Review: 40767 Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut

A great GWP which made a day 1 72037 a much easier purchase than 40787 would have done. ( @Huw threshold is £135)

Front view looks great but from side areas near arms look unfinished.
Anyway nice GWP, maybe with baby astronaut minifig would be perfect one.

Side note: in my country there is no set around 150-200€ which would be better (or at similar price) to buy at Lego store than at retailers.

Is it in scale with other large figures?

Ugh. I thought I was free until the BLDP. Can't resist.

Well I’m glad we got alerted! I was waiting on this! Now I just have to figure out what can go together to get to the threshold.

I'm not going to place an order to get it (I have little enough space and a large enough backlog as it is), but I'll definitely be picking this up on Bricklink.

I'd love to have one, but I currently don't need any new sets.

I had 2 of the MOC version in white from rebrickable.com which had an angled body similar to a minifigure instead of rectangular body as seen in this official red one.

Was planning to convert one of them to a Red Spacebaby and already in midst of collecting the red parts, and then the leaked photo appeared on the net. Maybe now I'll change it to some other colours if parts are available.

Perfect timing- I’ve had the Blacktron ship and some PAB sitting in my cart for months. Adding the monorail Ideas set from the rewards centre made it a very retro order!

@Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

I’ve had GWPs that required the listed spend, or that required the listed spend minus one penny, or that required the listed spend minus at least a whole dollar. And there’s rarely any clear indicator of which it’s going to be until you check your cart, or they scan the GWP at the LEGO Store. The one exception is if they have a major release (Modular, Winter Village, etc), and the GWP spend is one penny over that set’s MSRP, they almost always forgive the penny. If they don’t, I’m sure Customer Service gets assaulted with angry phone calls.

@Briczk said:
"Front view looks great but from side areas near arms look unfinished.
Anyway nice GWP, maybe with baby astronaut minifig would be perfect one.
"

Looks like it could do with a pair of 1x2 wedge tiles for the elbows :)

That last picture is so cute!

Should've been a regular retail set....

@Oli said:
"I want 3 of them... i cant stress it enough, why does this has to be a gwp!?
Shame on you Lego group!
As you might can tell i am annoyed!"

There will be plenty of them available to purchase on ebay and bricklink.

A pity it wasn't blue to go with the ones I have in 40712 and 40786

SO CUUUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess the only exclusive parts are the 3 printed pieces? If the two face prints show up on Pick a Brick, then people can go crazy with building space babies of various colors. I don’t recall if the space logo printed on a 2x4 tile is available in other colors, so that may be a missing piece.

@Huw wrote:
"The tiny 2cm-tall space baby is a single piece"

Technically, it's two pieces, the body (including arms and legs) and the head (including helmet and air tanks).

Since the separate body and normal baby head were developed long before the space baby head variant (normal baby first appeared in 2016, space baby in 2023), I wonder if Lego was planning on baby variants back then, or if it was just serendipity.

I would have ordered something to get this, but we're going away until May 29, so no way to place an order that wouldn't show up before we got back. :(

@B_Space_Man said:
"I guess the only exclusive parts are the 3 printed pieces? If the two face prints show up on Pick a Brick, then people can go crazy with building space babies of various colors. I don’t recall if the space logo printed on a 2x4 tile is available in other colors, so that may be a missing piece. "

They made blue for the Galaxy Explorer, but that’s it.

@bgruner said:
"I would have ordered something to get this, but we're going away until May 29, so no way to place an order that wouldn't show up before we got back. :("

Buy something on backorder. :o)

@CCC said:
" @Oli said:
"I want 3 of them... i cant stress it enough, why does this has to be a gwp!?
Shame on you Lego group!
As you might can tell i am annoyed!"

There will be plenty of them available to purchase on ebay and bricklink."

Yes, i know but no thank you. They will be well overpriced i reckon.

@mike_the_fireman said:
" @Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

If you're with a penny or two, it will usually still put the GWP in your cart. Try adding and see if it'll add. You might be surprised. :)"

I tried, I added a set worth €149.99, so 1 cent less, but the GWP was not added.
This is more of an urban (LEGO) myth.

