{"id":18950,"date":"2019-06-06T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18950"},"modified":"2019-06-06T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:07:27","slug":"lego-releases-apollo-11-lunar-lander-an-iss-model-wins-fan-vote-to-become-official-lego-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18950","title":{"rendered":"LEGO releases Apollo 11 Lunar Lander + An ISS model wins fan vote to become official LEGO kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO now offers an <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.lego.com\/en-US\/product\/NASA-Apollo-11-Lunar-Lander-10266\">NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander<\/a> kit in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the Moon:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span class=\"Text__BaseText-aa2o0i-0 hAGwoJ\">Celebrate man\u2019s first moon landing with this LEGO\u00ae Creator Expert 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander building set\u2014developed in cooperation with NASA to mark the 50th anniversary of a historical event that captivated the world. This collectible model features a highly detailed replica of Apollo 11&#8217;s Eagle lunar module, plus a depiction of the lunar surface, complete with crater, footprints and a U.S. flag. The descent stage comes with gold-colored landing pads and panels, opening camera and laser hatches, and a ladder, while the ascent stage has a detailed interior with room for 2 astronauts. Finished with an Apollo 11 Lunar Lander nameplate, this display model makes a great centerpiece for the home or office and provides a challenging and rewarding building experience full of nostalgia. Includes 2 astronaut minifigures with NASA decoration and golden helmets.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yRRvciO4E2s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 1000+ piece kit is aimed at advanced builders who want a display quality model and collectible. Here are some reviews:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/news\/news-053019a-lego-lunar-lander-apollo-50th.html\">The LEGO &#8216;Eagle&#8217; has landed: New NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander revealed | collectSPACE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/05\/recreate-your-own-apollo-11-moon-landing-with-a-new-lego-set\/\">LEGO released a new Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, and it looks pretty great | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/lego-launches-1087-piece-apollo-11-lunar-lander-model-astronauts-included\/\">Lego launches 1,087-piece lunar lander model, astronauts included \u2013 GeekWire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qey7c2rs7zw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrbtinnWnFI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A hobbyist-designed LEGO model of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Space Station<\/a> has also won a popular vote at <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/\">LEGO IDEAS<\/a> to become an official LEGO kit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/news\/news-060419a-lego-space-station-vote.html\">International Space Station tops fans&#8217; vote to become new LEGO toy | collectSPACE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/blogs\/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6\/post\/a72d184c-db92-4372-a61a-2ac9608774df\">LEGO IDEAS &#8211; Blog &#8211; Extraordinary 10 Year Anniversary Fan Vote &#8211; Winner Revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/challenges\/5fa4eb3f-1e98-47d7-abbc-fdc2a29b79c3\/application\/2ae74ed1-0c39-4e4b-8862-06409fb6c7a4\">LEGO IDEAS &#8211; LEGO Ideas 10 Year Anniversary &#8211; Fan Vote &#8211; International Space Station<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18951\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/challenges\/5fa4eb3f-1e98-47d7-abbc-fdc2a29b79c3\/application\/2ae74ed1-0c39-4e4b-8862-06409fb6c7a4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18951\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LEGO ISS Model\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;LEGO ISS model designed by Christoph Ruge. Credits: LEGO Ideas\/Christoph Ruge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-1024x576.png\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18951\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"LEGO ISS Model\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6405080-Ideas_ISS_Midi_frontal-thumbnail-full1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/challenges\/5fa4eb3f-1e98-47d7-abbc-fdc2a29b79c3\/application\/2ae74ed1-0c39-4e4b-8862-06409fb6c7a4\">LEGO ISS model<\/a> designed by Christoph Ruge. Credits: LEGO Ideas\/Christoph Ruge<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/news\/news-060419a-lego-space-station-vote.html\">collectSPACE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The International Space Station has won the honor of becoming an official toy in the LEGO universe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The orbiting outpost topped a fan vote of more than 22,000 LEGO enthusiasts to be the Danish toy company&#8217;s next real-life spacecraft to be made into a toy brick model. The space station received more than 45 percent of the votes cast \u2014 10,438 votes to be exact \u2014 in the LEGO Ideas 10 Year Anniversary poll held May 20 through June 4 on the company&#8217;s website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;An incredible achievement in [the] short fan vote period. It continues to show the huge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/news\/news-053019a-lego-city-nasa-mars-exploration.html\">desire for space and space exploration<\/a> among the LEGO Ideas community,&#8221; wrote Hasan Jensen, a LEGO Ideas team member, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/blogs\/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6\/post\/a72d184c-db92-4372-a61a-2ac9608774df\" target=\"AirLock\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post announcing the winner<\/a> on Tuesday (June 4).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The International Space Station (ISS) model, as designed by Christoph Ruge of Germany, was up against three other set ideas that had qualified and then been passed over by the LEGO production review process. LEGO held the fan vote to mark the 10th anniversary of its LEGO Ideas website, which invites enthusiasts to propose new sets. Projects that reach 10,000 supporters are reviewed by LEGO for possible production and sale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B071G3QMS2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B071G3QMS2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=f5526e5d1c26aa69f16fe78a9ece7406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V 21309 Outer Space Model Rocket<br \/>\nfor Kids and Adults, Science Building Kit (1900 pieces)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B071G3QMS2\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B071G3QMS2&amp;asins=B071G3QMS2&amp;linkId=ebb9238717fd2b3e2654757c9a85c78a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO now offers an NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the Moon: Celebrate man\u2019s first moon landing with this LEGO\u00ae Creator Expert 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander building set\u2014developed in cooperation with NASA to mark the 50th anniversary of a historical event that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18950\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LEGO releases Apollo 11 Lunar Lander + An ISS model wins fan vote to become official LEGO kit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,30,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-collecting","category-space-models"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4VE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19289,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19289","url_meta":{"origin":18950,"position":0},"title":"Video: &#8220;How to Draw the Lunar Lander&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Artist Stanley Von Medvey shows how to draw the Apollo lunar lander: https:\/\/youtu.be\/DN9ihqYC8qA If you prefer to build a model of the lander, here are some paper model guides for download: The Lower Hudson Valley Paper Model E-Gift Shop - Photo Gallery - Apollo Spacecraft Build this incredibly detailed Apollo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=B002BYLB3I","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5266,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5266","url_meta":{"origin":18950,"position":1},"title":"Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images of Apollo &#038; spacecraft sites on the Moon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera\u00a0(LROC) site now offers images taken from the LRO\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0\u00a0of the sites on the Moon where an Apollo visit took place or where an unmanned spacecraft touched the surface:\u00a0LROC Featured Sites\u00a0(link via\u00a0Behind The Black). 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