Space78
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Just back from Target and Lego space merchandise put a dent in my wallet! They had a "Space" themed end cap with adjoining shelves on the sides. Along with the plushes, they also had the keychain lights in all the colors (red, pink, orange, blue). I took one of each leaving the back row. I was very tempted to buy the whole box! They only had one orange one (which I took), leaving two blues, a red an a pink. Lots of other Lego merch that really has nothing to do with "Space" other than they put the logo on it. Makes me think the "Space" theme this year is more of a marketing theme than a "real" Lego theme. They had minifig display cases in gray and blue: Lego storage containers in the shape of a 2x3 brick: And then water bottles, 2x2 brick carrying cases, and the empty hooks were labeled "backpacks": All of these items had the gray triangle with the space logo and the word "SPACE" printed on a card attached to the item. I did not see the space logo anywhere on the item itself. Didn't get a picture of it, but the series 26 CMF boxes where on two rows of hooks on one side of the display. I have not figured out how to scan the QR code to determine which minifig is in the box. I'm really only interested in the nurse with the pink space baby. Any suggestions?
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Orange one now on U.S. e-bay. So far, two CS astronaut colors that were not issued in the past as keychain lights, pink and orange. Wonder if more are coming (yellow, black, green,...)?
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More Lego astronaut keychain lights showing up on U.S. e-bay, including one in pink. Need to get to the local Target to see if they have any.
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Edit, I see on Bricklink these keychain lights were offered in 2012 in blue and red. Nice to see they are coming back. Will they likely be on Lego.com at some point, or do they sometimes offer things like these as a retailer exclusive?
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Yeah, they've done a blue one before (and people want a lot for those on e-bay), but I've not seen a red one before. Not seeing them on the Target website, so might have to go to a store to see if they are there, I guess.
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Has anyone seen new CS keyring LED astronauts in blue and red in retail stores or one a website? These just showed up in my e-bay search, but they have the 2024 space "logo" on the card attached to the keyring. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235536269981 https://www.ebay.com/itm/235536271208 I'm assuming the seller bought them locally and is looking to make a quick profit before they show up on the Lego website or regular retailers?
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Thanks for that link. Yeah, the "Futuron inspired" look appears to be just a diagonal divide between orange and white on the torso.
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OK, I guess there's also the possibility that the box are is incorrect, which has been known to happen before.
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All we have is a box art picture at this point. Any chance oxygen tanks will be in the box, but just not shown on the box art picture?
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Thanks for the link to that video. Confirms the minifigs that will be in the set. Interesting that the orange astronaut is still not a "general release" color (i.e. appearing in a retail set or separately from Lego/Lego stores). I have plenty of white astronauts bought from PAB, and have one orange one. I'm not seeing enough interesting other stuff in this set to make me spend $$ to get it when it becomes available.
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White seems to be the CS spaceman color Lego is going to make available for a while. The parts have been on PAB for some time, I assume the whole time Galaxy explorer was available, and still there now. I could see Lego offering the orange one, since previously it was only available as the minifig in a couple of DK books. Would be nice to have that one out there again, though if it's just in a GWP, it's still not really a "general release" item. However, the yellow spaceman was in a "regular" set back in 2019 in 70841 Benny's space squad, so pretty easy to get that (and the pink one) if someone wants it. The white one was in that set also, so it just seems to me white is going to continue to be the most common color for a CS minifig.
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I think even beyond those reasons listed by @icm there is the fact that "space" is a crosscutting "theme" this year, which I don't believe Lego has done in the past. The space theme this year may have more to do with Lego trying a new marketing strategy of a crosscutting theme across several lines (City, Friends, Technic, Duplo) than anything else. But that's also a guess. Here's another guess. Sales of 10497 Galaxy Explorer were very strong and Lego decided it was time to try a "reboot" of a Space line.
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Right, but you've referred to the anniversary of "Space" (capital S), which most people here and at Lego (I suspect) would associate with the Space theme started in 1978. I find it very hard to believe Lego attaches much if any significance to that set from 1964. The picture you posted shows that you can "Build this 'Space Rocket' and your own toy ideas!" So, it does not appear to be a space rocket set as much as a suggestion of what you can make with the bricks in the set.
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How is this the 60th anniversary of "Space"?
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I agree, it's a great idea. Of course there were diners/cantinas in many science fiction franchises. I'm just not sure it will be too elaborate if it's really going to be a GWP.
