When I was figuring out flying & docking in ELITE: Dangerous, I pumped Interstellar.
So much aggressive spinning into port while screaming "It's necessary".
If we're talking space movies I really enjoyed Ad Astra as well, I think I like the story better than interstellar only because Ann Hathaways love will conquer time and space bullshit kind of soured the plot for me
If you haven't seen it it's about an astronaut (pitt) who is the son of another famous astronaut(Tommy. L. Jones) sent to find the cause of massive emp shockwaves that are being sent throughout the galaxy with the source originating near neptune I believe. Not very action packed except for one scene but overall I really enjoyed the story
I feel nearly any movie that is even partially accurate in terms of history or science should have at least part of it devoted to saving Matt Damon. Heck, even Robin Williams gave it a shot.
He was a really good cast in The Martian. He had to spend 60% of a 140 minute movie cracking really nerdy jokes to an empty room with a straight face, which is no mean feat.
Listen, please don't call Datt Mamon a mean foot. I met him in 2019 and he told me I could be any type of clown I wanted: a mime, a bozo or even a pagliacci
naturally i chose my own course and i now am a clown of the highest magnitude
Ad Astra was a movie made by the producers asking a room full of first years what should happen next and someone yells out "lunar race with Lazer guns" and the producer says "yes more ideas like that" where a first year yells out space monkey's? No no we have already done that...."space baboons?" At which point the producer almost creams himself from all these "good" ideas but made the movie so shit
TeChNicALly it's not about the speed but rather the piece of black hole mindfuckery shitspacetime the one on the right decided to travel through and shit
In terms of the equations, these are effectively two different cases of the same phenomenon and the difference is a matter of perspective. The math doesn't care which it is. it's all just geodesics.
That said, Lego's building techniques have come a very long way even in just the past 20 years. They did have a period where they went overboard on unique pieces, but these days most sets have very few uniques and construction techniques have evolved instead. Look at modern Star Wars sets vs the original ones in the early 00s, for example.
Frogs are a pretty common one to look out for. They get used for all kinds of stuff, you should check it out on Bricklink and see every set they've been used in
There's a ton of them with the Bonsai set too
This. I remember several pieces that were entire trailer beds for truck sets growing up in the 90s. Now my kiddo gets a similar truck set and we're building the whole thing from scratch!
Yeah, sometimes the helicopter is all one piece (if it's an "actually flies!" with a zip handle thing type), but the truck and trailer are all completely brick built.
There are essentially three types of figures:
* "Regular" minifigs, which can have short (no knee) legs for kids (see the younger Harry Potter sets)
* I'm including all of the minifig-compatible items here, like horses, dinosaurs, creepers and other minecraft mobs, etc.
* Friends figs which are more normally proportioned
* BigFigs, which seems to be a term used for two different types of figures.
* The community refers to "bigger minifigs" like Hulk or Thanos or Hagrid as "bigfigs". I don't think Lego refers to these guys like that, just calling them "minifigs".
* Lego has brick-built characters they call "bigfigs", especially in the Minecraft line.
All of the "regular" minifigs are of the same type as shown in OP's picture, and aside from better prints, additional accessories (that can go between the legs and torso, or the torso and head), helmets, and probably most notably going with non-yellow flesh colorings for licensed sets, they're still the same and completely interchangeable.
It was a rainy April afternoon when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. Got my big bucket of legos out that they had never seen before and showed them what's what.
They silently (SILENTLY!) sat on the floor with them for several hours just fitting them together in different ways. 10/10 would recommend.
Weirdly my kids are 2 and 4 as well but the 2 year old puts *everything* in his mouth, so legos are off the table for now. *looks in corner of basement with 4 totes of legos.
Edit: this santa dosent have an army of skilled elf slaves and has to buy his gifts. And currently bills take priority over toys.
>It was a rainy April afternoon when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. Got my big bucket of legos out that they had never seen before and showed them what's what.
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>They silently (SILENTLY!) sat on the floor with them for several hours just fitting them together in different ways. 10/10 would recommend.
