Lego Saturn V

For those that are surprised that it&#x27;s &quot;so expensive&quot;, LEGO is usually very expensive (and totally worth it.) This is only 119 euros&#x2F;dollars (same for both) and I know I&#x27;ll be buying it both for myself and as a gift for my best friend (unless she gets it for herself first.)<p>LEGO sets have an average price per piece of around 10 cents, which has been pretty stable since the late 70s [0]. With 1969 pieces (which is a fantastic number) you&#x27;d expect the set to cost $216.59 at the current average of 11 cents per piece, so this is a fantastic deal.<p>It&#x27;s also a meter high (about 3 foot 4 for the Americans) which is really fantastic.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;flowingdata.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;07&#x2F;analysis-of-lego-brick-prices-over-the-years&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;flowingdata.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;07&#x2F;analysis-of-lego-brick-pr...</a>

Can you imagine how large and expensive this would be if it were minifig-scale? The minifigs that come with it are maybe half-size. That just goes to show how incredibly massive Saturn V really was!<p>Edit: Imagination no longer required.<p>&gt; Ryan &quot;The Brickman&quot; McNaught, one of only 13 LEGO Certified Professionals, has built an 18.7 foot (5.7 meter) tall Saturn V with launch umbilical tower using 120,000 bricks. It took him 250 hours to build.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.collectspace.com&#x2F;ubb&#x2F;Forum16&#x2F;HTML&#x2F;000764.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.collectspace.com&#x2F;ubb&#x2F;Forum16&#x2F;HTML&#x2F;000764.html</a>

As an adult who has had to deal with a Lego addiction, my suggestion is IF you have an addictive personality and not money to burn - please .. don&#x27;t start. I sunk 1-2 grand into sets - for me it wasn&#x27;t worth it. The old legos were a lot better. Reusable pieces that make them an investment. The newer sets often have special purpose pieces and instructions to just build 2-3 models. I thought I was learning about mechanical stuff - differential steering, inside of an engine, etc. Frankly, watching Youtube videos is a much more cost effective way of learning. What is the worst thing of it all - artificial scarcity. I&#x27;d buy sets I didn&#x27;t really care for because I was afraid they would go out of stock. This has happened to some of the popular sets where scalpers charge 10x. They even have web sites where people do this full time. Just say no.

There&#x27;s a bit of an easter egg if you check out the number of pieces in the kit.

I have an ongoing moratorium about buying Lego, but extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures.<p>I will have this set.

I never understood Lego kits... The whole point of a construction set is to be able to build many different things, possibly unimagined to the producer. But the Legos are usually limited to one or two predefined models.

It has 1969 pieces. Seriously? Who worked that one out? Kudos.

I have had zero desire to personally own any Lego set till now.<p>I MUST HAVE THIS! I am afraid when my birthday comes around it will be sold out.

I built one of these as a kid complete with lander and orbiting module. Colours were accurate too.<p>Around that age I also built a bomber plane with cruise missile. I was inspired by Greenham Common and the news! My parents did not think that was so good.<p>All the adults were impressed by our creations, plus our child view of the world. So that Saturn rocket would be subtly on show rather than thrown in the box. We had feedback on our creations and played to the crowd.<p>I am sure brick economics would have me not getting every piece optimal, however there would be few spare bricks. I doubt our version would compare to this fancy kit version though. Therefore the original mega project would not have been attempted had the new kit been available, it would enforce a requirement to have the special bricks rather than be extra resourceful.<p>Yes I will buy this for my sister in memory of those happy times, to be a familiar object on the shelf for her newborn to eventually play with. It will be there ready.

Ok... One - Do want, yes. Two - Might there be an accompanying launch pad gantry set in the future? :)

I&#x27;m definitely buying this.<p>I&#x27;ve got a yearly pass to Kennedy Space Center, but I don&#x27;t even live in the US. Still, I&#x27;ve been there more than four times just this year, and even watched a rocket launch from the LC-39 gantry. I&#x27;ve been to the Apollo&#x2F;Saturn V center a number of times and the sheer size of the rocket gets me every time. I watch rocket launches all the time on the web, and am constantly awed by what engineers can accomplish, not least with SpaceX landing rockets like parking a car these days. I&#x27;m a total space nerd.<p>This package is epic, even down to the number of pieces. I <i>need</i> it.

Usually traditional toys experiencing a boom in expensive collector behavior means the crash is coming up. Look at greatest gen &#x2F; early boomers and baseball cards. So that part is sad, when lego is gone because a generation of kids grew up where its too expensive to play with I&#x27;m going to miss it. But time moves on. Hard to predict exactly how much my kids will pay for Minecraft memorabilia when they&#x27;re in their 40s... bet it will be near $119 inflation adjusted LOL as per this article. Maybe 2040 will have a re-release of the original iphone.

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Beats the crap out of the Saturn Vue model.

I&#x27;ll probably get ridiculed for saying, but i just don&#x27;t think Legos look very much like Legos anymore. They don&#x27;t have that blocky Lego shape&#x2F;look.<p>This is a beautiful model. Looks like a model though and not a Lego set.

Do these go onsale at midnight on 6&#x2F;1? Are Lego sellouts common?

Dang I&#x27;m excited for this. After not being able to get a lego curiosity rover for a reasonable price, I&#x27;m hoping these won&#x27;t sell out instantly...

Where can I pre order?

Fwiw, there is an untrue statement in the article:<p>&quot;With 1969 LEGO elements the 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V rockets its way into LEGO Ideas history as the tallest LEGO Ideas set, as well as the one containing most elements.&quot;<p>The last part is incorrect, the Lego set with the most pieces was Taj Mahal with 5922 pieces, way more than this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lego.wikia.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;10189_Taj_Mahal" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lego.wikia.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;10189_Taj_Mahal</a><p>Edit: I misread that, thanks for the clarification.

what&#x27;s the best way to insure I can get one of these ? without spending hours writing a bot for it ...

I want that.

Costs like a rocket - Kerbal Space Program would be much cheaper and much more interesting present&#x2F;purchase