House continues to be a preferred theme for budding Lego designers, and three new Lego Concepts submissions have rocketed onto our want checklist. Will they get your vote?
Earlier this yr, we checked out three space-themed Lego Concepts submissions: The Martian, NASA’s House Launch System and a Kerbal House Program Modular Ship System. Whereas the Kerbal House Program and SLS units managed to garner sufficient votes to get in entrance of a Lego panel, sadly neither of them have been accredited to be made. There’s still hope for The Martian, nevertheless, which nonetheless has greater than a yr left to assemble the variety of votes it wants earlier than it reaches the approval stage.
In case you’re unfamiliar, the Lego Ideas initiative permits any newbie designer to submit their very own concept for a Lego set. As soon as a consumer’s design seems on the Lego Concepts web site, together with many others, the general public can vote for the designs that they like. As soon as a set reaches 10,000 votes, it will be put in entrance of an official Lego panel. Lego holds two evaluation intervals yearly the place a small variety of units are chosen to be made right into a retail Lego set and bought in shops.
In our opinion, a few of the greatest Lego area units have come from the Concepts scheme. Do you know that the dimensions mannequin of NASA Apollo Saturn V and the great Tales of the House Age set each began out life as artistic concepts from Lego followers?
We have handpicked our three favourite space-themed Lego units which can be at the moment within the voting stage. Every of those designs are in that candy spot the place they nonetheless have time remaining (a whole lot of days, even) to achieve that all-important objective of 10,000 votes.
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A Pale Blue Dot by Voyager 1
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You’ve got most likely heard of “A Pale Blue Dot” earlier than. It is a well-known picture of Earth taken from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on February 14, 1990, so named by scientist Carl Sagan. It is so-named as a result of, within the picture, our planet Earth seems as nothing greater than a tiny, pale blue dot. And this Lego idea, submitted to Lego Concepts by Brickbaum, goals to recreate that picture — together with a construct of Voyager 1 itself.
The set reminds us of the Tales of the House Age set launched final yr, because of its striped background and the way in which it is framed as a bit of artwork. The distinction right here, although, is the emphasis on Voyager 1, a 3D object towards a 2D backdrop. It is framed in such a method that it is designed to be stood on a desktop or shelf, with a chunky base to offer it stability.
This is not Brickbaum’s first model of the Pale Blue Dot: They submitted a completely different design to Lego Ideas some years in the past. They’ve recreated it from scratch, including extra element to Voyager 1 and further emphasis to the Pale Blue Dot itself. When requested why this may make an excellent Lego set, Brickbaum mentioned “as a result of this can be very essential that as many individuals as potential know the historical past of this picture.” We do not disagree.
Brickbaum submitted A Pale Blue Dot to Lego Concepts in April, and since then it is acquired 833 votes of help (on the time of writing). The set is previous the primary milestone, and has 9 months left to achieve 1,000 supporters. At that time, its deadline will likely be prolonged once more, giving it extra time to safe the mandatory 10,000 votes so it might probably seem earlier than the Lego panel.
Learn more about A Pale Blue Dot by Voyager 1 over on Lego Ideas, and solid your vote.
House Projection Telescope
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Submitted to Lego Concepts by consumer CuteHackler036, the Space Projection Telescope seems to be, at first look, a easy mannequin of a telescope. It is a very practical mannequin — full with a tripod, a mount, an eyepiece, and a tracker — however it’s really rather more than that. Whereas it is not fairly a working telescope, gentle can really journey via the telescope and, utilizing a really nifty mixture of a projector slide and a lightweight brick, it might probably mission a space-themed picture onto a floor in entrance of it.
If that does not impress you, we do not know what is going to. CuteHackler036 proposes {that a} set of 10 completely different slides will likely be bundled with the telescope, together with projections of Earth, Jupiter and its rings, a capturing star, and even an alien spacecraft.
From a extra technical standpoint, the telescope comes with an adjustable tripod made out of Technic items and a mount that may be rotated. The telescope tube can be angled, identical to the actual factor. It seems to be unbelievable, however it’s the expertise concerned right here that is actually hanging. CuteHackler0356 additionally states that the projection of the telescope may be made extra highly effective by utilizing a flashlight as an alternative of the sunshine brick.
To date, over 2,000 individuals have pledged their help for the House Projection Telescope. There’s one other 500ish days for it to achieve 10,000 votes earlier than it may be judged by a Lego panel — and we actually hope it will get there. Give your own vote of support on Lego Ideas.
The Moon: Lunar Panorama
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The third of our space-themed Lego Concepts submissions may, in reality, be our favourite. Submitted by Marc Sloan, also called SharkyBricks, The Moon: Lunar Landscape is a wall-mounted set displaying detailed topography of the moon. Sloan calls it a “area poster,” and there is undoubtedly one thing about its design that makes us consider a retro-style instructional poster: there is a textual content tag within the backside left, a scale ruler on the proper, and even a lunar cycle proven beneath the beautifully-textured moon.
It is the second time that Sloan has submitted the Lunar Panorama to Lego Concepts. His first submission reached the all-important 10,000 votes mark, however it was rejected by the Lego critiques panel. Marc informed us that the actual evaluation he was a part of had a report 71 designs, making his probabilities of success decrease than ever. However he isn’t been delay from attempting once more: Somewhat, he is determined to rebuild Lunar Panorama from scratch, utilizing solely commercially out there bricks with an up to date coloration palette and better degree of accuracy.
Sloan tells us that designing The Moon: Lunar Panorama has been “each a labor of affection and a technical problem.” He is needed to steadiness scientific accuracy with a must make the set eye-catching and visually pleasing, and getting it excellent took “a number of iterations.” His newest submission is completely gorgeous, and we’re blown away by the small print of the moon. A lot in order that it makes us surprise why Lego hasn’t made this earlier than.
Since resubmitting Lunar Panorama in July, Marc has really achieved his final objective of 10,000 votes. You can check it out on Lego Ideas.