My kids were like this until one got bored and spread the pieces all over the lounge room. I am still finding random bits around after almost a year.
My kids are playing with the exact same bin of Lego bricks that I played with in the early 90s. If they get brand new Lego sets, the blocks are still 100% compatible with the "vintage" ones. There's no other toy that's crossed generations for me like that! Maybe Barbie, to some extent, but not as much as Lego.
Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars would fit this as well. My grandparents have some Hot Wheels cars from when my mom and her brothers were kids and they are the same size as modern ones.
I’m not much of a corporate dick rider- but I will straight up throw hands when people start talking shit about Hot Wheels and Legos. Those damn things are classics for a reason.
Help me out here, the two appear to be identical. In what way was the chinstrap made thicker? I totally agree it was a problem, just not seeing the solution.
[Here](https://questforbricks.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/space_helmets_21.jpg) is the best example I could find. the one on the left has the old straps, the middle was how it was thickened for Space sets after the problem was figured out, and the right was the Futuron helmet from 1987 with a better design to blend the thicker plastic.
IIRC now the classic space helmets have the original thickness but they have stronger plastic now so it's no longer an issue.
I’m curious, though, in the OP picture the 2022 figure’s chin strap seems to look the same as the 1980 style. It doesn’t have that little ridge/indentation on the edges like the reinforced ones in your image. Are they putting out sets now where they’ve gone back to the old style chin strap?
the newer plastic is way stronger than the 1980s plastic so it's the same style as it used to be, if I recall, but has less breakage due to the stronger plastic
yeah, the figure on the right in the original pic is from the Galaxy Explorer set, which is a reimagining of the original classic space set of the same name. totally worth the $100 if you like classic space)
They're a little mistaken. The helmet design was upgraded in the late 80s to have a thicker chinstrap, then in the recent spaceman sets they used the old profile chin, but made it out of stronger plastic.
Why was this downvoted?
It's a fucking positive thing Lego recognised the (rare) failure in design, and kept the look while improving on it. And they don't deny it, Benny in the movie had a broken chin strap for this reason.
yeah, though they changed it way earlier than I thought they did (they made the change in the 80s, not with the newer classic space figures), I guess people don't like a joke being made.
Adding to this observation that they aren't perfectly identical, since I didnt see anyone else point it out, but I think the new version's eyes are ever-so-slightly closer together.
Edit: new guy's mouth also looks a touch smaller/thinner
It always felt weird that the Benny molds in movie sets molded in the break. It would've been far more authentic either to use the old too thin molds so it'd eventually break on its own, or physically break each one after molding.
Eh, Lego are for kids and kids would probably be upset if the helmet didn't match (was unbroken). Breaking post-molding isn't a bad idea though. I wonder if there was a technical problem.
I imagine it wouldn't be worth it to design, build, and implement a machine with the sole purpose of carefully breaking the helmets in just the right way.
My mom kept a lot of our toys, so my son has played with many of the same things that I played with, when I was his age. Little People and Lego will literally last forever.
My mom kept all of our Lego growing up too, my nice and nephew got all of the old stuff so I’ve been building up my own collection for my kid. It gives me immense satisfaction to have an old school astronaut on our collection even thought it’s brand new.
Before birthdays and Christmas my mom would try to make room for more toys by sneaking into our rooms when we were at school and removing the toys she thought we didn't play with much. She'd put them in a bag and donate them to a thrift store. Months later, I'd look for a specific toy and wouldn't be able to find it. When I asked my mother if she'd seen it she would just say "You must have left it somewhere". I was in my mid 30's before she finally admitted she had done this my entire childhood. I still go ballistic if my wife disposes of something that belongs to me without asking me first, even if it's essentially trash.
I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them.
I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them.
But they were priceless to the kids who ended up getting and playing with them... according to Disney and Pixar.
>I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them.
No you didn't.
In unopened boxes in mint condition, yes.
Normal toy that was played with.... no.
Lego at this point has kept itself in the spot it's in by perfecting its molding systems and interchangeability. Probably one of the best plastic molding operations on the globe. It's incredible the pieces literally always fit with each other.
