The Greatest LEGO Space Book?

[@RRSlugger]

Slugger got a little snarky with this one! 😅 Because nuance is dead on the internet, I want to reiterate that I don't *hate* this book or anything. In fact, I quite like it(!), but I don't think it's deserving of the near unanimous praise I see it get online. This book has issues and shortcomings that I think are worth knowing about before taking the plunge into buy a copy yourself. Hopefully, this review serves as a more grounded look at "LEGO Space: 1978 - 1992" compared to some of the sensationalism surrounding it out there. A must-have for any LEGO fan? Absolutely not.

[@Eisenwald64]

Playing "Devil's Advocate" is healthier than people give credit for.

[@davewills94]

I totally agree. I find that the best LEGO books have not been officially published or made by LEGO. But they left so many darn great themes out even with the dating. Not having Exploriens and Life on Mars is inexcusable.

[@christophlohnherr]

@@davewills94 Can you make so e suggestions about the best Lego books? Would be appreciated since mostly the official books are the only ones that get the spotlight…

[@puppetguy8726]

You were almost as snarky as a snail!

[@bluecko72]

The cut-out date has always been an issue for me, as you said, many iconic themes were developed just one or two years after that, and I hate giving more power to the mono-colored astronauts 😒

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

One of these days, the singer just won't come in at all, and then at the end of the episode, we'll just hear "It's the Summer Of Slug!".

[@bannickartem7624]

While he breathes heavily from running there to make it just in time for the end

[@AndrewChumKaser]

Do not apologize about this review, it is critical that history books actually present what the history is accurately and completely so that it is represented as it was. You are not "out of touch" for demanding the basic standards of what a history book should include of a self proported history book.

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

imagine if there was a bionicle book just like this and there was zero proper mention or introduction of chris faber and when you flip to an interview with someone like greg farshtey for example and he's asked what it's like to work with him he's like "oh yeah he's great, wonderful guy to work with" and you as the reader is like "who tf is this chris guy???" and if you're wondering who that is, he's the fuckin' CREATOR OF BIONICLE AS WE KNOW IT.

[@RRSlugger]

Honestly, this is a really great comparison!

[@masahige2344]

Don't forget Alastair Swinnerton! Faber (rightfully) gets enormous credit as the visual developer of Bionicle's evocative imagery and several of its key motifs. But I think his work has been overstated as if he were the single developer prior to Farshtey more or less taking over. Most of the early narrative/worldbuilding material was done by Swinnerton, including the theme bible. His ideas formed the basis for MNOG and for the marketing materials which Faber developed visually. Faber, Swinnerton, and story team lead Bob Thompson together are the three figures who deserve key credit for making Bionicle as it existed in 2001-03.

[@jmaster2855]

@@masahige2344 Getting something of a Stan Lee/Steve Ditko/Jack Kirby feeling here, like the other two often get overlooked in lieu of the one guy.

[@mihailos8701]

Yeah, unfortunately it seems that with current state of Lego books, and maybe even some other Lego things, stuff that I would've liked to be made in my mind, I don't want currently in reality, because of how the current way of how the company actually does them is flawed, like this book unfortunately mishandling its good potential.

[@Bionickpunk]

Its not like Lego would misspell one of the creators name like in an instruction manual for a 20th anniversary GWP set, hehehe they would never...

[@NomicFin]

The book actually does mention in the foreword the little stories accompanying each model are the writer's own ideas, like something kids might have come up with while playing with the sets, rather than official Lego lore. Though it's a single sentence near the beginning so it can easily be missed.

[@RRSlugger]

Indeed, I stand corrected on this point! Page 13 mentions it in a little text box that I must have missed. While I still may disagree on the principle of interjecting fictional work into a book with a historic/factual focus, at least the book *does* actually make this point known within it.

[@Zosso-1618]

I’m glad you’re keeping your intro guy on track. He messed the song up so bad last year.

[@NiiRubra]

This book is kinda like, when you tell someone about something you're passionate about, but you neglect to consider that they are not you and they are not "in the know" about the intricacies of that thing, so you're just saying words and they are politely nodding along, hoping you'll finish soon, so that they can either run away from you or look up what the heck you were talking about. I get the feeling this was an editing issue, whoever put this stuff together did so in a way that left something to be desired. A flaw of physical media, I guess, is that this cannot be changed retroactively, not as simple as... patching the book or simply editing it.

