
 
Category:Themes introduced in 1987
Category:Themes
Category:Discontinued Themes