LEGO sent The Brothers Brick a copy of the new LEGO Ideas 21109 Exo Suit, which we’re going to give away to one of you out there reading this. Read the full review to find out how!
There have been a lot of great LEGO CUUSOO / LEGO Ideas sets that have come out, but before the Exo Suit they all had one thing in common: they were all based on someone else’s design (intellectual property or IP in licensing jargon). So it was a great to see Pete Reid‘s Exo Suit become the first original idea to be turned into a LEGO Ideas set.
The set comes in a typical small form LEGO Ideas box. I thought the designers did a great job on graphics and background art, which is very reminiscent of the classic space box art.
When you open up the set you’re presented with a fantastic instruction manual and 4 small bags of pieces, which include a total of 321 pieces. While it might not seem like a lot of pieces, the final build is surprisingly large.
The instruction booklet starts off with some info on Pete and Senior Set Designer Mark Stafford on how they collaborated on the set. It’s followed by a great background story that sets up the Exo Suit. I also liked how scattered throughout the instructions are little tid-bits of information about the Exo-Suit or the turtle, which just adds a bit of fun to the whole building.
Originally I had planned to go over the actual build process and point out interesting bits and details on the Exo Suit, but as I was actually building it, I decided not to ruin everyone’s fun — I would rather everyone experience it on their own. I will say that there are definitely some uncommon techniques that you would not find in your typical LEGO set. An example of which is placing a 1×1 round stud in the center of a 2×2 round plate (see picture).
The piece selection in this set is also a bit odd for a typical LEGO offering. There are a lot of ball-joint pieces that makes up the bulk of the frame, and a lot of tiny detailing elements that are attached to it, which makes up the rest of the set. But for a lot of builders this gives a great value: it is a small set with an incredible selection of specialized sci-fi “greeble” pieces.
But really, the stars of the set are the two Classic Space minifigures (with extra air tank) available in green for the first time:
The inclusion of these two figures, plus the low price point, and limited run will likely result in a very high demand set. Which is unfortunate as I would love to be able to buy a massive stockpile of these to get an army of Green Classic Space men, with enough left over pieces to build something really cool.
As I mentioned earlier, the build itself was a lot of fun, it reminded me of building the City Modular sets where there are just some really great techniques that are used and a joy to see it all come together. The finished model has a lot of play-ability and can be posed in a lot of different positions.
But I will warn you that all the cool detail pieces do come off easily with moderate play.
So with the set built, I wanted to give a real-world evaluation of just how good this set is for builders to create their own creations. While it did pain me to take apart Pete and Mark’s great creation I had to for the sake of science!
This actually turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be — there weren’t a lot of plates or bricks to build on, with mainly the aforementioned ball-joints and detail pieces. After several attempts to build ships and tanks, it was almost too obvious what I should have built from the beginning: a giant Exo-Turtle!
Using some of the same techniques I was able to build an Exo-Turtle from the set, with enough left over pieces to build a spacey-motorcycle:
Conclusion
Going into this review I was a bit biased towards this set — it’s the first set that I have ever begged to review, but I was very happily surprised that it was a really great set. I also realize that this set is not for everyone, but for those Space fans or those that are nostalgic for that classic space — this is a rare treat.
Pros:
- Great value
- Great parts selection
- Fun build
- Classic Space minifigure in green
- High appeal to Space fans
Cons
- Limited run
- Detail pieces fall off easily
- Low appeal for kids and non-Space fans
Raffle Time
If you’ve made it all the way through this review, and for your continued support on The Brothers Brick, I’m proud to offer this reviewed set (your choice of my Exo-Turtle model or the set in pieces) as a giveaway to our fans.
Simply leave a comment below and we will randomly choose a winner! Good luck everyone.
This set is expected to be in quite high demand, so pick up your own set now before I buy them all out. 21109 Exo Suit is available for $34.99 (US) / $ 44.99 (CAD) starting August 1st, 2014 from the LEGO Shop online.
UPDATE (Aug 15): We’re closing down the raffle after two weeks, and we’ll contact the winner shortly!
The bike you made is also pretty nifty, from what I can see.
I’ll need several of these. For, um, science.
Nice, I love your alternate builds! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
The spacey motorcycle is a cool build. Nice review. I hope you all have more giveaways in the future!
I like the turtle you build! Great review!
This is definitely the best set to come out of CUUSOO yet. Somebody give M-Tron the same treatment!
Great! It is how I imagine exo suits in Lem’s sci-fi books :)
Great Review Shame it’s “SOLD OUT” at the moment and won’t ship until 1st Sep I knew this was a limited run But it seems like TLG have sent most of the set to reviewers Good Luck to all who comment & thanks to Peter & Mark for a great set.
Looks awesome!
I want it! =D
Wonderful review of a wonderful set that Shop@Home won’t ship for 30 days :(
This looks like something that would fit in my moonbase x-32. Also, nice review :)
Looks great. I hope this leads to more “classic space” style sets.
Extremely cool set. I love the green Classic Space minifigs.
Nice review, nice to see “alternative models” are do-able. I didn’t realize there was a li’l mecha-turtle included in the set, that’s a fun bonus. For $35, seems like a good deal.
Good review. I was going to order it but the site crashed and when I got back on it was sold out! I really like your Exo turtle suit
Hmm. I wonder what it looks like with just the structure, with all the greebles stripped off…
Great review. Hope to get my hands on it so that more MOC inspiration might flow through me.
Thank you for the review. Great pictures. I hope that this sparks a new line of classic-y space sets.
The green really stands out nicely against the gray. Cool set.
Awesome set! And a great Review! I love those green spacemen!
I’m quite young so I’ve never played with these really cool classic space figures
It’s hard to tell how sturdy it is with all those greebles going everywhere. It can’t be too bad if it can hold up its own box though.
This is so awesome, I had to stop lurking and make an account! Brings back my fondest LEGO Space memories. Time to re-build my Polaris I Space Lab (6972).
I would XOXO a copy of the Exo.
I wonder why they went with green. Just because it’s different? Because they did not want to re-create Futuron?
Really cool set can’t wait to get one for my bfn and me :)
Great review Simon! I’m glad you included the small details, a nice touch if I may say so my self.
Hope to see more reviews by you in the future:)
“Because Space is the only fun here!”
-W.A.L.L.E.
The exo-turtle is awesome!
Excellent review, and I love the alternate builds. I will hopefully be able to get my hands on w copy soon.
That Exo-turtle is fantastic.
I do like this set, but I have yet to decide if I want to shell out $35 for it. But seeing as it’s a limited run I probably won’t get the chance anyway. I bet my local store is already sold out.
Very good review and I really like your Exo-Turtle design – as good as the original model itself.
I can’t wait to build this set!
I absolutely love the classic space line and want to see more of it come back! I’m sorry I was too young when it first came out to appreciate it!
I would love to win and share this set with my sister!
I really life the space motorcycle might steal some of the techniciques to make my own
I love the term, ‘greeble’.
Wonderful review. I’m not normally one to comment, but of course I want to win.
I like that it’s stable enough to hold up its own box. And is that an extra set of green air tanks?
What a lovely set! Those green space men are really great. Thanks for the review.
This set looks fantastic and would pair well with my old Spy-Bot. Of course, I just went to order one from Lego and it’s already out of stock. Maybe I’ll win one?
(And seconds after posting, I notice that this is addressed in the review itself.)
Great review! I’m calling my LEGO store as soon as they open to see if they have them.
That Turtle looks awesome! I bet if you had a couple of these, you could combine them into some really interesting builds!