[@DavidArcher_]

I tried to incorporate this book into my Lego collection but with no studs on the cover or antistuds on the back all I could do was roll wheeled vehicles around on it like some kind of studless baseplate.

[@LuketheDuke424]

So glad to see someone talk about LEGO Space: Building the Future. That book really resonated with me in a way no other LEGO themed books like it have.

[@GameyRaccoon]

It's so great. It was my gateway into the Lego community. As a kid I emailed Pete and met him and he really took me under his wing in a way and gave me tons of advice on how to photograph mocs.

[@Zyrdalf]

I like how I am slowly learning more about slugger by just how much importance he puts on citation and not mixing fact with fiction. And rightfully so. In an age of misinformation proper historic journalism is vitally important.

[@justanother19yearold]

I think when people like you and I, born in the early 90's and having t h e i r definitive Lego experience be the 90's, will reach the status of someone like Tim Johnson, then The Lego Space: 1992 - 2001 or something similar will be made. And then a younger Lego KZbinr named P.M. Monster will make a video asking: "Where's Mars Mission?!"

[@Zeldrake]

(me, a massive mars mission enjoyer)

[@Funky_Player2]

Awesome to see nuanced reviews like this one. If you see yourself as a 'fringe case' I think that it makes it all the more important for you to share your views with people!

[@CW0123]

4:44 I think they knew a good chunk of people were just gonna look at the glossy professional photos 😅

[@RRSlugger]

And fair enough! If that's all you want from this book, you'll be satisfied for sure. 😊

[@CW0123]

@@RRSlugger I do agree with you tho and if I was gonna pay that much for an official Lego licensed book I’d want more involvement from them. A fun video idea would be the relationship between Lego and adult hobbyists/collectors. You being a musician I’m sure you’re aware how crazy the vintage guitar market is to the point where Gibson wants a cut and is now selling Gibson verified vintage guitars on their website 😅

[@colinroberts2060]

What's interesting about the "Classic Smiley era" statement is how there were other Lego themes during the early 90s which were experimenting with more detailed faces on minifigures. Notably in the first years of "Pirates" with printed beards and mustaches on certain characters. 1992 was also the year that the "Paradisa" theme was introduced, even if it had a vastly different tone than those examples.

[@adamn.4615]

Having been born in the early 80s, the 78-92 era of Space is what I grew up with. I was “too old” and sadly didn’t pay much attention to the post-Ice Planet sub-themes at the time. I will certainly need to check out this book whenever I get a chance.

[@RRSlugger]

Sounds like it would be right up your alley then!

[@roseconleey103]

very very happy to see any love for the reid/goddard lego space book in 2024. didn’t know about the other one, thanks for the rec!

[@M0torsagmannen]

the way "it is the order of things" prefectly synced up creeped me out majorly for some reason, thanks for that

[@BrickTemplar]

5:46 I passed by a Lego store today and one side of the shelves was completely BLACK. Look what we lost. Nowadays, silly slogans about creativity and rebuilding replaced the truly inspirational art boxes.

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

unfortunately, they wouldn’t be doing that if it lost money. that means black boxes are preferred by most consumers :(

[@Robot_Eva]

​@@chocolate_maned_wolf Or maybe the packaging matters so little to most casual fans that it could be just about any style and theyd buy it as long as they knew it was lego

[@ClintonMatos]

So Google says that Knudsen passed away in 2020. Because of this Lego and the author may have been in a tough spot legally or ethically to talk about him. As others have said here it definitely feels like the topic of Knudsen was danced around.

[@RRSlugger]

That could be true. The weird part is, the book didn't *have* to be about him. On the contrary, to me the book feels like it went out of its way to include him in the discussion. It's just very strange the way they went about it.

[@cakemanLHK]

It has no real bearing on the great video, but as a Dane, it would be remiss of me not to mention that the K in Knudsen is *not* silent. However, the D *is* silent 😊

[@RRSlugger]

Woah! I never would have predicted that! Thanks for the insight - I tried my best, haha. 😅

[@cakemanLHK]

@@RRSlugger And you did really well. Which letters are silent is rather unintuitive to non-Danish speakers 😅

[@SpartanNat]

Lego Space Building The Future is a childhood classic of mine. I think I had it checked out of the library an entire month during my first big space phase. I bought it myself back in 2022 since it was such a big book for me when I first started to gaze up. Now I’m making my own series in everybody’s favorite space game with little green guys as they reach out into the Kerbol system.

