#Lego nasa unboxing manual#
The manual can be its old, colourful self.
#Lego nasa unboxing manuals#
The Long Term plan is to see single use plastics eliminated in the next few years (2025 springs to mind), as such, instruction manuals and sticker sheets are likely to be packed in cardboard envelopes. When you have a collection of instructions scattered across the room, dramatically different covers are easier to distinguish between, rather than close focussing on set numbers rendered art, which can get a bit same-same after a while. I do feel that removing the box art from the instructions is disingenuous to the designers who produce the box art which sells the product in the first place.
So the box is often thrown out (or more rarely sold on BrickLink), while the instructions are retained – not only for future use but as a visual memento of the box art. Unfortunately, boxes take up a lot of space. I really enjoy the box art: it provides a visual branding for a LEGO theme, as well as individual sets. Why would I want a Ninjago set to feel the same as a Friends set? I certainly don’t need that consistency between themes, and I don’t really need the manual to look the same as a bag of parts. I apologise for the incoherent rant that follows. There are many things I look for when opening a LEGO set aimed at kids, but a visually consistent unboxing experience is not one of them. Now, I try to maintain a positive outlook on most decisions made by The LEGO Group, but I am not a fan of this one. As we are gradually replacing single-use plastic bags with paper-based bags in our boxes, other in-box materials such as the cover of Building Instructions have also been re-designed for a visually consistent unboxing experience. The LEGO Group is on a journey to make its packaging more sustainable by 2025. Regardless of your interest in LEGO, this is a wonderful collectors item for those interested in the Apollo Era.Today, via the LEGO Ambassadors Network, the Packaging Team released this statement: At 1,969 pieces (see what they did there) and 1:110 scale (1 meter tall) the finished result is an impressive sight that can be displayed either vertically or horizontally on the provided stands. It even includes three perfectly scaled astronaut figures.
The details are precise, the colors are accurate and the three main stages are all represented along with the service, lunar and command modules. Having completed the build, while watching the documentary “When We Left The Earth”, I came away incredibly impressed with the care and accuracy put into this set. After quickly putting in my order the status returned to sold out and has remained that way at all major retail stores as of mid July.
I gave little hope of getting one this summer until I randomly went to one evening and they happened to have restocked a few. Upon its release on June 1st, the Saturn V instantly sold out. After nearly three years and a process which included 10,000 people voting for the project and LEGO officially reviewing it, their work is now an official LEGO product. Valérie Roche and Felix Stiessen submitted a proposal for the Saturn V Rocket back in August of 2014. The website LEGO Ideas allows fans to design and submit their own builds. My interest peaked however, when I came across an article describing a fan designed Apollo Saturn V Rocket. Surprisingly, I was never into LEGO growing up.
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