Line #10 Toys/ClassicLEGOSpace


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3	In 1978, Franchise/{{LEGO}} first started producing space-themed playsets, and so what is today known as "Classic LEGO Space" was born. Stretching for a good decade from 1978 to 1988, this LEGO Theme was a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture type of adventure dealing with very simple exploration of the solar system, establishing moon bases and conducting research on the planets. The sets were known for their bright palettes; most craft and buildings were bright blue, with a small few instead being a bright grey.\
4	The Theme was phased out and succeeded by Toys/LegoSpace's Futuron faction, which utilized updated versions of the classic spacesuits in the same colors, except for white, which was now made a uniform secondary color.\
5	In contemporary times, "Classic Space" has proven to be an iconic part of the brand's history, with a blue astronaut named Benny being a supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', the Theme receiving several homages in sets, and new astronaut colors being introduced, such as pink, orange and brown.
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7	!!Tropes present in the Classic LEGO Space period:
8	* AbsentAliens: The closest the setting ever came was the appearance of some NonHumanHead aliens in the [[http://www.peeron.com/scans/6000-1/60/ 6000 ideas book]], in what [[http://www.peeron.com/scans/6000-1/84 may well have been]] a dream sequence.
9	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: WordOfGod on the [[http://np.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/29w5q7/exo_suit_side_by_side_original_submission_vs/cip86pq?context=3 various space suit colours]]:
10	-->[T]he Red and White spacemen started as Cosmonauts and Astronauts. Later they became red pilots and white explorers, yellow were introduced as scientists, blue as security/soldiers, black as spies.
11	* ChestInsignia: On their torsos, all astronauts bear a symbol of a planet with a rocket ship trailing around it in a way that resembles a Saturn-like ring. This logo would eventually come to represent Toys/LegoSpace as a whole.
12	* CyberneticMythicalBeast: A build suggestion from the box art for 6985 shows the spaceship reimagined as [[https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/6985-inside-a/ a dragon-shaped mecha]].
13	* ExtyYearsFromPublication: The Space Command Center (sets 493 / 926), introduced in 1979, has a panel reading "[=LL2079=]", implying it's set a hundred years in the future.
14	* FanSequel: "Neo-Classic Space" is a popular building trend in the LEGO community, devoted to taking the general bright aesthetic of classic Space and putting a more detailed modern twist on it.
15	* HumongousMecha: Set [[https://brickset.com/sets/6951-1/Robot-Command-Center 6951,]] the Robot Command Center / Cybernaut.
16	* MarketBasedTitle: The sets had different names in the UK and US markets. Particularly confusing when it came to ships called "Explorer" -- in the US, it refers to [[https://brickset.com/sets/497-1/Galaxy-Explorer set 497,]] while in the UK the name was carried by sets [[https://brickset.com/sets/6890-1/Cosmic-Cruiser 6890]] and [[https://brickset.com/sets/6980-1/Galaxy-Commander 6980.]]
17	* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace: The astronauts' helmets don't have any form of visor. (The helmets do have attachment points for visors, but the only visors made were for Toys/LegoCastle knights).
18	* ISOStandardHumanSpaceship: Most of the smaller ships are plain grey, angular, and with exposed studs in lieu of rivets. A few larger ships in the mid-1980s have the same aesthetic, with the addition of green windows.
19	* SpacePlane: A good 60% of the sets were either spaceships or small personal flyers.
20	* SpaceStation: Fixed buildings tend to be blue, boxy and with yellow windows.
21	* SpaceX: Quite a few sets were simply called things along the lines of "Space X" (eg Space Scooter, Space Buggy, Space Digger). Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4tMSd3QJY ''Behind The Bricks'' Featurette]]:
22	-->'''Benny, the 80s-something space guy:''' We've got, a space dog, space cat, space chair, space shelves, uh, I think there's some space food, ASTRONAUT ICE CREAM! We have astronaut milk, uh, sh-shelves, did I say shelves?
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24	%%* StandardSciFiFleet
25	* TinCanRobot: Minifigure-scale robots are boxy approximations of the humanoid form made from bricks, with a 'robot arm' element designed to resemble the classic 'flexi-tube with pincers on the end' look.
26	* TropeMaker: This was the first space-themed LEGO line (though there were a small few space sets before the themes kicked in). It was also one of the first Toys/LEGOThemes outside of towns and cities (the first classic Toys/LEGOCastle sets also debuted in 1978).
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28	* WalkingTank: [[https://brickset.com/sets/6940-1/Alien-Moon-Stalker 6940,]] the Alien Moon Stalker / Thunderfoot Launcher.
29	* {{Zeerust}}: The overall aesthetic, especially in the astronaut figures, is reminiscent of 1950s science-fiction (although some sets are quite angular and utilitarian as typical of 70's sci-fi - this was one year after ''Franchise/StarWars'' after all).

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