[@GermanPeter]

There is no way in hell they didn't properly talk about or show Knudsen on accident. There must have been a different reason. Maybe he objected to doing an interview or being associated with the book or something. Maybe there's even a legal reason, and having other people talk about him was the only good option. I think you should look into this, because I doubt the writer of the book would gloss over one of the most important figures in Lego history WHOSE WORK HE BASED HIS BOOK ON.

[@logansmith2703]

He died in 2020. They probably just didn't have likeness rights or something.

[@KrissFighta2]

​@@logansmith2703It is another possible explanation, but in that case, mentioning it in the foreword would have been more than welcome.

[@dunkyl]

A book inspiring a reader to look deeper feels like a case of success, even if it is in an unconventional way

[@MayoHosko]

Behind The Scenes or exclusive photos are always my favourite part of print media like this

[@perfectparadox7389]

This video made think of an old lego ideas book 200 that was my dads. Its a book full of instructions, mash up themes and beautiful dioramas meant to inspire kids, and it looks right up you alley with the weird and wacky combiner themes they made! It even included a stickersheet with lots of different stickers from all sorts of themes for you to put on your own collection. The whole book screams fun and imaginative!!

[@RRSlugger]

I talk about that very book in my video about “The Lost Time Cruiser”, if you’re curious! 😊

[@perfectparadox7389]

@@RRSluggeroh wow thats amazing! Glad to hear you knew about it already!! Loved the video

[@Atraira]

AWESOME review. these sort of gorgeous nostalgia-bait coffee table books, while absolutely beautiful and full of cool stuff, are VERY often given a free pass because of... well.. nostalgia. really great to see you hammer home its very real issues!

[@SideSalad]

I bought this book secondhand (only paid twenty-five instead of the eye-watering fifty), got it home, thumbed through it, read the interviews and swiftly realized that, besides the insights from the LEGO designers, I already knew everything in the book. Had to sell it after that, couldn't live with it sitting on my shelf, judging me for already committing all this space stuff to memory.

[@r0b0tniik]

Oof! What a burn! But it's great that we can rely on Slugger to be so meticulous. I devoured this book when it came out, and to me, the load of amazing new things it offers are enough to forgive it's few downsides. Funny, I didn't ever pick up on there not being a section devoted to that one guy. I was aware that the fiction bits throughout the book were written by the author- I thought he mentioned it in the beginning...? I was also sad they stopped at 1992, but I assumed it was mostly because the book would be too big if they kept going. I've been hoping for a Lego Space: 1993-2003 ever since.

[@boggle_rocket]

Oh dearrr, I'm no stranger to LEGO books containing some pretty huge errors - the DK 'complete' minifigure collections missing out or misnaming variants or straight up forgetting certain characters was always frustrating when it felt like you knew more than the people who produced the book.

[@ubervocal8777]

I'm happy that the book was written and the cooperation of Lego and former designers. Far more of the Lego space story has now been documented than we had before. My thought is that by stopping at 1992 they left room for a volume 2.

[@williamzeng627]

You're output has been great, keep it up Slugger!

[@josephmeluso2377]

2:24 get the bingo card, another Rock Raiders sound effect has been used in a Slugger video!

[@titanic_monarch796]

A slimy slug had used sounds from your base!

[@lbricks7631]

Two Star Trek clips in one video, we eatin' good tonight boys.

[@lurkathon]

Is Summer Of Slug intentionally the same acronym as Save Our Souls?

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

. . . _ _ _ . . .

[@sempervelox]

It sure does saves me from boredom sometimes.

[@Devilot109]

S.O.S. is not an acronym. It was just chosen because it's highly recognizable in Morse Code and unlikely to be mistaken for another message even in cases of interference. The idea it stands for something came later.

[@lurkathon]

@@Devilot109 ok

[@retektereptest]

imo classic space gets a free pass way too often, so it was refreshing to hear your unbiased opinion on the book! granted, I am more of a 90s kid like yourself so I cannot help but feel perpetually snubbed by the incessant attempts at self-mythologization of the previous generation... like we get it, you've scored four touchdowns in Polk High, big deal lol. Ice planet and co are way cooler (both literally and figuratively!)

