It looks better from certain angles and from a distance, but it feels broken up when you look at it closely. There are separate stands for the shuttle and the telescope so they can be displayed separately, or the telescope can be displayed hovering over the open payload bay with extended solar panels, or the telescope can be placed inside the payload bay with rolled up solar panels (represented by golden rods) and the payload bay doors closed.īesides the tedious stickers, the only other negative I can say about this set is that I feel the nose section is not as smooth as it should be. I also appreciate that LEGO designers provided several display options. In addition, the cockpit opens to reveal flight and mid-decks with seats for five crew members. There are also some functional play features like the opening payload bay where you can store the Hubble Telescope (which comes with movable solar panels and opening aperture door), adjustable elevons, folding landing gear, and movable robotic arm. It’s a wonderful and nostalgic building experience for LEGO space fans. The shape of the shuttle reminds me of the LEGO Classic Space Galaxy Explorer, as well as Benny’s Spaceship, and other classic space sets. (Even with this method, expect that you will most likely spend 30-60 minutes just applying stickers.) The soapy water will give you a few minutes to slide the sticker around to its final position. (Try not to touch the face of the sticker with your fingers or crease them while lifting off.) Then apply a thin film of soapy water at the back of the sticker with your finger before placing it on the LEGO piece.
Carefully lift off each sticker from the backing paper with a hobby knife. I highly recommend using the soapy water method, as it is the most forgiving and the best way to properly align stickers. And silver stickers are especially prone to creasing and capturing fingerprints. Applying so many stickers and trying to align them properly can be nerve wrecking. Well, at least not until you have to apply the silver stickers on the inside of the payload bay.
#LEGO NASA SPACE SHUTTLE HUBBLE FULL#
The model is full of interesting building techniques and constructing it never gets dull. The shuttle itself as well as its stand and plaque are built from the rest of the bags (numbered 4-16). Although the foils can’t roll up when the Hubble is carried by the shuttle, they can be replaced by golden rods (also included) as a realistic representation. The silver pieces and gold foils make the model look high class and very realistic. In my opinion, this is the most impressive part of the entire set. You also build the display stand and information plaque for the telescope. The first part of the set that you are instructed to build is the Hubble Space Telescope from bags numbered 1-3. Extra tidbits are sprinkled around the instruction pages, which makes the building process more engaging. There is also information about the LEGO designers who worked on this set. The instruction book is 320 pages long, and starts out with information about the five space shuttles that make up NASA’s Space Exploration System (STS) fleet (including the Discovery), as well as the Hubble Space Telescope.
These sets are not just great building experiences, but also remind us of the brilliant innovators, hard working scientists, and brave explorers reaching new frontiers. The building instructions are full of educational materials and little tidbits that prompt me to do further research and take the building process slower than usual. The #10283 LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set was released in April, so I’m a little late with this review, but I like to take my time with space exploration sets. Thus, I was very excited when LEGO announced the #10283 LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set, the latest set made in collaboration between LEGO and NASA. The #10266 LEGO NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander from 2019, and the #21321 LEGO International Space Station from 2020 are two other excellent sets that are a pleasure to build and are educational as well. The #21312 LEGO Women of NASA highlighted important people in NASA’s history. The #21309 LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V from 2017 was an amazing building experience and it looks great on display (this set was re-released as the #92175 LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V in 2020 and is still available at the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop). The #21104 LEGO NASA Mars Science Laboratory was a short-lived set released in 2014 that I missed out on and would still like to get. Like many others, I’m a big fan of the NASA-related LEGO space-exploration sets.
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