I will buy this for the mini shuttle alone..

Looks neat!

No UK price?

Looks very good actually, but the display stands make up half of the build ...

At least it's an ideas set that won't cost three hundred dollars. And that space shuttle is ridiculously cute.

I'll download the instructions to build the shuttle. The rest, yawn...

There was an Ideas set that cost $300?

Poor Margaret Hamilton, her build is nothing but a stack of books/papers and a drawing board. Her coat rack doesn't even have a lab jacket, hat or anything on it. I wish her drawing board had at least something strange looking like a Feynman-diagram (similar to what was used in TBBT).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram/media/File:Feynman-diagram-ee-scattering.png

Really happy with the price. Makes it seem good value for money!

Considering the small size of the set, they couldn't have made the SRB's and external fuel tank just a little bit bigger? Looks like that will be the only thing I will change myself, otherwise this looks like an excellent build.

I rather have the female scientists set as it was a lot more creative, but maybe LEGO will make enough of these to sell it for more than 6 hours.

Best use ever of a dustbin ;-)

^

Nice set and a terrific price. I'll be getting one for my son and maybe even one for myself.

I like the concept, and I really like the Hubble model and the orange and blue Shuttle minifigures. I'm not sure I like them to the tune of $25, but that's a fair price for the set.

it looks very nice! I love the mini Hubble telescope, but that space shuttle has a comically undersized fuel tank

well that's...small. But I guess after a Saturn V, you can't go big again

Definitely picking this up, if only to have more minifigs with real flesh tones to get terrorised in a Gotham City moc.

It looks like a fun set though so I will pick one up for my daughter to go with her Research Institute set.

I'll likely be buying several copies of this set for myself and for gifts. :-)

That nano-scale Hubble is underrated.

Being a space geek I will certainly get this, especially as the price seems fairer than I had imagined. Originally there was a rumor of a 35 Euro price tag, which would have been ridiculous, but 25 Euro is really fair. Will go together nicely with my Saturn V
:-)

Uk price?

How proud one must be when her or his idea and set goes through all Ideas steps and then she is officially released... Like a dream comes true I guess. Regarding all the projects which are submitted, it's a long way to see it on shelves. Good price for this one and, even if I'm not sure to buy it, it looks nice. GG Maia, super tribute to these women's work.

Well, while she's not in the set, there will at least be a set in the Katherine G Johnson Computational Research Facility at NASA Langley.

Impressive mini-models, but meh.

Very nice looking set, wich is affordable for everybody. Now fingers crossed it is available for the Lego fans in general. And not for the big re-sellers only.....

Well they have successfully solved the issue of lots of people not really caring enough about a set with some female figs in a lot of people have never heard of by making it a set containing a mini Hubble and Shuttle!

Edit: Actually, probably not. I think I will just Bricklink the parts for the Hubble and the Shuttle on their own and build them instead. Sorry Lego.

Matgaret Hamilton's figure is so highly detailed, I love it! This set will look great with the NASA Apollo Saturn V!

Useful new Flesh-Colored Minifigure faces. Nancy Grace Roman looks a little weird, though.

@wizardry007 they couldn't secure permission from her or her family to use her image and likeness. So it's her own fault really

Bit of a meh set for me, I only liked Ideas when licensed themes we didn't expect were being made.

There's actually a reason LEGO didn't include Katherine Johnson. From the replies of the Facebook comments regarding this, LEGO Ideas said, "In order for us to move forward with a partner we need to obtain approval from all key people which was not possible in this case. We naturally fully respect this decision."

This is awesome. The Saturn V was WAAAAY out of my price range, but this is perfect. Maybe I'll buy an extra one and save it for my daughter when she's old enough to have her own sets, since I already have Friends and Disney Princess waiting for her.

This set is destined to sell out long before double VIP points and free gifts come along. This set is pure marketing and hype serves that purpose well. It was even talked about on Dutch business radio just now. And that's just some small, local radio station on the global scale of things. So if you really want it, get it day 1 and don't be surprised if it is no longer available within a couple of days.

I like the way this turned out. Fun models! I agree with others; the printing on Margaret Hamilton's dual-molded legs looks great. Curious to see if this set is as criminally under-produced as the Saturn V (still "Temporarily out of stock" on the US LEGO shop site) and if the demand is such that it sells out quickly.