[@RRSlugger]

Haha, yeah my 90s bias definitely shows through here, but what can I say. 😅

[@Jalecko]

Still looks like a nice artbook to use for references

[@Maniac4Bricks]

I was curious about this book for a while, and while it does seem to have some flaws, I might pick it up still....once it works over to a Thriftbooks or Goodwill store. I understand the gripes are niche but they're not exclusive either. I agree that not having a single archival photo of Jens seems off for a book and production history surrounding him. Aside from oversight, my guess is that permission could have been declined from his remaining family, but I don't put alot of faith into that.

[@RedGenesectNinja]

I love Lego Space Building the Future. I first saw it when I was volunteering at the library during high school. Seeing all of the cool spaceship and robot builds were just so wonderful to see. Eventually, I bought a copy of the book online so I could always be able to read it

[@NomicFin]

I agree ending the book in 1992 is a weird choice. It means that aside from the original Space theme the book covers Futuron, Blacktron, Space Police, M:Tron and Blacktron Future Generation (aka. Blacktron II). The first 3 establish a pattern of "civilian", "villain", and "hero" subthemes that Lego space would follow in this era, replacing a retired them with a new one filling the same role and marketing them together in their catalogs and commercials. M:tron and Blacktron II were the replacement civilian and villain themes so it would have made sense to cover Space Police II as well to complete the 2nd set instead of cutting off after 2/3rd of it. Preferably the book should have covered things up to Spyrius and Unitron in 1996, as those were the last space subthemes of this particular era, being the last to use the neon grid background that had been in use since Futuron and Blacktron, and the last that were advertised in the catalogs as sharing the same setting (arguably Exploriens from 1997 counts as the replacement civilian subtheme, taking the place of Ice Planet, but it uses a different style of box art and while it did appear in some commercials together with Spyrius they were not advertised together in the catalogs in the same way space subthemes from Futuron&Blacktron to Spyrius had been, but I digress). Of course that would have probably increased the page count by about 1 third and it's already a pretty big book.

[@McPilch]

Great review. Nostalgia, combined with seeing the cover and title of the book, could've caused an impulsive purchase, but you've saved me a few bucks. 😅

[@troublesbricking3106]

As a space I have to agree with you on all your points. I wonder if because I am so familiar with Knudsen that it never even dawned on me that there was no actual writeup of him in the book. Maybe that has the authors mistake too?

[@RRSlugger]

I have a feeling that might be what led to this oversight. 👍

[@veroniquepasquereau9801]

This years' SoS is becoming pretty unhinged, and i love it.

[@KrissFighta2]

Hot takes in the summer, it's rather logical, isn't it?

[@CappnRob]

This book seems to have been made for fans "already in the know". Which is problematic for sure - I'm someone who loves LEGO Space but I know very little about the old designers because there just isn't much easily found information on them unless you already know what to look for. This book goes on about Knuudsen as if anyone reading it would already know a lot about him, which is understandable I suppose, but for how big and in depth the book is trying to be, I agree it's a big problem.

[@RRSlugger]

Great way to phrase it! 👍

[@beatrixwickson8477]

As someone who was probably never going to buy this book but would like to own it for the photos, I actually find this review kind of a relief. Even though I'd be buying it just for the photos, at that price I'd want there to be more that I didn't expect to make me feel like I was getting value. And I dunno if that's the case here. If I see it on discount then maybe.

[@RRSlugger]

I was certainly underwhelmed, given all the glowing reviews; hopefully, this review is a bit more down to earth. 👍

[@Mario6732]

It's always obvious when afol's have heavy preferences and sadly that came trough in this book. Now if next they could just make one about classic castle and fix those mistakes i would be very very happy.

[@realnerdethan]

8:29 The way you pronounced Goddard hurt my soul a little. I share the same last name and somehow 99% of people seem to land on "Goodard" with two o's instead of the two d's. I know it was unintentional but I had to say something. Fun fact, Robert H. Goddard was the famous physicist and engineer who created and built the world's first liquid-fueled rocket!

[@RRSlugger]

Sorry! I always struggle with names. 😆

[@realnerdethan]

All good Slugger

[@HubertusdgT]

as far as the intro is concerned: did you listen to too much of Gilbert & Sullivan? 🎶🤔🤣

[@zoe_w_draws]

This was a really thorough and thougthful review!

[@RRSlugger]

Thank you!

[@puppetguy8726]

Maybe the writers wanted Nygaard Knudsens living relatives to okay the publishing of a photo and then it somehow slipped their mind? Still really weird nobody pointed that out and had it fixed.

