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I’m just disappointed that they didn’t give us a red (or even yellow) mini-scale astronaut rather a blue one. We’ve already had blue with the Space baby, and red or yellow would fit better with these sets. I guess they’re going with blue for the iconic/Benny factor though.

Is this the rumoured “black/possible Blacktron” set or something else?

Probably only Lego actually know how well it sold. We all heard about it going down to half price in Walmart, for what that’s worth. Also bear in mind that if it was particularly successful, they’d probably extend its shelf life. On the other hand, I haven’t seen it get discounted in the UK, other than once from Smyths, so presumably it’s not clogging shelves up. As such, it’s presumably sold reasonably as well, and perhaps as much as Lego expected.

Aw. Mind you, that screen showing a red spaceman (looks like something from the sticker sheet in the 1980 Lego ideas book) has caught my eye. Presumably that’s a sticker too.

Hopefully that green helmet shows up with a CMF or on Bricks and Pieces, or the BL price is going to be ridculous. And did anyone else notice the LL03 on the CS part? Wonder if that’s a sticker or print..

Has anyone got a pic of the lower engine panel to show how this is done? I’ve seen the follow-up post saying to remove the red, white and tan parts, but it doesn’t seem to improve anything.

I’ve had this set for a few years and the large gaps in the hull plates have always annoyed me, so I’ve finally done something about it. It’s still a WIP but here’s the result of an afternoons work. I’ve made the gaps around the radar dish and between the plates and docking ring nearest the camera a fair bit smaller, and added a few bricks and plates to the back of the upper laser turret to fill the gaps in that area. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzB6DmCo23G/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=ZGM5NmRkODg2ZA==

Thanks, heard back from Brickvault now so all good 🙂

Hi, hopefully this isn’t off topic but I’ve downloaded the parts list to see what sort of money this would cost. However, it comes in various separate files like different options for the docking rings, 75192 parts list, etc, and no guide for them. Does someone know what ones I need to use if I already have 75192 and want to order the additional parts? (I’ve emailed Brickvault already but they haven’t got back to me) Thanks.

Necrobump! For those who brought the stand some time ago, how’s it holding up? Any problems with the Falcon itself?

Did Brickdoctor or anyone else ever do a LDD/stud.io file for this? Would like one to go with my UCS at-at

I started trying to install a lighting kit for the Titanic that uses LED light strips and bit lights, but don’t like the way you have to run the lights between connected tiles and plates, resulting in them not sitting quite flush, or the way light shines through gaps and even solid bricks. Rather than giving up altogether though, I wondered if anyone sells kits with the LEDs fitted into bricks or plates, and which ideally can be daisychained together, which might solve this issue.

How smoothly do the wings raise and lower with 2 motors to each? I remember someone here trying it with 1 or maybe 2 for both and it was pretty jerky when the wings were raising

Nice work, as I have 2 extra 10492s, I’ll have to build this at some point along with the Gal t Transporter!

Which set is that exactly? I already have the motorcycle helmet version from Sir Danju, so only really need the air tanks. Edit: never mind, found it

The 1x2s are decades old at this point. Would be nice to have brand spanking new ones! As for the 1x4, that’s only in one VHTF set and with the worn logo to boot, so of limited use. 1x3s would go nicely with the 150% scale factor of 10497. Really? What sets? Might as well do a green OG helmet then. The ones in the exo suit set have the visor type helmets, making them stand out a bit next to the others.

Bravo! You’ve found some use for the brick separators. Presumably you could also use the orange ones

Great idea! I’d add: - 1x6 bricks with LL918 and LL924. Still baffled why Lego didn’t include them in 10497. - 1x2 or 1x3 bricks with the CS logo. - A couple of large flat trans yellow tiles (eg 4x6 or 4x8). - A black CS astronaut. - Purple air tanks!

Galaxy Explorer is done! Now to try and find a suitable moon base MOC or build my own, and wait for a sale on this so I can get a second copy and build the B and C models. Although I’m a little disappointed in Lego’s QC. I had a grey Technic pin that is meant to hold parts of the cabin together missing, and appear to have ended up with a grey 1x4 plate instead of a blue one, which means the tail fin isn’t quite finished. Plus both canopies had some scratches on them. 😬 Will have to get replacement pieces sent out.And finally, they really should have included 1x6 bricks with LL918 and LL924 prints for the B & C builds. A couple of small bricks with the Classic Space logo would have been nice too.

This was something I wondered about too. Do you think the cockpit hinge/computer display divider can be modded to give more clearance? Just bugs me a bit that the astronauts would probably have to get out of the ship to go from the cockpit to the back compartment

I’m just hoping someone does some 3rd party 1x6 bricks with LL918 and LL924 printed on them. Not including them does seem like the biggest disappointment with this set.

Yeah, the GE MOCs don’t come cheap. I actually bricklinked the parts for the LL-928 MOC above and it cost over £100. Plus there’s a few issues with it, like the detailing on the front wing edge only being attached at one point, so it tends to sag or flap around, and the cockpit and rear compartment being cramped (the rover only just fits in the rear compartment). So with the official modern version on the way, the MOC and Benny’s spaceship will be getting dismantled, and maybe used as parts for a base

No doubt, though I’ve have thought Benny would increase the demand for blue.

Why On Earth, I imagine

One thing I am disappointed about with this set is that they didn’t give us bricks with “918” and “924” printed on them for the alt builds. I can see those parts from the original versions jumping because of this, so may be best to buy them asap if you were thinking of doing this