The only person alive that probably has the means to really live in a yellow submarine beneath the waves with his friends all on board is James Cameron, but the good news is the rest of us will soon be able to build our own little version of that beloved vessel in our own homes with the newest LEGO set: The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. We first learned about this groovy new 550 piece set at Mashable, and beyond the actual iconic yellow sub from the classic 1968 animated musical, the collection will include all four Beatles and a Jeremy figure (a.k.a. the “Nowhere Man” Phud). This latest addition to the LEGO line resulted from the company’s LEGO Ideas program, where fans can build and propose new designs. It turns out there are lots of Beatles fans out there. LEGO even put together a short, fun promotional video for the set, titled “The Beatles’ LEGO Yellow Submarine vs. the Sea Monster,” which pays homage to the movie by having the band save a fisherman in that fantastical, trippy underwater world.
We’re not sure we’ve ever wanted to play with a LEGO set more, and we’re pretty sure we know what album we’d play while doing so. The Beatles Yellow Submarine LEGO set will hit stores at the start of next month, on November 1st, and will retail in the U.S. for $59.99. What other Beatles album or film would make for a great LEGO set? Go full speed into our comments below to tell us what you think.A Lego set that celebrates the contributions of NASA's female pioneers will soon be available for children who dream of space and are interested in STEM fields. Lego has announced that “Women of NASA” — a set featuring women who played important roles in the U.S. space program — will be developed. The proposed set, the final design of which is not yet available, includes figurines of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and Katherine Johnson, who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in “Hidden Figures.” That's according to the project's Lego Ideas page, which begins: “Ladies rock outer space!”
According to CNN, the Women of NASA set was created as part of Lego Ideas, which allows fans and users to come up with ideas for Lego sets. This project was created by Maia Weinstock, a science editor and writer at MIT News. “We’re really excited to be able to introduce Maia’s Women of NASA set for its inspirational value as well as build and play experience,” a Lego Ideas post states. Thrilled to finally share: @LegoNASAWomen has passed the @LEGOIdeas Review and will soon be a real LEGO set! /b9OVx5UBaL — Maia Weinstock (@20tauri) February 28, 2017 [‘Hidden’ no more: Katherine Johnson, a black NASA pioneer, finds acclaim at 98] The proposed Women of NASA Lego lineup also includes: • Nancy Grace Roman: Also known as “Mother of Hubble,” a nickname she earned for her role in the Hubble Space Telescope • Mae Jemison: The first African American woman in space • Margaret Hamilton: A pioneering computer scientist, pictured here next to a tower of Apollo Guidance Computer source code books that is as tall as she is.
(That stack is also part of the Lego set.) In an email to The Washington Post, Weinstock wrote that this was not the first time she had offered a project for the Lego Ideas contest. With Women of NASA, though, she was able to combine two of her passions: space exploration and the history of women in STEM, she wrote. “Among other things, both subjects have healthy social media presence, and I figured combining the two could leverage those similar passions in others,” she wrote. “There are a number of books and documentaries on women at NASA that I've read and seen, but also a couple of photos — the two I re-create as vignettes of Katherine Johnson and Margaret Hamilton — I knew I wanted to do in Lego anyway, so this just pulled them all together.” Personally, Weinstock wrote, she doesn't have a favorite figurine in the set, but she did note that Ride — someone Weinstock looked up to when she was growing up — was the first that she created. “What she did to support women and girls in the STEM fields is remarkable.
I knew I wanted to include her because she's already fairly famous, so that would help the set gain some traction, but also because of all of the work she's done post-NASA, to encourage young people to go into science and [engineering],” she wrote. /ZaIRGaacDh — Maia Weinstock (@20tauri) August 2, 2016 Weinstock wrote in her email that it is “critical to have toys that girls can look at and play with and think, ‘that's me!'’ or ‘that could be me!’ ” When people read about or see the set, she wrote, Weinstock hopes that they will learn about the women portrayed in it and their stories and contributions. “But I also just hope that girls *and* boys will take away from it the sense that women belong in engineering, in mathematics,” Weinstock wrote. “I hope in some small way it helps to inspire the kids of the future!” It is unclear when the Women of NASA set will be available in stores. The Lego Ideas website notes that the company is still working on final product design and pricing.
Here are a few more pictures of the proposed set: Read More: This triceratops is a Smithsonian icon. Now he’ll be fed to a T. rex. Now anyone can join the search for the mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ NASA officials discuss Trump’s push for first-term moon missionPhoto: Maia WeinstockFull Screen Photo: Maia WeinstockFull Screen Abby AbazoriusEmail: abbya@mit.eduPhone: 617-253-2709MIT News Office 2 images for download Media can only be downloaded from the desktop version of this website. LEGO Ideas announcementWomen of NASA Maia Weinstock Photos: LEGO ScitweepsTHE fabbest LEGO set ever created is going on sale in Liverpool before the rest of the world can get their hands on it. Three days before the new Yellow Submarine model (which includes mini figures of all four Beatles) has its international launch, the LEGO Store in Liverpool ONE hosts a special box signing session where fans can pick up the set for themselves and meet the man who designed it. Kevin Szeto of Toronto, Canada, came up with the original concept for the model, based on the 1968 animated film which is reportedly a big favourite of no less than the Queen herself.
After submitting it to a site where ideas for new LEGO sets are considered, it was eventually picked up by the Denmark-based toy company where the design was refined before going in to full production. It will be on sale globally from Tuesday, November 1 but Kevin will be signing the set right here in the city on Saturday, October 29. Kevin said: “As an amateur musician and songwriter, I have always been drawn to the music of The Beatles. The creation of the Yellow Submarine model was really my way of showing my affection for The Beatles. It is bright, fun, and colourful, which also made it a good subject to translate into LEGO form.” The Yellow Submarine isn’t the only Merseyside connection with the iconic building brick in recent years. Upton-born Matthew Ashton , one of the company’s design team, won a BAFTA as part of the crew behind The LEGO Movie where he served as executive producer. As well as creating the popular Unikitty character for the smash hit movie, he has also featured in a number of behind-the-scenes documentaries about the toy phenomenon.