[@logansmith2703]

There's definitely something going that prevented them from using his photos. Maybe legal troubles that are hard to resolve due to his death.

[@RRSlugger]

If that's the case, I really wish they would have said something to that effect in a Forward from the author. 😕

[@christophlohnherr]

Thank you for this thoughtful and thorough review, slugger! As a reviewer it‘s important to not automatically joyfully praise everything just because we are in love with a certain topic or theme. I’m sure the author put a lot of love and work into this book and for sure it is fun browsing through it. The book seems to be good, but unfortunately there‘s some questionable decisions concerning the details and a lack of attentive, good editing. Such a shame, I see lots of potential, but this is neither on the side of a real encyclopedia nor on the side of fan fiction.

[@BakersBricks]

Thank you for this piece of criticism it's welcome to hear a dissenting voice. I Look forward to the rest of your Summer of Slug output and have put space projects on my wishlist.

[@RRSlugger]

Thanks! LEGO Space Projects is a fantastic book. 😊

[@Chevyman3030]

I got the "we just click" book a few years ago I loved & it's a unofficial lego book too there's another book like that but i can't remember the name sorry it's on Amazon or wherever books are sold

[@RRSlugger]

I'll have to check it out!

[@OnePoundBird]

I think the main appeal of the physical books is the pictures, with quality unmatched to anything you can see digitally im still considering whether the heavy price tag is worth it, but im leaning towards getting it

[@nakenmil]

This is a minor point, and not terribly important overall, and is just provided for anyone who might be curious or interested: I am more or less assuming that Jens Nygaard Knudsen was a native Dane (and not, say, some American with Danish heritage or something), since it's about the most Danish name I can think of, and going by that, I thought I'd mention that the k in "Knudsen" is not silent in any of the Scandinavian languages, including Danish. The actual pronounciation would be a bit like "K'noods'n". kn-clusters are fairly common in these languages and virtually never involve the silencing of the k. (It's not pronounced "Kuh-nood'sn", by the way, the k flows very quickly into the n, a bit like how English handles consonant clusters like "kl"/"cl" without saying "cuh-luster" or "cuh-lear", but I can understand if flowing cleanly from k to n might be difficult if one is simply not used to it.)

[@RRSlugger]

Thanks for this insight! I never would have guessed it was pronounced like that!

[@KrissFighta2]

It's interesting to see the Slug community is one that always provides useful information in the comment section. At the end of every video, you've learnt something. A small one, maybe, but a giant one for Slugkind.

[@oddsidian1691]

Great to see Lego Space: building the future getting some attention!

[@christopherlambert5264]

This is my first summer of slug, and I must say, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. :)

[@RRSlugger]

Great to hear!! ❤️

[@precascer8221]

Making lego books with their own stories and everything is something I never thought I'd see! Do you have any other reccomendations? Space or not, I really would love to see published stuff with lego for their storytelling.

[@RRSlugger]

I don't have any others of that nature, but I agree - it's a cool idea!

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna make some more revisions to my book Bizarre LEGO in order to meet the Slugger level of quality and documentation. Even as a Volume 1 of evitably more volumes ;)

[@CupcakeMan337]

Slugger if you ever made a book about smaller Lego themes and sub themes I will fund that book as fast as possible

[@geologyjoerocks]

It’s a good book for opening up a random page and learning about the sets and the new pieces they introduced. I will admit that I have ADHD so I approach books like this as a source of interesting little bits of cool factoids and historical images. But I agree about the lack of historical context and any images of Knudsen. I’m glad I bought it, and I mainly use it to find inspiration when piecing together old classic space sets.

[@McPilch]

Sorry, 1978 to 1992 (actually, til late 80s) was THE BEST ERA OF LEGO. PERIOD. (Besides FABULAND, of course!) You kids will never know that feeling experienced when the astronaut minifig colours expanded to yellow, then blue, then black, and then the diagonal zipper torso. Everything LEGO after then was still great, of course, but those changes mentioned were earth-shattering yet still held so much of the core of LEGO in the set design. Yes, I'm gatekeeping nostalgia.. so I'm not being totally serious 😂 but I'm still right, regardless! 😁 (Oh, and this comment was posted prior to watching the vid.. again, not totally serious 😅)

[@roisinbyrne3893]

As a kid, I can confirm that any set from classic space to ice planet was peak Lego and space sets now will never be that good

[@tophatgeo]

I like how much you emphasise the importance of clarity and citation. If this book is aiming to be a more academic history book then providing at least some clarification on when stuff is the author's own original work needs to be laid out clearly. I know that this doesnt NEED to be an academic style book, but just know you're not alone in your thoughts on the book

[@nickklaf5720]

The intros keep getting better and better by getting "worse". 😂

[@jo3y960]

Great Review. Perhaps the reason why Knudsen was not shown was because of an internal issue at Lego with showing him off? Like he denied his likeness be in the book. I'm not sure

[@natef15]

The info is just too good in this book for me not to love it. You make valid points though!

