Whoa! Creator design team is killing it and the new space subtheme looks like so much fun! Lots of affordable stuff too. 2024 shaping up to be a banger already :)

Very strange to me that these Space sets still have City branding on them. Feels closer to something like Life On Mars than the NASA sets. Not that I'm complaining, mind you! Great to have Space back, even if it says "City" on the box for some reason.

My wallet cries.

So what's with the Space branding on all of the space related sets? Besides the obvious fact they're related to the genre of Space, it's on a bunch of sets scattered across multiple themes, so far Technic, City, and Creator.

I'll make the assumption we'll see this space branding on other themes, perhaps Friends or Classic, but is there something in Space this 2024 that I'm missing out on?

Also the Creator sets are so charming and adorable. I love it.

PINK TIRES and REDDISH ORANGE

@JQAForPresident said:
"Very strange to me that these Space sets still have City branding on them. Feels closer to something like Life On Mars than the NASA sets. Not that I'm complaining, mind you! Great to have Space back, even if it says "City" on the box for some reason. "

City really seems to just be the return of System now, with how it’s been expanding its subthemes.

@SolidState said:
"PINK TIRES and REDDISH ORANGE"

And grey tires in the Technic Space sets!

Some great sets. Love the giraffe. Three wide helicopter a great nod to 1970’s Lego.

Those space sets are excellent! And the colours seem to match the Galaxy Squad colours although these alien lifeforms seem way friendlier than the 'space bugs' of GS.
Perhaps they are not quite as innocent as they seem though...

I feel like we're really pushing the term "City" as a brand to breaking point, here, with a stack of clearly sci-fi sets under that name.

Love the Creator sets, though. That Red Dragon is cute.

So the City - Space theme is just full sci-fi now? I'm all for it, finally getting some new lego sci-fi that isn't Star Wars is refreshing!

whoever designed 31146 must have played with 5590 :P i love it!

...are we seeing a prequel series to Classic Space?

Does 60434, a small base with a launch pad and a rover, become 6970 in its future?

'City' Space reminds me keenly of Mars Mission, albeit with infinitely less cool aliens. Some other themes as well; very glad they're diverging from a stricter adherence to reality in their models, it'll add a lot of life to the line. It's got me interested at the least, and I've been out of City for a good while.
At the very least it should be a good test for whether general audiences are willing to grab the older classic evergreen lines again.

The Space Rover set reminds me of that giant vehicle in Mass Effect that I always wound up driving off a cliff for some reason.

For real though, these look pretty good! I think that the new City sets definitely keep the spirit of Classic Space alive with a focus on exploration and research. Also, whoever are behind the Creator sets, keep doing what ya'll are doing!

The giraffe looks fantastic!

Some absolutely fantastic sets here, colourful, beautiful and fun.

So they did not select Legotruman’s Ideas Astronaut in 2021, but then made a much worse, poorly proportioned, version?!

Oh, very nice! The Creator team is really the tops! The giraffe, camera, and peacock are terrific! Those space sets are very cool and dare I say it “creative”, ha ha!

Creator proves its best theme still.
Love that goofy dragon <3

@Agent00Z said:
"So what's with the Space branding on all of the space related sets? Besides the obvious fact they're related to the genre of Space, it's on a bunch of sets scattered across multiple themes, so far Technic, City, and Creator.

I'll make the assumption we'll see this space branding on other themes, perhaps Friends or Classic, but is there something in Space this 2024 that I'm missing out on?

Also the Creator sets are so charming and adorable. I love it. "

It's an anniversary year for Lego space. Somebody more knowledgeable than I will give you better information, but I believe it is the 50th anniversary for space sets(not classic space, but space as a whole). We have yet to see the supposed space themed CMF and Friends sets that will be joining the current space anniversary lineup.

