Space: the final frontier

 

  • Space: the final frontier

    Posted by Huw, 05 Feb 2011 05:08. Filed under Brickset.

    This week's minifig gallery is post-Classic Space, featuring all minifigs from regular LEGO Space sets from 1987 to 1998.

    I don't have any classic space minifigs, at least not in mint condition, which is why I haven't included them. I will add Space Police 3 once I have all the figs, but I won't be adding the 'our solar system' themes like Life on Mars and Mars Mission or the Space Skulls/Star Justice which featured stickered torsoes and didn't appeal to me.

    Update: The next gallery is ready and I'll be uploading it tomorrow. It's one of my favourite themes of recent years. Check back tomorrow to find out what it is!


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Posted by Orange_Juice in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 05:40

Make sure to add the new Alien Conquest theme when it's released huw.

Posted by modena in Italy, 05 Feb 2011 07:08

Great Job! (Again!) We're just getting closer to the Star Wars theme! Do you have all the minifigs, Huw?

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 07:51

^ I have all from 1999 to the colour change in 2004, except Boba Fett from Cloud City, and I have all from 2008 onwards. I probably have 3/4 of those from 2004-2007 as well. However I'm involved in another project which makes adding the images here until that's completed slightly complicated. More will be revealed later in the year...

Posted by Aquapolis in United States, 05 Feb 2011 08:43

YEAH MY FAV SERIES!

Posted by Berrybrick in United States, 05 Feb 2011 08:45

Just one thing- under Ice Planet, you have one figure listed as Blonde guy. I came accross Blonde in the dictionary last year and it had two spellings: Blonde is female, and Blond is male. Therefore, he should be Blond Guy with not e.

Posted by SapmiSatan in Norway, 05 Feb 2011 08:49

I only own one of these figures, the first of the green insectoides. I hadn't added that set to my collection, but now I have. Thanks Huw.

Posted by KLOKRIECHER in United States, 05 Feb 2011 09:04

Great job! Btw: Why won't you add the Life On Mars, Mars Mission and Space Skulls/Star Justice themes in this gallery?

Posted by jatonaz in Taiwan, Province of China, 05 Feb 2011 09:15

Great work! Really nice seeing some of my favorite guys in such detail. Sure brings back a ton of memories!

Posted by mysterygoo in United States, 05 Feb 2011 09:28

Since you seem kind of drawn back by the stickered torsos, just to let you know a couple of the racers sets a long time ago had them too.

Posted by PaulTR in United States, 05 Feb 2011 09:31

Great galleries! I own 2 M-tron guys, a B-tron guy, a Space Police 2 guy, 2 Ice Planet guys, Spyrius, Droid, and a UFO dude. They were some of the first minifigures I ever got, so thank you for bringing back the memories!

Posted by Captain Hale Moor in United States, 05 Feb 2011 10:16

I like your collection. It is very interesting. The only lego space set I own would be Mars Mission set Crystl Digger. It wasn't a very big set although it does give some exelent parts for a spaceship. It is really said though that Mars Mission ended. One of my freinds was teriffied when I gave him the news. For him it was the loss of his life. He nearly owned all of the sets exept a few of the smaller ones. If anyone would like to talk to me look me up at lego.com on the messageboards. My charecter name, captains1117.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 10:35

> Why won't you add the Life On Mars, Mars Mission and Space Skulls/Star Justice themes in this gallery

Mainly because I don't have all the figs and have no intention of getting them.

Posted by SpOdys in Russian Federation, 05 Feb 2011 10:39

Thanks a lot!!! Space is my favourite theme. And now I'm working on the article about Lego Space at our local Russian forum, so these excellent new images are very useful for it.

Posted by mrloony in United States, 05 Feb 2011 11:19

I was lucky enough to get a lot of the classic space figs from garage sales/thrift stores. Good luck finding ones to add to the gallery!

Posted by Pawel Kaminski HWS in Poland, 05 Feb 2011 11:32

Very good pictures! Now we will wait fot The Classic Space minifigrues before 1986, and the new ones. (Life On Mars, Mars Mission, Space Police III) :)

Posted by M-Tron Hero Kodiak in United States, 05 Feb 2011 11:36

Awesome Job!! Love it!

Posted by cjg in United States, 05 Feb 2011 11:39

Awesome! I really like the Blacktron 1 and the Futuron.

Posted by RotsiserMho in United States, 05 Feb 2011 11:39

I'm not sure I understand why Mars Mission is being excluded. They're definitely "regular LEGO Space" sets! The figs have classic space logos on them! Now Life on Mars and Space Skulls/Star Justice I can understand ;-).

Posted by EliteLeader99/brickboy2 in United States, 05 Feb 2011 12:06

Cool. Its so old!!! :) Thank you.

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 05 Feb 2011 12:30

Next, can you do Star Wars or Castle 2007 (include the giant trolls).

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 05 Feb 2011 12:30

Oh, and please do Mars Mission and Space Police 2009.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 13:38

> Why won't you add the Life On Mars, Mars Mission and Space Skulls/Star Justice themes in this gallery

Mainly because I don't have all the figs and have no intention of getting them.

Posted by Captain Maersk in United States, 05 Feb 2011 13:42

Wonderful Work Huw. I never got into the Space theme as I never was too interested with it. What ever happened to the Western gallery by the way?

