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LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer joins the Brick Fanatics Top 20
Dozens of new sets have just launched at LEGO.com, but one stands head, shoulders and trans-yellow canopies above the rest – and has now landed straight in Brick Fanatics’ Top 20 LEGO Sets List. We’re of course talking about 10497 Galaxy Explorer, a stunning recreation of a 43-year-old set produced specifically to celebrate the LEGO Group’s…
VIDEO: LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer review
Travel through both space and time with Brick Fanatics’ latest video review, as we head for Planet 1979 with LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer. We’ve fuelled up on nostalgia, strapped into the gleaming, trans-yellow cockpit and blasted off into the cosmos for the first 90th anniversary set launching in August, which reimagines the classic 497 Galaxy…
LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer review
LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer tackles a true classic for the 90th anniversary – but can it successfully push our nostalgia buttons while simultaneously delivering something fresh and new? If there’s one word that’s synonymous with old-school LEGO, it’s spaceship (spaceship, SPACESHIP!). Sure, classic LEGO includes much-loved themes like Castle (which is getting its own…
Latest LEGO Ideas 90th anniversary contest calls for original Classic Space builds
The third LEGO Ideas 90th anniversary contest is now live, and focuses on Classic Space – but you won’t be building in microscale this time. The LEGO Ideas team has pivoted away from the format of its first two contests – which asked for microscale recreations of your favourite set, and then any Classic Castle…
WATCH: Something’s missing from LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer
Sit down and watch our latest YouTube and TikTok short as we discover what’s missing from the upcoming LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer. LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer takes us back to the glory days of Classic Space, featuring a modernised version of an iconic model from LEGO history. However, as designer Mike Psiaki explained…
LEGO Disney Lightyear set gets the Classic Space makeover it deserves
With the film in cinemas, one of the LEGO Disney Lightyear sets has been given the Classic Space makeover it deserves at long last. Oliver Götz on Twitter has remixed 76832 XL-15 Spaceship using digital software to switch out the Lightyear colour scheme for something more familiar to Classic Space fans. Shortly after the Lightyear…
LEGO teases next 90th anniversary set as it launches birthday celebrations
The LEGO Group has kicked off its 90th birthday celebrations today, and in doing so has teased the arrival of its next anniversary set. Technically, the 90th anniversary festivities actually started with the release of 11021 90 Years of Play, a LEGO Classic set that recreates a handful of models from across the past nine…
Was the LEGO Anniversary set 90 Years Of Play a teaser?
As the rumours fly about the sets that celebrate the 90th Anniversary of LEGO, we wonder if we’ve already had some clues. The LEGO Group are making a big thing of their 90th anniversary and that includes a number of special sets. We’ve already heard whispers of castles and spaceships – both fan favourites and…
Second LEGO Classic Castle set rumoured for 90th anniversary in 2022
A second LEGO Castle set may be in the works to celebrate the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary, this time based on the classic Forestmen subtheme. We know at least one celebratory set based on either Castle, Space, Pirates or BIONICLE is on the way as a result of last year’s LEGO Ideas poll, but new…
