This was my classic space. What an iconic lego robot

I just so happen to own this set, but it came among a whole collection of parts I inherited and so I'm basing this only on the fact that I have seen a number of the parts and I have the instructions. After looking trough the digital instructions, there are some creative solutions for the arms to work. I'm very intrigued and I may just have to dig through my parts and try to reassemble it. It looks like a lot of fun for a set that's the same age as me! Or at least more fun than I am anyway.

Easily among the best of yellowverse space! Fond memories of this set at a friend's house. It sparked my love for small detachable ships - the "head" on its own is a pretty cool ship. Plus magnetic arm, magnetic mailbox.

One of the best sets ever. Prove me wrong.

This was Lego getting a giant robot, so perfectly right, long before they started working on mecha designs.

I love everything about this guy. He was easily one of my favourite sets from my childhood. I love the jail cell, and the little compartment for the smaller ship. And I really loved the --- I guess --- modular design of the robot's head, that you could put the smaller ship as the head, and have the enclosed cockpit attach to the arms and fly off on it's own.

I was actually on holiday in America, in '96, and my parents bought me a copy of this robot from the Mall of America's Lego shop, in Minnesota. I still remember that day, I was so happy. I still have the robot (I cleaned and dusted it recently), it's still one of my favourite sets of all time.

Sorry for gushing, but no, this was a highlight of my child-hood, it really was.

Good work, Huwbot. Good work!

Spyrius is easily one of the best Lego Space themes. I have the smaller Recon Robot but the Robo-Guardian is the king.

This is a wonderfully fun set. Even despite the fact that the red content is totally red, and not white. I got it in my early adulthood, and I still had a fun time zooming it around, posing it. and it comes with all three Spyrius minifigs. so much play potential here.

One of my favorite sets of all time and at the time I bought it new when I was in my mid 20's it was one of the bigger sets I had. I even got the smaller mech so he had a friend.

I love taking the top off and putting the arms on it to make the mini-flyer.

@Zordboy said:
"One of the best sets ever. Prove me wrong."

Well, as much as this was a pretty novel concept for a set at the time, the design looks super blocky and awkward, and the arms are incredibly stiff and have very limited pose ability.
The set is still very neat, but I wouldn't rush to call it "one of the best ever."

I was a Recon Robot kid, but my friend had this, the Spyrius base and the Saucer Centurion, so I've got a ton of fond Spyrius memories. Spyrius and especially the Exploriens are my classic space.

Unique: 2
4474 4x6x2 canopy in transparent red x1
2464 3x3x2 inverted compound facet in black x4

Rare: 1
4346 door for 2x2x2 hinged box with Spyrius print in black x1

There is also a rad printed slope with a Spyrius droid on the screen that screams 1994 LEGO just as loud as the minifigures' hairstyles.

^ My general question, though, is where's the cut off for "classic space"? Is classic space just the blue, yellow, red (and occasionally, white and black) astronauts ala Benny? Personally, when we start getting into the specific themes (particularly as late in the game as Spyrius was), I don't classify those as classic space anymore, that's like specifically a Space subtheme like Ice Planet or Blacktron or Space Police or Spyrius.

And very few of those had awesome giant robots.

Oh wow that’s a nostalgic one. I built most of this myself as a child but needed my dad’s help with the arm configuration as even that minor level of technic was a bit above me at that point. It was my de facto big hitter for bad guys as nothing else I had as a child really came close to its size and armament. As such it has the distinction of never really breaking or being taken apart like most of my other sets, because I needed it to give my good guy spacemen a challenge!

I've been waiting for this set to show up at some point.

I have this set too, it's awesome!

i have to say that what lego had produced just a year before was way better. i am talking about ice planet 2002. so back in the day this robot didnt do anything to me. my parents bought the whole ice planet theme for me and my brother. so back in the day no interesst and now as well. do not understand whats so great about it or even the colour combination.. its a riddle to me. i love classic space in general because it was so unique to whats happening nowadays.. star wars for more then 10 years. that freaks me out! i cant stand it. in my opinion it has to go away! lego, please do a new unique space line. even if it would be only space police 4... ice planet 2020 would've been great but they missed that in 2020... i could cry

IMO, Spyrius is the most underrated faction in any theme. This set and Saucer Centurion are amazing, the color scheme is rad, and the Spyrius droid is one of the coolest minifigures in existence.

The sheer modularity of this is mind-blowing, easily on par with the best Chima sets. The cockpit is a standalone spaceship, but can accept the arms from the robot, and in its absence the tiny flyer from the hangar in the back can be put on the neck to act as a replacement head. Oh and there is the prison cell, plus the lockable storage slot for the magnetic box.