Nice review and I love your Exo-Turtle alt-build!
This set is truly awesome. I was able to snag one at my local Lego store and am putting it together right now. Woot!
Love the Exo-Turtle!
Such a cool set. Great job on the review, Simon. I can’t wait till you send this to me! ;-)
Awesome review! This set is one of the best.
After this and the LEGO movie, I’d love to see even more classic space inspired sets! Oh and a Western reboot!
Oh I would love to have one of those sets for myself!
I’m happy to let you randomly choose me! Very excited to see this set!
Great review, love the set!!
Awesome review. Glad to see an original design win an idea creation.
Long time lurker, first time commenting. I’d love a copy. Nearest Lego store is 8 1/2 hours away!!
That looks really cool! You should give me one. :)
Hope to find this in stores today!
Pick me. I love you all. T_T
I WAAAAaAAANT IT! I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED IT!
Great Review, who doesn’t love space legos?
I love the green astronauts.
The Exo Suit is without a doubt one of the best space sets ever and the brothers brick is one of the best Lego website on the internet.
Vote for me!
Fantastic review. The Exo-Turtle is awesome.
The inclusion of the turtle is a nice touch.
Comment comment.
Irrationally excited over this. Thank you Huw for the chance to win one.
Exoturtle for the win!
I would certainly love to own this set, not just for the exclusive new green Classic Spacemen (so cool), but also for a chance to possess that wicked motorcycle and greebly turtle mech!
I Hope I can pick one of these up before they sell out.
I would love to get this set, I’m sure it’ll sell out soon.
Oh Simon, you are one ridiculously talented dude. This might have to be little h’s next halloween costume. :)
So many comments… wonder why :D
Such a shame they couldn’t bring back the old style non visor helmets. A classic space / futuron helmet will have to suffice. Love the look of this set though, definitely will have to grab one!!
This is an amazing set. In the 1980s I even painted one of my space guys green. So I hope I can win. Love your site.
good review even better turtle
Comment FTW! :)
This is truly a stunning set. I hope i win!
It’s already out of stock in my usual lego store :( so pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase pick me up ! :)
I hope I am the winner.
Good review, very happy that this made it through Cuusoo to become an official set :)
I have been itching for an excuse to register, I’ve only been lurking here everyday for the past five years or something!! Happy Birthday Brothers Brick… Keep up the fabulous good work!
That set looks awesome! Lots of great, greebly parts.
Thank you for this review, it has given me enough info on my purchase plans
That’s a great set! It’s good to see Classic Space again.
Ah, a perfect opportunity to see if I can still remember my log in details… And it only took two guesses! :D
Love the exo-turtle! Seeing the potential for alt-builds makes me want this build even more, and I didn’t know that was possible. I hope the hype for this set makes them pull a second run, I’m going to have a hard time getting my mitts on a copy otherwise :/
Very cool looking set. Love that they brought back the classic space suit design minifigures. Recently rebuilt my old 80’s sets of space figures and this set would look right at home with them.
This set looks AWESOME!
This thing looks pretty sweet. I want one.
I’ve really liked this model since the first reviews started trickling out. I’d love to get my hands on one, since there isn’t a store nearby and its already out of stock online.
This set looks way more awesome than I expected. Very well done.
Maybe I should follow this stuff better, but.. Limited run? Does this mean it’s some kind of exclusive that won’t be remade even if it sells really well?
Thanks for the review…looks awesome!
Great review! Live those green space chaps! Fortune please smile on me :)
Awesome set – a little disappointed in the deviations from the original design, but hey, I’ll take it!
Thanks for the review. I’d love to be the chosen one! :)
Cool set, cool review!
Sure is unusually full in here – as expected for such a great set.
I’m so excited for this set. Green!
This review was spot on! I made an account simply to say that your turtle is amazing!
The exo-turtle looks great!
Wow, I remembered my password on the first try! That never happens.
Anyway, great little set, hope I can get my hands on one :)
So I’m guessing there will be a pretty big spike in registrations today. Great review.
I notice the turtle wasn’t used for parts in the custom build, love that little turtle (like everyone else)!
Really Cool alternate creation! Il have to try to think of one myself!
Thank you for the nice review and the wonderful pictures.
I have been waiting for this set for so long.
Great review! I especially liked your inclusion of the alternate build. I’d love to see that in reviews more often!
Been excited about this since day one. “Day one” not being the Ideas release, but when it first went up on Cuusoo. No question that it would reach 10,000 – then just a matter of time before I had one. Thanks for the offer; great review.
I would love this set!
Absolutely fantastic set! And Loving the Eco turtle too.
I want it so bad!!!!!!!! It is the best LEGO ideas (cuusoo) so far
Lego did a fabulous job with this Ideas set. Best one so far!
I’m game!
Top notch alternate. Thanks for the review.
Awesome review! Love the custom build, I’ll have to try making my own custom from this set. :)
Great review, can’t wait to pick this up.
Love reading the blog!
Nice use of pieces for the alternative!
Thank you for the review, Simon. I really like the Exo-Turtle.
Great Review Simon! I hope the sucess of this set nudges LEGO in the direction of a Classic Space revival, or even better a Neo-Classic Space line targeted toward AFOLs.
Great set! I love that it’s an original idea! Good job on the alternate turtle model and nice review!
Nice posing holding up the box!
If I won this raffle I would want that cool exo turtle and the spacey bike too! :)
Very impressed with the turtle exo and cycle. So envious of your Master Builder skillz :)
Wonderful Review Simon! I always wondered if this set was worth the price, and based on your review (and my growing interest in the space theme), I decided it is! Thanks man! Oh, and sweet build and raffle. :)
This set is just awesome!
Cool set. Sold out in hours!
Yay giveaway!! Great review as always, thank you. Love this set!
Great review, and I love the Exo-Turtle.
Well Simon this review was well done. I’ve ordered my two copies but am concerned LEGO may have under estimated the demand for this set so here I am leaving a comment just in case LEGO sends me a dear John letter
I’m just posting this to enter the raffle, but I really did enjoy reading the review and seeing the pictures you took!
Fantastic review! This set looks like a lot of fun.
I’ve been reading this site for a while, and this finally prompted me to register :)
I can’t get enough of reading reviews of this set. My 7-year-old is currently saving money from his mobile lemonade stand to buy this set, but they may be all gone by the time he has enough, and I’m sure he’d be thrilled with a freebie :)
Yeah, there was line at my local lego store and people were buying up multiples.
Giant Exo Turtle is awesome. The back wheels on the spacey motorcycle are a lot of fun.
Awesome set / review!
I am particularly tickled that there is a new ‘classic spaceman’ color!
Exo-Turtle wins!
It looks cool but I definitely see the issue of pieces breaking off easily
Good effort on coming up with an alternate build, since the pieces that make up the set don’t really lend themselves to such things that well. I don’t have the set, but it really seems like it would be pretty hard to come up with something non-mechy with what there is to work with.
My only ‘complaint’ about the set (assuming that they don’t sell out before I can get one, because that will be a bigger complaint) is the lack of color. My initial thought is that it could have used some blue parts and a little trans-yellow windscreen to give it a real Classic Space feel, but even just a few tiles with yellow and black hazard stripes would help to break up the greyness of it. Thankfully, this is Lego, so I can try those ideas out for myself once I get my hands on one.
I want dis!
Exo-suit! Exo-suit! Exo-suit! Turtle. Turtle Turtle.
Awesome review of an great set! Thanks!
That is so cool!
I want one.
Of course Simon does an impressive alt-build of the set. Of course.
Great review!
