Reddit mentions of LEGO Space: Building the Future

Posted this before but seemed appropriate.

There are several factors for why this set is so popular.

• It's a Lego Ideas set (formerly Lego Cuusoo), meaning the design of the set was based on a design submitted by a member of the community and gained enough support to be reviewed and ultimately chosen for production by Lego. That Lego Cuusoo process began over two years ago, took nine months to gather the required 10,000 votes, and then took another year and a half for product review, design and production to get us to this point, so the anticipation has been building for a while.
  
• The set is based on a very popular model by a very popular AFOL. Peter Reid first posted the model to his flickr over five years ago, and it was included in his book Lego Space.
  
• The set is produced in the style of the original Lego Classic Space, which is extremely popular with AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego). Many people continue to build in this style (see examples above) and it's a nostalgic trip back in time for a lot of us who grew up with this style of Lego being some of the first sets we ever built. The addition of green astronauts is a huge bonus and has a lot of people excited.
  
• The set is just awesome, and is full of opportunities for modification and customization. A lot of people are looking forward to buying multiples of this set in order to make them their own or create a little Exo Suit army.
  
  And finally, in addition to all of that, it's being produced in limited quantities, so there's a mad rush on it right now because people want to be sure to get their hands on them.

That is a great idea, but to buy it you have to go to amazon or ebay, since it is no longer in production. You'd be looking at nearly $90 for the set alone.

There is a great lego space book that came out this year that is less than $20. Check it out here.

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