hello everyone this is Lego's lunar space
station set and it is inspired by the
very real NASA lunar orbital platform
gateway program for the next generation
of upcoming lunar missions now I say
inspired by with a cautious inflection
because there are many things about this
that don't match what's actually planned
for the Gateway project but I think that
the set overall is pretty cool it has
three major modules that many features
can go into and these all have removable
roofs very simple assemblies there to
let you get inside and there's a central
core to which all of these get attached
now by defaults they don't have it set
up so that you can remove these modules
easily but if you take off just one
piece per module on top and one piece
per module on the bottom with the slopes
on top inverted slopes on the underside
then all of these can be pulled apart
used independently and pretend
potentially interconnected with other
modular pieces from the current space
sub-theme this largest module here is
the kitchen or galley and you can see
some plants growing over there which I'm
assuming would be edible so they'd be
greens and spinach or lettuce or
something over there I've got a TV up on
the wall that is showing a selfie cam of
a robot that's doing some work and this
is the main oven over here and it looks
like it's set up to dish out some pizza
right now they've got a button on the
outside using the dish dish launcher or
disc launcher and it just will push that
out and that completely left the station
entirely but anything that's a 2 by 2
disc can be launched out of that it's a
little bit funny how they set that up to
just really spring out there's nothing
else on the other side except for a
couple of clips there to hold on to sand
minifig accessories and there's a little
bit of room where you can put some
minifigures down on the floor and this
one also has the connection point which
would be like for docking so you can
attach other things to this directly
this is a habitation module so it's got
a bed on one side remember we're gonna
be in space here so you don't have
gravity to worry about much you can have
a bed on the side that's supposed to be
a treadmill right there so you can put a
finger on there make them look like they
are getting some exercise and then you
have a couple of TV's over here so you
can be looking at different things looks
like that's a a video call to somebody
who's on the ground I'm assuming and
just regular TV and finally this is the
lab module that's included with this one
they've got another TV up there or
another monitor I should say which has
apparently another voice call going on
you got a microscope set up there and
here's a computer or at least there's a
computer screen up top a hammer for
breaking apart geodes and there's a
light brick integrated in there so you
can see into the geode push that button
from the outside easy to access and it
lights it up if you look right through
it yeah it's just a nice effect and I
like those geode pieces even if you
don't shine a light throw you can also
have this by default which is the side
closed up so you can kind of simulate
breaking it apart there's really not
much room to maneuver around in there or
to pose figures or just a couple places
where you can pose them and then once
you have a figure in getting your
fingers in with them is very difficult
so I don't know how much use you'll
actually get out of that but it's at
least a nice idea to be able to split it
without having to go in there and change
things again with limited access it's
it's good to not have to attach things
to studs directly it's a good
integration of a light break hopefully
folks will come up with more different
uses for that as well in place so now
that we've seen the main modules that
crew would go into that leaves us with
this so this is supposed to represent
the power and propulsion module on the
Rio gateway it's really made much
smaller here but all of this
and it can be used as just a satellite
unit you know just for imaginative play
it's a little bit interesting how it can
be rotated around that's actually not a
bad look
having the 90-degree kind of cross set
up and you can also rotate these solar
panels around which is good but it's
also a little bit tricky because if you
want everything to be lined up just a
particular way like if I want all of
these to be parallel but just angled a
bit you know cuz they can fold also then
you know it's gonna take a little while
to get these all lined up just just
right I'm kind of eyeballing it right
now trying to see if I can get these
straight and yeah to to my level of of
specificity there I just don't have to
spend some time so they're not linked
from from side to side I guess that's an
okay look right there but if you want
things to look just perfect just know
that there none of these things are
linked together and it's all a little
bit easy to to get out of alignment also
you can take all of this off a whole
thing it's not too difficult to do so
you can use this by itself this central
hub isn't very useful except just as a
hub it looks like there's some hallway
space in there but in reality it's it's
not really tall enough to accommodate a
figure I guess a person could sit in
there and you can also imagine them
passing through from one module to
another horizontally but don't even
think about trying to do that with the
