LEGO classic Space 928 or 497 Galaxy Explorer review! 1979 set!

I wish Lego would bring back these sets.

Cool

I barely remember the 1970's, but I ironically, vividly remember getting this set.

Hiya Jang! As an AFOL from South Africa, I really enjoy your vids and MOC work - well done! This set really is very special to me as I won it in a LEGO building competition back in 1982 when I was just 9 years old. As with most of my childhood LEGO, pieces went AWOL and were eaten up by the vacuum cleaner so I was quite disappointed to see how much of this original set was missing after rekindling my passion for LEGO a few years back. After some serious searching I found a complete set on eBay and imported it from Cyprus to SA. Complete with a box in near mint condition and the instructions exactly as they were new, you can imagine the joy of building the same set some 30 years later... took me right back to the first time I built it in the '80s. You mention it was a sticker free set but Interestingly the early versions of Set 928 did include stickers for the minifig torsos... I wonder how many people who have watched your Explorer review have the stickered versions? Much like the space logo, these really didn't wear well so must be quite scarce now. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and remember we don't stop playing because we get old... we get old because we stop playing! Cheers. Paul 

I got this for Christmas, probably 1979 or 1980. I remember sitting for hours on Christmas day building this. It was absolutely awesome to me as a 7 or 8 year old; the buggy that could be transported in the explorer was almost mind blowing :-) Great review man!

I think Lego-Sets will never look old. It's Timeless stuff in my opinion. And i'm sure if you would give a classic Space Set to a child today it would have as much as Fun as the child's had 30 years ago with it! :)

My mom bought this for me for Christmas 1979. My favorite Lego set ever.

pre-millenium sets seem so much cooler to me

Oh, the memories..! Nothing beats the classic space theme. I vividly remember getting this set for christmas. When it was time to unwrap the presents, I used to check my presents for lego in advance by shaking them and when I heard the familiar clickedy-clack sound of lego bricks, I would unwrap these presents first. When I unwrapped this beauty, all the other presents were forgotten and I immediately started to build the spaceship until it was done, much to the dismay of my sister, who couldn't believe that I wasn't interested in all the other presents.

I dug out my old LEGO parts, washed them, and found almost all the parts for this ship. I still remember the day my mother surprised me with this after school when we were parked in the grocery parking lot. I have to say I'm a little underwhelmed. I got Benny's Spaceship (70816) recently and really enjoyed its size and level of detail. i guess it spoiled me a bit. This was such a large ship for its day and I am lucky that the printed pieces are virtually perfect, especially the lovely large print on the front piece. I couldn't believe that I was only missing a couple of pieces, as I had thought I lost all of my old space LEGO parts. Thanks for the video tour of this set!

My dad had this set when it was new out. Cool vid Jang.

I remember making this when I was 4 - still brings back fond memories...

Got this set for Christmas 1979. It blew me away since I saw it in a toyshop in Israel where I lived back then. Getting it was mindblowing to say the least. It is still super cool and I just finished it and washed all the bricks and plates today. The planet logo on the minifigs are totally gone on the white ones, but the red ones can still be seen, albeit some colour fade is present. Apart from this the set is in fine shape. I've lost the two large base plates and two of the red lights have left me since 1979 along with the grey antenna for the control tower and some smaller bits. But the most important, the ship is 100% complete. Ahhh, heaven!

This is my all-time eternal ultimate Lego classic! This is it.

My favorite Lego set ever.  Great memories watching this.

I got this at Christmas in 1980 as a 5-year-old kid in Sweden. Wow, haven’t seen this since I was a kid. Such great memories. I absolutely loved the set, my all-time favourite. Thanks for the extensive review!

I rolled over the floor laughing about the SPACESHIP! Go Benny :-D

wow ... memories! I had this one when I was 10!!!

the only connection I have to this set as I wasn't alive in 1979 is a micro-scale version of this ship which is exclusive and came with a book which is why I'm here

I got this for Christmas as a kid, and my big brother put it together for me overnight when he couldn't sleep. A really fun set. Thanks for showing this and bringing back memories :)