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Vanvary-Febrvary 1995 Hang onto your snorkel as yov team vp with the Aqvanavts in search of the preciovs crystal that provides oxygen for the undersea world. But o be on the lookovt for the Aqvasharks! They'll stop at nothing to take all the crystals for themselves. 6155 Deep Sea Predator: Fins ahoy! With special magnetic arm and robotic claw, this scowling sub is a lean, mean crystal 6175 Crystal Explorer Sule This slick submersible easily scoops up axygen crystals with its magnetic arm. The sub’s working compass shows even arookie asi how os o 6195 Neptune iscovery Lab: This a 4 \ ial ‘ iter mall. The lab has its own crystal harvesting sub. Alhandy crane unloads crystals and puts them on a conveyor for processing. There's even an octopus security guard! If you flip this you can build it! Send your stories and ideas to: LEGO Club P.O. Box 1308 Enfield, CT 06083 My name is Lalso like doing the little if Allison details on the exterior of Caldwell. I the building as well as the P am fourteen interior. My creations are years old all in one large LEGO town and am an in my basement. A variety avid LEGO builder. I have of my LEGO buildings are been building since I was going to be inatoy 5. about five years old. I enjoy store window at the, building houses out of LEGO Columbia Mall, in + pieces and then furnishing Maryland. them. I get some of my ideas for houses in house plan magazines. et read: thrill ; ae ntures in the ; Aquazone! Hang onto | your SeasSprint because/we re diving into ~~ the:real Aquazone — the world at the bottom of. _ the sea. if a To get there, let's take a ridiet Alvin, a real life e — scientific submarine _ “called a “submersible.” Hop in with*two of your © at, friends. Make that two explorers. & of your best friends Aquvanavt : because it is a very Bee ete : small submarine, Rev up the engines to cruising speed and you're on your way to the bottom of rystal Exelorer Sub the sea. : : continual. Ba: we have to go through the caott htnihdhti eaag nih nesr upper ocean — water filled with seaTlao nne g hurricanes, tidal waves, and things miles that may want to eat you. And that’s the easy part of a deep-sea quest. As you dive deeper, you quickly run out of light. L.t he Then the familiar animals gradually future, people disappear. may rely more on the oceans for Most of the creatures at the food, fuel and bottom of the sea have built-in lights that glow, flash, and twinkle. shelter. Underwater fish farms may become Scientists often turn off Alvin's a major source off ood. lights and enjoy an underwater 4E‘mr0sOao ,nnu0egn0 et0 a in The oceans are full of light show! Most deep-sea fish are minerals like gold, copper, and 5. small and have few bones so they nickel, so eventually there may be can survive the water pressure. underwater mining centers. There are Some deep-sea animals have rela- obslteloain-vai oha n l trk eryav ef ti n ahddc' es even underwater houses and museums ikvlIi‘oosetoln n ege a no.t ives in shallow water such as being designed. squid, octopus, and worms. For now, the Aquazone is all yours for the exploring: discover fascinating sea Nertune creatures, uncover pirate gold, or climb Discovery LOb an underwater mountain to the Lost vmaolRMulooenuytcsnak,tiy an isn,s ! Continent of Atlantis. f‘iolsTco hoeera n After that brief but breathtaking tour, come up for air, and dock your Sea Sprint. If you came up with a brilliant idea for building a fantastic Aquazone model, just do it! Then send in a picture ofy our model for other LEGO Maniacs to see. You can even enter it in this issue's Building WA Challenge. Special thanks to Dr. David Gallo ofWo ods Hole Oceanographic Institution for providing research and photos. ‘ago, avthor Jules Verne wrote about a nvelear powered svbmarine Over 100 called the Navtilus, in his book “20,000 Leagves Under the Sea.” ‘Itd oesn’t matter what ‘youc allt hem just staya way be ig Oct lopuses ai intellige invertebrates (animals withot a rocky t nano Au ‘They draw their prey i has a horny “beak” 0 escapee, ,th ey an shoot a cloud of black ink to confuse the enemy. First the ink stays |pooauof ko4uiopespj 9aio sa9gs oipn the shapeo f the octopus. Then the ink confuses the enemy’s sense of smell, allow- ing the octopus to escape undetected. During a battle, if an octopus loses one or more arms, it isn’t too concerned because they quickly grow back. No wonder no one Oq‘W©aYo14u y02UBsN,esI Ae 0 req45 Du eg wants to mess with an octopus guarding crystals in the Aquazone. LE. 2 sets of leg | supports. © Use a LEGO TECHNIC beam in the center of each. legs are Add 2 legs to completed. each support.