LEGO Classic UFO Radon Rover from 1997 reviewed! Set 6829

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[@commandercors]

That trans-neon is pretty much guaranteed to fire off my nostalgia Neurons whenever I see it!

[@Wyattporter]

It certainly will now that they’ve retired the color 😢

[@jonathanlea6638]

Once again I love the older set reviews! I really never knew much about the UFO line, so I appreciate you covering it!

[@jonathanlea6638]

Looking at the alternate builds too, I could see a kid buying 3 of these and building all 3 or making their own build, this set is awesome for $13 in todays time.

[@YoungestGo1st]

Thank you for posting this review… as a kid, Lego UFO was my first foray into the world of bricks and seeing this sets takes me back to a much happier period of my life.

[@thebassplayification]

This was the first lego set i ever saved up my pocket money for. My dad took me down to Toys R Us on a saturday morning right on 9am when they opened. I handed over $10 (Aus) in change from my velcro wallet, took it home and put it together while saturday morning cartoons were playing on the tv. Took that thing out into the backyard and rolled it around on the grass until it started to get to dark. Just seeing the screengrab of that set took me back. Good memories

[@rhysellis928]

Two classic set reviews in a row, I feel indulged. I had a couple of these particular vehicles gifted from family. In fact looking back I was spoilt with this theme, including having the big Interstellar Starfighter for Christmas in 97. UFO really appealed to me as it tapped into my love of sci fi tv in the 90s, particularly The X-Files. Thank you for bringing the memories back!

[@ishtarahara]

This was the first lego set I bought myself. I had some money for my 8th birthday. Recently bought it again on bricklink and it now sits on my desk 🙃

[@Sputnikski]

I like these new reviews about great classic sets!

[@NimbleSnek]

Showing some alternate builds was a great way to spark creativity! They really should try to bring that back for as many sets as possible.

[@justanother19yearold]

This is an instant hit of nostalgia and a great set (and theme), but Jang, this is from 1997. I remember the year very well, cause 5 year old me was looking through the 1997 catalog religiously :) Hoping to see more from the UFO theme!

[@mtwi]

Special these kind of alien/ufo sets have been amazing with prints and details. Love them even i never had a bigger amount of then

[@electromistress]

Yes! More Space! So many of these old 90s space sets don't have real, good quality reviews anywhere online. I know that I will probably never get most of these sets, so it warms my heart to at least have a good look at all their features from a professional reviewer.

[@Zenlore6499]

I recently discovered this theme through BrickLink and was surprised at how it looked. Very different to classic space, which was what I was looking for, but also plenty of shared DNA as we see here. Love the optional build on the left, that looks awesome!

[@orangebanannax]

Hey Jang, I think there's a typo in the title. Love the vintage reviews, happy to see a new one!

[@FifthOfNovember_Original]

Thanks for reviewing these older sets as well! I'd like to see your take on Spyrius Robo Guardian, Aquazone sets etc!

[@WoodenRailwayEdward]

I LOVE these retro reviews! If you are willing, I'd love to see more of them!

[@TKoote]

I had all UFO-sets apart from 1. Still really enjiy putting them together and viewing them on display. Thanks for the nostalgie-trip!

[@EvanMoon]

Those wheels and the window/sunroof/back glass piece are so good for my nostalgia

[@dantecampanaro4731]

One of my most loved sets from my childhood. Loved this theme so much. Those minifigs with the translucent heads and awesome helmets were my favorite. Thanks for the nostalgia dude!

[@HEMAYATC]

I had this set as a kid! It was one of my first and only lego sets. I never thought I would see it here. Thank you so much for bringing back many happy memories!

[@_Pikalika_]

I have that set! forgot all about that theme, I had several of the smaller ones! need to rebuild them

[@shampo0oLWD]

I was fascinated by this theme when it came out, I had the small round ufo and the big round ufo and some smaller sets, good memories.

[@StopZilla07]

90's sets are always the best

[@deeganvirden2579]

Yes

[@migatron1]

This set looks amazing, aesthetically. I love the wheels and wing pieces

[@gelmorn18]

I love these reviews of older sets, especially the smaller ones like these since for a lot of us they were the only ones in a theme we would get on a day shopping with the parents.

[@Benjamin0119]

Love this review of a vintage set. The UFO sets were pretty cool. I never actually got any for unknown reasons. May have been after I was buying LEGO sets less actively. But they had cool designs and it was pretty epic that LEGO finally introduced aliens into LEGO Space!

[@q6624]

Loved the UFO theme as a kid. I had 5 or 6 sets from it. My kids now get to play with the saucer and translucent pieces. It was interesting explaining what those parts were when they first saw them as nothing uses them anymore.