Posted by SafePit in United States, 05 Feb 2011 14:40

Sigh. This was during my dark years ... I don't have any those cool minifigs. Thanks for the great gallery!

Posted by fff in Spain, 05 Feb 2011 15:27

Thanks for the great work & gallery!

Posted by Berrybrick in United States, 05 Feb 2011 16:21

The next one is Exo-Force isn't it? I honestly hated the theme. . . no offense!

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 17:18

Good guess but you'll have to wait and see :-)

Posted by Legoloverman in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 17:24

Huw, let me have a dig around and I'll see if I can sort out the missing figs to lend you. An incomplete Space gallery makes me sad...

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 05 Feb 2011 17:31

This gallery is great to see, especially after I just recently hunted down and rebuilt all of my Classic Space, Post-Classic Space, Blacktron I, Space Police I, and M-Tron minifigures. You're quite lucky to have so many in such excellent condition. Most of mine are showing some wear on their torso prints. Overall, I probably have all of those with just a few exceptions in the Explorians and Insectoids themes.

Posted by Brickmatic in United States, 05 Feb 2011 18:31

This post made me sad. Why did you call Space Skulls/Star Justice atrocious? Granted, I'm not much of a fan of Space Skulls; it is a little too fantastical for my taste, but Star Justice was a neat little set. Sure they had sticker torsos, but that was not a first for LEGO. Moreover, it was a compromise. From an interview with Chris Giddens:

"Printing parts is expensive. If you print a part that’s going only in one line of sets, you can’t spread that cost out because of it’s limited production. We hope the space sets sell a buhjillion copies… but factory sets usually are limited runs. We had the choice of either blank torsos or do stickers. Stickers were the best option. We talked to LEGO about these issues and they agreed that stickers were the way to go. We would use stickers IF: A) we could make them B) They would be on transparent film so they could be used in other applications other than our sets C) we get enough color to make them look cool and D) they would be a part available somehow on LDD or factory so kids who can’t afford our set can still get in on the action by building a small LDD ship and adding stickers. LEGO talked internally about this for a while and made it happen."

Full interview: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/03/10/brothers-brickcom-interviews-chris-giddens-and-mark-sandlin/

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 05 Feb 2011 18:35

@Legoloverman, that would be great, thanks!

@Brickmatic, maybe I was bit harsh, but they didn't appeal to me.

Posted by SJPlego in United States, 05 Feb 2011 22:03

Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to take high-quality pictures of LEGOLAND Space, Life on Mars, Star Justice, Space Skulls, and Mars Mission minifigs, would you be willing to add them to this gallery?

Looking at the original Space gallery that used images from BrickLink, I can see that even from the themes included, there are a few variations that are missing. For example, a couple oddball Futuron guys from Dacta. Will you be adding these to the gallery (most of them can easily be recreated using the Minifigs already in this gallery, so even if you don't have the originals, you could easily recreate them).

Also, if you want to identify the named Minifigs...
- Ice Planet Chief is named "Commander Cold"
- Explorien Astronaut 2 is named "Nova Hunter" (based upon LEGO Mania Magazine)
- Explorien Chief is named "Nova Hunter" (based upon LEGO Racers)
- Explorien Droid is named "Ann Droid"
- RoboForce Yellow is named "Chip Nebula"
- U.F.O. Alien 2 is named "Alpha Draconis" (LEGO Mania Magazine) / "Alpha Dragonis" (LEGO Racers)
- U.F.O. Droid 2 is named "Andy Droid"
- Insectoids Female is named "Gypsy Moth"
Most of these cite either LEGO Mania Magazine or LEGO Racers. The only disputed ones are Nova Hunter (which is applied to two different characters) and Draconis/Dragonis (with different spellings), but I'd probably follow the LEGO Mania's versions because they came first.

Posted by CharlieTheFunEngine in Australia, 05 Feb 2011 23:23

I'm going to take a wild guess that the next gallery will be Fantasy Era Castle.

Posted by gordi99 in United States, 06 Feb 2011 00:54

I think the next one you should do is vikings, I LOVE vikings. OR, how about doing studios? You now what, I DARE YOU to do CITY! OMGOSH, I said it!oh yay......

Posted by bioniclemaster23 in United States, 06 Feb 2011 02:10

i have classic space and some of the later themes

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 06 Feb 2011 03:54

> Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to take high-quality pictures of LEGOLAND Space, Life on Mars, Star Justice, Space Skulls, and Mars Mission minifigs, would you be willing to add them to this gallery?

Yes, definitely.

Posted by modena in Italy, 06 Feb 2011 05:03

I wonder what the next theme is... Honestly I have no idea... It's coming out today! Yay!

Posted by e_agersborg in Norway, 06 Feb 2011 12:56

@Huw. You are aware of the fact that some of the earliset versions of classic space had stickered torsoes? I have 1 white and 2 red with stickers.

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 06 Feb 2011 14:33

Uh, Huw, there are also the Space brick-built droids! Will you be doing them?

Posted by Brickmatic in United States, 07 Feb 2011 00:37

@Huw, Wow, you changed the text of the post! That was very nice of you to do. I mean, in addition to all the nice things you already do like post galleries of minifigs in the first place.

I see you're open to the idea of including pictures of minifigs taken by others. Your goal with this collection was a standardized look, so perhaps you might be able to put together a description of your process for taking photos? That way, others can follow the steps you take and get the same look as your photos. I would definitely enjoy taking photos for any of these minifig galleries. Just a thought.

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