@Videofronta said:
" @mike_the_fireman said:
" @Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

If you're with a penny or two, it will usually still put the GWP in your cart. Try adding and see if it'll add. You might be surprised. :)"

I tried, I added a set worth €149.99, so 1 cent less, but the GWP was not added.
This is more of an urban (LEGO) myth."

It's not a myth. It's just that the practical threshold varies. I've personally encountered instances where one penny less triggered the GWP, but two less did not. This allowed you to buy something like a new Winter Village set at $99.99 and qualify for a holiday GWP with a $100 spend. And I've also encountered instances where the true threshold was probably a dollar below what was stated, but the only way to nail down the exact point would be to tinker with an OPAB order. Even one of the LEGO Store employees that I talked to about it while waiting in line for the store to open on some release day said the stores have no idea what the true trigger point is for any given GWP until they test it.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Videofronta said:
" @mike_the_fireman said:
" @Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

If you're with a penny or two, it will usually still put the GWP in your cart. Try adding and see if it'll add. You might be surprised. :)"

I tried, I added a set worth €149.99, so 1 cent less, but the GWP was not added.
This is more of an urban (LEGO) myth."

It's not a myth. It's just that the practical threshold varies. I've personally encountered instances where one penny less triggered the GWP, but two less did not. This allowed you to buy something like a new Winter Village set at $99.99 and qualify for a holiday GWP with a $100 spend. And I've also encountered instances where the true threshold was probably a dollar below what was stated, but the only way to nail down the exact point would be to tinker with an OPAB order. Even one of the LEGO Store employees that I talked to about it while waiting in line for the store to open on some release day said the stores have no idea what the true trigger point is for any given GWP until they test it."

This. At least in the US, they allow you yo be 1 cent short and still apply the promo item.

@reeses said:
"This. At least in the US, they allow you yo be 1 cent short and still apply the promo item."

Sometimes. You could get three different GWPs with a listed $100 spend that trigger at $100, $99.99, or ~$99.00 respectively. It depends on the GWP, and it depends on what sets are being launched at the same time, and there's no official source to say which will be which.

@reeses said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Videofronta said:
" @mike_the_fireman said:
" @Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

If you're with a penny or two, it will usually still put the GWP in your cart. Try adding and see if it'll add. You might be surprised. :)"

I tried, I added a set worth €149.99, so 1 cent less, but the GWP was not added.
This is more of an urban (LEGO) myth."

It's not a myth. It's just that the practical threshold varies. I've personally encountered instances where one penny less triggered the GWP, but two less did not. This allowed you to buy something like a new Winter Village set at $99.99 and qualify for a holiday GWP with a $100 spend. And I've also encountered instances where the true threshold was probably a dollar below what was stated, but the only way to nail down the exact point would be to tinker with an OPAB order. Even one of the LEGO Store employees that I talked to about it while waiting in line for the store to open on some release day said the stores have no idea what the true trigger point is for any given GWP until they test it."

This. At least in the US, they allow you yo be 1 cent short and still apply the promo item."

I miss when the GWP thresholds in Australia were $1 under the set pricing points (EG: Spend $99, $149, $299 etc.) so if a set at $299.99 was purchased you got the GWP included.
This one is $245 so a $249.99 set would work but $244.xx and it's time to add a keychain....

@margulies said:
""It will successfully achieve what GWPs are designed to: make you place an order at LEGO.com to acquire it!"

Yes, it did work for me."

Same. Most of my wishlist is non-exclusive stuff that I'm pretty confident will go on 20% off sooner or later... But if this GWP is only available for 8 days, the FOMO is real. I chose the ones I felt were least likely to do that and then made my order rather than risk having to pay reseller prices...

@PurpleDave said:
" @Videofronta said:
" @mike_the_fireman said:
" @Joefish said:
"It's always an irritation when they set the threshold at £130 then list loads of sets at £129.99. At least at £135 they're being clear that it's not going to come down to a penny, or that they want you to buy more than just one set. But it would be kinder to set it at EXACTLY the same price as one of their big sets.

