In addition, they come with minimal amount of printing on their spacesuits (which is that covered up by their large helmet/life-support system. The entire set is a celebration of the actual Moon Landing, but the two minifigs are just general LEGO City guys with no resemblance to the actual astronauts. The only real disappointment I have with this set is the design of the minifigs. The ascending and descending stages can be separated to play out the real Moon landing, the ladder can be folded out for the astronauts the climb down and plant the flag (the little footsteps are a lovely detail), and the minifigs can be positioned both inside and outside the model to do their work. The #10266 LEGO NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander is mostly an educational and display set, but it also has quite a few play-features. However, there is one special printed piece the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander printed tile that decorates the base. The included sticker-sheet with metallic backing provides most of the decorations for the set, like the American Flag, the United States logo, and the control panel pieces. Most notably sixteen 1×1 tiles, thirty-six 1×2 tiles, eight corner tiles, eight 1×1 cheese-slopes, and four 4×4 dish elements – all in metallic gold. The part-selection is fairly basic, with mostly shades of gray and black elements, but there are also some highlights. I also like that the ascending stage is built in a simple manner, referencing the simple and efficient design of the Lunar Lander, as well as the simpler design of early LEGO sets. The assembly of the legs with those nicely engineered triangle shapes is a particularly satisfying experience. ![]() There are some repetitive sections in the set, but the building process doesn’t get boring. Bags #1 include parts for building the base, bags #2 and #3 include parts for building the descending stage, and bags #4 include parts for the ascending stage. The LEGO Creator Expert NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander comes with four sets of numbered bags. Instruction booklets like this are highly educational for adults and children alike. ![]() In addition, throughought the building instruction pages there are more little tidbits on the Lunar Lander. There is also information on the design process of the LEGO version of the Apollo Lunar Lander, including a comparison image with the original blueprint. It includes twelve pages of great information and original images of the Moon landing, key moments of the mission, the people behind it, and more. One of the most attractive features of this set is the instruction booklet. Going back to the LEGO NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, it comes in a decent size box that features the Lunar Lander on the front, and some of the play-features at the back. It’s worth studying the earlier sets and comparing them to the new one to see how building techniques changed. This included the #10029 LEGO Lunar Lander, and a smaller Lunar Lander in the #7468 LEGO Saturn V Moon Mission (see both sets below). Back in 2003, LEGO released the LEGO Discovery line with models of various space exploration vehicles. The #10266 LEGO Creator Expert NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander is also proceeded by a couple of other Lunar Lander based sets. In fact, according to this excellent interview with Jamie Berard, Design Manager for the LEGO Creator Expert team, it was the overwhelming success of the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V that prompted LEGO to consider releasing other LEGO space sets. Under the LEGO Creator Expert line, we got the #10213 LEGO Creator Expert Shuttle Adventure in 2010 (replaced by #10231 LEGO Creator Expert Shuttle Expedition with 26 extra pieces due to the original having stability issues), and under the LEGO Ideas line, the #21101 LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa from 2012, the #21104 LEGO Ideas NASA Mars Science Laboratory from 2014, and the still available #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V and #21312 LEGO Ideas Women of NASA – both from 2017. ![]() ![]() The newly released LEGO NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander continues the success of other real life space exploration based sets of recent years.
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