Throwing my hat in the ring
*fingers crossed*
They looks great! I love the classic Space Man look.
I love this set, ever since it was put on cuusoo as an idea, I have supported it and followed it. I am so excited to get this set, but I am afraid I may not be able to get it before it sells out…
You should enter the turtle in the Eurobricks turtle contest!
Excellent Turtle model.
Wow. There are a lot more comments than normal…
As a lover of Lego mechs, I was ecstatic to see Lego Ideas produce an official set of one. Also, the green space suit is long over due. Possibly my favorite part of the set is the incorporation of Pete Reid’s iconic Exo-Turtle. I will confess that I have made my own for my display shelf of Lego creations.
I am a bit bummed out that they changed many of Pete’s original connections for parts and replacing them with ball-joints. I can see that it was for the sake of stability and sustainability through endless play. I am thankful that Lego did not try to plague this set with the “play feature” of flick firing missiles.
Thanks for the review Simon! And sweet alternate build.
Didn’t even know you could have an account and I’ve been checking this site for like 2 years lol. Good luck all.
The moment I saw this on cussoo I knew it win. Vote for me and I use it in a Brickfilm!
Great review! I love those green space men.
I would love to have this set sitting on top of my Cube and be the envy of all my fellow geeks.
Um….. yes, please!
Great review. I love the spider mech you made, too!
Small chance of winning free LEGO. I’ll leave a comment for that, especially since it is such a cool set. -Jake
Great overall set. Good one to brag about and display.
What a great set!
I hope Classic Space will come back again. These green spacemen are just too awesome!
Love the space theme.
Here’s to hoping! Great set!
That exo-turtle would look really great in my Classic Space collection! Great review!
More Classic Space! Galaxy Explorer (928) was the best gift I ever got! I would love to win this and park it between GE and BSSS!
Nice reivew. Love the alt build. Hopefully this sets success will herald more neo classic space from TLG.
I can’t believe this is sold out on Lego.com already. I got it on backorder, but I’d love to win this one.
This is one of the sets that I wanted as soon as I saw it!
I want to win!!!!
please pick me i want to have this set really badly FTW
great review, i just need to make a custom cargo bay or loading dock with ladders for the minifigs to climb in
Great set! glad to finally see it hit the shelves.
Does any one know how much effort it would take to convert this set back to Peter Reid’s original design?
So awesome to see this project finally make it’s way to becoming an actual set! I also love more complex elements in this set that isn’t seen that often in traditional Lego sets. The creator did an awesome job!
This set looks incredibly cool; hope I win!
Can’t wait to pick one of these up myself!
Want one!
That exo-turtle is pretty sweet!
Love that exo turtle! I knew I bought two for a reason!!
I love those two tiny minigreens :-)
Loving the whole aspect of Exo-force. Hopefully I will be able to get one!
And of course I had to have a lego-brain-fart. Exo-force? Really? I meant Exo-suit, sheesh.
I just managed to order two today before they ran out… but that turtle of yours would look sweet on the shelf next to one of them :)
This is the perfect time to post my first comment on BB! :)
Great review !! Would love this set !!
The amount of greebles is impressive indeed as for an official set. Next great set I won’t buy :)
The Exo-Suit review was very well done as always with The Brothers Brick. I’d love to enter to win the Exo-Suit since it’s probably not going to be available or be hard to find in New Zealand.
Ordered two copies of it last night. Can’t wait to build ’em!
Sadly it was sold out within a few minutes. Lovely set!
This is already out of stock on LEGO online in the UK. I am now contemplating a wee drive to my nearest store (100 mile round trip) to see if they’ve got any.
This is definitely a must-have set! I was to buy it, now I try may luck on this raffle first :) It would make my small but growing space collection so much cooler!
Awesome alternate model!
Was out of stock by 12:45 a.m. EST – really got gobbled up fast. A lot of them are up on ebay. Pity that so many people stockpiled the set to make a quick buck.
Awesome!
Early birthday present to myself!
The one Lego store in my town had a line up outside the mall at 7 am, and sold out in half an hour. Online was sold out in about as much time.
The part selection on this set is great. If I don’t win the raffle I’ll definitely be buying one of these.
What a fun looking set! Please enter me to win!
I love the Exo Suit. It’s so bad!
great! hope I win to review it! XP
I like your turtle-ish alternate build!
Love it! Clever set!
gotta put my name in for this one, im so hyped about classic space returning, even if it is one set
Comment nr. 200?! Let’s hope mind is the lucky one! I wasn’t able to order one, so I’d be very happy with your review copy!!!
Looks like an awesome set! I hope to pick one up soon at the local LEGO store. Thanks for the review Simon! :)
I’ve been reading brothers brick for a long time, but this is my first comment. Love the new set
Exo-llent review!
I’d been a long time guest and just registered to get a chance to win this excellent set.
My son will love this! He just finished building Lex’s Power Armor and Emmet’s Mech!
Excellent alt-build and review!
Put me in the drawing…and I want that exo-turtle!!!
Great review. And most true about the originality of Pete’s design over other Idea submissions.
Love the blog, and love the set. I actually really like your model to! Especially the motorbike! Awesome!
Looks awesome. Thanks for the review!
Pretty interesting looking set. May pick one up after all.
Well at least I have a spot on the next run. I tried to order early this morning. no luck!
Nice work on the alternate builds, Simon. Throw my name in the hat, good sir.
Awesome set, but I disagree about the “Con” of kids not being interested. My 5 year old said “Cool, a Mech, I want that” when he saw a picture of it. The more space lego the better.
I’d be happy to win either of these builds – nice review as well!
Great review, gotta submit an entry for the contest!
Why did they do a limited run? Seems like they think this going to be a niche buy for adults.
Here’s hoping that they do some kind of re-release of a few updated classic space sets like Benny’s spaceship.
awesome turtle!
I missed to order in time :(
I love the alternate build! I have to enter this just because of the awesome turtle model. Nicely done! :]
Pick me!
Excellent set and nice alternates! Please add my name to the hat sir.
Me. Pick me! Meeeeee!
Love this set! So cool! The entire line of Cuusoo/Ideas sets are so great. I’m trying to collect them all and I can’t believe I missed the first one. It’s going to be so hard to get!!! Gahh!!
By the way, if anyone reading this is interested in getting into collecting the Cuusoo/Ideas sets, now is the PERFECT time. Right now Lego is currently selling 5 of the Cuusoo/Ideas sets! There are only 8 unique sets in the series so far, and usually you can only buy 1 or maybe 2 at the same time. I was just in the Lego Store Bellevue, WA and they had 3 DeLorean sets left, they had the Minecraft set, of course Ghostbusters and the 2 new ones, Exo Suit and Research Institute.
Can’t wait to see what the next set is!
I live in New Zealand and it is near impossible to get most cuusoo sets let alone one as limited as this. I would love the chance to win it. Great review btw.
Classic Green Space Men….so in.
This set looks great
Would love a chance to win this!
I am so stunned by this set and the review, that after years of being a reader I finally signed in and wrote my first comment. Hihi. Cheers to you guys!
Too good an opportunity to pass up, love this set :D
Count me in for the contest. Thanks!
This set makes me feel nostalgic for the 80’s and I especially love the classic spacesuits in green.
I really like the green classic space, and including a female head is great. I am not a huge greebly fan – I would prefer a more retro blocky style, but it just looks like fun to play with.
entering, thanks
Wow, mention the word ‘free’ and we get 200+ comments. :-P
Question : Are overseas entries allowed? o.O If so, I’m defitnately in!! :D
Hmmm. I’m going to need to give this set a closer look. Thanks for the review.
