There are tiles that say “United” and “States”, printed 2×3 curved slopes with U, S, and A, along with four printed curved slopes with American flags on them. Like all Ideas sets, there are no stickers to be found around here. In some instances, the designers have even exploited the geometry of unusual parts like the 1×2 plate with vertical bar (in green) to hold segments in place. This was the only place there was an issue all other instances of attaching long sub-assemblies had easier visual references.Ī number of unorthodox techniques are at play in holding the exterior panels in place, including brackets turned at 45 ° angles, as well as clips and Mixels ball joints. This was due to the point-of-view angle in the instructions, resulting in my sub-assemblies being misaligned by one stud. Part of the issue included a mistake I made early on: the instructions were unclear on precisely which studs the sub-assembly was supposed to attach to. This is particularly noticeable on Stage 1, since the sub-assemblies are so long. One point of difficulty comes from attaching some of the sub-builds to the core of the model: the tolerances for getting studs lined up is very tight and on more than one occasion, I had difficulty snapping pieces together. A good push will knock it over, but its sturdy enough to stand alone while building. Despite being a 39″ tall tower, the model is bottom-heavy and relatively stable. The rocket comes together from the bottom up and inside out, then circles back around: most of the first Stage is complete before adding on the F1 engines that the entire rocket rests on. Bag 11 contains Stage 3, while Bag 12 completes the rocket with the launch escape system, command module, service module, and lunar lander. The set comes with 12 bags: Bags 1-8 make up the first Stage (the business end of a Saturn V) Bags 9 and 10 make up Stage 2. Really? In an official set?” Practically the entire rocket makes extensive use of some of the most complex SNOT techniques to ever grace an official set. Overall, the model took more than 5 hours to construct, and each moment was spent uttering things like, “oh, that’s clever” and, “Wow. Flip the page one more time to learn about fan designers Valerie Roche and Felix Stiessen and LEGO designers Michael Psiaki, Carl Thomas Merriam, and Austin William Carlson. The following pages give a visual timeline, from launch to lunar landing of an Apollo mission, complete with photos (where available) of different stages along with more photos of the program. Included are photos from the rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building, along with descriptions of how the command and service modules docked with the lunar lander. Turn the page to see the LEGO version of the rocket broken down into each of its parts, giving names for the engines, stages, and modules. The opposite page contains a brief history of Project Apollo, focusing mostly on Apollo 11 with brief mentions of the other missions. When you open the cover, you are greeted by historical photos from NASA of Saturn V, the command module, the moon rover, and members of the crew in front of a training lunar lander. The cover features a white-line drawing of the rocket leaving Earth. It’s bound like a book and 182 pages long. The instruction book is just as beautiful as we’ve come to expect LEGO Ideas books to be. ![]() A map of the moon shows where each Apollo mission landed. The back of the box shows the model in its finished sub-models, along with a launch sequence and iconic pictures from Apollo 11. The front has blue schematics of the model made to mimic blueprints, giving the scale and physical size of the model. The box features a beautiful picture of Earth below and a starry sky above. Our box, sadly, arrived a little worse for the wear. the box is not made of the thicker, sturdier cardboard, likely due to the size, nor does it have a hinged lid that opens and reseals easily. ![]() Like other Ideas sets, Saturn V comes in a black box, with the model on the front and the LEGO Ideas branding. Included is the Saturn V rocket in three stages, the command and service module, lunar lander, and command module with floatation device. When countdown ends and the rocket set launches on June 1, 2017, it will retail for $119.99. So it’s fitting that LEGO Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V is the largest Ideas set produced to date, clocking in at a massive 1,969 pieces in an homage to Apollo 11. ![]() Between 19, thirteen rockets left earth, taking us to the moon and building Skylab, the United States’ first space station. The Saturn V moon rocket is a masterpiece of engineering and remains the largest rocket ever successfully launched.
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