2 of 3 copies of this set have now been collected by Huwbot.

Previous RSotD back in 2019: https://brickset.com/article/43907

Remaining copy: https://brickset.com/sets/6800-1

Something about this looks so cool.

Worth the resale value.

Don't...most things 'hover' in space? I mean, it's not much of a trick now is it...Unless it's a typo, and it's actually a "Space Hoover"; in which case, it floats around cleaning the planet...:)

@PurpleDave said:
" @brick_r said:
"Don't...most things 'hover' in space? I mean, it's not much of a trick now is it...Unless it's a typo, and it's actually a "Space Hoover"; in which case, it floats around cleaning the planet...:)"

You float in space. To hover, you need a surface that you can throw yourself at and miss."

I thought that was flying? Although, I guess if you can fly, hovering isn’t far behind, given the right amount of thrust.

Oh, I have a few of these. It was a cheap way to get worker droids around the base. 60 bucks new? I should have kept a couple in the box...

That’s a strange looking dinosaur.

I got a few of these on the secondary market a while ago; they’re nice little models that throw up some interesting questions during play.

Not even Space Hover/craft/ just Space Hover. Robots got lazy when they named this one

Kind of funny, I added this minifigure to my collection today.

Love this series

Cool little set, however, it could be improved with a backrest for the pilot.

@Binnekamp, is that you?

The Kabaya version!

Kinda hard to get this in Europe, so one of the few UFO sets I'm missing. Still somehow have 3 copies 6800 (even one sealed), so I don't mind too much :D

What's really odd about this set (and it's other 2 variants) is that the box and instruction don't use the typical green UFO artwork but the older Exploriens one instead (I thin some even have the Exploriens logo on it)!

This set (or more likely the first version 6800) was released much earlier than the rest of the UFO line (around March 1997) alongside 3-4 other impulse sets (6004, 6790, 6400, 1858, despite the box stating a 1996 release in the later case). I assume they hadn't finalized the UFO box design when this was scheduled for packaging... The other releases then just recycled the original boxart.

The minifig - Techdroid I, as the UK catalogue calls him - was special at the time, despite the fact he had no accessories except his simple gun/torch thingy:

6800 was the first official set to contain a blue minifig head - red ones from the other droid were already in a few "Building sets with People" as ornaments (though those were solid stud variants). Prior the only available colors were yellow (obviously), black (ghost and Spyrius), trans-clear (crystal ball, coffee machine...), trans-yellow (street lamps) and white (skeleton and 6554).
Also printed legs were still very rare in 1997 - his ones have the official name "MINI LOWER BODY NO.7", telling how few there were available at the time.

The grey antennas felt somewhat rarish too at the time, so nice having those as well. Oh and there were 2 printed parts from the UFO line as well.

@brick_r said:
"Don't...most things 'hover' in space? I mean, it's not much of a trick now is it...Unless it's a typo, and it's actually a "Space Hoover"; in which case, it floats around cleaning the planet...:)"

You float in space. To hover, you need a surface that you can throw yourself at and miss.

"Space Floater" would have been one of the funniest LEGO set names ever!

@MCLegoboy said:
"2 of 3 copies of this set have now been collected by Huwbot.

Previous RSotD back in 2019: https://brickset.com/article/43907

Remaining copy: https://brickset.com/sets/6800-1"
Maybe one day it'll be the version of this set that I actually own...!

I had no idea that Lego had specific themes at the time I got this one, as he was one of my very first sets; so in my mind he just existed in the same world as my Town sets such as 6518, 2537, 2585, etc. He wasn't even from Space back then, he was just a robot that one of the Town guys had randomly built because I had absolutely no context for him otherwise.

Even when I learned about Lego themes from the Lego Adventures magazines in 1999, UFO was enough in the past by then that it never featured, so he remained a creation of someone on earth - possibly Dr Cyber from 6494, and therefore the villainous brother of the Time Cruiser robot from that same set - in my stories for several years until I was able to find out a bit more about older themes (from a fan-website that focused on collecting minifigures I believe?) and realised that he was actually part of a much different story and came from space. As I wouldn't get any other UFO sets until I found a complete 6900 in a used lot I got one Christmas, he instead became an antagonist for my Insectoids and Life on Mars characters for a while... I only had a couple of small sets for either of those themes, too, so he wasn't as outmatched as that might otherwise have sounded!

Of course, depending on which country's lore you believe, he may have actually been canonically a good guy so I guess I really was a million miles off the mark since I always played him as a villain when I was a kid...!

I think I commented on a previous version of this, but anyway--

This is a great set with great parts. I was able to build several MOCs/altbuilds out of this-- I think I got five or ten different builds.

IMO, this is kind of an ideal small set-- cheap enough to get several, good variety of parts.

I like how despite the tiny shape, the general profile is quite similar to the largest UFO ship with the circle in the front and triangle in the back.

@Crux said:
" @Binnekamp , is that you?"

Nah, my cousin. They say we look alike though. I wouldn't ride something like that! I'd much prefer something even rounder. Preferably double-decker saucer style.