As an avid fan of Classic Space, and having a TFOL teen son who is even more so an enthusiast, I was interested in this set right from its conception. After reading the review, it’s a must!
Realy, realy love this set, although I’m not sure which mech I like more, the bipedal walker or the turtle mech
Finally got registered. All it took was the word ‘free’ I guess. Set looks amazing.
A great review of a great set, with a raffle? I should know better than to read TBB when sleep-deprived. Surely I’m dreaming? ;) Thanks for the concise and useful review Simon, and cool to see you guys running a giveaway of what’s probably the most lusted after set around right now.
Up til now I wasn’t deep into space. But having read Reid’s excellent book and seeing this adorable Exo Suit my fingers are itching. The original version of the suit looks better, but the green heroes compensate a bit for that. Nice to see a turtlesuit built out of its parts.
Love it. Thanks for the review and for the giveaway. Really excited to have one of these sets!
Please sign me up. Happy belated 9th birthday!
Well hidey hoo you look like a great set!
This set looks fantastic. I liked the video commercial for it.
What a fantastic set! It is both retro and mech, which makes it very worth having. Thanks for the opportunity!
It looks like an amazing set!
Have to throw my hat in the ring for this competition as well! I’d love to see a return to less licensed, and less bionacle\hero\chima sets!
Want it badly. Sadly LEGO online shop does not ship to my country where there is no LEGO store neither.
Entering! Thank you.
i really want that set and cool exo turtle
Omg those pieces! I gotta have that!
Space!
Loving that spacey motorcycle!
Fantastic set! LEGO.com sold their entire supply out within 15 minutes of them being listed on the site, and all my local toy stores sold out in their first hour. Really hope I have a chance of winning this, it looks amazing!
I’m so happy to see the classic space logo as a printed piece and in such an awesome set. The fact that two of my favorite afol builders are behind it is just icing on the cake. Really hoping that the response here gets lego thinking about doing a new classic space line.
I tried to buy one at midnight of the first day but it was apparent that my timezone didn’t match the website’s. Haha.
Hope to win it or I am just going to have to download the instructions and hope I have enough pieces.
This was a really great review!
I’m sure the local LEGO stores are sold out of this set by now, so I’d love to win one here! Thanks for the great review!
Gotta’ throw my hat in the ring! Love the little bike you built!
Nice review! And winning one wouldn’t hurt :)
I wonder how many other lurkers like me (going on a year now!) decided to finally register just to post a comment in hopes of winning something :)
Love that turtle alt build, by the way.
This is so an amazing set, but the better aspect is the story behind it. Such a great piece in AFOL history.
A must have set!
Stuff, and things, and also stuff.
Simon pls
Great review!
That’s a nice set.
I wonder if everyone who voted for it will turn out buying it ?
“What’s a tortoise?”
“You know what a turtle is?”
“Yeah.”
“Same thing.”
A turtle army sounds alright to me.
This just goes to show that Lego should approve some more original constructs for Ideas.
Hmm… a 0.37% (and dropping) chance of winning that set? Done! :D
It’s a very special set, that TLG begins to move on to some thing like this complicated, it’s awesome an awesome alt build that you have made there!!
I still kind of hope that TLG rethinks making this a limited run. If they sell more, they make more money. It makes sense and the demand for this set should justify more supply.
Newbie here… Just wanted to say great site!
Already put my order in for one. What a cool model.
That is a really cool looking exo suit, ideas set or otherwise! It’s heritage just adds to the coolness.
Although I have to say that I prefer the original turtle head design to the official one ;)
Looks like a great build. I appreciate all the included pictures.
Leave it to a contest to suck me into the fold. I’ve been perusing this site for years, now I’m officially here.
Green spaceman and spacewoman!
Nice alternate build :o)
Nice review! Put my name in the comp please! The only way I could get one…. :/
This set looks amazing!
Great to see what it looks like outside of promotional pictures; those figs sure look fantastic! Really makes me want a new space theme beyond Star Wars.
Exo! EXO! EXO SUIT!!!
shame of the limited run. we over in malaysia wonder how can we get one. Love the exo-turtle
I think that this looks lke a cool set but come on TLG. 34.99 = 38.20 CADI wouldn’t mind paying 40$ but these prices just keep getting bigger and bigger. I’m afraid of what’s coming next.
This set looks so amazing, truly a tribute to classic space fans. I hope I win!
@Partcloud same with me my friend
Good luck to all and great review!
Looks like a fun build!
Ahhh! It’s an awesome set! Nice of y’all to do a raffle!
Free raffle? Count me in!
How cool is this set and how cool is this Lego Ideas/Cuusoo thing in general? I love it! And that Ghostbusters set is one of the greatest Lego sets ever.
Yes, please, thank you.
It’s a lot of fun, but there’s so much articulation it can be awkward to pose, especially without knocking off greebles… Not that I’d like to see it done different. ;)
Yeah sure, why not?
Awesome!
exo-suit! a must have set with lots of greeble. great review! :)
Great review Simon. Sharp photos and I love how you created a couple of alternative builds.
It’s definitely a popular set; it’s already sold out at my local Lego Store.
A shame this one’s limited… :-/
Very cool set! :)
Thanks for the review, it looks like a great set. My fingers are crossed! :-)
Great looking set. Thanks for the review.
Love those minifigs
Winning this would the most fantastic thing to happen :) Can’t wait to get my hands on this set!
Loving that motorbike, and I want turtles!
Yes Please!
This is awesome! Hope you ship to the Netherlands
Always wanted to register and comment, and this set made me finally do it.
Love the green spaceman/women, and love the turtle!
Great review. Thanks for the contest!
I love the yellow spacemen. This looks like lots of fun.
Excellent set and review – it’s a shame Lego have already sold out!
This is a great set, it is a shame that there is only going to be a limited run.
Would be totally awesome if I could get my hands on one! We don’t get to see these Cuusoo / Ideas sets here in Malaysia!
Super excited about this set! Here’s to hoping that LEGO may bring back more classic space sets.
I just love the set !
I hope to see more Moc’s popping up with this great model !
I’d love a copy of this set, however there are plenty of other deserving people on here good luck everyone
Small chance of success. What am I waiting for?
I am new here, I made an account for this pieces!
Great looking set! Really like the green Space minifigs!
Great review. Amazing, and a little disappointing, how quickly this set sold out. Hopefully, it will be released again.
The amount of comments on here clearly show how many silent readers there are, not that I can speak either I guess ;D
please….please.. pleeeeeeeaaaaassssseeeeeeeeeee??????????
That’s a great alternative build. This is a Lego set that I’m actually excited to buy (and build). Normally I just buy for parts :)
Worth it just for the turtle.
This set is so cool!
This will the first LEGO Ideas/Cuusoo set that will definitly make it to my collection. With luck the give away.
I love all of these CUUSOO sets. The 80’s hits (BTTF & GB) are amazing (wish I could take them out of their boxes)!
I WILL be taking this set out of the box, it’s meant to be played with… errr… by
my son! yeah… that it
that alt build turtle looks great. :)
One green spaceman for me and one green spacewoman for my wife!
I figure it’s worth a shot! Excellent review and I like the turtle.
So excited for this set!
Amazing Set! I was a classic-space.com member in the early days and though I don’t build and post creations much anymore, I’d been following Peter and Mark’s work for years! So awesome to see it in an official set!
(BTW, LEGO S@H is saying that the set is “Out of Stock” as of this morning, Aug 2nd, but that it’ll be shipping again in 30 days… Bought it anyway of course!)
