LEGO Space / Classic Sets

Classic Space began in 1978, the same year as the LEGO minifigure, and it was one of the first three themes to use it, along with Castle and Town. The astronauts came in red and white at first, with yellow, black and blue added in the 1980s, all in the same suit with the planet logo on the chest and an air tank on the back. Unlike almost every space line after it, Classic Space had no villains, only explorers with rovers, rockets, lunar bases and grey crater baseplates.

928 Space Cruiser and Moonbase from 1979, sold as Galaxy Explorer in North America, is the set most remember, and LEGO remade it as 10497 Galaxy Explorer in 2022 for its 90th anniversary. The theme ended in 1987 when Blacktron and Futuron arrived, the first space factions. Classic Space came back to wide attention with Benny, the blue spaceman of The LEGO Movie in 2014, whose cracked helmet nods to how easily the chin strap of the old helmets broke.