Heh, cool topic guys. Yeah, steampunk rocks. Not as much as castle but still...
Azaghal wrote:The Brothers Brick post a new steampunk MOC practically every week, and they can't all be Spacers, right?
So is that why Space did the steampunk stuff at brickfest this year? I sorta thought that steampunk was more castley then spacey but if more spacers are building in the theme then it does make sense.
Finally, what official LEGO set that already exists do you think comes closest to the steampunk ideal?
Personally, my vote goes to either 6497 or 5956.
Dude, those are only like, practically my two most favorite sets ever. Oh, and I'm with stuifzand on the time cruisers. They were the coolest back in the day.
About an actual lego produced theme though... I'm not sure I'd trust them with it. I can just picture this 4 by 4 modified plate of molded steampunk greeble. Do we really want that?

Still, there are a lot of cool possibilities. The 1900's is a great time period. Personally, I want some London sets from that time era. Maybe if if Lego did some sort of classic books sets or something. Sherlock Holmes - Oliver Twist - The Christmas Carol... Or maybe The Phantom of the Opera - The Island of Dr. Moreau - The Time Machine - Around the World in Eighty days - Frankenstein - King Kong(kinda) - Tarzan... Then again there might be copyright stuff with that too for all I know.
Maybe we just need a supplement pack with random steampunk parts...
Let us stop for a moment and ponder the signiture...
Ok, enough of that!