Those minifigures have amazing prints! I'm totally getting this set.

I'll buy 2 for this price, one to build and 1 to keep boxed (for now :))

Oh yes, immediate buy for me. Sad about the lack of Katherine Johnson (come on, she made up 1/2 of the women of color in the set, and TLG for some reason doesn't do much in terms of diversity), though understandable due to licensing concerns. And wow, those prints are great.

@shaasa The build for Margaret Hamilton is inspired in a photo of her alongside the code she made for the Apollo program, so actually it is quite faithful to the source, including the marks on the board.

If you look up her name on Google photos you can see the picture yourself.

@ELH2806 they kinda did: https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Discovery

10029 is a great set. Still haven't parted that one out.

Is it just me but does Nancy G Roman kinda look like the church lady from SNL

Nahhhhh man.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Margaret_Hamilton_-_restoration.jpg This is the picture that inspired the Margaret Hamilton Module!

Did anyone notice the new piece in the telescope (I think that's what it is)?

Did anyone notice the new piece in the telescope (I think that's what it is)?

Scrolled through all the comments so far and actually, one of my issues I have is not the women content - but with the marketing behind the set. It just seems to be pushing the educational element so blatantly - I think there could've been more refinement to focus on the (I must say!) nicely constructed mini builds or the real people as accurate minifigures than the excitement of 'developing software for space missions' etc. The educational element speaks for itself to some degree - all these individuals succeeded in their respective fields.

There's also the underlying feeling that this is just Research Institute "remastered" - I don't mind Lego promoting women in science as it's a worthy cause but I can understand why some people react badly when we essentially already had this set before, albeit without a license, and a skeleton instead of a space shuttle. Sorry this one's not for me - but I'll pounce on something original like the Fishing Store any day!

@ lego maker homeboy I believe that piece, though still very new, has been in a set or two already, like Ninjago City. So the excitement over it has happened already!

@The Rancor Yeah, it sucks when LEGO repeats themes. That explains the dearth of interest in an $800 Millennium Falcon.

I'm glad to see that so many people are down on this set. My boys are already calculating how many times they'll need to mow the lawn in order to earn enough money to buy as many copies of the set as they need. The printing on the minifigs is the best of any NASA or City "fake NASA" set. To have both a very accurate space shuttle flight suit and the blue coverall uniform in the same set is incredible. My non-space geek son was immediately attracted to the legalized version of the most famous Hubble image. Two thumbs up from this household!

I'm a man, and I'm not gonna get butt-hurt about this set. Phew. But yea, a follow-up set with maybe a more gender-neutral vibe too it would be cool. Like to get the Apollo 11 crew in minifig form would be nice. Maybe they could just do a CM Series or somethin. I would totally buy that.

1. I really like this set. It looks like a sharp build, and the fact that it's something different and interesting for less than $200 is a good thing.

2. It is a good set to serve as role models for girls, and is a great example that you can be cool and successful without having to be 'cute' or 'sexy'.

3. To the naysayers, I don't disagree either. We are living in a PC world where certain narratives are pushed even if they don't actually match reality, and it's cool to 'virtual signal' and show the world just how 'progressive' you are.

4. I'm just looking forward to a time, which will probably never come, when the colour of one's skin and/or gender specific body parts are no longer the defining characteristics of an individual. Where LEGO or any company can make all dude sets or all girl sets, or mixed, or whatever, and no one cares because it's a free world and there are choices for all to make, buy, or sell what they want.

Given the Toys'R'Us 4 figure sets are $20 for 4 minifigs, I see this as great value! I actually like the stands they have produced, although they prob account for a great chunk of the part count! As a father with daughters, bravo Lego! The telescope build looks great, and the minifig printing...shoe buckles printed! I'll be picking up one or two of these.

Other than not being able to include Katherine Johnson (too bad, but understandable and they obviously did try) I think this version is considerably more attractive than the original Ideas set. I think it's great for a whole bunch of reasons (price, size, quality, relationship to earlier Ideas sets, etc etc) and it's gone from being a "maybe" to a very definite "Yes!" on my want list. Well done TLG!!!

^ TheAuk, completely agree. Especially with .4 it should not be made a PC situation regarding the gender or race of the mini figures included and it certainly shouldn’t be the focus or the defining reason to market the set. I feel that the research institute was great for demonstrating this point and should have been used as a precursor for the future of any set. This applies in general society also and not just LEGO.