[@avohkiistudios]

Damn im suprised they managed to publish these books without any copyright strikes! I also find it amazing and cute how Jens from Galidor was most likely a homage to this guy concidering that Bluetooth was also a refference to Legos Danish roots im certain thats the case! I also think the exclusion of some of those themes is a bad call they just work so well with the rest that i cant see Lego Space without them! Its a real shame.

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

Genuinely thank you for this review. I wanted to pick this up, but given the egregious lack of information and weird fictional stories it just isn’t what I’m looking for. I want an academic level Lego space history book!

[@thecelestialtoygazer7816]

This whole situation is kinda like what I went through with Shovel Knight as a kid. I heard nothing but reviews calling it perfect and 10/10, when in reality it absolutely isn't

[@PaleozoicBricks]

Yea having a fictionalized take on Lego space is almost certainly a mistake in an official archival book that Lego is selling right now on their website. That muddies the line on what is cannon and what's not. Becasue now it is cannon weather or not it should be.

[@KrissFighta2]

Good point! Where is the line between facts and just imagin[ing], now?

[@pipiferry]

Great book review for pointing out all the flaws. On unrelated note: An idea came into my head. I think it would be fun to make a video going through all the new pieces that were released in Dark Turquoise. I just watched jangbricks reviews of 60423 & 60407 and the Dark Turquoise chair piece (4079) reminded me of chair for chief. I don't know .... maybe slugger likes this idea ...

[@RRSlugger]

It’s definitely on my to-do list! 😊

[@flannelshirtguy]

I fear for the day that we hear a gunshot and a lone body drop during the Summer of Slug theme song

[@LordAzran_]

We have reached the point where the intro has to be sung by Slugger himself. Half of the summer is already gone 😭

[@buho718]

Itsss the summer of Sluggggg

[@oliverfriborg292]

For anyone interested, The correct pronounciation of “Knudsen” would Be “K-Nu-ssen”, with a hard K at The start and No mention of the D in The middle ☺️

[@pedroemo5477]

the best book to read in the summer

[@TheSystem092]

Solid review and reasonable points made personally I would’ve ended Lego space around the 2001 Mark with life on Mars simply because this was the last space theme to my knowledge that use the old Grays Browns et cetera before the pallet change and I would leave Star Wars in there as a footnote and maybe comment on how some of the sets took inspiration from Star Wars but were ultimately different. You can’t discount the late night sets because they are class space

[@vala32]

Obviously this book had no chance of competing with the Lego literary genius George R. R. Slugger, author of Game of 2x2 Chairs.

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

Dear Mr. Slugger, I have an idea for a future episode: you know the 2x2 Tile "Magic Scroll Piece" ? Bricklink ID 3068bp40 ? I have always been curious if the characters/writing on it mean anything, and if so: what do they mean, and what language do they represent? I haven't seen much thought or analysis put into this little riddle, and I think you are the perfect Lego-loving gastropod for the job!

[@MedallionYT]

Note to self - don't make Slugger upset...

[@bhakcintra]

It probably would have worked better as a volume series. Each volume representing a different Space sub-theme that would be released in chronological order.

[@mihailos8701]

Thanks for a great video with good criticism of this book, I think you're on point

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Sounds like a coffee book table. It's great until you look too closely, and then the oversights that were simply not considered come blaring out at you. Why? Because "Coffee Table Books" are primarily concerned with looking cool at first glance, because you are not expected to ACTUALLY READ them, only to flip thru them unfocusedly while waiting. Or at least that's the basic minimum.