modules actually attached so this really
is just intended to be a hub now let me
show you how that hub can really be used
because they also have this I'll show
you this more closely in a minute but
this can be connected here like so
you put the long one here the long one
on the side I can do something let's say
if I wanted to make this whole thing
look like a deep space exploration
platform that's really going to be gone
some distance think
this is a good way to set it up yeah
yeah this will work doc this right there
that's really the intent for for this
hand you know that's it's mean docking
port and I'll go ahead and put the solar
panels back on I think that actually
makes for a pretty decent look for the
whole thing just thinking of the entire
thing as one big ship you know going a
little bit sci-fi with it I think that
works but there's more of course that
you can do with that with this modular
system because they have compatible
modules with other sets from this sub
theme if you can connect other things so
from one of the big sets I need to get a
couple of pins here this is supposed to
suggest an Orion crew module give it a
couple of it spins that can be connected
right there
same way anywhere you see these dark
dark grey new pieces that were
specifically designed to start with for
this series you know you can just
connect them right up like that so I can
connect that there if I wanted to lift
the pins behind so if I wanted to I
could connect these two together just
imagine there being a crew transfer or
cargo transfer between the two however
if I wanted to let's say have all of
these in a line that's not quite so easy
now I can do this right here I think
that will fit if I need to I can take
thee let me just take these extra pins
off I need to I can take the door off so
this will this will work if you get in
there get in there
there we go I don't work I can also
remove this but if I wanted to add
another one here now if I wanted added
this to add this here it's not really
designed for that so that's one thing
that's definitely missing especially in
this particular set that I think is is a
bit lacking as a way to convert one of
these ends over to attach one of these
onto this you have to do some
customization if you want to make a nice
longer Space Station in that way however
since you do have this this one nice
docking port there I do want to
demonstrate something that a bunch of
bunch of viewers have actually asked me
to do I went ahead and
two of this set and I built both so let
me get those two extra pins again this
is actually attached backwards here
let's let's fix that fix that right now
no no I got that one extra very tight
there we go flip this around the way
it's intended to be and I am gonna
remove that hatch for it a couple of
technic pans of course everybody has
spare Technic pins but they do give you
enough in each set to connect one more
thing there you go I can start to expand
this out that's a good look the more of
these modules you put together the
better it looks to me at least but you
do become more and more constrained more
and more limited as to what you can add
after that like this doesn't have a
connection point no connection point
here or here or over here so if you want
to do this sort of thing do you expect
to to need a little bit of customization
you know maybe even adding some of your
own pieces but mostly taking these end
parts apart to allow more attachments
but I do like this I really like this
system I like this look here in
particular and of course there are other
other ways to arrange the modules but
it's pretty cool and it's pretty easy
even without changing anything you know
without any modification just buying
additional sets here's an easy example
of a more symmetrical layout just
playing around with some possibilities
there's one that puts all the solar
panels on one side again there are no
docking or dockable modules right now
because you do need to if you don't want
to rebuild anything you do need to have
one of these longer modules facing out
so that one of its ends you know it's
the only double-ended one one of those
hands remains accessible and here's more
of a funky configuration turns and
twists in weird ways leaves one module
behind but this shows you just how easy
it is to do some sorts of attachments at
least to the hub so rather than using
one of these power modules attached
right there it is going to be fairly
easy there's no connection in between
there for figures to think
but be fairly easy to just remove a
couple pieces from here and make your
attachment just across the roof it's not
gonna be as sturdy but make the
attachment across the roof like so put
another one underneath and then you know
this is workable I don't have all the
pins in there on all of these but just
again showing you more potential options
this little shuttle is very limited in
what it can do I think it looks kind of
cool but it will only hold one single
person it does have a little bit of
cargo space as well for transferring
samples that have been found on the moon
between different crafts just that top
tile comes off and there's just a tiny
little space in there you can drop
something right in and that's pretty
much it's got the suggestion of engine
and some thrusters on the back and yeah
that's pretty much it the figure does
have to sit back quite a bit and they've
got a console at the front which is
