Classic_Spaceman

Star Wars is a license, so it is a different case compared to City. A better comparison would be Ninjago, which did actually get a Castle wave (basically Fantasy Era 2.0) with Master of the Mountain.

Nice! If you have the other astronaut colours, would you be willing to share pics of them with the new armour? Also, I am curious to see what the legs look like on the new Space torso.

Probably because data suggests that sales would be better if the sets were marketed under the City line? Alternatively, LEGO may not have a free slot for a major new theme this year, so the sets that they wanted to make got shuffled into existing themes. The reason I want a standalone Space theme is longevity - City subthemes generally last for a single HY (Stuntz was an exception), while full themes are planned to last for at least three years (with two waves per year, though the third year may only get one).

I like it; while I would have preferred dual-moulding for the visor (or separate new helmet and visor moulds), I do wonder if it will end up being more reusable as a printed single-colour part (I can see a recolour in black with lime, yellow, or red visor print for a Blacktron remake). BTW, is anyone else having difficulty finding the pink Spacebaby and robo-nurse? I managed to get a few dozen total from two different stores, but no Spacebaby to be found! I would ordinarily think that they had been picked-over, but I pulled five Ice Planet explorers so IDK.

Not really; the box art is as futuristic as any past Space theme, and the planet being explored is clearly unlike any in our solar system. Technically true (the sets are part of the Space subthemes of City and Friends), but this is really splitting hairs and reaching in order to make the argument that LEGO cannot make a Space theme. It is certainly weird to see future astronauts and aliens in City sets, but I am not complaining - I am more concerned with the sets themselves than with how they are marketed!

I am not sure that anyone said that, did they? Maybe, though I still wonder why the video features old sets instead of the new ones. Kids obviously would like the new sets (as they passed LEGO’s focus testing), so the only reason that I can see for the emphasis on old sets is that LEGO intends to bring Space back as a full theme. If Monkie Kid truly is on its way out, then a slot for a story-driven sci-fi theme is opening up - Perhaps Space will be the next “Big Bang” theme? 🤔

Oh, you may have just solved it! Tarkin in a Death Star playset is hardly worthy of a Renown hint, and the hint itself points more towards someone like Pershing than Yularen (the only reasonable brainwashing-adjacent option for the DS1 playset). We know very little about the X-wing vs. TIE Fighter set, aside from both ships getting their respective pilots; making it Mando-based and giving us Carson Teva as the pilot (among other Mandoverse characters) would draw in people who already have the 2021 sets! As for a lineup, considering that the set is $100, we can expect 3-4 Minifigs and an Astromech: Carson Teva, Astromech Droid, New Republic Trooper, TIE Pilot, Dr. Pershing? 🤔 I just hope that if we actually get Pershing, he will have his S1/S2 Imperial scientist uniform, so that we can make purist Mount Tantiss scientists!

Copying here what I posted in the 2024 Space Sets thread: This definitely feels like a tease towards more Space content in the future, and since most of the sets from 2HY are accounted for at this point (and none of them are traditional Space), could we be getting a proper Space theme in 2025? 🤔

All true. That said, the fact that LEGO made and released the video makes me think that they intend to keep Space around; if not, then the video both advertises long-retired sets to children and trolls AFOL Space fans. Little Easter eggs in promotional videos are one thing, but this is very pointed (the kids even say "Bring back LEGO Space!" at the end!).

I believe that we have seen most if not all of the 2HY City set listings, and none of them are Space (jungle is the 2HY exploration subtheme), so the BAM parts are probably the last of the City Space content that we are getting in 2024. 2025 is another story, though it would be too soon for LEGO to release more sets based on sales data (if Space sold unexpectedly well), if they did not already have them in the pipeline.

Awesome! Would you mind posting some pics of the Minifig with white airtanks in place of the armour?

Sadly, I doubt that. New BAM parts are usually exclusive, and we have gotten parts in BAM before that could have appeared in normal sets (last year’s new Arin and Sora heads).

Maybe? We have gotten new/exclusive Minifigs in Advent Calendars before (dark brown Old Luke, 4r/4b Imperial officer, Antoc Merrick, etc). Maybe this year’s calendar is Mando-themed? 🤔

While I agree that the context points more towards Pershing, I am just not sure where he would appear.

Fair point about modern prosthetics, but I think that a new mould would be good just from a visibility standpoint. Maybe something like a normal arm with grooves or dual-moulding to suggest internal mechanical components and an outer casing (and to make it look less natural than a normal arm). This kind of piece would also be easy to reuse for robots and cyborgs, so LEGO would get a lot of use out of it!