The Exotic Evolution of LEGO Space

Let's explore the timeline of LEGO Space Sets and Minifigures
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In this video, we'll explore the evolution of LEGO space - from its origins in 1978 to present day, and we'll even take a sneak peak into the future! The LEGO Space category encompasses over 20 unique, creative sub-themes that have been released such as LEGO Space Police, Ice Planet, Explorians, Mars Mission, M:Tron, NASA, and many more - each featuring their own unique sets and minifigures - watch the entire video to see them all!

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[poweroffriendship.]

Legend has it, Benny the Spaceman is still screaming "SPACESHIP" in the distance while building spaceships to this day.

[sonicjhiq]

The moment they release a new non Star Wars, NASA or city dedicated space theme, I'm getting it I love the space themes

[onewaytochrist]

Seeing a LEGO set for under $1 is crazy. Now the cheapest sets are 2-5$

[pewpewdragon]

It's unfortunate/weird how Alien Conquest failed, I recall it being a decent theme, and yet I don't have a single set from the line. It would seem now in retrospect that perhaps it got outcompeted by other themes. I mean Castle was still a thing at the time, Ninjago was just starting up, along with Atlantis being fairly popular, and of course Star Wars was stronger than ever.

[terryrodgers]

This was a great trip down memory lane!
I'm in that 1978-87 Lego Space generation. No goodies and baddies; no storylines; just explorers with radios and metal detectors. When I played with the old sets, it was all about fixing crashed spaceships, or missing astronauts. If I wanted to do space battles, I had my Star Wars toys to play with (at that time, only the Lego Castle sets had weapons - swords and shields). I figured the different coloured astronauts meant they had different jobs to do (like the colour-coded uniforms in Star Trek), not that they were rival factions. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I like the idea that the original space sets stuck to Lego's old, pacifist ideals - they didn't need weapons or police, the universe was interesting enough without them! (My last sets were the first "Light & Sound" sets - after that I grew out of playing with Lego...)

[jfinn]

The 1997 UFO sets were easy to combine with your City sets to create a spectacular 'alien invasion' scenario. This was during the reign of The X-Files, Independence Day, and Men In Black. I remember turning my police station into the FBI headquarters, the whole 'Res-Q' line was a secret government clean up agency. The 'Divers' theme was tasked with finding some underwater magical McGuffin to help fight the aliens. A 'flashback' scenario was played out at the same time with the 'Adventurers' series depicting how the McGuffin was originally found in ancient Egypt and subsequently lost again. Epic, epic times.

[Tetrumo]

Man, I miss the older Lego sets. Something about them being more 'generic' made them more interesting

[ZopcsakFeri]

13:00 Wow, Wrench not only has the Blacktron II insignia (from the first space minifig I had from 1993), but also his torso pattern is a facelifted Blacktron I upper body! :O

[unspeaky]

My dad had some of these sets when he was young, when i visit my Grandparents I rebuild them and put them on display. Its so fun!

[jakek]

I liked Alien Conquest and the UFO sets were my favourite sets from the theme. The best part was that all the UFO sets had different features, such as the mothership being able to spin and the "UFO abduction" set was able to pick up minifigures and light up.

[EinsamPibroch]

3:33 The Hylian Space Aeronautics Agency was built all those years ago?
(The 3 Golden Triangles on the Blacktron Ship looks like the Triforce.)

[thomashongshagen]

you forgot one theme in this video. The lego rock raiders theme was released in 1999 and introduced several new pieces, such as the chrome drill, blade saw and hollow boulder. It was discontinued in 2000, but has a spiritual successor in 2009s power miner theme, which continued and developed on many of the same ideas.

[DubZMusicAndGaming]

I was so young when I got one of my first sets that I didn’t even know what it was or where it came from. It was gifted to me by a family friend and here, 11 years later, I’m just learning what it was. It was an ice planet set. I believe I still have the minifigure from is somewhere, but I probably turned the set into something else over the years of Lego building. I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia by the images in this video and decided to write this absolutely absurdly long comment. Thank you.

[Tbug]

I remember the trailer for Galaxy Squad, it was a direct continuation of that really cool Monster Fighters theme. I loved how they intertwined the story from one theme to another, even if I never ended up getting any of the sets.

[emmettebs]

The Space theme of the 1900s was a great concept by creating multiple additions to one over arching theme over many years. Current Lego themes seem to be very serialized in terms of their world building and don’t often expand on themselves in the same way that the Lego systems space theme did. The many different factions each offered a completely unique identity and theme which allowed to build upon the open world of this theme. I wish Lego would do more themes with multiple different factions that can be collected instead of the good guy vs bad guy themes we often see. The Lego systems space theme was a little ahead of my time but finding the transparent and fluorescent pieces from these sets got me really excited. Those pieces were considered rare and collectible when I was a kid and I always wanted them!

[G_Convoy]

I love Blacktron so much, easily my favorite Lego line. Glad to see it get a little coverage in this video.

[LEGOCOOKING]

So very cute and wonderful! The details are amazing in this!

[dastannatsad]

Amazing video Spit!
Brought back some old memories and nostalgia.
I had no idea that some of these sets and themes were released only couple years after I was born.
I remember having set 6815 Hovertron from Exploriens theme with these fancy holographic stickers.

[DragonNexus]

I've got the odd space set here and there, a bunch of space police 1 and 2. But it was a really good Christmas when my parents bought me sets 6834, 6879, 6898 and 6973 from the ice planet set.

I remember getting in a huff because mum wanted me to open them in that order, small to large, and I wanted to open whatever I wanted. She was right, of course. Her method was better. It usually was =)

I really wanted 6983 but that big base was pricey. Never got any of the large lego bases, sadly.

I recall UFO didn't really do it for me. I went off the space stuff, but instead got really into Aquanauts

[josephrowlee]

I would love it if LEGO rebooted Space Police again, or if they rebooted Galaxy Squad. Those two were the ones I had when I was little, and I always get some nostalgia when looking at those sets.