Lego Classic Space - 1978-1987 - RetroBlasting Vintage Retrospective 

It's almost Socrealist

lol!

They don't care about the dangers of space, since they can always be put back together

*really not

I already corrected one error and lost the heart that Mike gave me, i have nothing left

This exchange makes no sense to me.

so will trooper's star trek ii quote regarding mike from retroblasting's deceased cat required editing but after mike had already 'liked' it, and during the editing process the like was lost. it was later brought to his attention the actual line is, "he's really not dead, as long as we remember him." will was already heartbroken about losing mike's like and therefore didn't bother to re-edit the bones quote which is irking me to no end and those 33 people who liked will's post are going to go around quoting bones wrong too

Early LEGO space sets were almost like the explorer generation and the later with good/bad guys seemed like an Aliens premise ( if you've ever explored that storyline further with the colony worlds) or maybe even the Battletech story that I still have all those RPG books from the '90s.

My name is Saxon

I wonder if he was remembering being in his TIE after the Death Star blew. Would the fleet locate him in time?

@@TheMattwolf all i will say is god damm dude

@@TheMattwolf I always wondered how he managed to survive that.

My lego guys would get attacked by my Transformers.

I had an even split too, though Legos outlasted them all, Sometimes in college I still bought both. I managed to save most of the Lego sets I had as a kid with the instructions, so I could build them with & pass them onto my son! I used the sets as bases for both Transformers & GI Joe. And when I saw the price tag of Robotix, I made sets from the pieces to look like them.

I'm no member of Gen X. But my father was, he had Model Trains and LEGO Space. No action figures.

Same. My GI Joes used lego to make czech hedgehogs and other barricades, partial walls., etc.

Good catch! In space, no one can hear you scream about inaccurate toy designs.

and a lot of the Space sets had 70s rooftop TV antennas

I always chalked them up as satellite phones that they can use as a convenient and easily portable way to communicate back to earth or to communicate with other space men who are flying around in ships at long ranges. Whereas their suit mics don't have enough range to reach back to earth and they only have enough range to communicate with other spacemen nearby

@@Gameprojordan Yeah thats how I see them...as range extenders for internal comms

Space suit gloves are not suitable for fine motor dexterity. So you'd need a huge panel with huge knobs to dial wattage and frequency that you can read through your face plate.

You got one for Christmas too? Was my first "big" set ever, following two mini-sets from the previous Christmas & birthday. Thus began a lifelong "Christmas List" with only one item for 8 more years...

Oh, I had that one! And a big white and blue spaceship that separated in three parts.

I'd design a space ship & throw it out my 2nd story window. If the cockpit didn't survive 100% intact, back to the drawing board...

SPACESHIP!!!

And more recently they released the Orange Space man exclusively in and book and remade the Galaxy Explorer for LEGO's 90th Anniversary.

@@taqresu5865 Yeah I just shelled out 20 bucks just to get that minifig (don't care for the book) and got the Galaxy Explorer (which is great but less fun than Benny's spaceship)

@@anothergol Nice. I unfortunately don't own Benny's Spaceship (unless you count the miniature version for LEGO Dimensions). Online, the set is priced at least twice the current retail price for the Anniversary Galaxy Explorer. Speaking of which, the intention was to pay direct homage to the original, including the play features. I was born in the 90s, so Classic Space was before my time, but The LEGO Movie introduced that theme for me. When it comes to Classic Space, I have a the Benny Fun Pack for LEGO Dimensions, the Collectable Minifig Benny with the robotic arm (from The LEGO Movie 2 series), the small Classic Space set with the Pick Space Minifig (from The LEGO Movie 2), and the new 90th Anniversary Galaxy Explorer. Just a couple months ago I participated in a local LEGO Display, and one of the participants brought their medium sized original Galaxy Explorer ship as well as the Orange Space Minifig. It was my first time seeing an original Classic Space set with my own eyes.

Yeh but who wants a one set homage, Lego are neglecting gen X and y whose main sets were either space or knights castle but they spend all their time on franchise shit including the Lego movie franchise itself and no time on their original creations like doing new space or knights lines for the old timers.

SAME HERE!