LEGO Icons Hubble Space Telescope Revealed
Back in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit to capture images of the cosmos and help understand the universe around us. Now the famous telescope has been recreated in this new LEGO® Icons set. It’s not the first time the Hubble Space Telescope has appeared in LEGO form, but it is the first time it’s been recreated in such detail. The 1252-piece set features removable exterior panels which reveal a...
10360: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Set Review
The latest LEGO® Icons set takes inspiration from two iconic crafts, the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise and a Boeing 747 aircraft used to transport it. Beginning in the 1970s, NASA and Boeing joined forces to provide a transportation vessel for NASA’s space shuttles. This set combines a converted Boeing 747 and a NASA Space Shuttle to provide a unique and extremely large display piece. That’s partly why this review is a little...
LEGO Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Revealed
Today, the latest pace-themed LEGO® Icons set has been officially revealed. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft features a NASA Space Shuttle and the Boeing 747 aircraft used to carry it. Both aircraft are mounted on a display stand with information plaques for each vehicle. The set will from May 15th for Insiders members before its general release on May 18th. Blast Off with the new LEGO® Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft – A Legendary...
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...
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