LEGO Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V officially revealed

After weeks of teasers, the LEGO Group today finally unveiled the latest Ideas set, 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V.

Available on June 1 for £109.99/$119.99/€119.99, the 1,969-piece set (that number is definitely relevant) towers at a metre high, at a scale of approximately 1:110. So naturally, it’s the biggest and tallest Ideas set yet.

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The full set description is below:

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Make history with the LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V, the first rocket to put people on the Moon! Build the 3 stages of this stunning meter-high rocket and display it on the stand or launch into orbit. Offload the S-IC and S-II sections, dock the lunar lander with the command service module, and complete a successful Moon landing mission!

The set also includes 3 stands to display the model horizontally, 3 new-for-June-2017 astronaut microfigures for role-play recreations of the Moon landings, plus a booklet about the manned Apollo missions and the fan designers of this educational and inspirational LEGO Ideas set.

The LEGO Ideas team also posted the following from the set’s original designers – Felix Stiessen (saabfan) and Valérie Roche (whatsuptoday) – and the official LEGO designer on the Ideas blog:

Despite never meeting in person, space and LEGO fans Felix Stiessen and Valérie Roche beat the odds with their wonderfully brick built version of the iconic Apollo rocket. It was a collaboration that tested their skills in numerous ways but, as it turns out, the long-distance collaboration also proved to be a significant benefit to their project, as Felix states “there were often times when one of us abandoned the project for a few weeks and came back to it later; however, thanks to the fact that it is a collaborative project, it was always the case that one of us continued making progress on the project and re-motivated the other”.

Felix and Valérie’s collaborative spirit was tranferred to the LEGO design team as well, who took over the project once it was approved, in order to ensure it lived up to LEGO quality standards. Two designers, Michael Psiaki and Carl Thomas Mirriam, motivated by their enthusiasm for space, teamed up to bring the final model to life. “We were actually not asked. I was so excited when I heard that the project was potentially going to happen, and told Carl about it because I knew he was also a space fanatic. We decided it would be really cool to work together since it is such a big mode, so we approached the Ideas team about helping develop the product”, Michael said.

Check out the full gallery of images below, and let us know what you think of the latest Ideas set in the comments.

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Chris Wharfe
I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

Chris Wharfe

I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

2 thoughts on “LEGO Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V officially revealed

  • 27/05/2017 at 17:34
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    Awesome set. been following it from the beginning.

    Available to buy at John Lewis today (UK), winner 🙂

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  • 28/04/2017 at 19:48
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    What a fantastic looking set.
    Definitely on the must-have list.

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