[@graig654]

This was one of the first sets I had has a kid! Great video!

[@koopanique]

UFO was one of the best Lego lines ever. Absolutely loved the minifigs as a kid

[@ceciliaFX]

I have set 6818 that also has that robot minifig. Very adorable.

[@WillPoxon-nr7si]

Really enjoy the classic set reviews. Thank you for posting!!

[@nightelfuser]

I think I still got this one. UFO was such a good space set, one of the best.

[@grease734]

I love the UFO line despite only 2 of the sets are actually UFOs, the minifigures are just badass. I hope you review all of the sets sooner or later.

[@antonisauren8998]

I got that robot for some even smaller set. Like just figure and few pieces flying thingy. But always wanted whole saucer from UFO. Original falcon using those pieces was great.

[@Rookiewill]

I have this set and it was one of my fabourites as a child. I would more often than not have it in it's "Starfighter" alt build.

[@ThatPaulAllen]

Had to do a double take. This was my very first Lego set when I was 8. I vividly remember putting it together on the floor of my Great Grandmother’s bedroom. If they included the instructions for those alternate builds I might’ve fallen in love with Lego. That didn’t happen until I was well in my 30s.

[@mastterby]

Woah! I've never seen this set before but that minifig torso was in the big box of bits I inherited as a kid.

[@seanlavoie2]

Great video. I never really took a close look at the UFO theme. It’s pretty interesting. The mini fig print is impressive though a bit busy. I really like like alternate builds. Didn’t know or forgot a cylinder piece fits in the black rockets / thrusters.

[@Gzilla313]

I loved the UFO subtheme! I had a UFO set that came with the Lego character's helmet as a wearable mask as a child. Still have a bunch of giant printed dish pieces.

[@mx472000]

Thank you Jang for creating videos on vintage sets! Love it.

[@nickiwe89]

That was one of my first Lego sets 😊 I still have the minifigure, but I don't know about the rest.. Will have to look, if I still have all the parts. I didn't even knew I had it when I was young, until I saw your video. Thanks for the childhood memories! :)

[@aaronbrinkerhoff3787]

I had this little set as a kid. Oh the nostalgia. Thanks for the review!

[@Raven319s]

Yaaaassss!!! Love the old sets. So much imagination and inspiration came out of these.

[@jersn5560]

Wow so much memories. I had this when I was a kid! I still have some of the pieces, but my god this brings back happy moments in my childhood.

[@legomattie3295]

That alternative build rover looks even better than the og build. I got my hands once on that big car with that huge neon green canopy of this line, but overall it was a line after my Lego youth. Got a lot of classic space Lego back then. Yes ?I am talking about the 70's stuff when you had to place stickers on the chests of the astronauts, because the torso's didnt have prints yet. Miss those days.

[@TheStugbit]

I had one set or two of this theme. I used them together with the Star Wars theme sets as bounty hunters at the time. Pretty nice.

[@leetri]

Oh man, a classic set I actually owned! I also had one of these sets that came with a red robot minifig, forget which one that was.

[@YensR]

I find the "ufo" colour scheme and design a bit too over the place, but I can't argue with the price or the excellent back of the box builds! Thanks for another blast from the past, Jang!

[@DRUmBEaTTS]

Would love to see you do reviews of the entire UFO line! 🙂 Actually, I’d love to see you do reviews of the whole Insectoids line, as well as Exploriens, Spyrius, Unitron, Blacktron 2, M-Tron, etc, etc the way you did the entire Classic Space line. 🙂

[@undead.rising]

Correct me people if I'm wrong, but I think that these figures were some of the first minifigures to get leg printing on them. I have this set from back in the day - and I still think it's iconic. I just love those robotic faces on both this figure, and the red variety as well.

[@renswisse]

Can you believe it took them two decades to add an alien faction to the space theme? These were some seriously detailed minifigures back then and they still look good today.

[@insertusername9755]

I never had any of these, but my friend had few. They look very cool, expecially the figs!

[@starmovies5523]

The Fact that they gave random minifigs like this one SO MUCH detail and put so much quality and effort in it, but can’t do it for some top premium figures that are supposed to have the same care and quality today is just mind blowing to me. Instead of upgrading or improving, they’re degrading in some ways (in terms of quality and consistency). Hate to say it …

[@WizardOfOss]

Even when this a bit to modern to have the nostalgia factor for me, stil a cool little set! And I especially like those alternate builds. I'll never understand why they stopped showing those on the box and instructions, it's the cheapest way to add value to a set, and it encourages kids to build something beyond the instructions.

[@harpieclan1950]

Wow I still have this!!! It’s on my shelf

[@realrealqbok]

more classics, please! hopefully some from the 1980s as well? one can dream :)

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Love when you review old stuff or use old music!

