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The box art reveals that we can build a buggy type vehicle, as well as a small flyer, similar to the space scooter. review-70841-bennys-space-squad Everything you could ask in an inexpensive set, it manages to capture the feel and memories of what it was like to get a little set as a kid.
Lastly, Classic Space was also filled with all sorts of Robots, and you piece together a small but charming little Spacebot.LEGO have been hiding teasers in plain sight on the box art of recent sets (Roller Coaster, UCS Millennium Falcon etc) and this collection of Classic Spaceships in the background of Benny’s Space Squad box art sure seems out of place. But isn't that helmet, along with the faded "LEGO space" print and the slightly out-spaced look in his face plus his name meant to illustrate the "Benny" character?
You can rage against it, or you can accept it, but you cannot change the fact that in a little over a month there will be a movie with one white CS named Jenny, one pink CS named Lenny, and one yellow CS named Kenny. This set appears to be working towards capturing the appeal of those early sets – particularly 885 Space Scooter and 886 Space Buggy.Here’s a comparison between an actual Classic Space Yellow space minifigure from my personal collection who is on the left, and Kenny who is on the right. It wasn't more than a couple years before they had to recut that mold and now the lever base has Goldilocks clutch. is everything you could ever want from a Classic Space set, outside of a 1:1 reissue of 928 Galaxy Explorer.