LEGO 60349 City Lunar Space Station, NASA Inspired Building Toy, Model Set With Docking Capsule, Labs And 5 Astronaut Minifigures

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The mid-section is secured into place, and that is done by two easily attached or removed pieces. I think it lessened any modular play as my son was subsequently reluctant to rearrange the station (which should be possible using this method of construction) The LEGO astronauts minifigure accessories in this toy space station playset include a camera, wrench, drill, helmets and plants This LEGO City outer space toy for 6+ year olds can be given as a birthday or any-other-day gift for kids who are into space exploration

The other thing that is now absent are two of the new geode boulders, “acquired” by my children after they’d finished playing… The design is also pretty accurate and if this is the first time you are seeing these new figures it is your first look at that great new updated Classic Space logo with a gold moon! If you loved the original Space sets from the ‘70s and ‘80s, you’ll definitely appreciate the new minifigure outfits, which massively update those vintage spacesuits for the modern era. And about time too! Perhaps white screens in the lower section would make more sense from the “sleeping” quarters point of view. The screen part actually currently appears in white in 10274 Ghostbusters ECTO-1, so I wonder whether this was a design objective to limit the number of parts in different colours within the set.The Space station is an important stepping stone, making regular trips to the lunar surface more manageable and hopefully in the longer term putting us a step closer to Mars. It’s definitely exciting, intriguing and inspiring stuff. Just the sort of thing I want to encourage my kids to play with. There are some fun possibilities for playing here. The minifigures can be posed floating about inside the lab, attached by bar handles. You could make vignettes of experiments being undertaken both outside the space station and within utilising the asteroid, the amoeba tiles and the various tools and accessories provided. Our astronauts in EVA suits can do “necessary” maintenance tasks… or take space walks. A reasonably simple cube construction houses a neat little mechanism. The little yellow actuator clips down into place, which I imagine is necessary to counter the weight of the flag elements (solar panels) at extension. Again this section includes another “leg”.

Kids can zoom, rotate & view models from all angles as they build with the LEGO Building Instructions app for smartphones and tablets So, I like the inclusion of the space-walk hatchway that the astronauts might use to exit the station on research missions. You’ll notice handles in various locations inside and out – this is to help simulate microgravity, enabling you to pose your minifigures in various gravity-defying positions. The large living room area has a food dispenser, currently offering a banana, and a couple of workstations, one of which showcases an experiment with growing flora in space. On the contrary, there’s immense play value in this set, from a detachable spaceship, a detailed multi-levelled interior, the ability to simulate catching a rogue asteroid, or doing external maintenance and repair. You’ll have fun building it, and younger fans will enjoy playing with it for sure. The spare hair pieces are very much appreciated: when you remove the helmets, your astronauts don’t have to wander around bald. It’s a small touch that’s very welcome, and adds to the play features. — LEGO CITY 60349 Lunar Space Stationprice —Good review! I think the designers did a really fantastic job with this set, and there's clearly a lot of attention to detail in how well many of the features reflect the real-life plans for the NASA Gateway. This isn’t the first time the LEGO Group has offered us a space station. In fact, we’ve had one as recently as 2019, set 60227, bearing the exact same name: Lunar Space Station.