[@utomakii]

loving these classic reviews!

[@JackindaSack]

I love the strange minifigs in this line

[@ianroe1076]

Oh man, this is one of my favorite themes/subthemes.

[@PltOffPPrune]

Have we had a futuristic space series since Galaxy Squad? All the semi-realistic, Artemis-related, City-subtheme sets are good but I'd love Lego to go back to this kind of. futuristic space series

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

😊👍 love me some old lego set reviews!

[@cryinbryan]

Loving these older reviews 🥰

[@nym5qu17]

this theme is really nostalgic for me

[@arturomoreno9977]

Older set are waaay better than new and the prints are awesome 🤩

[@NoMercy399]

Atm rebuilding my Lego collection I had as a kid and just built 2 of those yesterday!

[@ClipReplay404]

2:22 For some reason I got Republic Gunship vibes from this pose

[@Lordodragonss]

I remember removing the wheels on this one. It looks WAY better as flying ship.

[@MaxRawhide]

One thing these older sets did better than current sets, in my opinion at least, is letting you figure things out yourself. Sets showed alternate builds but didn't include instructions for them. You want to build that? Figure it out yourself! I think that way Lego helped with creativity because by figuring out the alternate builds, you had to think with the parts. These days they either don't show alternate builds or when they do, provide instructions. (Of course, Lego has become so much more complex that you kind of need those instructions.)

[@bdrpsswrd]

Loved this set as a kid.

[@random1911]

I wondering is it possible to find same bricks as used as windscreen here in modern sets / pick a brick?

[@user-yf3cr5ev5p]

I have this set. Dang, it hurts to see it called "classic" though! I'm getting old. The 6915: Warp Wing Fighter was my favorite set to play with out of all my legos.

[@MrFomhor]

The minifigure looks really good. And Lego can bring back those tires.❤

[@Space-Holiday]

This was the second Lego set I ever got. My dad got it for me.

[@Gameprojordan]

You could take the wheels off and have it work like a small 1-man VTOL craft

[@MatiProbably]

It looks like a LAAT gunship 5 years before Attack of the Clones even released.

[@mauz4588]

Is this leading to reviews of the other UFO sets? If so, I'm looking forward to them!

[@utubeb14]

I don't remember the set but I definitely had this minifig.

[@meowritz]

Very cool pieces came from these space themes

[@jacobbrowning3804]

This set and the theme was my LEGO Star Wars before the real thing.

[@derfalschejunge]

Even as a kid, when this set came out, I felt like I would have come up with a better design. To me it looks like 'let's see what else I can build out of this given set of pieces'.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

A blast from the past.

[@dnkykng3369]

I had this set, I also had the larger ufo mothership

[@paulfischer9722]

I totally agree, it's an amazing set, just use you imagination ! it's harder to do that now because of the crazy number of specialized pieces

[@oharper26]

Will you be able to review Helms deep at any point please?! One of the best castle sets ever? 😊

[@lukasskwaru]

Have this one since new 😊

[@pierre-luco9056]

Loved this one, I still have all the parts, not quite in good shape tho, played with it a lot :P

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

One of my first sets!

[@flamingbunnyrabbits]

I had two of these for some reason back in the day LOL

[@LionofDawn]

This was my first ever Lego set.

[@Sam_T2000]

me has this.

[@TomTheTourist]

I'm sure LEGO has a reason, logistical or otherwise, for not putting rebuild ideas in sets anymore... but man, I feel like they added so much play value and I wish they could be brought back! 😭

[@rc-fannl7364]

Not my fav set from the older space series, but still an interesting review. So many printed parts in a playset, where these days even display sets come with loads of ugly stickers that will start to deteriorate over time. Btw, will you also review 6872 Lunar Patrol Craft or did you do that one already?

[@bjzaba]

Ahhhhh I had this one!!

[@Etienne.6329]

What’s admirable about that time is that it’s a rather boring set BUT : some cool prints + neon + really fantastic graphic work on the box/manual and you really have something special

[@man_without_fear6518]

I'm pretty sure I had this.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Inflation sure is confusing. This would be $11 today, the original Galaxy Explorer would be $130...but of course price to part ratios don’t apply to the past!

[@jamiesworld1690]

I pwn the lego UFO sets awesome sets time whrn most jad neon pieces

[@jruonti]

Nice. I have the big UFO with the fiber-optic elements. This theme had cool things but at least the big set suffers from crude and ugly views. A reminder that things have moved forward.

[@hostiledodo1150]

I have nothing but time for trans neon yellow-green. It's always been one of my favorite Lego colors, as well as trans colors in general

[@Casedilla73]

Random thought, does anyone want a Lego MIB theme?