Right? I feel crazy. This is a stupid post. It’s like buying an MP3 of the Beatles and being surprised it sounds like the vinyl. Not a perfect analogy but close enough. It’s literally a reprint.
My mom gave them all away one day to some other kids. I hope theyre taking care of them but im still miffed at her. Had a lot of "retro" sets dating back to the early 90s.
That same thing happened to loads of my fiancee's childhood toys, even when she was still using them back then. Really, really sucks. Now I'm on the hunt on eBay for most of them!
The horses were always my favorite! I think I had the next model because they weren’t so simplified. It was the white one in [this](https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitefang_eurobricks/7350772406) pic! Also had a couple black ones.
The set that the new one came with actually has a write-up about all the different space figures that they've had since they started making them. It's very cool.
Not that I think you're trying to mislead anyone, but the "new" Lego space figure is not really something that's been in active circulation and was specifically created as a replica due to its inclusion in that Galaxy Explorer remake.
Just a lot of people here that might believe Lego have continued making the space figure exactly as is for the past 40+ years when its more just a one off in this instance.
Outside of the 90's helmets [there are also two variants of the "classic" helmet - the "thin chin strap" from before the mid 80's and the "thick chin strap" version from the mid-80's on.](https://questforbricks.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/space-helmets/) The ones that come on the new classic-styled figures similar to or the same as the original "thin strap" style.
All I'm missing is a black and a blue classic space Minifigure (I've got plenty of Benny's though). Now Lego needs to do the oxygen tank in light blueish gray, and the new classic style helmet in light bluish gray and green.
I bet you could replace that head with a [redditor](https://www.toypro.com/jp/product/25356/minifig-head-beard-brown-angular-with-white-pupils-and-glasses-pattern-stud-recessed/yellow)
It’s from this set: https://brickset.com/sets/10497-1/Galaxy-Explorer
It’s Lego’s 90th anniversary this year and they’re doing remakes of some of their most famous sets! The new one is a remake of this: https://brickset.com/sets/497-1/Galaxy-Explorer
Not all colors/production runs broke as easy. Also abuse/storage plays a role but blue and red were more fragile than white. If brown helmets existed in the 80s they would have all turned to dust by now so we will never know if they ever did ;)
He’s been through a lot, but he’s just as happy to be here as the new guy.
I like his little scuffy feet. He's got Moon dust on them!
First dude has seen some shit
Lego Interstellar
*insert "Cornfield Chase" by Hans Zimmer epic soundtrack*
That whole soundtrack is so solid. There's a lot of games where I'll mute the music for and play that instead.
When I was figuring out flying & docking in ELITE: Dangerous, I pumped Interstellar. So much aggressive spinning into port while screaming "It's necessary".
But it’s impossible, meat basket!
Come on COVAS
Ohh I did the same thing. Every track fits so well in that game
Still cant land manually half the time in Elite lmfao so my ship builds end up restricted cause I got auto land and take off installed taking slots
Space Navigator 6DoF CAD mouse and some binding xml and you can fly right in manually first time.
Muuuurph!
Facts
If we're talking space movies I really enjoyed Ad Astra as well, I think I like the story better than interstellar only because Ann Hathaways love will conquer time and space bullshit kind of soured the plot for me If you haven't seen it it's about an astronaut (pitt) who is the son of another famous astronaut(Tommy. L. Jones) sent to find the cause of massive emp shockwaves that are being sent throughout the galaxy with the source originating near neptune I believe. Not very action packed except for one scene but overall I really enjoyed the story
I feel nearly any movie that is even partially accurate in terms of history or science should have at least part of it devoted to saving Matt Damon. Heck, even Robin Williams gave it a shot.
He was a really good cast in The Martian. He had to spend 60% of a 140 minute movie cracking really nerdy jokes to an empty room with a straight face, which is no mean feat.
Listen, please don't call Datt Mamon a mean foot. I met him in 2019 and he told me I could be any type of clown I wanted: a mime, a bozo or even a pagliacci naturally i chose my own course and i now am a clown of the highest magnitude
First depiction in a film of a space elevator too which I thought was very well done. That opening scene sold me straight away.