And the chance to win more cool parts and more green Classic Spacemen in this giveaway is great too!
Guess this is worth a shot… Thanks for writing the review! Your space turtle model is pretty funny looking.
Whether this comment is a winner or not, I just want to say that Nannan is the Bob Ross of LEGO reviews. His videos are always very calm and relaxing, offerring further evidence of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Nannan could review a Duplo set and I’d watch, or at least listen, to it. Thank you, Nannan!
Excellent review, now I’m sure I want this set :)
You put a nice effort on your 1set-moc too, it’s great!
Must resist urge to build green space army…
They really did a great job at retaining the aesthetic of Pete’s original model here! Probably the most faithful Cuusoo set I’ve seen.
Just ordered mine!
Nice review, however I felt the repetitive 2x builds with much of the set, coupled with the set being comprised of nothing but tiny pieces in gray and darker gray made for a very boring build.
The finished build itself though is a great looking MOC… errr I mean set;)
Been looking forward to this set for awhile now! Can’t believe how fast it sold out.
Mine si on the way :-D
Nice. That makes me desiring at least one set.
I mean ‘offering’…I apologize for failing to check my spelling prior to posting. Just one of those things which will continue to bug me since I’m unable to edit my initial comment.
LOVE the set. Picked up two for my Classic Space station. Glad they picked a new color for the figs, they look good in green.
Great review, Love the sleek motorbike in the turtle build.
Great review Simon, and I love the Giant Exo Turtle. :)
Awesome! I am really excited for this set!
This looks awesome!
Already out of stock
Best review ever! It made me cry :’)
The turtle looks great! Looking forward to more sets like this!
Nice review, thank you!
Green air tanks!!!
I would love to win one!!! :) Love the green and grey! Nice review!
I love your alt build. The green space faction begins NOW! Great review.
Liking the exo-turtle!
Love this set. Man please let lego bring back classic space!
I love that it is the first original design on Lego Ideas. Definitely looking forward to more original ideas to come through the pipes!
I am extremely excited that this set it available. Thank you for offering this chance to own it. Nice spacey bike and turtle mech, btw.
Ugh, i wish I didn’t have to buy books for college! This looks so cool!
Looking on all of these pieces I might get one if I can! But in Poland it’s for 50$ and out of stock in lego store!
Probably one of the best Lego sets ever! Epic review.
I doubt this awesomeness will even reach South African Lego and toy stores!
I could be the only one in the entire country to own one…
Thank you for offering this chance to own this set!! Really look forward to get this in asia!!
It’s a very nice set indeed, and clearly very popular since it sold out in just a few hours on Shop@Home. Hopefully we’ll see more good, original Ideas sets in the future. :-)
Not normally into Space, but this is great!
Good job on the exo turtle! It’s gonna be interesting to see if TLG made enough of these sets.
Love the new green space suits! I can’t wait to add them to my space minifig collection!
Great review Simon! “Cons: Limited run… Low appeal for kids and non-Space fans” Must be a lot of Space fans because it was back-ordered 30 days on S@H in less than 12 hours. It would be too much to ask for instructions for the alternate build, but perhaps post a few more pics to your Flickr before Exo-Turtle goes to its new home. :)
This is an awesome set which at this time is unaffordable. I would love to get my hands on one.
Great review! Hope I win! :-)
Awesome!
Great alt-build
That set looks like a lot of fun! Benny would be proud, even though it’s not a spaceship (In its current configuration…).
Those minifigs had me dig up my own originals from my lego bin.
Sign me up for the raffle!
This must be the most highly anticipated set this year.
Oooh, those joints look really Nice! Great work on the alternatieve model Simon :)
Excellent way to get your constant readers to participate!
Great review and the set is just plain awesome looking. Looking forward to getting at least one of these.
Love the website by the way!
Would love to have this set for my collection.
Totally awesome. Just wish they kept more of the T-tube joints.
Maybe this will set off a year heavy with exosuit MOCs. I can’t wait to see how many new variants will be created.
You know, I think I might actually like the exo-turtle better than the exo-suit.
I’m hoping for a return to Classic Space.
Those green spacemen are totally brilliant.
I was cheering on this set on LEGO CUUSOO . This is the first one that will change things. Individual designers will refresh the somewhat conservative Lego selection.
Thanks for doing a raffle, pretty awesome of you guys.
Classic space FTW. I want that logo EVERYWHERE!
It’s so awesome to see Classic SpaceMen back in production – please correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t these green ones and Benny the only official releases of Classic Space figs in DECADES? (I guess maybe collectible Intergalactic Girl counts, but her suit isn’t really the original style.)
I think we can safely say Classic Space IS BACK in 2014!
Plus there’s a cool mech included in the set….
Love how you used the hands for the wheels of the motorcycle!
Wow, I had no idea the green space men would look this cool… also, lol at the Exo-turtle. Was NOT expecting that :)
This is one of the few sets that I’m excited to buy this year, and now this! Just adding my bid to the big glass jar.
Love the design of the set – definitely a keeper! It’s nice that the joints have enough friction to pose the figure with props (the box!)
So great seeing an original idea, not a license, come through!
I’m totally with you, Simon, on being glad that Lego actually approved a set not based on 3rd-party intellectual property. It’s too bad it’s going to have a short run, ’cause t’s pretty awesome.
looks great!
Excellent review, and awesome Exo-Turtle alternate build!
*Pick me! Pick me!*
Pretty psyched about this set and hope the initial production run was a big one!
I’d like to order one “Exo-Turtle” please. ;)
Great build. So awesome to see LEGO selling user creations!
That MOC with he parts is very nice.
Great review of an incredible set. Hopefully the exo-suit will be the first of many non-IP Ideas sets.
Fantastic review and amazing set!
The more copies of this set I see built and blogged the more I like it.
The stores were running out quite quickly in the 2 hours it took us to get to a store today, went from a full shelf and reserves in the back, to a handful on the shelf, 1 per household limit.
The Research Institute set had similar limits, and was flying almost as fast, I can’t see either of them being limited to “one run” with the current response.
Awesome!!!…love de Exo Turtle & Want that spacey-motorcyle!!!!
Great review, and great to see Classic Space again – just disappointing how quickly it sold out, if you blinked you missed it, hoping it will be reissued.
Oh, the flood of memories this set brings back. Thanks for the detailed review and images!
Great review, I love classic space sets.
Thanks for the in depth review. I appreciate that you built something else with the parts in the set especially. I hope the success of this and Benny’s spaceship inspires LEGO to give us a whole new, retro space series sometime in future.
Man, I was at the mall today but didn’t have the chance to stop by to grab this or the Female Scientist set. Great review and nice alt build!
It’s really nice to see Lego releasing a set with this many greebles. I must have it!
These astronauts look great in green ;).
LOVE this set, love classic space, and LOVE those new green classic space peeps. :)
My wheels are turning about all the variations you can make with all that detailing!
I wasn´t even born in the 80s and still feel nostalgic about it, awesome set.
I’d like to do a 3d animation with this exo suit so it would be great to have the real thing as reference :)
Green Space suits! This set looks great!
Great review, of what looks like an awesome set. Now, I hope I win this one, otherwise I might just have to get one anyway :).
Your giant turtle and your motorbike are awesome!
Great job!!!!!
I’m not surprised this set was sold out in less than 12 hours :
i was checking it at midnight CET, and at midday it was already all bought… :D
Very Cool. I can’t wait to get this set.
Oh wow did those fly off the shelves! Hopefully TLG will decide that is worth a larger run!
This is a great set! Thanks for the review!