[@AdamantineCat]

The theme song: Į̵͋t̴̗́'̴̧̣͗͠s̶̞̆͐ ̷͕̈́͠t̶̢̊͋h̸̳̑e̶̠̿ ̶̢̺͐̍s̷͕͎̈ǘ̷̦̆m̴̯͇̀̑m̴̪̩̏̏ĕ̷͈̝̈ṛ̸͖̉́ ̴̳̿ǫ̶̬̏͘f̵̬́ ̶̝̃s̸̝̺̍͘l̵͙͌u̸̗͆̽ǧ̸̮͙̊

[@KrissFighta2]

Now, try and look it up in a database. 😂

[@AJAD223]

Thanks for providing an honest review! I'll have to check out the recommended books, but is there a good source for "canon" LEGO space stories? Something that collects world building provided in the sets and other promotional material by LEGO?

[@RRSlugger]

Thank you! I wish there was, but sadly it's all pretty sporadic as far as I know. ☹️

[@TheHylianBatman]

As a historian, this book seems to fail as a history text. I can't fully judge it without having read it myself, but the points you point out are so basic that any book that misses them can't be taken seriously as a piece of historical work. As a pretty collection of photos and interviews? Sure. As a cohesive whole making an argument about a historical topic? Not at all. A shame, too, because the photos truly seem lovely, as does the book itself; I like big hardcovers and I cannot lie! Thanks, Slugger!

[@inthetoyroom4life]

7:40 R.R. Pogger

[@jackbackln4432]

Great video! I don't have a whole lot of experience with Lego books, but I have heard they tend to present some incorrect things

[@theonewhowatches869]

`in the depths of space, the Spyrius commander was trying to chose when and where the best place would be for he and the Zotaxians to launch and invasion on Earth. So he did as he had always done, long before acquiring time travel, he busted out books on Galactic history and started reading. Unfortunately with access to his usual channels and libraries he found his selection less reliable than usual. Books that freely mixed fact and fiction. Books that failed to adequately explain key historical figures that the entire book was about. The Chief eventually threw up his hands in defeated and chose to re-read some old favorites of his, particularly one book on starship design, it perhaps wasn't the most productive use of his time but it did keep him from getting worked up about the issues of the other books he'd read that day,` Been a while since's I've put one of these together, I missed the last few videos story-wise due to lack of energy rather than lack of inspiration and even now I'm planning on laying down for a while, since I'm not feeling 100% at the moment. (That's also why this one is so short)

[@RRSlugger]

No worries - short and sweet! Got a couple good laughs out of me, thanks! 😆

[@puppetguy8726]

If I were to purchase the book I'd expect there to be a 1993 to today book released in the future, I'd like to have books to cover it all so I can use it for complete reference.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

It is interesting how 90s space can be seen as diverse by some, and cluttered by others. Less iconic, I guess

[@kashzimmerman]

There’s a classic space set on bricklink that’s labeled as unknown

[@puppetguy8726]

To be fair, most media produced today aren't made to the same standard as RR Slugger has for his videos

[@TheDabKing710]

Love you Slugger, just got my first Rock Raiders set in the mail today! Yesterday I got my first time cruisers set as well! Even more addicted to lego thanks alot Slugger my wallet does not thank you 😂

[@RRSlugger]

Oh that's awesome!! What did you get?

[@TheDabKing710]

@@RRSlugger So far I got the Hover Scout and Rocket Racer but more on the way including some Adventurers sets as well.

[@RRSlugger]

@@TheDabKing710 Good picks! ❤️

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Alternate title: Elderly Slug Talks About Middling Book About Incomplete Coverage of LEGO Space (justice for Spyrius!)

[@RRSlugger]

That's pretty great, actually. 😆

[@masahige2344]

As the proud owner of a complete Spyrius collection, I concur!

[@VadersHamster]

For me the classic space era ended with the introduction of Star Wars, that replaced classic space. To bad they left so much out, the 90s space themes are my favorites.

[@Thebrian325]

Another excellent DS9 nod. 😎

[@kleo-da-bat]

Id love to pick this up (since classic space is almost the only theme i care about) if it wasnt 50 whole ass dollars oh my lord a shame it's organized so confusingly tho i definitely will add building the future and projects to my bookshelf wishlist tho

[@Eisenwald64]

I remember the little children's LEGO Space storybooks from 1999-ish. How would this book fit on the Sug-O-Meter?

[@RRSlugger]

I think compared to the other two books I mentioned, I'd score it at a 2. LEGO Space Projects is definitely the best of three when you factor in price and scope, in my opinion. 👍

[@thrillhouse4151]

Whoa I could get like 2 and a half Dungeons and Dragons books for the price of that. When it comes to books of that size and price it would have to be a reaaally cool art book for me to pick it up.