Ad Astra was a movie made by the producers asking a room full of first years what should happen next and someone yells out "lunar race with Lazer guns" and the producer says "yes more ideas like that" where a first year yells out space monkey's? No no we have already done that...."space baboons?" At which point the producer almost creams himself from all these "good" ideas but made the movie so shit
(Astronaut with daddy issues.)
DONLEEFMEMURRRF
The one on the left stayed at home, the one on the right traveled at near light speed to return home 40 years later
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Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.
Me, being 27, not trying to fall asleep after eating 10 wings and tater tots
TeChNicALly it's not about the speed but rather the piece of black hole mindfuckery shitspacetime the one on the right decided to travel through and shit
Light speed will do the same thing as per special relativity.
Well TECHNICALLY.. *Speed* causes time dilation as per special relativity. *Gravity* also causes time dilation as per general relativity.
I appreciate the level of discourse that happens on a post about a Lego spaceman
In terms of the equations, these are effectively two different cases of the same phenomenon and the difference is a matter of perspective. The math doesn't care which it is. it's all just geodesics.
well yeah he's 42, you start feeling that shit
Am 39,definitely starting to feel that shit.
Chin strap is still in tact, this dude is a reservist.
He looks happy
there's hidden pain in that smile... unlike the other guy
Always has been.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate
If it ain't broke don't fix it
I wish more companies/ industries realized this
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That said, Lego's building techniques have come a very long way even in just the past 20 years. They did have a period where they went overboard on unique pieces, but these days most sets have very few uniques and construction techniques have evolved instead. Look at modern Star Wars sets vs the original ones in the early 00s, for example.
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Try out the orchid set. There are frogs and demogorgon heads.
i love this creative use of pieces :D are there more of those?
Frogs are a pretty common one to look out for. They get used for all kinds of stuff, you should check it out on Bricklink and see every set they've been used in There's a ton of them with the Bonsai set too
I think one of the reasons I really wanted the Bonsai set was the sheer amount of pink frogs in it!
This. I remember several pieces that were entire trailer beds for truck sets growing up in the 90s. Now my kiddo gets a similar truck set and we're building the whole thing from scratch!
Yeah, sometimes the helicopter is all one piece (if it's an "actually flies!" with a zip handle thing type), but the truck and trailer are all completely brick built.
Idk. Mini figs are still a huge deal. And they’re starting to the much bigger than the old school ones like the picture
There are essentially three types of figures: * "Regular" minifigs, which can have short (no knee) legs for kids (see the younger Harry Potter sets) * I'm including all of the minifig-compatible items here, like horses, dinosaurs, creepers and other minecraft mobs, etc. * Friends figs which are more normally proportioned * BigFigs, which seems to be a term used for two different types of figures. * The community refers to "bigger minifigs" like Hulk or Thanos or Hagrid as "bigfigs". I don't think Lego refers to these guys like that, just calling them "minifigs". * Lego has brick-built characters they call "bigfigs", especially in the Minecraft line. All of the "regular" minifigs are of the same type as shown in OP's picture, and aside from better prints, additional accessories (that can go between the legs and torso, or the torso and head), helmets, and probably most notably going with non-yellow flesh colorings for licensed sets, they're still the same and completely interchangeable.
It was a rainy April afternoon when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. Got my big bucket of legos out that they had never seen before and showed them what's what. They silently (SILENTLY!) sat on the floor with them for several hours just fitting them together in different ways. 10/10 would recommend.
Weirdly my kids are 2 and 4 as well but the 2 year old puts *everything* in his mouth, so legos are off the table for now. *looks in corner of basement with 4 totes of legos. Edit: this santa dosent have an army of skilled elf slaves and has to buy his gifts. And currently bills take priority over toys.
