I hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday! Today, I have my second Not-So-Secret Santa return gift to show off.
This one comes courtesy of Tom over at the wonderful Angels, In Order blog. I sent Tom a smattering of assorted Angels cards (you can see his post here). In return, Tom hit me up with this cool 3-in-1 LEGO Creator Space Shuttle set that I wasn't familiar with at all!
For those that don't know, the main idea behind the Creator 3-in-1 line is that you get instructions inside the box to use the included pieces to make one of three different models. It's a great way to encourage replayability with a box of LEGO bricks for kids...and often the models shows different ways of visualizing what to do with the same bunch of pieces.
Case in point for this set: You can build the space shuttle or you can use those pieces to build an astronaut instead (or even a flying space jet). All of the builds look pretty good to me, this will definitely be a fun one to break open with my son someday soon!
The fact that the main shuttle build opens up to launch the satellite is especially neat, especially for a model of this size (and part count). Back when I was a kid, I had LEGO 1682: Space Shuttle Launch which was one of the biggest sets I ever owned.
The set Tom sent me is a great throwback to my childhood! The shuttle in #1682 also opens up to launch a satellite. Fun fact about me: I still own this set...and it's sitting (still built) on one of the shelves in my man cave as we speak.
Many thanks to Tom for this particular package! I still have more Not-So-Secret Santa mailings to show off in the near future so stay tuned.
Glad you liked it. I especially liked the Astronaut variation. Pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThat's an awesome set! You're not the only blogger to receive one of these from a fellow blogger. I sent the exact same set to SumoMenkoMan this year.
ReplyDeleteI never owned it, but I definitely remember that space shuttle set from way back when.
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