Mobile Orbiter

No, it’s not mine, though I sure wish it was. The Mobile Orbiter (if I caught the name right) is a LEGO® creation of my friend Martin Ouellette. Martin usually deals in plastic or resin model kits (long-time readers may remember his various Mecha Press articles) but he wanted a change of pace. He brought this machine out today to show to us what he’s been doing with the Exo-Force set he bought a few months back.

The Mobile Orbiter is a heavily armed mecha, though it’s fairly small (not much bigger than a large Heavy Gear, in fact). It’s fully articulated and of modular design. Beyond the circular shield and the over/under rifle and grenade launcher gun, it carries a short-range version of the latter under the left arm (the gray box), plus a pair of missiles under the shield. It also has a powersword on the left thight hardpoint, just above a rack of swing-out short range missiles (not very visible in any pic, sorry), a pair of panzerfausts on the right hip, and a launcher for more missiles in the rear armor skirt. It also carries a communication pod on the back and a beacon drone that can be launched if the Orbiter is lost in combat. Naturally, the thing is covered with maneuver thrusters and boosters. The forward “clamshell” cockpit hatch opens to reveal the pilot and the sensor arrays.

There are more pictures after the fold, if you have the bandwidth to load them.

Mobile Orbiter Front

Mobile Orbiter Side

Mobile Orbiter Back

Mobile Orbiter Cockpit

Posted by vman at October 21, 2006 07:59 PM