OMGosh! MEGA TURTLE FTW!!
That’s seriously fantastic!
Thanks for this detailed review, it finished to convince me to get a copy of this set. So sad that it went out of stock at S@H so quickly …
Nice stuff! Would get one if they would sell it here in Latvia!
Thanks for the review! The set looks amazing!
Probably the fastest selling Ideas/Cuusoo set to date. Just under 4-5 hours worldwide. Lego now has orders on back-order til the next month. Guess they didn’t or did see that coming.
Cool
I hope I win this beautiful set, in Iran we rarely get the exclusive sets and never get Ideas/cuusoo setsand really like the exosuit
I have been waiting for this, count me in!
Love the nostalgic packaging!
This set looks fantastic! Wish the run wasn’t limited.
Heey, can…..can I have it?
Wow, that’s an awesome set! I gotta get me one of those!
I hope this set bringing a return to a “weapons free” era back to Lego Space. Allow Star Wars to have the weapons, yet give parents/grand parents something connected to space-themes that is about the joy of exploration through play. I have now seen parents (at stores) move their children out of the Lego aisles due to all the guns in the sets (and not just in Star Wars). It would be great to see the rebirth of classic space without the inclusion of heroes and villains as a center point. This set offers that doorway (and I’m so thankful for that).
Great set! Would LOVE to win one.
Nice Turtle-exo-suit Simon. :)
I love how LEGO has retained the classic space logo and returned with the minifig. Too bad the old style helmet is never coming back :(
Great set though! :) Love the turtle-drone-thing-a-me-bob. (another great nod to classic space sets)
Very cool set, love the classic space look.
This is a very cool set. functional and greebly.
Cool Spacey motorcycle
I’m digging the set. Tried to get one online without any luck.
Amazing set really hope they make more
Good to see some original work come to fruition here, can’t wait to see more.
I am actually right now visiting Copenhagen and fully plan on spending a ton of time in both the large flagship Copenhagen store as well as traveling to Billund to spend a couple days at Legoland. It’s been my dream since I was a kid and now I will be living it (and bring my kids too). So I will probably go nuts and buy tons of stuff even though from what I hear the Lego here is expensive. May even buy this set too, and will try to get the exclusive architecture set in Legoland and any other exclusives I can find. Brought an extra bag just for Lego!
Great review, and thanks for the raffle!
1-in-450ish odds isn’t super terrible. Count me in!
If i hadn’t already been sold on this great set, the review would sure have helped to tip the balance. I’ll grab the chance to win one in a raffle with both hands, so count me in as well! :-)
I’m in for a try. Definitely a fantastic looking set.
I really love the Exo-suit. I was obsessed with the space theme as a kiddo so this hits all the right places for me. Your review has really pushed me over the edge on wanting this set. I’m hoping I win and if not it is still available for purchase *crosses fingers* Thank you for the review and giveaway!
I want this set after reading this review!!!
There are a few details I wish they would have done differently but it’s a beautiful set all the same.
This is awesome set pretty excited to put a spin on the exo turtle
I doubt I will be able to find one by the time I could get the money allocated for it, because things have been tight lately, so I am definitely going to comment here, and may the most randomly selected entry win!
Thank you for the review and for the Space Turtle :-)
The review makes me want one even more. Shame they are on back order right now. Fingers crossed!
Nice review on the EXO suit… and the excellent alternate built of the kit! Cheers!
Looks like another great set .
I have been so lucky to be able to order 2 boxes of this set before it sold out (in a couple of hours only, unbelivable!!! :-).
Maybe I will be even more lucky and win this contest for another one?
OK, OK, it’s greedy, I know, but… ExoSuit! ExoSuit!!! EXOSUIT!!! :-D
Cheers
Ervino
Oh boy! I hope to get one soon!
You turtle looks amazing !
I squealed with joy when I saw Lego’s statement on this but sadly my dad doesn’t allow us to order Lego anymore.
This is such a great set, I would have preferred to get Peter Reid’s original model but I think that LEGO have done the best that they can making the connections legal.
The space-motorcycle is very nice, you are very good
Nice turtle!
Great review that didn’t get too long.It’s a cool set!
I’ve been looking at this set since it was announced to become one! Peter Reid’s Exo Suit is one of my favorite MOCs and i’m glad i can now buy it.
hoping for an august surprise
Hoping I can get enough money to buy one of these before they sell out. Or win one, maybe. Whichever. : D
Thanks for giving us this opportunity!
Shame on Lego for making this a limited run set. Hopefully its rapid sell-out will show them that we want more sets like this. The perfect backdrop for this would be my copy of Reid’s Lego Space book.
Loving the green space men! Thank you kindly for the review and raffle!
Absolutely in love with this set, just hope I can get my hands on it.
awesome set! I wish I know how to build the original one…
Cannot wait until my boy hits Lego age. I better start getting sets now!
Totally missed out on this set, but looks awesome. Hope I win it!
This looks awesome. Nice set!
Missed the purchase as well. Would love an entry to the raffle.
I would be honored to win this set
Hope to win this great set!
Enjoyed the blog for quite a while now, but only today registered to comment so I could enter the draw :)
Great set and a great review. Thanks for keeping up the great work!
Super cool set- glad to see some good greebles making it into sets today!
Fantastic alternative turtle build! I’m a huge fan of mechs with as much unnecessary pieces as possible XD
Great review and wonderful turtle! thanks for the oportunity
Love the Brothers Brick, thanks for the giveaway!
SPACE SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oo wait. benny sad
I want it MORE THAN ANYTHING!!! I won’t win I’m sure but I figure I HAVE to give it a shot… That set is incredible
a very nice review for a great looking set
I think this set is super cool!
I also think that Simon Liu is an erudite and articulate blogger. In addition to that, my wife and daughters think he’s one of the most handsome young men they’ve ever seen!
*(fingers crossed for the raffle)*
Fantastic review! I was really hoping to score this set when it came out, but missed out on it.
Great review. So many small parts.
Will probably pick one up when they become available down here in NZ.
hmm, would sure like to get it. in big turtle form, but with the booklet to build the original if i don’t get a commercially avaiable one.
This is a wonderful set. Not only because it’s good-looking; It has lots of useful and nice pieces. And of course, that little turtle.
Andrew Becraft is a hunk
Man, I wish I had scored one when they went live… classic space is my favorite series since I was a kid, love the green suits!
Here’s hoping the gods of luck shine down on me.
yay! I can haz exo-suit??
I hope I can win. I didn’t get one. :(
Nice set! Is it really out of stock for good already?
This is awesome! Definitely going to comment! My youngest daughter and I rock at assembly!
Exo-turtle!
YAY (crazy waving hands) Classic space.
Hope there are many more sets to come . . .. . Makes you wonder if the AFOL classic space community could support other classic space Lego idea projects.
Doh, I live on an island where LEGO Shop doesn’t deliver to. Well at least the instructions will be available for all to build from their cache of parts :)
Green Classic Space men!! Awesome!!
I love the giant turtle version! Mine is backordered but they already charged me so I hope this means one is coming in the future. I also ordered the research one because i loved the idea behind creating it.
I really want one, and I’d gladly pay cash for one. I missed the sale because my paycheck didn’t clear the bank in time. I’ll buy yours. Or you can give it to me for free via this giveaway, and I’ll donate the money to charity.
I need this set as a guideline for the full size suit I’m building. I dug up a huge cache of grey parts outside of Tehachapi last year while photographing desert tortoises, so I’ve got material. I’ve also ordered a case of superglue and some servos to connect to the joints. I’m ready to build this thing! Just need this small model to get started…
So bummed I missed out on the ordering period. Here’s hoping the gods of random drawing are smiling on me.
