Lego Icons Classic Galaxy Explorer! (Lets Build & Review This Set Before It Retires!)
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Today we are building a soon to retire Lego set that I far too long procrastinated on buying. Finally, after a 25% off sale at a local toy store, we are building and reviewing the Lego Icons Classic Re-Imagined Galaxy Explorer set #10497, with 1,254 pieces. I have known about this set for about a year now, but just couldn’t pull the trigger on it. I was drawn in by the re-imagined look of a classic basic Lego set. The simplicity of the classic spacemen, and the grey and blue were super attractive to me. Eventually I found myself at Legoland CA and saw it on for sale along with Benny the Spaceman merch from the Lego Movie and made my decision that I will by the set before it retires locally. Luckily I found it on sale not even looking for it! The set is re-imagined from the 1979 version 497 / 428, and the original designer was one of the people behind the classic minifigure. Unboxing this set we find 9 bags, no stickers, and a medium sized book. The build only took around 2 hours, and was very pleasurable. This build almost made me feel like a kid coming up with my own creation. Reviewing the set we find all sorts of play features even though this is an 18+ set. We have a ramp in the rear with a buggy, we have detachable jets the minifigures can ride, wonderful printed elements making the interior, and an annoying droid that we have to build. I love the reference to the original by the 928 on the side. Before we give our final thoughts on this set we install a Lego Flag in our background to hide the weird collection of stuff that always behind me. My final thoughts on this set is that is a definite recommend, and you should really get it, especially if you like that older Lego goodness. As always please comment your thoughts down below. If you enjoyed the video please Like, Share, and Subscribe! Thank you for watching!
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00:00 Introduction
00:16 Welcome & The Build
04:47 Unboxing
06:49 Time Lapse
07:47 Review
15:28 LEGO Flag!
17:36 Wrap Up
20:19 Outro