Starfleet Voyager – 6929

The Starfleet Voyager is the largest ship in my Space Lego fleet. It is a little over a foot long without the front nose antenna. While it only seats one it has a large cargo hold that easily opens and releases a carrier box. The ship would likely be a transporter or repair ship in a larger fleet – in mine it was everything from a battleship to a make-shift Millennium Falcon hiding other space men in the cargo hold. This was one of my favorites as a kid – evidenced by the worn logo on the space minifig’s chest.

All-Terrain Vehicle – 6927

The All-Terrain Vehicle is a 6 wheeled vehicle that will no doubt be the future inspiration for space exploration. The vehicle has rear rocket boosters and in low gravity should be able to transverse any terrain. Don’t think this vehicle is for mere recreation – no redneck martian six-wheeling won’t be created for another 25 years – this vehicle was designed to drop a mobile lab anywhere on a foreign planet. That is at least what I was supposed to believe when I was 6 and putting this together. More images after the jump – more Lego sets on the way.

Shuttle Craft – 6842

The Space Lego Shuttle Craft is another set that I have had for the entire time I can remember – not just in playing with Lego bricks but in my life. I realized when I was researching this set online that I had a couple of bricks out of place and decided to go ahead and move them to the positions they should have been in. I imagine at some point between original construction and the more recent assembly from memory I made a mistake or two. Depending on what these are as I reconstruct the sets I may or may not fix them.

Four Cool Lego Links

Four cool Lego Links for today –

1. The Lego Minifig Timeline – The “minifig” is the little guy that rides around on your Lego creation. This site traces his evolution from 1978 to now with images of many of the miniature figures that have been used. I have some of the early ones and some from as recent as last week. I may do something similar in the near future with my sets.
2. Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History – how cool is this – all the sets ever built in one location. I would love to see this in person.
3. Micro Schematic – what is a “minifig?” I thought you might ask so here is the best answer you can get an anatomically correct drawing of a dissected Lego man.
4. The Minifig Generator – Finally for everyone that wanted to live in a Lego Castle or fly a Lego Space Ship you can create yourself as a Minifig.

** Thanks to BobG for the first link which lead me to the others. No the created minifigs in this post are no living people but could be cool outfits for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year.

Mobile Tracking Station – 452

Most of you that know me or have been to the house know that I have a slight Lego obsession. It didn’t start last week – in fact this year marks the 30th Anniversary of the first Lego set I remember playing with as a kid. Yes – I had bricks before this one and I likely had sets before this one too but this is the very first one I remember playing with non-stop. I am honestly surprised that you can still read Lego on the top of each of the bricks.

This is the Mobile Tracking Station set number 452. It came with one space man and what had to be a vehicle for doing some type of work. In the 70s you didn’t get to go the moon for a vacation. My set is missing a brick from the back “work station” – I could replace it but like the fact that it has been missing so long I recognize my set with it gone.