WaybackLegoman

Wow! Forgot to check that site regularly. The little "Cosmic Cruiser" is also very nice. Has some other classic vehicles too. It's a modern take on the classic 6890 set.

This soon already? I think that means that the Classic Space reboot wasn't as successful as they anticipated. And therefore I fear no more Classic Space. But the faux Lego Typewriter kees on selling, doesn't it? Grrrrrr! Lego fans do buy a typewriter for 250 Euro (!) with which you can not type, and the Galaxy Explorer must be dumped for a measly 50 Dollar? Whats wrong with the world, ha ha?

I was waiting/hoping for some more alternate builds.

There's a Youtube video of somebody who made the missing moonbase that originally came with this set. Or has that been posted already?

Thank you.

Hi there Eurobricks, My first post here. When I saw the new Galaxy Explorer on Youtube, bought it that afternoon. I was eight or nine when the original came out so it was a no-brainer for me. Me and my neighbour played w/ Lego Classic Space every day in my memory. Built our own ships and played 'Battlestar Galactica' and, of course, 'Star Wars'. A year or so ago I rescued some of my old Lego that wasn't cannibalized for "my own creations". Some of it is in my display cabinet now. Anyway, I rebuilt the new Galaxy Explorer kit into the "medium" alternate build: the new version of the LL924. I had that one as a kid but it disappointed from the beginning (so I cannibalized it). It looked like an uninspired angular blue box. No "swoosh factor". I do not remember ever seeing the small LL918 variant in stores. I would have loved that one though! From the parts that I had left I modified the medium build a bit. See photo's below. Apologies for the quality of the photo's: I only have a mobile to take photo's with. The medium LL can be equipped with a red 'Ruby Photon Engine'. The cargo bay can also be can modified to hold a tiny car, just like the big LL. For maintenance the Ruby Photon Engine core can be removed and swapped for a dummy core for calibration (see photo's). When removed, the Ruby Photon core can be re-doped, which requires a green Emerald crystal as every Classic Space fan knows of course. For this, one of the minifigs can operate a Ruby Doping Console (RDC). As everybody knows the RDC runs on toxic Beryllium gas. Hence the black colour of the gas tanks on it. The front of my medium LL holds two Emerald Lasers (closer together than the official alt. build) and, if one wishes, an Emerald crystal dish. I think this large set is a steel at 100 Euro. Maybe that's because it's not licenced from an expensive brand. Slowly getting addicted to Lego again, but with little display space for it... ;) The modified LL924 with a Starfleet Voyager for size. The modified front, close-up, other angle and with the Ruby Laser dish. Car in cargo hold. Ruby Photon Engine. Dummy core, Ruby Photon core and cargo bay without core. Calibrating the engine, doping the Ruby core and filming it from a platform.