In 2013, the very same year that the sun set on Lego Space themes with the release of Galaxy Squad, Lego was made to realize just how much love people have for the history of the entire Lego Space concept. … Continue reading Classic Space Nostalgia Revival Day Thread (July 15th)

After Galaxy Squad, Lego abandoned its original Space efforts. Evocative box art and comics in a free magazine just didn’t move the needle with children anymore, not when Star Wars and Marvel sets were sitting right there on the same … Continue reading Lego Space Leftovers Day Thread (July 14th)

In 2013, after a one year gap, Lego released its final original Space theme (thus far). The action once again returned to the outer wilds of the cosmos, where a race of “bugoids” is assimilating world after world, and only … Continue reading Galaxy Squad Day Thread (July 13th)

*runs in, out of breath* They’re here! The new foods for the MN State Fair are here! (Well, they were announced on Tuesday but this was the first open thread I could snag) The above is but a sampling, you … Continue reading The Day Thread of the 2024 State Fair

2011 brought Lego Space to a bold new location it had never visited before: Earth. This was Alien Conquest, where the little green men decided to turn the tables on those imperialist Mars Mission miners and see how we liked … Continue reading Alien Conquest Day Thread (July 11th)

In 2009, Lego revisited an old Space subtheme concept with a whole new approach. The previous two Space Police themes in the early 90s were only out to arrest the members of the human Blacktron faction, making them seem more … Continue reading Space Police 3 Day Thread (July 10th)

This series previously jumped from Algeria to Andorra, but on looking at a different list specialized to elevation extremes, I decide that it was worth including American Samoa, which though a territory of the United States, has a somewhat unusual … Continue reading The Day Thread of Highest Peaks: Lata Mountain (07/09)

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For several years after the end of Life on Mars in 2001, Lego did not attempt an original space theme. Waves upon waves of Star Wars sets filled that niche and then some, with a few officially licensed NASA sets … Continue reading Mars Mission Day Thread (July 8th)

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The Lego company licensed Star Wars in 1999. It was the first time they had brought in outside IP to be rendered in Lego bricks, and it was a smashing success: it’s widely credited with saving the company from bankruptcy … Continue reading Life On Mars Day Thread (July 5th)

“Today on Jackass, Fred Astaire will…” Continue reading The 4th of July Day Thread Says It With Firecrackers

In 1997, Lego finally released a space theme that was a pure, clean break from the Classic Space -> Exploriens continuum that had been their vernacular for almost 20 years. Its name was appropriate for its novelty: these were the … Continue reading UFO Day Thread (July 3rd)

In 1997, Lego was entering a bit of a rough patch. The number of types and colors of pieces they manufactured had exploded in the 90s, and their inventory management systems were not up to the task of making all … Continue reading Roboforce Day Thread (July 2nd)

I recently got into the group, ATEEZ. Honestly, I had been somewhat avoiding this group for a while a now. They have some similarities to Monsta X and I knew I would probably end up loving them, but I just … Continue reading ATEEZ Day Thread

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In 1996, Lego decided to ditch the Unitrons and introduce a second civilian Space faction in a row in the form of Exploriens. Returning to a Futuron-esque aesthetic of white and black liveries with transparent blue windscreens (and some transparent … Continue reading Exploriens Day Thread (June 29th)

In 1994, a new Lego Space civilian faction hit the scene in the form of Unitron. With black, white and blue liveries absolutely slathered in transparent blue and transparent neon green, they seemed like a visual melange of several themes … Continue reading Unitron Day Thread (June 28th)

You approach the city from the east. You don’t know what time it is. The words they taught you back home don’t work the way they’re supposed to. In time you’ll figure that out, but right now you’ve been reduced … Continue reading June 27 Day Thread

In 1994, Lego introduced the first non-Blacktron villain faction to Lego Space in the form of Spyrius. Their sinister color scheme was black and red with transparent blue windscreens and transparent neon green highlights, and their guys tended to have … Continue reading Spyrius Day Thread (June 26th)