Lego Classic Space - 1978-1987 - RetroBlasting Vintage Retrospective

Godspeed Saxon you gorgeous boy.

It's funny hearing you go into details about the dangers of space while seeing the Lego figures with their permanent smiles inked on their face. Great video.

I always feel heartbroken when any pet dies. Godspeed Saxon

"He's not really dead, as long as we remember him" - Dr McCoy

This is probably the most terrifying DV has ever been.

Sorry about Saxon. It’s tough losing a companion that’s there with you as you go about your daily routine. We lost Chrissy earlier this year. The community on YouTube had a lot of nice encouragement. Remember those good moments. Nice to see him in the video. Yes - reassembling old LEGO sets is a never ending rabbit hole. Complete one thing and it leads to other. Some many crazy sets. Gotta love the moon stalker - sounds like a movie that MST3K would riff on

Broken Vader's monolouge at the end is epic and amazing.

This is a great video. I lost my Star Wars collection in 85 when my house burned to the ground. In fact it was two figures from being complete. I sent my ucp's out for Anakin Skywalker and The Emperor three days before the incident. It was one of the many things that made the situation unbearable. Afterward I started collecting Lego Space sets. They really helped a young kid heal after a traumatic event. The sets were fun, versatile and imaginative. The Space Police, Blacktron and Mtron sets were also very innovative. Thanks for the reveal. I find myself wishing all the time that the fire never happened. But at least Lego was there to help me through it. -Six

You just managed to verbalise something I’d always felt about space Lego, since I was a child, but have never been able to put my finger on. Thanks :)

I had a pretty even split between action figures and Lego. Before elementary school I played with He-Man, Kenner Star Wars toys, Lego Space, and Lego Castle, and Lego Fabuland. In elementary school I continued with Lego and added the Pirate theme to my list of favorites. I also began to play with GI Joe, Transformers, Mask, Legions of Power, Captain Power, and a whole host of other toy lines. By middle school I had moved on to pretty much just Lego. Classic Space remains one of my favorite toy lines, and I think you did a wonderful job of conveying why the theme was so fun and effective.

Fastest. Click. Ever. R.I.P. Saxon. Yes, I liked it before even getting through the intro!

About 6 years ago when my eldest was a baby i came across a box of classic lego in a charity shop, it contained Knights, Space and City pieces. I bought it so that he could enjoy the wonders of Lego Space when he was older. I looked through the pieces to identify which sets may be in there and retro built them from photos, before i realised you could get the plans online! In the end there were 8 sets of Space with only a couple having some missing parts. Building those took me back to being a kid and building the sets I had, wonderful stuff.

Gotta admit .... I never thought much as a kid about the whole concept of space suited men walking around with .... walkie talkies .... Think on that for a sec...

LEGOs are my all time favorite toys. The sets really stretched my imagination to create my own personal designs and unique worlds, an experience that no other toy could produce. I get a kick out of the fact that my nieces and nephews enjoy my old LEGOs without the specialty pieces or the brand logos, setting off on their own adventures too wherever their imaginations will take them.

Wow, when you said "rainy day on the den floor" I was flooded with memories of sitting there building these. And here's to Sax! You have my sympathies.

But the story doesn't end there! For The Lego Movie, Lego introduced Benny's Spaceship (70816) and it was a true hommage to the Classic Space spaceships. More classic bottom-up build, with segments that detach, it's really great. Years later, for the second movie, they introduced Benny's Space Squad (70841), with a new helmet mould that matches the original one (except the chin that's too thick, but for reasons), giving us a pink space dude. You can still find this one on the shelves, for cheap, so hurry up.

YAY! Spaceship, Spaceship, Spaceship!!! Been waiting forever for a Lego video

The Robot Command Center remains one of my top three Christmas acquisitions ever. LEGO Space was awesome.

Sorry for your loss. And I hope YouTube doesn't mess with RetroBlasting

I was wondering when Michael would talk about Lego. Well, here we go.