Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
It’s not Elon Musk’s design for the Tesla Cybertruck that fans want to see in a LEGO kit but the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — to scale. The project currently has 9,236 votes with 61 days to go before the design expires.
The rocket comes with a removable two-piece payload fairing, deployable grid fins and removable space struts. So, builders can make the rocket look like it’s just about to take off or that it’s just returned to Earth for re-use.
However, in the past, design proposals for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and SpaceX - The Ultimate Collection were not approved despite reaching the 10,000-mark.Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Glenn Rocket, launch tower and Blue Moon lander
Elon Musk isn’t the only one in the spotlight. Fans of Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, want a build set for the Glenn Rocket, its launch tower and the Blue Moon lander.
The design, proposed by Mathew Nolan, is 1:110 in scale and is made up of 2675 LEGO bricks. The lander comes equipped with payloads of four mini rovers. The set also includes a large rover and satellite for deployment.
The demand for Russian rockets
Numerous builds on LEGO ideas are proposing kits for the Soyuz rockets but one that’s running ahead of the others is the build for Vostok 1.
Vostok 1 was the first manned spaceflight. Russia’s accomplishment came at a time when it was locked in a space race against the US. So while LEGO has a build set to commemorate the US for putting the first man on the Moon, they are yet to make a Vostok build to credit Russia being the first to successfully launch a man into space.
Martian City
Humans may not be able to live on Mars just yet, but Toby1Kenobi feels it might be easier to set a Mars colony with LEGO bricks instead.
The entire setup has eight domes with one large dome in the centre for habitation and seven smaller domes for scientific research, water purification and other activities required to survive on a strange planet.
There’s even a freighter to carry cargo and shuttle to and from the Red Planet.
Red Dwarf Starbug
For those who aren’t familiar with Red Dwarf, it was a popular British sci-fi comedy TV series that has developed a cult following over the years.
One of the creators, Bobs Vintage Bricks, has proposed building a kit around the Starbug — a type of shuttlecraft used by the crew to get from the main ship to the surface of a planet.
The kit would include the insect-looking pod and full cast of the show. Aside from Dave Lister, the last human alive, the kit will include his morphed pet cat Frankenstein, the hologram of his dead bunkmate Arnold Rimmer, and an android name Kryten.
