True North Bricks’ Space Week concludes today with a look at the largest set in the 2022 City NASA inspired lineup. Those of you who’ve been following along all week know that Space Week celebrates the launch of the Artemis I mission. Four LEGO® Minifigures boarded the shuttle and are now on their way to the Moon! The rocket that
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NASA will finally launched the long overdue Artemis I mission on September 3, 2022. This unmanned flight tests the Orion space capsule that will eventually return mankind to the Moon. Incidentally, no human being has set foot on Earth’s natural satellite since 1972. On this first outing, Orion will orbit the moon and come home on a mission lasting up
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LEGO® Minifigures are soon heading off to the moon on board the Artemis I mission. Consequently, we are celebrating with Space Week! We’re publishing a new space-themed article each day this week. Today, we take a look at the Lunar Research Base (60350). In case you didn’t know, the Artemis missions aim to establish a base on the surface of
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Lunar Space Station (60349) is one of the LEGO® sets released in early 2022 to coincide with the launch of Artemis I. In case you’ve been living in a hole, the Artemis missions mark humanity’s first manned missions to the moon since 1972. Of course, Artemis I has no human crew. It is more of a systems check before Artemis
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On August 29, 2022, NASA planned the historic launch of Artemis I. This represents the first mission leading to mankind’s return to the moon and eventual journey to Mars. Sadly, the launch was a no-go. While no human astronauts will board Artemis I, the ship’s cargo includes four LEGO® Minifigures. Astronauts Kate and Kyle from the LEGO® Education Build to
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Back in Bargain Bricks, Episode 8, we took a look at the Utility Shuttle (60078). I acquired it at a good cost in a bin of bricks I purchased off of Facebook Marketplace. The set was not complete, but even with the Bricklink orders I placed, it still only cost me $8.26. Incidentally, I love the City theme space sets.
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When I was emerging from my dark ages, the City theme was taking one of its sojourns into space. I was on a tighter budget and was buying buildings to create a city at the time. Consequently, despite wanting space sets, I did not buy many. I managed to score the Spaceport on liquidation. However, I missed out on other
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Exciting news from the LEGO® Group today. This is especially true if you are a space enthusiast. The Creator Expert (18+) NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is coming soon! As if that fun tidbit were not enough, the set also contains a model of the Hubble Space Telescope. Additionally, VIPs will have access to exclusive points-only purchases in the VIP center,
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The last few months have been huge in terms of announcements for LEGO® space themed sets. To start it all off, last May we heard about the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander set. Subsequently, the City theme Mars Exploration sets followed in June. Now, less than a year later, the LEGO® Group takes us into orbit again with the latest offering
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A while back, the LEGO® Group sent me a few of the 2019 City Mars Exploration sets to review. I decided to save the best until last. By best, I mean the one that I was most looking forward to. On the quest to reach Mars, mankind will need a stop over en route. Minifigures are ahead of the game,
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