This is a good set, but they should of provided more in the builds.

It is really bizarre that the characters in this set are minifigs instead of minidolls. Lego knows that girls don't like playing with minifigs.

Wow, expensive! Good thing its a bunch of trash!

I'm hopping on the bandwagon of those wanting this set and hoping that LEGO produces more than their usual two dozen, which sell out in fifteen seconds flat, then cost 4x retail on eBay or Bricklink. This would look nice beside Saturn V, if LEGO ever gives me a real chance to buy it...

PS. Mixed feelings about Mararet Hamilton's dress, it's a nice print on both torso and legs, but sort of reminds me of a 1920's bathing suit.

PSS. Now that you've added the ability to "Like" a Comment, after reading some of the above posts I think it would be helpful to add a "Dislike" Comment option as well.

@davidzeman: what’s political about praising someone for a historic first? Besides that there were real political pressures keeping that from happening SOONER and she was the first to overcome them, because that honestly makes her achievement more impressive, not less. Perhaps in Switzerland it’s not as apparent how pervasive racism and sexism have been in American history, but people worked hard to break those barriers and it’s important for kids to learn and remember that so they can better understand the inequalities that are still being fought.

Not sure what’s ugly about the minifigures, either. They are basically the real people translated to minifigure design language. And assuming you don’t hate all minifigures, the only reason I can think that these would be ugly is if you think that about the people… which is a kind of nauseating opinion to express.

On sale in Toys r us today £19.99

Almost 100 comments strong and hell hath no fury like AFOLs arguing over whether something is PC or not PC - surely all this angst could be directed elsewhere? Like scalpers ;)

Someone however did call me earlier on being somewhat of a hypocrite for liking the Star Wars theme but commenting about the appearance of 'repeating' the research institute. This opinion came from the fact that the Ideas platform specifically should always be pushing the envelope for new sets - it's inherently part of the concept. I wouldn't say re-runs of City and Star Wars sets fall under that same remit.

Behold gender equality: girls get something made to be exclusive to them. logic

@davidzeman
I totally agree with you. Like the concept or not, this is certainly an agenda and we don't need that in a kids' toy!

@Boredom Surpreme

More like behold gender inequality: women get systemically shunned from and minimized in fields like science, and even when they do succeed in those fields their accomplishments often get minimized or a man takes credit for it. Recognizing that women as a whole are not only underrepresented in the field, but also those who are in the field are often made less visible, it only makes sense to celebrate their achievements especially, until they are no longer shunned from and minimized in the field.

^i just think that in LEGO specifically there should just be equality in everything. I don’t feel that there’s a need for women to get something special to make up for the past exclusion, but that’s just my opinion.

@Boredom Supreme
Have you also been upset about Lego sets that only feature men? Or do you not really mean it when you say there should be equality in everything?

As somebody notified me in another forum - my comment above is too brief to be understood.

I do not find the minifigures in this set really as nice as they could be (ugly is not the right word - I meant not nice). One of them reminds me of grandma from minifigure series, just without basket and cat. The orange black reminds me of NBA players from lego sports, one is wearing some potato sack, the blue one is actually nice. I comment on the minifigures only, not the real ladies of course.

Two of the ladies are astronauts - astronaut is for me a combination of superintelligent scientist with physical capabilities of super-athlete. They have to be the best of the best. Now - one of the ladies is labelled on the box of this lego set as the first women of color in space, here I stop because the politics would start.

@davidzeman
...What do you personal feelings have to do with the fact that those women, in real life, are legitimately astronauts? Do you think they got in to """""tick diversity boxes""""" or something?? No, they got in because they were, as you suggested, some of the best of the best. Or were you still commenting on just the minifigs? In which case, what relevance does that have to the minifigs?

Also, don't blame LEGO for basing their minifigs off outfits they wore in real life. They may seem boring to you, but other people will be very glad to have minifig representations of people who have made important contributions to NASA and to science.

These look better than expected and while I am still mad that some entries did not make it I am loving this vignette set (like the Research Institute set), that price is astronomical but due to the Nasa logo it may fit right.

@shaase Margaret Hamilton's book stack is based on a famous photo of her.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Margaret_Hamilton_-_restoration.jpg)