Looks like I could use one of these in my collection, maybe swap out some of the grey pieces for other colours to make it more vivid!
Want one, missed out. Glad they’re popular though, as mechs are my favorite building genre!
Such a cool set! Nice turtle MOC too.
I have tried several times to log into the legoshop without success at that day : incredible how the AFOL community can become crazy about such a set.
I’ll have to wait for it, i was not fast enough.
I want it so bad but can’t afford to pay the $30 Shipping fee for orders under $200 here in Australia. I love your MOC though, that’s very cool. I want to have Magneto operate this in my Lego street one day.
This set looks amazing! That turtle is astounding.
I was to slow
Set is awesome, I love the parts that are holding the hands, not sure what to call them
It’s great to see the classic space series come up in official sets now and then.
I was waiting for it since it appeared on Cuusoo.
Looking forward to get one!
What can I say. Pretty nice set from first look, but as I worried, it has some lacks, as you mentioned about weak parts and being rare. I know it’s not for games kids play, it’s used more for exhibition or something like that :) But in my opinion Peters model was better at least in part selection :) Green space guys looks nice, but it’s illness to rush buying some limited stuff :) But overall it’s nice set and I like that brick fans do :)
If only this is available in Asia… :(
This set really brings my memories back to ’80. Awesome!
The LEGO store near me sold out on day one. My visit, day two :(
Awesome set!
I missed out on ordering it sadly – indecisiveness was to blame, by the time I returned to the site, they were all gone!
Should Lego have anticipated the demand?
Not particularly interested in the raffle for the Exo-Suit (as much as I’d love another one) it’d be great to see some breakdown shots of that Exo Turtle, cause that’s awesome.
Love the color scheme! So mechanical..
This ExoSuit is really awesome!!! I love the details! However, I still prefer the classic yellow spacemen from the 80’s!
This set is awesome! Finally some green new guys! I can’t wait to see all the MOCs that will be inspired by these new minifigures.
Would love to own one! It was sold out in the store yesterday :-(
It would be awesome to own one. WOuld go great with my space monrail, for loading and unloading.
I am Pro Space, Pro Green and Pro Turtle.
I would like to apply to the raffle!
thanks for the giveaway!
I love this only $34.99 in the US that’s crazy!
Would love this set, totally amazing!
I want this set, buit right now I don’t have any money, SO GIVE IT TO ME ! :D
Long-time lurker looking for the chance to bag a superb set!
if ti would only be for the green classic spaceman… i would love to habe this set :P
Certainly worth a try.
I want an Exo-Suit! It’s a great-looking set for sure.
I would love to win an exo-suit. I’m a new AFOL after 40 years and am thrilled at what’s available now.
Great set, love to see what Lego Ideas brings us in the coming years.
I want to win one!
I remember supporting this on cuusoo, love your turtle MOC too.
Why do all the cool things have to be so limited? Love this set.
Great set – got the last one from the Lego store yesterday as the nice folks put it aside for me (London Lego stores might be getting in a few more this week). Green spacecouple look super cool!
Set looks amazing. I tried to order it, but my VIP points broke it. Hopefully they fill the backorder queue… I’m hoping!
love the alternate build!
That’s an absolute must-have. Green spacemen (or space couple) gave an extra flavor to this set!
ME, ME, Pick ME!!! OVER HERE!!!
Need a life size version of this.
I love that alternate building, awesome!!!
Good review. I can understand your enthusiasm. It looks great and I’d love one. Put me in the raffle please! :)
Wonderful set in Classic Lego Space color scheme :-)
wow, 500 comments :)
so, here’s one more ;)
maybe on of the best sets (for me) from tlg :)
love this set, ordered 2 (and instantly back ordered) still its a must have for me!
Wife was in line at local Lego Store to make sure I got one of these for my b-day. How awesome is that? Wish she would have gotten two. Love the turtle design you did.
I guess this is as good a time as any to start commenting… actually it’s beter ;-)
Great set; I would love to have it.
Great review. I wanted one of these but after reading your review… I really have to have one of these. Good job!
I really like your turtle MOC.
I definitely would like to enter this, thanks for making this happen!
I’d love to win a copy of the set! Here’s my comment hoping for such :)
Yeah, this set looks amazing, I’m so glad it made it to production! Hopefully we’ll get more interesting and unique Ideas sets like these in the future!
Shoot, I’d be happy with just the minifig torsos
I took my 3-year-old daughter to see the Lego Movie and the experience awakened my love of Lego. I dug out all of my old, classic Space sets and built them. And now I get to add to my fleet with cool sets like the Exo Suit and Benny’s Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! The best part is I get to share this love with my kids.
Awesome set! Missed out ordering it on the LEGO site, but won 2 auctions on eBay. Can’t wait for them to arrive! :)
Love that Exo-Turtle!
Love the green space men!!
When will the raffle be held?
overall I LOVE this set. I knew when i saw it on LEGO Ideas this would win. it’s a shame like the mincraft sets they not doing more. Vote for me and i use it in a upcoming LEGO Sc-fi Horror brick film!
Its a bit different than the original, but its an awesome space mech with bonus turtle.
This Exo Suit is going to ignite my first collection for lego space theme! I hope the distributions is even-out for the rest of the world especially AFOL – Asia Fans Of Lego!
One more step for Lego to recognize that their fans can build better than their professional “designers”!
So happy to see classic space come back into production! I agree that I like seeing more ideas that aren’t based on licensed material.
Awesome site man. Glad lego is finally getting its game on w/ new sets :)
That bike is awesome!
So is anyone else commenting just for the competition?
That is an excellent exo-turtle.
For me, the green Lego spacesuits are just incredible. It makes me wonder why they haven’t been doing green all along.
I’m also curious to see how this set compares to other large-robot type sets Lego has done, like MetalBeard, or Power Armor Lex, or Kai’s Fire Mech. These seem to follow a joint/arm/leg formula that is too easily repeatable. Looking forward to an outsider’s take on the structure!
Well I can’t pass up the chance to get a copy of this set. Great to see a non-movie/game themed set get selected as an ideas set.
Drrrroooolllll sweet spaceship goodness, hmmmmmm
well i guess ill have as good of a shot as anyone else!
If it were not for the Lego Ideas program, this set would never have been produced. I hope I win one, since I never made it through their site on August 1st!
Chances of successfully winning an Exo-Suit are 600 to 1? Never tell me the odds!
PS, my minifigs could really use a clawed hand or two escaping some space pirates.
I’m a LEGO fan since i was a child and i will be forever!This set is great, really well made plus i’m a space fan! What else should i desire?Hoping to get one!
I got 2 the minute my local store opened…problem, there is a much larger household demand than 2 between myself and my kids.
It really bugs me seeing people that obviously gamed the limit selling on ebay.
Love the Exo-Suit and especially love the MOC Turtle!! Count me in for the drawing!!
I really like your turtle re-build! Thanks for such a great review!
Will this pave the way for a light gray classic space minifigure? I hope so.
BTW, I still see these as available on Lego shop at home, so I’m not sure why anyone would pay an inflated price on Ebay?
thats stinking awesome
they should make more than only ten thousand
Seems like a really cool set! nice review!
Looking at the amount of comments and my faith of winning has withered
Great review. I like more of the figures.
Great mod of the set, but i like more of the bike than the giant turtle.
But still cool set and parts.
591 might be the winner. My oldest son loves mechs and wanted this immediately. We have it backordered. I even tried our local lego store and they were sold out also.