Although I'd rather they all just rounded up the prices by a penny instead of playing this silly 'X.99' game."

If you're with a penny or two, it will usually still put the GWP in your cart. Try adding and see if it'll add. You might be surprised. :)"

I tried, I added a set worth €149.99, so 1 cent less, but the GWP was not added.
This is more of an urban (LEGO) myth."

It's not a myth. It's just that the practical threshold varies. I've personally encountered instances where one penny less triggered the GWP, but two less did not. This allowed you to buy something like a new Winter Village set at $99.99 and qualify for a holiday GWP with a $100 spend. And I've also encountered instances where the true threshold was probably a dollar below what was stated, but the only way to nail down the exact point would be to tinker with an OPAB order. Even one of the LEGO Store employees that I talked to about it while waiting in line for the store to open on some release day said the stores have no idea what the true trigger point is for any given GWP until they test it."

Maybe it's just US thing not Europe? In Poland I often had 0,02 PLN (it's like 0,005€/$) under GWP limit and GWP didn't appear in basket :/

@Oli said:
" @CCC said:
" @Oli said:
"I want 3 of them... i cant stress it enough, why does this has to be a gwp!?
Shame on you Lego group!
As you might can tell i am annoyed!"

There will be plenty of them available to purchase on ebay and bricklink."

Yes, i know but no thank you. They will be well overpriced i reckon."

I usually find that the GWP are quite fairly priced soon after the promotion. The first few are quite high priced, but when the numbers for sale increase then sellers drop their prices to recoup some money quickly. Then they increase in price again as the cheap ones sell out and the rest of the sellers decide to hold out for a higher price.

@CCC said:
" @Oli said:
" @CCC said:
" @Oli said:
"I want 3 of them... i cant stress it enough, why does this has to be a gwp!?
Shame on you Lego group!
As you might can tell i am annoyed!"

There will be plenty of them available to purchase on ebay and bricklink."

Yes, i know but no thank you. They will be well overpriced i reckon."

I usually find that the GWP are quite fairly priced soon after the promotion. The first few are quite high priced, but when the numbers for sale increase then sellers drop their prices to recoup some money quickly. Then they increase in price again as the cheap ones sell out and the rest of the sellers decide to hold out for a higher price."

Economics 101

@Yergs said:
"I miss when the GWP thresholds in Australia were $1 under the set pricing points (EG: Spend $99, $149, $299 etc.) so if a set at $299.99 was purchased you got the GWP included.
This one is $245 so a $249.99 set would work but $244.xx and it's time to add a keychain...."

They would solve so many issues if they just switched everything to $x9.00 triggers. No more wondering what the actual spend is, no calls from irate customers who bought something priced one cent under the advertised spend and didn’t earn the GWP, and almost no hunting for stuff that will put you just over the target unless you’ve got OPAB in your cart.

@CCC said:
" @Oli said:
" @CCC said:
" @Oli said:
"I want 3 of them... i cant stress it enough, why does this has to be a gwp!?
Shame on you Lego group!
As you might can tell i am annoyed!"

There will be plenty of them available to purchase on ebay and bricklink."

Yes, i know but no thank you. They will be well overpriced i reckon."

I usually find that the GWP are quite fairly priced soon after the promotion. The first few are quite high priced, but when the numbers for sale increase then sellers drop their prices to recoup some money quickly. Then they increase in price again as the cheap ones sell out and the rest of the sellers decide to hold out for a higher price."

The first ones i have seen cost 50€! some 40€ offers but even 30€ is well overpriced in my opinion. I just want to go to my local Lego Store and buy it for the 19,99€ each. I would get 3. One for me and the other 2 for my daughters. They would love to own them. So, how do i explain them that i have to go 3 times to the Lego Store to spend each time 150€ to get one for each!?
Its a shame, LEGO group!

Yes, it worked (managed to spend $150).

Sucks that pre-ordered sets don't count though.

