10341: NASA Artemis Space Launch System Set Review
The LEGO Group have always had a fondness for space. By space, I’m not talking about the colourful beloved Classic Space theme but LEGO® builds grounded in reality. Back when LEGO sets began introducing themed sets, mankind’s journey to the Moon made space all the rage but it’s an interest which has remained. This year alone, space has been a running theme across several themes and the latest comes from LEGO Icons....
LEGO Icons Artemis Found On Sale Before Reveal
A LEGO® Store inside a Taiwan airport is the unlikely source for the first look at upcoming LEGO Icons inspired by the NASA Artemis Space Launch System. The 3,601-piece set features the Artemis I shuttle, with the various extra elements needed to launch the rocket into space along with the launch tower. As the set has been found in an official LEGO retail outlet, the image of the set, which first popped up on Reddit, is allowed to be...
LEGO 2024 Polybags Hands-on Part 1
One of the yearly LEGO® highlights continues to be low-cost polybag sets. These little tasters of various themes appear everywhere, from promotions run in LEGO stores or online, at LEGOLAND stores, supermarkets and even magazines. Admittedly, they aren’t always the easiest to track down. However, availability is improving, and some polybags released this year are available from online retailer Brick-a-brac. I’ve split them into...
Winning LEGO Masters Building Heading To NASA
With the third season of LEGO® Masters back on TV over in the US, the impressive builds created by the contestants have started to flow. The episode which premiered on Wednesday had a space theme to it and the winning build by Stephen Joo and Stephen Cassley. As firefighters, their build was inspired by their profession and the resulting Space Station will now head to Florida and go on display inside the NASA Kennedy Space Centre. The...
LEGO Group & NASA Countdown Of Collaborations
The LEGO Group take inspiration for their many sets from many different places. From fantasy and fiction to the real world, every build tells a story whether it’s real or not. But there’s one particular place which continues to inspire – space. For 20 years, the LEGO Group have worked with NASA in numerous ways but way before that, journeys into the stars influenced LEGO sets. As astronauts made their way to the...
LEGO Launch & Build – LEGO City X Artemis I
Later this week, NASA will launch the first integrated test of the Orion spacecraft. This is the first planned uncrewed test flight in the Artemis program which is designed to eventually land humans on the Moon again and in the future, human exploration of Mars. NASA and the LEGO Group have a long history of working together. The latest results of that partnership are a selection of LEGO City sets inspired by the Artemis mission....
LEGO Minifigures Get Ready To Board Artemis I
Later this month NASA will be launching Artemis I into orbit. Artemis I is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration of the Moon and Mars. But it’s not just humans blasting off on August 29th, two minifigures from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime will also be onboard. The hosts of LEGO Education and NASA’s Build to Launch: A STEAM Exploration Series, have been mission prepped and are all...
LEGO Friends Teams Up With NASA For New Set
The LEGO® Friends are set to blast off to the stars with a brand new set, created in collaboration with NASA. The set features a Mission Control Room and a Space Shuttle, along with a telescope and a multi-axis trainer. It’s a similar style to the various LEGO City sets but with a Friends twist, including Mini-dolls. It also appears to have a few cool tiles, both stickered and printed. The LEGO Friends Olivia’s Space...
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