Talk:Lego Space

I heard that LEGO couldn't make non-Star Wars spaceships anymore, which is why LOM was all vehicles (plus the Space Shuttle, which is shown crashing). Anyone else heard this too? Did LEGO ever say anything official?Nagyss 17:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Should the Meteor Monitor even be considered Blacktron? It has a Blacktron mini-figure, but that's it, and it came two years after the last official Blacktron set. I don't think it's legit Blacktron. Thus Blacktron spans the years 1987-1988. --Globe199 02:44, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• If it has a Blacktron that would make it a Blacktron set now wouldn't it? A little commonsense please! --The Matrix Prime 01:44, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Space agencies or races?

I've changed occurances of the word "race" with "space agency" in pre-UFO sections because I see no reason not to assume that all participants of the Space theme are humans working for different organizations that operate in outer space, i.e. space agencies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_agency —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathmare (talk • contribs) 13:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I can see why you could think that, but the story lines have always suggested that they come from different planets (i.e. Spyrius, Ice Planet etc.) and they have always been strongly treated as different peoples and cultures from one another. Besides I don't think "agencies" would be the right word to use in any case - makes it sound like they're corporations - which clearly isn't the case. --24.62.221.173 (talk) 17:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Which storylines? To me it seemed more like they were exploring different planets or moons and were therefore using different types of equipment. Ice Planet could be a subsection of the Classic and Futuron space agency exploring an icy moon or dwarf-planet (hence the similarity of their respective logos). The first space Police is obviously a subsection of Classic and Futuron because the logo on their spacesuits is identical. Space agencies are usually state or inter-state organizations, but could be private corporations in the future. M:Tron looks to me like a private corporation engaged in mining exotic green-yellow bricks somewhere (Mars or a martian moon perhaps?). The Blacktrons could be some multinational corporation that have been found to be violating some internationally recognized space-laws or rogue black ops. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathmare (talk • contribs) 13:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd have to side with the "race" on this one. Classic/Futuron seemed like a space faring civilization - as did the Explorians - and while its possible that Space Police were part of them I'm not seeing the Ice Planet connection. While M:Tron and Blacktron could be indeed corporations there's nothing to suppest that they weren't entire races dedicated to that. That's why I like the term race, in this instance at least. It doesn't nessarily mean different species (i.e. Klingons, Cardassains, Romulans etc) it could mean the same species - just different branches of it (i.e. American, Spanish, Japanese, Indian etc.). That way it covers both possiblities. --64.72.4.128 (talk) 17:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

The Ice Planet logo is similar to the Classic/Futuron/Police one in that it depicts a planetary body and a spacecraft orbiting around it with an imaginary orbital line trailing behind it. Another theory for the location of M:Tron: Mercury. Due to the huge difference between temperatures at day and night, a human presence would be the least inconvenient on the day/night terminator line. This would explain why M:Tron have no base, only that huge truck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathmare (talk • contribs) 01:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Set Names and Links

I am curious as to why set numbers and their basic descriptions do not have links to pictures of the sets. Listing the sets without links to their pictures makes for less useful information.

Another reason to link the set names to pictures of the sets is that Wikipedia takes Lego Space words like "space shuttle" and "scooter" and links to entries that are not Lego sets. For example, there is now a link for 6940 Alien Moon Stalker, and Wikipedia made three links from that set name: one for each word in that set name, each having nothing to do with Lego. See the article.

Insectoids leader

I had never heard that the female minifig was called the Gypsy Moth. Was this name not introduced to North America? Also, at least one catalog in North America termed the Insectoids leader as a queen. Check this link: http://www.peeron.com/catalogs/1999/sah/46/

I see no reason why both "Gypsy Moth" and "queen" cannot coexist in the article. - Dr. Spamcake 2006/8/6 21:18 PDT

Insectoids is the last space theme?

• I found proof that Lego Insectoids is not the last Lego space theme and that Lego Life on Mars is the last.

We know it, but themes from futuron to insectoids take place in a far future, whereas life on Mars take place in the XXIth century.

Does it for sure take place in the XXIst century? - Dr. Spamcake

Do the themes from Futuron to Insectoids take place in the far future for sure? All human Space themes may well be located on Earth's moon. The only exception, Ice Planet, could be set on Jupiter's moon Europa, Pluto or Eris. It is not inconcievable that humans will establish a base on Europa within this century. UFO and Insectoids could take place at any time, anywhere, since they are about aliens.

Star Justice and Space Skulls

• I think that Star Justice and Space Skulls should be included on this page as the latest Lego Space themes. Yes, I know they were released through Factory, but they were presented as the newest Space themes and definitely tie into and homage the original Space sets, going so far as to have Star Justice logos that are a spin on the original logo. I'd argue that Star Justice and Space Skulls are more a descendant of Classic Space than Mission to Mars and Mars Mission are. I can't believe that their entry on this page was removed just because they were released under Factory. That is a weak argument and doesn't make any sense. I'll even go ahead and create the entry for them as long as I know I'm not wasting my time and someone is going to remove it. - KDog

Lego history

The early parts about Lego "themes" and perceived "primitvity" should be rewritten. Lego wasn't a new company in the 1970's, and had actually in practice had several themes released before that. 惑乱 分からん 13:59, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Clarification made to specify Lego Space and not the non-specific word "Lego", as it could be read as "the company of Lego". Struck the mention of themes in general, as the article is about Lego Space, and not other Lego themes. A discussion about how themes relate and differ is best suited for its own article. Struck the use of "primitive", as this is implied in older toy design: one would expect a product to improve with time. - Dr.Spamcake

Unitron "Dark Grey" Debate

I'm just expressing opinion here...I thought the very first dark grey pieces were those used in the "big ugly rock" pieces in 1992's castle set "Wolfpack Tower". This would make the quiet introduction section obsolete. Did the writer mean dark grey usage in the Space System, specifically? I didn't change anything - please review this.

Will revise. This remark was aimed more at the color's introduction to space, and not other themes. - Dr. Spamcake

Incorrect?

From the page:

It was the first set to replace the Lego standard smiley face minifig head with a more complex graphic (in this case, the face augmented by a fringe of hair and an ear-mounted microphone)

This is surely incorrect, as Lego Pirate theme had non-standard heads earlier than Space Police.

I have edited to It was the first Space set to replace the Lego standard smiley face minifig head with a more complex graphic (in this case, the face augmented by a fringe of hair and an ear-mounted microphone)

zoney ♣ talk 09:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Story?

In a recent LEGO Magazine, a lot of storyline information about the new Mars Mission was released, detailing the purpose of the Mars Mission among other things. I have added some of the new information because I thought the section was too short and dull. Then I realized that the sections on the other subthemes talk more about the sets and pieces than the storyline. Perhaps the other sections need some expanding... --72.76.90.236 23:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)