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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #160 on: 01/14/2018 11:43 pm »
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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #161 on: 01/15/2018 07:17 am »
No problem, Darren.



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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #162 on: 01/15/2018 04:52 pm »
https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/26c043cc-4d1b-497b-a78c-2e73ba308881?cmp=Other-GLO-Ideas-EML-Jan-18-10KClubInterview-EMLC-WeeklyDigest-AndrewHarkins-CO-LEGO-

- Interview with the creator of the LEGO Space Shuttle set that recently got the 10,000 votes which makes it eligible for a LEGO review. It is in the same scale as the Saturn V. I hope it will end up becoming a real LEGO set!

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #163 on: 01/22/2018 11:47 am »
LEGO Ideas interview with the Valerie Roche, co-creator of the Saturn V launch tower:

https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/ac2aae58-f37b-4fa3-bd1d-4ba4e47795b6

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #164 on: 01/22/2018 03:35 pm »

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #165 on: 01/22/2018 04:38 pm »
LEGO ideas second 2017 review results are in and it's not good news.

https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/ee91ef13-2712-4f0b-82bc-da5a2f9e634d
Kinda could see it coming for the LUT because it's something that will only be bought by some of the people who already have the Saturn V, but was really hoping for the Space Shuttle.

I hope the space shuttle falls under "New (and confidential) products currently being developed internally", but it could also be "Production capacity", "Build quality" or "Feasibility". The other of the listed possible reasons seem unlikely given that the Saturn V also made it and is very similar in regards to most of the other points.

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #166 on: 01/22/2018 06:02 pm »
Shuttle has been done before, many times. So it was always going to have a tough time being selected. Except for AFOLs like me, there may not be a lot of differentiation.  And the tower? Very niche. I hope Valerie decides to just sell plans. Many AFOLs have the needed parts but not necessarily the time to do one from scratch.
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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #167 on: 01/22/2018 07:33 pm »
Shuttle has been done before, many times. So it was always going to have a tough time being selected. Except for AFOLs like me, there may not be a lot of differentiation.  And the tower? Very niche. I hope Valerie decides to just sell plans. Many AFOLs have the needed parts but not necessarily the time to do one from scratch.

Plus 1:110 makes the ET look weird, at least without some expensive new dome molds.

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #168 on: 01/22/2018 09:51 pm »
OK, its going to be very difficult to scrape together all these red parts for the umbilical tower manually on ebay or somewhere else. I am sad about that, really.

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #169 on: 01/22/2018 09:53 pm »
I think we should be happy that we still got the awesome Saturn V. Together with the (meh) "Women of NASA" and the earlier Mars Curiosity rover it is a pretty good result for space sets from a company not exclusively dedicated to space.

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #170 on: 01/22/2018 10:08 pm »
I would have bought the Shuttle, LUT, and/or F-15NB if they had been selected. I am bummed. LEGO’s missing a big opportunity here. If a space enthusiast could by LEGO out.....until then is there any software that you can design a Shuttle LEGO set and print out a list of blocks/elements for it?
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #171 on: 01/22/2018 10:52 pm »
I would have bought the Shuttle, LUT, and/or F-15NB if they had been selected. I am bummed. LEGO’s missing a big opportunity here. If a space enthusiast could by LEGO out.....until then is there any software that you can design a Shuttle LEGO set and print out a list of blocks/elements for it?

Yes:

http://ldd.lego.com

https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/studio.page

http://www.ldraw.org


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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #172 on: 01/22/2018 11:08 pm »
OK, its going to be very difficult to scrape together all these red parts for the umbilical tower manually on ebay or somewhere else. I am sad about that, really.
Bricklink is your friend. If you have the LDD for the design or the inventory in some other form you can generate a want list and see which combination of resellers can fulfil your needs.
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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #173 on: 01/31/2018 06:00 pm »
Valerie Roche has publicly released a parts list and build guide for the Saturn V LUT.

http://whatsuptoday.free.fr/LUT-Building-guide/LUT-building-guide.html

https://www.facebook.com/valerie.roche.794

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #174 on: 04/10/2018 07:56 am »
Hey everyone,
here's a stunning Time-lapse Video of a LEGO freak who has set to work ...   
but beware friends: Addictiveness !!!



One needs only approx. 4.600 bricks, and in the answers one finds estimates for the price (Robert Feiner), which amounts to approx. 1.300 EUR.

BTW, the ingenious designer of this LEGO-LUT is Bailey Fullarton, who should not remain unmentioned.

And here is a suitable photo from a contribution by Simon Wiens, who has also built this awesome display.



« Last Edit: 04/10/2018 08:08 am by roma847 »
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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #175 on: 04/11/2018 10:36 am »
Looks great. But shouldn't it all be standing on top of a CRAWLER?..  :-)

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #176 on: 04/11/2018 01:13 pm »
This Mobile Launcher is only a simple display, and the Crawler is another LEGO vehicle.

One can build it with LEGO TECHNIC, as a freak from Australia (OzShan) has shown, whose crawler can even drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRk7t8TvVvI&feature=youtu.be

And like the original, it even has a height-adjustable JEL System



And here at Eurobricks the master of all LEGO classes introduces his awesome crawler project,


Source: bricksafe.com (OzShan)

and his crawler even has an amazing interior.


Source: bricksafe.com (OzShan)
Since one can only pull the hat! 

« Last Edit: 04/11/2018 01:26 pm by roma847 »
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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #177 on: 04/18/2018 09:18 am »
Eiffleman has begun posting instructions for his crawler

http://ideas.lego.com/projects/0f8efc2a-ce0a-4285-9f2b-036bf3eb9f38/updates
« Last Edit: 04/18/2018 09:21 am by cwal »

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #178 on: 07/24/2019 07:46 am »
It looks like the LUT kit (with PDF instructions) can now be purchased through Vonado:
https://www.vonado.com/NASA-Saturn-V-Launch-Umbilical-Tower-p178913.html

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Re: LEGO Saturn V set
« Reply #179 on: 02/09/2020 09:34 pm »
https://twitter.com/robert_zubrin/status/1225876236477620225

I spot a LEGO Saturn V in the control room at Boca Chica....  :-)

If the SpaceX engineers can do that one I guess Starship shouldn't be too much of a challenge...
« Last Edit: 02/10/2020 02:36 am by zubenelgenubi »

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