I may not understand the branding, but I'm happy to see this happening. This is refreshingly open-ended sci-fi, and I hope children respond to it. The world needs more imagination right now. The Wall Street Journal ran a long article last week about how Lego wants to move away from the heavy reliance it has developed on external IP. The article focused on Dreamzzz, but this is obviously in the same vein, just not quite so far-out. It looks fun!

Goodness gracious, the creator line is popping off! Loving the brilliant colors, cute designs and the lifelike giraffe. They knocked it out of the park this time around.

I don't understand the reasoning for the branding either, but I'm not complaining.
Classic Space started in 1979, so it's 45 years in 2024. Otoh there were a few space sets before CS, but those were before my time and I can't remember when the first one came out (or what it was). I remember seeing a very crude blue version of the moon lander somewhere, but that's about it.

As for the sets being under the City brand, I'm on the fence too. On the one hand Classic Space came under the LEGOLAND theme/branding that also included Castle, Pirates and the precursor to City.
On the other hand these new sets feel more like a separate SciFi theme like Mars Mission or other later iterations of LEGO space themes.

Anyhow, some really nice looking sets among this selection, and even more so in the Creator 3in1 series. Will get several of those, my favourite at the moment being the roller skate.

Oh my, these space sets. I'm not sure I like the transition from near reality to sci fi, but I'm in love with all the vehicles. I'm glad too that the sets are oriented for exploration and research and not for conflict.

That absolutely has to be the best wave of Creator sets there's ever been? What a stunning collection of sets.

60443 is going to be repurposed into a little Endurance from Interstellar.
Impossible?
No, necessary!!

Also, the return of the metal detector in space themes!!!!!

The flatbed truck looks like a mini version of the model team set. Hamster is cute!

HOLY FAR OUT SPACE NUTS!

Someone needs to tell Warner Bros. Discovery Animation, Toei Animation, LEGO Studios, and Cartoon Network to do a LEGO CITY Space adventure series right now!!

That Creator truck is a tribute to LEGO MODEL TEAM 5571 and 5590 combined :)

31146 has some Model Team vibes. Looks like mix of 5571 and 5590.

60428 reminds me of 8957.

I think they are trying to crosspollinate their in house themes. The space Logo is on a creator set as well as a dreams set (mr.. Ozz's space car - really good set that would fit right in this as a space police 3 ship / car). I wouldn't be surprised they would stick space on those space monkey kid sets they released 2 or so years ago if they would have released them now. It's a good move. I see you're a fan of space. You don't like dreams I see, here's a space set in dreams - go buy it, maybe you like it and come back for more. I am sure this is a marketing strategy - and I honestly love it. They are doing something I like for once. Can't wait to see the castle crossover.

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
And he told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I need a raise... no, I need a fairly paid job!

60430 is an almost a perfect Delta Flyer from Star Trek Voyager.

Wow. So the rumors about 2024 City sets including aliens was true.
The builds look awesome though. They kinda give me Galaxy Squad vibes

Am I dreaming?!?

These Space sets look incredible! I’m so excited to get them!!!

Nice touch! The retro camera includes photos of all the other Creator sets in this lineup.

As I understand it, LEGO designs and initiatives are years in development. I therefore think it’s pretty silly to claim they rip off failed Ideas submissions. Wouldn’t it be possible that they failed those submissions because they were too close to sets or themes already in the works?

Although I like the City Space sets (although I really am getting sick of everything having to be City)
That mech I would buy as soon as I come across it.

I am however not digging Creator at all.
Is it just me or are they turning Creator into a smaller-sized Icons range? These are just objects and animals, and maybe one large figure build if you're generous. The only odd one out is the helicopter truck. The theme always had builds of objects and animals, but the variety here feels off. All of these are just super detailed display sets. There's no minifigure scale stuff (and yes, Creator used to do minifig scale stuff even before the figs themselves became common in the theme). And there's no buildings either.
Are we missing sets from the theme or something?

Is it just me, or is the creative team at LEGO trying to revive the Space theme through the back door here?