using a sticker if it will focus there
we go and yeah that's it pretty simple I
should take a moment to acknowledge that
this does appear to be using the newer
style of clear plastic that's not quite
as hard nor as clear as what they used
in previous years and in my experience
so far it is a bit easier to scratch so
I didn't scratch that just came like
that from shipping you know scratches do
occur but they seem to be a bit easier
with this newer plastic which is very
unfortunate especially for folks who
like nice crystal clear windows here are
a couple of suited up astronauts with
two different styles a little bit more
protected there on the left a little bit
more agile and lightweight on the right
very different styles got the new helmet
on the right and old style of visor but
in a new color and on the left that's
much older of style for this entire
upper part the print designs are pretty
much the same with just a little bit
more shading added to the one on the
right and of course different colors
here are the other two minifigures
and they are out of suit or just in
their regular day suits for working
inside the station where you don't need
any pressurization because it's already
pressurized and you don't need
artificial atmosphere because there's
already a visual atmosphere inside the
station itself
these have identical torsos which is
ideal if you ask me and they just have
two different styles of faces they
needed to include at least one face that
looks like the figure is sleeping
because they have a bed so one of these
people can sleep at least also in the
set is this little guy just start robot
looks like it's intended to be able to
fly around so rather than including a
proper robot arm they just have this
little build see the idea is that it's
got thrusters a lot of thrusters on the
back so I don't know this this feels
incomplete to me I suppose you can even
stand it up if you want but just as it's
designed yeah it's a you know even
modified like that it still feels a
little bit lacking to me these are the
spare or leftover pieces for this set
not too many of them but fortunately
among them is an extra of the printed 1
by 1 round tile so you can make a custom
robot if anybody gets one of these sets
and makes an extra custom robot using
this piece for the face I would like to
see it post up in a comment or at me on
Twitter I would like to see and I'm
gonna try to do some of my own - overall
I'm actually not as happy with this set
as I was hoping to be or as I was
expecting to be there were a number of
things about it that let me down this
whole section back here feels a little
bit wobbly and wonky and doesn't work
all that well I wish that things were
held together a little bit more securely
and were easier to line up the modular
system with this module right here works
great but with the others it doesn't
because these are terminated you know
they have walls at the ends I understand
the need to do that but you know for the
interior detail but it takes away so
much not being able to just add an add a
net I want to be able to line up all of
these modules what what if
I want to just have a long spaceship
with this at one end and maybe the solar
panels at the other end and the other
modules just lined up you know that
potential existed but it was wasted it
was it was not realized here so that's
that's unfortunate you know there just
aren't that many options basically out
of the box you can do that but if you
want to start doing too many Arabs to
start doing noticeably different things
you need to add more or do your own
customization and this is the set that
was really going to be all about them
the module modular system and attaching
the modules in different ways and making
the most of it and it it doesn't that
said if you are willing to do
customization if you have your own
pieces especially to add to this it is a
good starting point and honestly it
won't take too much work to add a whole
bunch of these together to start
creating a whole sprawling huge station
but when I look at a set I look at it
mostly by itself
I refuse to assume that most people
buying a product already have a whole
bunch of stuff to add to that product to
fix its issues or its its shortcomings
so I will always focus on what you can
do with a specific item and without
doing you know heavy modifications of
your own and from that perspective this
definitely leaves a fair bit to be
desired it is not as good as it should
have been also the suggested retail
price of $60 in the u.s. feels like too
much I think if they had fixed some of
the minor issues with this the easy to
fix ones and made the modules more
useful and made this a bit more sturdy
up here then I would I would be
grudgingly be okay with it but as it is
right now definitely not this this is
not worth presently the sum of its parts
if the sum of its parts cost $60 I think
the sum of its parts right now should be
more like 50 at most now if you want to
see how the entire set went together you
can check out either
my build videos have got one that's in
real-time so you can see the entire
thing as I built it or you can check out
the speed build if you just want to get
through it more quickly but still see
the entire process whichever one you
choose thank you for watching hope that
all this was of some use to you or at
least some entertainment I'll talk to
you as soon as I can