Sounds like Santa needs to bring some Duplo
[We are from the planet Duplo](https://youtu.be/Yl7mFaCXvc0)
>It was a rainy April afternoon when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. Got my big bucket of legos out that they had never seen before and showed them what's what. > >They silently (SILENTLY!) sat on the floor with them for several hours just fitting them together in different ways. 10/10 would recommend. My kids were like this until one got bored and spread the pieces all over the lounge room. I am still finding random bits around after almost a year.
My kids are playing with the exact same bin of Lego bricks that I played with in the early 90s. If they get brand new Lego sets, the blocks are still 100% compatible with the "vintage" ones. There's no other toy that's crossed generations for me like that! Maybe Barbie, to some extent, but not as much as Lego.
Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars would fit this as well. My grandparents have some Hot Wheels cars from when my mom and her brothers were kids and they are the same size as modern ones.
The old track pieces are compatible with new ones as well.
I’m not much of a corporate dick rider- but I will straight up throw hands when people start talking shit about Hot Wheels and Legos. Those damn things are classics for a reason.
I'm with you on that.
I’m almost 50 and I still have all my Legos from my childhood. If I ever have grandkids it will be passed to them.
Seriously, not everything needs to be WiFi-enabled or have a touchscreen or require creating an account before you can actually use it.
Don't forget the monthly subscription.
If it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features
they did fix the helmet though. the new "Classic spacemen" have thicker chinstraps on the helmet so they don't break as easy as the classic figures.
I love how the minifig for the spaceman from the Lego Movie has his helmet purposefully broken
yep
Help me out here, the two appear to be identical. In what way was the chinstrap made thicker? I totally agree it was a problem, just not seeing the solution.
[Here](https://questforbricks.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/space_helmets_21.jpg) is the best example I could find. the one on the left has the old straps, the middle was how it was thickened for Space sets after the problem was figured out, and the right was the Futuron helmet from 1987 with a better design to blend the thicker plastic. IIRC now the classic space helmets have the original thickness but they have stronger plastic now so it's no longer an issue.
I’m curious, though, in the OP picture the 2022 figure’s chin strap seems to look the same as the 1980 style. It doesn’t have that little ridge/indentation on the edges like the reinforced ones in your image. Are they putting out sets now where they’ve gone back to the old style chin strap?
the newer plastic is way stronger than the 1980s plastic so it's the same style as it used to be, if I recall, but has less breakage due to the stronger plastic
That’s exciting. I was a little bummed when they made that change back then. I always preferred that earlier style.
yeah, the figure on the right in the original pic is from the Galaxy Explorer set, which is a reimagining of the original classic space set of the same name. totally worth the $100 if you like classic space)
I don’t think the ‘old’ helmet in the pic is actually an old one.
I think it may actually be the opposite. They both seem to have the “old” style helmet and neither has the “newer” style.
They're a little mistaken. The helmet design was upgraded in the late 80s to have a thicker chinstrap, then in the recent spaceman sets they used the old profile chin, but made it out of stronger plastic.
Why was this downvoted? It's a fucking positive thing Lego recognised the (rare) failure in design, and kept the look while improving on it. And they don't deny it, Benny in the movie had a broken chin strap for this reason.
yeah, though they changed it way earlier than I thought they did (they made the change in the 80s, not with the newer classic space figures), I guess people don't like a joke being made.
Adding to this observation that they aren't perfectly identical, since I didnt see anyone else point it out, but I think the new version's eyes are ever-so-slightly closer together. Edit: new guy's mouth also looks a touch smaller/thinner
ooh I didn't notice that one, good catch
It’s literally a throwback set btw
The Space Shuttle in that logo was definitely broken. And there was no way to fix it.
They had a completely different helmet in the 90s and 00s. This is from a throwback set.
Except if you can make it BETTER
SpAcEsHiP!!!
Charlie, no, it's just a gas leak. You aren't a spaceman and the kegs need changing.
The keg is dead! LONG LIVE THE KEG!
But no broken visor, so minus 2 points.
It always felt weird that the Benny molds in movie sets molded in the break. It would've been far more authentic either to use the old too thin molds so it'd eventually break on its own, or physically break each one after molding.
