Cool Space Legos Pass Time at Home

LEGO City Satellite Service Mission

First up is the cool mini LEGO City Satellite Service Mission. This is easy enough for my 5 year old to do with minimal guidance, and kept her busy for hours after building it making rocket sounds, while playing with the included spaceman and Astronaut.

LEGO has taken some liberty on the design, but it is good for kids.

• You or your kids can build a cool looking exploration shuttle, with opening cockpit. To add a little more realistic feel, the wings have wing flaps that can actuate.
• A small satellite with opening solar panels is included for play.
• One LEGO City space astronaut minifigure included.
• According to LEGO, 84 pieces – Astronaut toy for boys and girls aged 5+ and for fans of NASA and LEGO City space and kids of all ages

LEGO City Space Mars Research Shuttle 60226 

Just adding the word MARS to most things makes it sound cooler. The LEGO City Space Mars Research is a cool, fun toy. I will let you argue about the science, but LEGO states that the set was inspired by NASA’s Mars Exploration program.

There are a lot of moving parts to play with for the kids. It includes a cool Mars Helidrone with a spinning blade. The Set also comes with a Mars Rover with a grip that can close. The Shuttle hatch can open and close, revealing a small storage area for the drone and a workstation for one of the astronauts.

• The Set includes 2 LEGO City Mars astronaut minifigures
• A “helidrone” and “storage drone” are also included.
• A Mars rover is also included.
• With 273 pieces my five year old needed help, but my 10 year old was able to make quick work of this set, taking less than a hour to assemble.
• Works with all other LEGOs as well.

Overall, a great toy and way to spend some time with your kids. Of course having multiple lego sets to play with at once is fun.

If you have a lot of time on your hand… LEGO SATURN V

Want something more “realistic?” Have a lot of time on your hands? Looking for a weekend or multiple day project? Then the Lego Saturn V set is for you. The LEGO set is based on the Apollo Missions done in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.

• This kit really was a challenge. It is not for younger kids, unless you have an adult that wants to do a lot of lego corrections. (Yes make sure you have a LEGO block remover handy.)
• This LEGO kit is a 1:110 scale model of the rocket launch that took humans to the moon, the NASA Saturn V rocket.
• This set is BIG (And heavy). It measures roughly one meter-high.
• The set includes several mini minfigures (regular minifigures are not to scale)
• The Saturn V rocket has 3 removable rocket stages like the actual rocket, first stage, s-ii second, and s-ivb third stage.
• The set has 1,969 pieces (yes they made the number of pieces match the year of the Apollo 11 mission.

Although my 10 year old was able to build this, he required assistance from time to time. It kept him busy, just building the set for the weekend. Older kids and adults likely can do it in less time, but it is a great set. We have it on display, and often my son plays with it. It did get knocked over a few times, and is resistant(for LEGO standards) to fall damage, but still will require some placement of LEGO bricks that fall off.

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