Random set of the day: Space Plane
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6902 Space Plane, released during 1998. It's one of 21 Space sets produced that year. It contains 19 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$2.
It's owned by 513 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $25.00, or eBay.
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Pew
It's back!
https://brickset.com/article/112384/random-set-of-the-day-space-plane
@MCLegoboy said:
"It's back!
https://brickset.com/article/112384/random-set-of-the-day-space-plane "
This one is the polybag version, and that one is the box version.
Not much of a plane
@Lewa8439 said:
"Not much of a plane"
Yeah, it's just plane spacey.
Wait a minute, airplanes don't work in space!
Wonderful, incredibly underrated theme - and this is a really poor set. I get the purpose of this - a $2 pocket-money set for kids, and that's cool. But set 6836, V Wing Fighter, was only $4 and is 10x better.
@WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Wait a minute, airplanes don't work in space!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceplane
@tmtomh said:
"Wonderful, incredibly underrated theme - and this is a really poor set. I get the purpose of this - a $2 pocket-money set for kids, and that's cool. But set 6836, V Wing Fighter, was only $4 and is 10x better."
But if you only have $2, then this is infinitely better, because any LEGO is better than no LEGO.
@MCLegoboy said:
"It's back!
https://brickset.com/article/112384/random-set-of-the-day-space-plane"
I could've sworn we'd just seen it!
The head prints in this theme are great.
Soooo...(looks around...leans in): Airplane II :D
Over Macho Grande?
Techdroid II in his Astric!
Quite large for an impulse set, also the one set to balance out 1997's assortment of UFO droids - in 1997 there were 4 blue ones and only 3 red ones (if you excluded the copy sets).
Since some catalogues included those tiny impulse sets, this set was new and UFo was either already discontinued in some places or the ones responsible didn't want to distract too much from the new themes, it was sometimes placed as an Insectoids set (erroneously obviously).
This went far enough for some Club Magazine (not sure which) calling Techdroid II suddenly 'Astric' (the set's UK name) and making him an eccentric elderly hermit (but still somehow part of the Insectoids crew).
Also one of the few UFO sets not released in 1997.
The name reminds me of an exchange from the Season 2 finale of DuckTales 2017.
“This is a ship, and I’m a sailor!”
“It’s a ROCKET ship, and I’m a pilot!”
“No you can’t buy that A-Wing, we have A-Wings at home.”
The A-Wing we have at home:
This set was good source for old grey wings. I think I turned the couple I had into classic style spaceships.
1998, Americans vacationing in Europe:
KFOL: can I have 6901?
AFOL parent: We have 6901-1 at home!
Back home:
KFOL: Can I have 6902?
...
I said it before and I'll say it again:
This set is great. It has thrusters, an antenna/laser, a chair, sloping, an interesting wing formation, fashinoable asymmetry, controls and a great minifigure. Not to mention a good alt build.
What more could you want from an impulse set?
SPACESHIP!!!!
I’m goin over the rails on a space plane…
Love this series!
Deja vu.
@ElephantKnight said:
"Deja vu."
You can say that again...