@Daniel___Walsh said:
"Yes, it worked (managed to spend $150).

Sucks that pre-ordered sets don't count though."

Yeah, you pretty much get screwed in every direction with preorders now. No GWP when you preorder, no GWP when it ships. I’m wondering if they had people abusing the preorder system to earn the GWP, only to cancel the preorder before it came due.

But at least they still count OPAB. I’ve earned a few GWPs on parts alone.

I'm glad they don't allow the GWP's on pre-orders anymore. I always tried to order a little something else to force the GWP to ship when they allowed it the few times I wanted to do a pre-order to trigger the GWP. I get why they don't allow it anymore. People made pre-orders to get a specific GWP & got mad that LEGO doesn't hold the stock of GWP for them until the pre-order ships 2 or 3 months later. Then they got mad if a special product specific GWP was offered on an item that they had pre-ordered months earlier that they weren't eligible for since their purchase wasn't made during the applicable promo period. Then there were those who would get mad that the GWP they wanted was gone before their pre-order shipped and the current offer wasn't to their liking either. This way is better for everyone. I don't bother with pre-orders anymore because I what the special promo when they offer it which we don't always know ahead of time.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Daniel___Walsh said:
"Yes, it worked (managed to spend $150).

Sucks that pre-ordered sets don't count though."

Yeah, you pretty much get screwed in every direction with preorders now. No GWP when you preorder, no GWP when it ships. I’m wondering if they had people abusing the preorder system to earn the GWP, only to cancel the preorder before it came due.

But at least they still count OPAB. I’ve earned a few GWPs on parts alone."

Gonna purchase Luxo Jr. (which looks amazing) and I also plan to purchase the Maple Tree (I basically have the entire Botanical collection) and K-2SO (would be my one and only Star Wars set; Andor is incredible).

Decided to get the blue Astronaut plush (I have a newborn), a couple of Speed Champion sets for my nephew, and this GWP led me to the upscaled Lego minifigure (can't believe I don't know about this).

Total was $153 (so just barely made it lol).

@karrit said:
"I'm glad they don't allow the GWP's on pre-orders anymore. I always tried to order a little something else to force the GWP to ship when they allowed it the few times I wanted to do a pre-order to trigger the GWP. I get why they don't allow it anymore. People made pre-orders to get a specific GWP & got mad that LEGO doesn't hold the stock of GWP for them until the pre-order ships 2 or 3 months later. Then they got mad if a special product specific GWP was offered on an item that they had pre-ordered months earlier that they weren't eligible for since their purchase wasn't made during the applicable promo period. Then there were those who would get mad that the GWP they wanted was gone before their pre-order shipped and the current offer wasn't to their liking either. This way is better for everyone. I don't bother with pre-orders anymore because I what the special promo when they offer it which we don't always know ahead of time."

I understand why they do it though. Usually shop Lego at Target because I always have gift cards that I use just for Lego (they also have better pricing for a good amount of sets).

But I travel A LOT (currently in the Philippines with my family) and I can't use Target over there.

Will look at the Lego sets at Target once I'm back in Japan in 3 weeks.

Brilliant GWP. This Baby and the Insider Points used on the Spiny Shell, got me to purchase more than I was planning to… right after May 4th cleaned me out of ‘almost’ all of my spare cash.

@PurpleDave said:
" @B_Space_Man said:
"I guess the only exclusive parts are the 3 printed pieces? If the two face prints show up on Pick a Brick, then people can go crazy with building space babies of various colors. I don’t recall if the space logo printed on a 2x4 tile is available in other colors, so that may be a missing piece. "

They made blue for the Galaxy Explorer, but that’s it."

I just happened to look over and spot one of these that I grabbed from OPAB, and it's not quite the same print. The blue tile has a print that includes nighttime shading and a few craters, where the red one has a flat gold print. Blue also fills more of the tile than red does, plus there's a bit of a gap between the section representing the back and front halves of the spacecraft's orbit. And blue has three white lines through the orbit path, where red only has two. But that's not going to stop me from trying to make a Giant Baby Space Benny.