Others have bemoaned the odd trans-yellow pieces, where blue might have made more sense. But I see it as a way of sneaking in some useful 1×2 plates that can be used as tiny windshields or combined (modified tile with clip on top?) into larger sheets, for micro scale replicas of the classic LL sets.
The shoulder area winds up being a little less mobile than I’d like, just because of the extra greebling, but it looks nice. The construction of the lower part of the cockpit at first made me think there would be foot-pedals; no, but it could make for a nice mod.
The biggest outcome was a boost to my desire to build classic space (well, NCS?) and what more can you ask of a set, than that it should make you want to build even more?
Good stuff. And while I was at the store, I picked up a Research Institute to hide until my daughter’s a little older and we can have a discussion about glass ceilings, and how hard you should smash them.
I was stuck behind my table at BF VA when the sets came out, and my order has been back logged twice!! I sooooooooooo need this set
This is a great set. True to the original concept, and a welcome homage to nineteen-eighty-something spacemen.
I ordered one (Backordered) =( Wouldn’t mind winning another.
Here’s my entry — wish me luck!
Awesome build!
Such a brilliant looking set!
Love the classic space theme, I have fond memories of blue and gray spaceships and buildings and gray vehicles, with trans yellow and trans green accents.
I wonder whether the popularity of this set will lead to LEGO doing a “reboot” of Classic Space?
Excellent review and photos. Exo suit me!
Whoah, this set is amazing!
This set is exactly what I’m expecting from Lego CUSOO/Ideas. I’m really looking forward for the next inventions from the Lego fans.
This has to be one of the greatest sets ever.
I’m very glad that Cuusoo/Ideas chose this set, and hoping that that’s a sign of things to come.
Thanks, brothers-brick!
Me gusta.
Man I wish I could get my hands on a exo-suit.
This model looks great. Can’t wait to build a copy.
Cool set!
I am so excited about this set. I would like to use it as a starting point for a Lego Space theme collection. Your Exo Turtle and motorcycle are great! Excellent review and pictures. Please add me to the raffle!
This website give me so much inspiration for my playtime with my kiddos. Thanks Brothers Brick!
This review is awesome and it got both my kids and I drooling for it. I’m forced to enter this contest!
You guys rock!
I am a big fan of Classic Space and I am very happy to see Lego officially extending and updating the theme.. first with 70816 Benny’s Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! and now this, 21109 Exo Suit..
.. And like many fans out there, I am hoping to see a return of the Classic Space series (or Neo-Classic Space). With so many new parts available since 1987, I am very sure the newer sets will be both exciting and fun to build..
.. And yes, please add me to the raffle.. =P
I was honestly a bit underwhelmed when I first saw the design as I thought it was a bit simplified, but after reading this review, this set is now a must-buy for me.
…Also yes to the raffle please.
This set is really amazing. I hope they do an additional run as I am on the wait list to buy one probably behind more people than were even able to buy them.
So, yes to the raffle for me too please!
Awesome Review! In love with this set! Hopefully i have chance to play it one day. Really love robotic suit~
This set is so rad.
i love the green suited space men!
Nice review….that Exo-Turtle looks pretty damn awesome too! Well done!
Great review…. and I love the exo- turtle model
Nice – but sold out almost instantly online?! Not likely to be able to get to a store in the next week or so, so I expect I’ll miss this (well, unless I win one ;-))
This is an amazing looking set. I would love to be the proud owner of one.
That Exo-Turtle is just awesome. I need a second Exo-Suit just to attempt to build crazy-detailed stuff like that.
Nice model!
Nice review, Lets see if I get lucky.
I love the classic LEGO sets. An Exo-suit would go great with my Galaxy Explorer and Beta-1 Command Base.
Nice review! Exo suit, Exo Suit, Exo Suit!
Love the review! It really justifies all the hype that has been building up for this set. Cool alternative model too!
Great set.as a classic space fan it is a great addition to have the green space guy in a mech.
Great review! It’s great to finally have a mecha related Lego ideas set!
Great review! Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll win this. :D
Nice review!
Exo Suit is awesome!
Amazing reveiw. I wish lego will continue a simular theme witch consists of more mechs. This will make a good addition to my mech army and if you do pick me we should have a mech battle some time.
I love the watermarks on the images, very nice touch!
Great set! I signed up just for a chance to win. :) It was about time, though. This is the same PicnicBasketSam from Brickset and the LEGO Message Boards, if anyone knows me there.
Also, a great review. Mecha rule!
It just has to be released when I have no money. *sigh*
That Exo Turtle is really nice.
Suit me baby one more time!
Okay not really, I don’t have one. But I might buy an extra anyway because green dudes!
It’s a pity this fantastic set is not.released in Asia! Enter me into the raffle!
So much could be done with that Exo suit
I want to be the random winner. :)
We love this model set! An extremely excited child is hollering “EXO SUIT!” next to me while we read this together. Thanks for posting!
Green Benny spacemen? Yes, please!
Great review. Looking forward to receiving this set!
Great review guys, thanks for posting and keeping us up to date.
Sweet! Always attempted something like this as a kid. It’s fun to watch mine now try to emulate it. Exosuit, Exosuit, EXOSUIT!
What really attracts me to a set such as this is not just the symbolic meaning of the community backing a fellow builders hard work but the sheer amount of customisation and modularity that is available for builders like us to access.
Awesome Set. I’d love to win one!
Thanks for the review, I’m really glad it didn’t actually turn out to be limited. (raffle raffle raffle!)
Excellent review on an awesome set! Hope to get my hands on one soon!
Apparently the “Exo” stands for Effervescent Xylophonic Obsequiousness. I think that says it all.
Im glad these arent Limited Edition like what everyone suspected
Hope to see Lego expand with this as a new line
Please make a series of them!!! Would love to win it
I grew up during the 80’s with my very first Lego set as the Galaxy Explorer 928. I’m pretty happy that the space theme is getting a renaissance comeback of sorts. I do hope they will continue to make more of these and not be a limited run only……. those sellers are sure taking advantage of us poor blokes by jacking up the prices for the first few sets…… shame on them…… i would really love to win one of this…..
Love the set, want to get one and build!
Amazing set. Can´t wait for it! Hope to be the lucky one…
I’m glad it supports some kind of weight and isn’t just for show. It’s a cool set.
I love this set
This is such an amazing set. I will love to be the lucky one to get this set!
I have recently taken my old Lego from the attic and started to sort it all. I did have a lot of space sets. I like the green minifigs of the exosuit, smart move to make them green.
Maybe I’ll pick one up in a layer batch. Maybe I’ll win one?! :)
Thank you for the review!
I really hope i win so I can give the set to my 5 year old cousin who just had lung surgery!
Inreally want this set. I have the original Galaxy Explorer and have just bought Benny’s Spaceship. So red, white and blue spacemen, check. Need greens. :)
Leaving a comment just in case it’s not too late to enter the raffle! (Oops.)
This thing looks awesome, as do the figs!
Hope it’s not too late to enter the raffle. Wasn’t able to pick one up on S@H/Lego as they sold out before I could place my order. Would love this as I’m a AFOL and was mesmerized by the Space theme back in the 80’s, thanks for your consideration.
Thanx for the review!
Very beautiful set!
Definitively waiting for the raffle result!
In love with lego space! i hope i can still enter the raffle!
We’d said we’d close the raffle on Friday, but hadn’t specified a time yet, so we’ll let Diegothor be the last one. Seems like that’s fair. Closing comments past this point, and we’ll contact the winner shortly!