This powered armor suit design is straight out of the early 1980s, but it will be built with 21st Century LEGO

[sparkart]

As I was shopping for the real bricks on Bricklink to make this LDD design a reality, I noted that many of the elements used didn't exist in the LEGO parts catalog until just a few years ago.

It's inspired by the Dorvack Powered Armor designs from the early 1980s.  I used LDD to design the model, then Bluerender to render the wire frame views.  I used Photoscape to put the views together into this animated turn-around.

 

[danth]

If there are any 80s kids here, Dorvack is the anime where the deluxe Transformers Roadbuster and Whirl originally came from.

[JoeyB]

I had an idea for a Mech owned by an 80's loving fanatic, with a living quarters area complete with a VHS player and various pop-culture paraphernalia from things like The Empire Strikes Back, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, that kind of thing... guess someone beat me too it! Looks neat!