Bricknap’s LEGO spacecraft paint a colorful, cyberpunk-cool future

LEGO Spaceships don’t need to be 100+ studs long to amaze. Oftentimes, it’s the crazy angles, color blocking, and creative use of parts at a smaller starfighter scale that hit like a supernova. Take the KLR-420 starfighter from French builder Fabien (bricknap), a craft so dense with fun detail it’s dizzying. Fabian first started designing the ship a year ago and completed it back in 2024 as an addition to his sprawling sci-fi universe of Fantapolis – which is a bit like New Hashima with a heavy dose of the Friends color palette.

There is so much to love about this ship design, from the cockpit module for a pilot to lay down between clear windshields, to the arms from the Mobile Construction Crane used for the wings, to the pair of Nexo Knight hubs/grinders wrapped with a Dots bracelet.

The S-foil wing formation and engines are clearly X-Wing inspired, but the aesthetic brings in so much more whimsy. The color combination of blue and bright light orange is gorgeous (and also a favorite combo of Simon Liu!)

Per Fabien’s lore, the KLR-420 starfighter was built by QUANTA, a manufacturer that has created other craft in Fantapolis with a similar aesthetic, like this recent addition of a prison transport ship with VTOL engines.

From two years back, we have Kaya, the Galactic Voyager. It’s so much fun on Fabien’s builds to see greebling that range from traditional techniques in bright colors to eclectic elements from themes like Hero Factory rarely incorporated into ship building. I especially love the Star Wars hieroglyphs used as a decorative element.

This year, Fabien participated in the SHIPtember challenge with a large-scale craft that combines the builder’s love for colors, curves, and chunky pieces with the 100 stud requirement.

Not all of Fabiens crafts are serious business. Many of his vehicles are smaller and capture civilian life in a cyberpunk city, like this flying food truck and mobile DJ setup.

Finally, when I first saw Fabien’s KLR-420, I was reminded of another favorite starfighter designer – Nick Trotta. So it wasn’t a big surprise to see that Fabien had reworked one of Nick’s signature ships using the builder’s brighter “cyberpink” color scheme.

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