Lego units up 'area station' at San Diego Comedian-Con, gives mission crew patch

Lego is recruiting new members for its “mission crew,” issuing rocket builders with an unique mission patch at this yr’s San Diego Comedian-Con (SDCC).

The toy firm has launched “Space Station 8R1CK5,” a sprawling sales space that highlights a lot of its current space-themed constructing units inside a setting that was impressed by each sci-fi and real-life orbiting outposts. Present-goers will discover photograph alternatives, panels and show-only alternatives inside Area Station 8R1CK5 (sales space 2829), which is open by means of the conference’s shut on Sunday (July 29).

“Area is an countless playground for creativeness and storytelling; we hope to seize that playground spirit proper right here at Area Station 8R1CK5,” stated Beth McKenna, head of U.S. advertising on the Lego Group, in an announcement.

a large group of people congregate on a show floor at a comics convention — Followers construct rockets and spacecraft at Area Station 8R1CK5, the Lego Group’s sales space at San Diego Comedian-Con in California. (Picture credit score: Lego)

Lego followers attending SDCC are invited to design and construct their very own rocket, spacecraft or satellite tv for pc to earn their very own Mission Crew patch. Utilizing offered Lego bricks and a bracket “to verify your rocket is flight-ready,” the creations can then be despatched “into area” by setting them in entrance of a station view display and sharing a photograph (or video) of them utilizing the hashtag “#legosdcc.”

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“After over 20 years of showcasing at San Diego Comedian-Con, we wished to wow followers but once more and labored onerous to create a brand-new expertise that provides one thing for everybody,” stated McKenna.

The fabric patch with sticker backing options the picture of a Traditional Area Lego Spaceman minifigure and is inscribed “Area Station 8R1CK5,” “Lego Mission Crew” and “Comedian-Con Worldwide 2024.”

a large group of people congregate on a show floor at a comics convention. a red cube that says — Area Station 8R1CK5, Lego’s sales space at San Diego Comedian-Con, highlights area because the toy firm’s all-encompassing theme for this yr. (Picture credit score: Lego)

Elsewhere within the sales space, attendees can flick through a show of greater than 50 Lego constructing units, together with an assortment of area units from Lego Metropolis, Lego Technic and Lego Icons strains. This yr is the primary time that Lego has marketed merchandise under a common “Space” theme.

Attendees can even view a life-size Lego-built statue of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, journey to a galaxy far, distant… on the Lego Star Wars product show and have a “shut encounter” with specimens from completely different universes with Lego IP merchandise. Or, as Lego advises, they “can watch the time float by from one of many area home windows and content material screens.”

The Lego Mission Crew patch is at the very least the third space-themed fabric badge that the corporate has given away. Earlier patches depicting the NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander and International Space Station had been distributed with the acquisition of their units in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

a black bookcase with nasa's blue meatball logo on it sits on a gray carpet on the floor of a comics convention

NASA’s sales space on the 2024 San Diego Comedian-Con options astronaut autograph alternatives, an exoplanet and astrophysics coloring station, in addition to the company’s “First Girl” comedian guide and its newly-revealed Artemis II crew poster (Picture credit score: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

LEGO’s Space Station 8R1CK5 is in the identical galactic neighborhood as at the very least one different main space-themed sales space within the SDCC 2024 Exhibit Corridor. NASA has its own display (sales space 3845), the place it’s selling its newly revealed Artemis 2 crew poster, displaying the subsequent 4 astronauts to fly to the moon, and the company’s beforehand revealed “First Girl” comedian guide, which follows a younger woman as she turns into the primary feminine to succeed in the lunar floor.