The latest LEGO Ideas project soars past 10,000 mark with tribute to NASA
The latest LEGO Ideas project jets into space with 10,000 supporters, paying tribute to NASA and the miracle of space travel.
Marking three consecutive days of LEGO Ideas projects passing that crucial 10,000 supporter mark, LEGO Astronaut – Never Give Up was designed by legotruman, the brains behind another LEGO Ideas project that plays on a popular meme.
“This project is a tribute to all the brilliant engineers and brave astronauts at NASA, who made the miracle of space exploration a reality,” the fan designer wrote in the description of the project.
Made from 927 pieces, the design features an articulated astronaut, based on the NASA Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit design that’s commonly used in the International Space Station. It was also used by Bruce McCandless II, who performed the first untethered spacewalk in history, an image that’s recreated in the shots of the build.
Standing 25cm tall, the astronaut’s fingers are posable, with 12 articulated joints throughout. It also comes with the new generation of a SAFER unit (a propulsion system used in space) and a more compact version of the MMU jetpack.
This marks the 38th project to make it into the first 2023 review and its fate will now rest in the LEGO Group. It would certainly pair well with the existing NASA-inspired LEGO sets, like 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery and 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander – but could that mean the LEGO Group will steer clear of similar sets? Only time will tell. For now, here’s a reminder of every LEGO Ideas project to make it past 10,000 supporters so far this year.
Every LEGO Ideas project in the first 2023 review
Number | LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Seuss and LEGO | LegoFan_506 | January 2, 2023 |
2 | Sweet Honey | RobertVII | January 4, 2023 |
3 | The Botanical Garden | Goannas | January 9, 2023 |
4 | The Crown – A Piece of History | Piraten | January 12, 2023 |
5 | Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room | Starbrick_SG1 | January 12, 2023 |
6 | Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft | Tom_Brick | January 15, 2023 |
7 | Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle | ericlego321 | January 16, 2023 |
8 | The Stargate | Captain Mutant | January 16, 2023 |
9 | Medieval Seaside Market | bricks_fan_uy | January 17, 2023 |
10 | Brick Boulevard | Bricky_Brick | January 19, 2023 |
11 | Retro Comic Store | LEGOverwatch | January 22, 2023 |
12 | Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary | The Real Ashnflash | January 22, 2023 |
13 | Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic | QuaintWolf082 | January 23, 2023 |
14 | Humpback Whale | Les Briques de Loïc | January 25, 2023 |
15 | Shrek’s Swamp | danielbradleyy | January 26, 2023 |
16 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct | Ben Fankhauser | January 27, 2023 |
17 | LED Lamp | Castor-Troy and Max Brich | January 28, 2023 |
18 | Bricks Coffee | UTAMARU_BRICK8 | January 28, 2023 |
19 | Ogel Creek Saw Mill | Krackenator4 | January 31, 2023 |
20 | Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad | Ben Osborne | February 1, 2023 |
21 | LEGO Godzilla | Matthew Esposito | February 2, 2023 |
22 | Claus Toys | Pablo Sánchez Jiménez | February 2, 2023 |
23 | Twilight: Cullen House | LobsterThermidor | February 4, 2023 |
24 | Where’s Wally/Waldo? | Iyan Ha | February 4, 2023 |
25 | V.&T.R.R. #12, GENOA | SgJess | February 9, 2023 |
26 | River Side Lodge | terauma | February 14, 2023 |
27 | CATAN – The Game | Christoph Ruge | February 15, 2023 |
28 | Daft Punk – The Robots | eliot.obrien | February 15, 2023 |
29 | Monsters Inc: The Door to Monstropolis | HollyonFilm | February 18, 2023 |
30 | Iljinai Family House | Rock the Brick | February 19, 2023 |
31 | Multi-Tool | Tall Guy Bricks | February 19, 2023 |
32 | Portal 2 Quantum Tunneling Device. The “Portal Gun” | Hooded-Blaze | February 20, 2023 |
33 | LEGOLAND Train Station | Mind the Bricks and Patgeo | February 25, 2023 |
34 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Marcos Garavelli | February 27, 2023 |
35 | Amethyst Geode | gman13579 | March 3, 2023 |
36 | The Scream | Spacemanship | March 5, 2023 |
37 | U Liotru – Elephant Fountain – Catania | Giovanni Mirulla | March 6, 2023 |
38 | LEGO Astronaut – Never Give Up | legotruman | March 7, 2023 |
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