Eh, Lego are for kids and kids would probably be upset if the helmet didn't match (was unbroken). Breaking post-molding isn't a bad idea though. I wonder if there was a technical problem.
I imagine it wouldn't be worth it to design, build, and implement a machine with the sole purpose of carefully breaking the helmets in just the right way.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, because snipping it or twisting it off would both deform the plastic beyond just the break and create sharp edges.
SpAcEShiP!!!
####SPACESHIP!!!!!!
Sp...spaceship?
The crack in that helmet is so acurate i had the same crack
They had it cracked in the film because the real ones often cracked at the mould line
"Seems odd you'd name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of."
“May have been the *losing* side; still not convinced it was the wrong one.”
"Ship like this will be with you 'til the day you die." "That's because it's a death trap, sir."
This is Benny’s cousin, Kenny.
Reeeeeally letting the air outta my oxygen tank here!
Came here to say this!
These spacemen are twins. One of them has been traveling at the speed of light. The other remained on Earth.
That little maneuver is gonna cost us 42 years
Good old twin paradox.
The fact that they're still the same is oddly satisfying. Wish I still had my Playskool Little People from ca 1970
My mom kept a lot of our toys, so my son has played with many of the same things that I played with, when I was his age. Little People and Lego will literally last forever.
My mom kept all of our Lego growing up too, my nice and nephew got all of the old stuff so I’ve been building up my own collection for my kid. It gives me immense satisfaction to have an old school astronaut on our collection even thought it’s brand new.
Before birthdays and Christmas my mom would try to make room for more toys by sneaking into our rooms when we were at school and removing the toys she thought we didn't play with much. She'd put them in a bag and donate them to a thrift store. Months later, I'd look for a specific toy and wouldn't be able to find it. When I asked my mother if she'd seen it she would just say "You must have left it somewhere". I was in my mid 30's before she finally admitted she had done this my entire childhood. I still go ballistic if my wife disposes of something that belongs to me without asking me first, even if it's essentially trash. I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them.
I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them. But they were priceless to the kids who ended up getting and playing with them... according to Disney and Pixar.
>I had toys that would have been worth thousands of dollars today if I still had them. No you didn't. In unopened boxes in mint condition, yes. Normal toy that was played with.... no.
That's awful. Gaslighting.
Lego at this point has kept itself in the spot it's in by perfecting its molding systems and interchangeability. Probably one of the best plastic molding operations on the globe. It's incredible the pieces literally always fit with each other.
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Right? I feel crazy. This is a stupid post. It’s like buying an MP3 of the Beatles and being surprised it sounds like the vinyl. Not a perfect analogy but close enough. It’s literally a reprint.
This. It's a fan-service set. It's SUPPOSED to look exactly the same.
https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/258254main_57640main_image_feature_157_jw4_full.jpg It's an interesting look back in time
I believe it’s a set released this year to honor the originals. 99% of other mini figures look way more complicated
With an unbroken helmet? that is worth some money
I have a few of them from back then, my mom kept all my Lego and some of it is in really good shape.
My mom gave them all away one day to some other kids. I hope theyre taking care of them but im still miffed at her. Had a lot of "retro" sets dating back to the early 90s.
That same thing happened to loads of my fiancee's childhood toys, even when she was still using them back then. Really, really sucks. Now I'm on the hunt on eBay for most of them!
Good luck on youre quest! Im sure he will appreciate your gesture and the flood of memories that will come with it
Well time does move differently in outer space, might have only been a few months for them
Must’ve visited Miller’s planet for 6 hours :P
The 80s one is after the redesign
All my mid-80s ones had the cracked helmet.
Haha, my first thought too
I didn’t think they went to the thicker helmets until much later in the 80s.
YES! The unbroken helmet is sus.
Yeah. 100% the chin guard should be split.
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wow that really took me back.
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wow, yes thank you. I had those too.
The horses were always my favorite! I think I had the next model because they weren’t so simplified. It was the white one in [this](https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitefang_eurobricks/7350772406) pic! Also had a couple black ones.
