Exo Suit41 ReviewsFIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISIdeasGo on a mission to discover the amazing Exo Suit!LEGO Exo Suit Story: Peter Reid Space has always been a popular theme with LEGO® enthusiasts, and many of the most iconic LEGO sets of the past have been those featuring aliens, astronauts, and spacecraft. With the launch of this LEGO Exo Suit model, we head proudly into space once more to celebrate this unique heritage. It was the launch of Classic Space in 1978 that popularized the theme and started the LEGO space tradition. New parts and building techniques ensured Classic Space enjoyed great success. Other spacebased LEGO concepts followed, and product lines such as LEGO Futuron, Space Police, and Exploriens captured the imaginations of a whole generation of young LEGO builders. It was Peter who created the original Exo Suit model and included it in his book LEGO Space: Building the Future, an incredible LEGO-built science-fiction universe. Peter’s Exo Suit model was originally created as a walking mechanical maintenance unit.
As he explains, “I tried to make the Exo Suit look as cool as possible, which took a long time to get right. It received a surprising amount of attention when it first appeared, and it has become one of my most popular creations.”Want to get to know other LEGO fans or just have questions you want to ask? There are a number of in-person and online communities out there – including, of course, the Southern Bricks LUG! If you know of any other groups, please leave a comment below so we can add them to the list! Dispatched from and sold by Demonhunter_bricks. Discover costumes for kids based on their favourite books. Lego Ideas #007 Exo Suit 21109 LEGO Space: Building the Future FREE Delivery in the UK. Product Dimensions26.2 x 19.1 x 4.6 cm Manufacturer recommended age:12 years and up Number of Puzzle Pieces321 61,717 in Toys & Games (See top 100) Date First Available5 Aug. 2014 Put on your spacesuit and head out with Pete, Yves and their robot turtle on a mission to discover the long-lost Exo Suit!
Selected by LEGO Ideas members (formerly known as CUUSOO), this amazing model first appeared in the unofficial book, LEGO Space, written by LEGO fan and builder, Peter Reid. Featuring possible limbs, opening cockpit, grabbing claws and an intricate, modular form that you can tune to suit the most challenging missions, this amazing Exo Suit captures the essence of Classic Space design - and for the first time in 30 years, we've kitted Pete and Yves out in green spacesuits with the Classic Space logo! This set also includes building instructions and a fun booklet containing a cool space-themed story featuring the models and from the set, plus information about the creator. Includes 2 astronaut . Star Wars TM 75136: Droid Escape Pod Mixed Ideas Doctor Who Assembly Kit LEGO Space: Building the Future See all 8 customer reviews Hendriks Reuben Marc Matthew See all 8 customer reviews (newest first) on Amazon.co.uk Grandson pleased with it I got this for my son he really likes it.
It came really quick in the post. Toys & Games > Building & Construction ToysLEGO designer and author, Daniele Benedettelli, builds some impressive LEGO MINDSTORMS robots, but his Cyclops mecha has an awesome trick – it’s remote controlled by his own home-made exo suit.He has his own, real-life, telemetric LEGO exoskeleton. It’s not quite the same scale as the now-retired 2119 Exo Suit, but it’s still taking us one step closer into the world of science fiction. Looking like something out of the movie, Elysium, the exo suit captures Daniele’s movements through a number of sensors and communictates with the Cyclops via Bluetooth using an Arduino board. If the exo suit isn’t enough, the design of the LEGO robot itself is impressive. It looks great, has good range of movement and is super-responsive to Daniele’s movements. The end result is a mind-blowing example of what can be done through LEGO, technology and the knack of inventing and making.
You can check out the rest of Daniele Benedettelli’s work and the work put into the Cyclops project over on the Danny’s Lab website.Thanks to the LEGO CEE team, who sent out review copies on Friday, I now have the set in hand. I'll review it in two parts: this part will cover the box and contents, and part two, which I'll post later today, the build and the model. Before I get on to the review, let's take a moment to consider what a momentous occasion the release of this set is. It's the first Cuusoo/Ideas set to be made that is not based on someone else's intellectual property, or a real life vehicle. It achieved its 10,000 supporters based solely on the coolness of the model, not because the supporters liked a movie or game or whatever. I've known Pete Reid since about 2002 and consider him a good friend. Having a model immortalised in a LEGO set could not have happened to a nicer or more talented builder and I am very pleased for him. I also like to think I'm good friends with Mark Stafford, the LEGO designer who turned Pete's model into the official model, too, so maybe I am not best placed to be reviewing the set objectively.
But I'll try and do so... The 26x19 cm box is the usual Ideas/Cuusoo high-quality design. The front features the image picture we've seen already: the Exo-Suit, the turtle and the two minifigs. The bottom corner shows the LEGO Ideas logo and states that this is set #007 (you can remind yourself of the other six here). On the back a couple of surprises are revealed, things that I didn't know were included in the set: two yellow barrels and some sort of base, which I think is for primarily for the turtle to stand on. I really like that the figures have been given names, Pete and Yve, (after Yvonne Doyle, yvd on flickr, Pete's girlfriend). What a lovely romantic gesture, to have your partner feature with you in a LEGO set! Inside the box are four bags, a couple of loose parts and the instruction book. The book is perfect bound like other Ideas sets but this seems to have sufficient glue in the spine to prevent it falling apart like the Ghostbusters one was prone to doing.