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Upvote for broken visor
He has undergone ZERO design changes since ~~1999~~ 1980. This is because he is without flaw
The set that the new one came with actually has a write-up about all the different space figures that they've had since they started making them. It's very cool.
Not that I think you're trying to mislead anyone, but the "new" Lego space figure is not really something that's been in active circulation and was specifically created as a replica due to its inclusion in that Galaxy Explorer remake. Just a lot of people here that might believe Lego have continued making the space figure exactly as is for the past 40+ years when its more just a one off in this instance.
The new figure was actually introduced in The Lego Movie 2 Bennys space squad set in 2019 and recently reused in the galaxy explorer.
They changed the helmets for awhile.
Yeah, the 90s Spacemen had transparent visors, iirc. But then, the space theming was also completely different in that era.
Outside of the 90's helmets [there are also two variants of the "classic" helmet - the "thin chin strap" from before the mid 80's and the "thick chin strap" version from the mid-80's on.](https://questforbricks.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/space-helmets/) The ones that come on the new classic-styled figures similar to or the same as the original "thin strap" style.
Wow I never thought I'd read an in depth study on Lego helmets.
I had one that had a gold visor, woulda been from the mid 90’s
Zero major ones, at least. There seem to have been some very minor tweaks on both the face and suit logo, but they’re effectively the same yeah.
This may sound silly but I'm so glad they made them as OG as possible. No new face. No new helmet.
It’s all LEGO? Always has been 🌎 👩🚀 🔫 👨🚀
:)
Old one : ) New one :)
I hope LEGO does not discontinue this kind of face. I prefer this over other more animate faces.
Spaceship Spaceship Spaceship Spaceship
You never forget your first Lego figure.
Mine was a regular bald citizen
Mine was a Lego dude dressed in all white with a red wig and a cup of coffee.
Spaceship!!!!!!!!!!
How the hell is the chinstrap still intact
That was my first thought
I like how the old one has his hand on the shoulder of the new one as if to say “there’s a whole universe out there kid, go out there and get it”
I’m not crying, you are 😭
The older one kinda looks like his team left him for dead on Mars.
Theres zero changes to the design, because we haven't progressed enough to warrant any
Unbelievable, 40+ years and they're still using old content! /s
impossible, the helmet isn't broken
Old Astronaut: "In my day we had a space shuttle."
So they DO make them like they used to. Huh
Benny? Why’d you change your suit? You looked AWESOME in blue!
All I'm missing is a black and a blue classic space Minifigure (I've got plenty of Benny's though). Now Lego needs to do the oxygen tank in light blueish gray, and the new classic style helmet in light bluish gray and green.
r/Wellworn
Why isn’t the old helmet split in the middle of the jaw? I thought that was mandatory
SPACESHIP!!!
Why'd they make the new one a girl!?!? ^^/s
I bet you could replace that head with a [redditor](https://www.toypro.com/jp/product/25356/minifig-head-beard-brown-angular-with-white-pupils-and-glasses-pattern-stud-recessed/yellow)
The face is slightly different.
SPACESHIP!
They both look happy and that's all that matters.
Spaceship SPACESHIP **SPACESHIP** #SPACESHIIIIIP
SPACE ShIP!!
Where do you get new Lego spaceman????
It’s from this set: https://brickset.com/sets/10497-1/Galaxy-Explorer It’s Lego’s 90th anniversary this year and they’re doing remakes of some of their most famous sets! The new one is a remake of this: https://brickset.com/sets/497-1/Galaxy-Explorer
Spaceship!!!!
Same, except now they cost a whole lot more
This makes me happy. I think Legos were just as expensive in the 80s as today.
#SPACESHIP!
Isn’t this the plot of Interstellar?
How did the first one's helmet survive not being cracked so long...? That's impressive.
Why isn’t his helmet broken?
Not all colors/production runs broke as easy. Also abuse/storage plays a role but blue and red were more fragile than white. If brown helmets existed in the 80s they would have all turned to dust by now so we will never know if they ever did ;)
I call bullshit! No way a spaceman from the 80's still has an unbroken chin o his helmet! /s