LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V 92176 Outer Space Model Rocket for Kids and Adults, Science Building Kit (1969 Pieces)

I bought this as a gift. I thought it would take days. I was wrong. Not because it was too easy, but because he couldnt stop working on it. One day, and done. Its now proudly displayed. I think Legos are highly over priced but they are good quality, pieces fit well, individual bags of pieces for organization. Made a grown man a happy boy.

Would definitely recommend

Its a really cool build. Got this for my 11 year old. He was working through a packet and informed me that he was missing a lego piece. We improvised to make it work

This set is among my favorites that I’ve put together. I have to give it a lower rating for ease of assembly (but that’s a good thing!!!) this set isn’t for little kids as it’s easy to mess up the colors if you’re not paying attention and the overall structure is kind of weird when being put together but overall I absolutely love this set and would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Lego as well as nasa.

Looks very good! The separation modules don’t stay together as well as I would like. Need to be extremely careful when moving it off of display stands.

Bought because Im into Space Rocketry, havent put together yet. Getting a place to put, also got lunar lander, space shuttle, and international space station.

My daughter is hoping to be an aerospace engineer one day and loves everything Legos and space. So I bought her this set and she loved it. It’s actually a beautiful piece that we displayed in our game room. Totally recommend especially if you have a space lover in your household.

The first stage of this Saturn V LEGO kit has a fatally flawed central core relying on a 2x2 plate mating with a 2x2 block. Yes, the outer skin does enhance the structure but the small core pieces make construction unnecessarily difficult and affect the long-term stability of the final build. Additionally, the tiles used for the outer skin will pop-off occasionally. This is actually my second Saturn V LEGO kit. A few years ago I built it the first time and within months the first stage had collapsed requiring a full rebuild or the trash can (I chose the latter). That was my first and only LEGO kit. I decided to take another leap this last April and since have purchased and constructed more than 30 kits including the ISS, Lunar Module, and various Star Wars, Marvel, and Harry Potter kits. With my enhanced experience I decided to take another attempt on the Saturn V (being only $119 helped the decision). This time however I came up with a more permanent solution…Gorilla Glue. Five and a half 5.5 ounce bottles with the precision tip (yes, I know there are larger bottles but I prefer the precision possible with the smaller bottles). Over 80% of the pieces including all the core structural, external, and tile pieces have been built using Gorilla Glue. Instead of my usual 6-8 hour build time of some larger kits I built before, I took a whole week, allowing the glue to cure after completing each major structure (sometimes after each bag). The completed build is more solid than any other LEGO kit I own and should last a long time. I also did not lose any usability as each stage can still separate, etc. One caveat about using glue…make sure you follow the LEGO instructions exactly and make sure all the pieces are aligned properly. One mistake could make the whole build fail. I made a couple of minor mistakes but corrected them before the glue could set. The set is great if properly assembled but the designer made some seriously bad choices. UPDATE - Built my own Launch Tower (See Photo) Since LEGO doesn’t make a kit and the few made by Chinese manufacturers have poor reputations for quality and poor instructions, I designed and built my own. I found some good blueprints from NASA and period photos. I designed the tower in MS Paint to figure out how many of each piece I would need. I then ordered individual LEGO bricks and pieces from Amazon and LEGO online. The only pieces that aren’t LEGO are the inverted V shaped lattice work. For the lattice work I bought 6” red plastic swizzle sticks from Amazon cut to size and applied with glue by hand.

This was the first of the set of the new realistic Nasa Adult Lego sets I recently purchased. Really brought back memories of early childhood Lego building and has a huge nostalgia factor as a result. Quite complex to build and definitely not something a kid should be looking into, really something someone ~16+ could reasonably get into. The set is quite tall and comes with its own horizontal display. Being somewhat of a crafty space nerd Ive displayed it vertically on my own as depicted. For the curious here is how to do this to make it look like its launching: Materials needed: 1x medium-to large flat bottom open top fishbowl, 1x lifx mini smartbulb, 1x baseless lamp (to house/power the bulb), and one package of plain white stuffed animal stuffing from a craft store (ideally its neatly packaged in a roll). Step-by-step: set-up the light, place light on floor (ensure the bulb does not rest on the ground), invert the bowl and place the light directly in the center, cover the bowl around all sides with the stuffing by unrolling the stuffing - over the sides of the bowl, pull/form the stuffing into cloud-like shapes while draping in a cone shape over the bowl so that some areas appear to have more density than others (this affects how the light shines through and creates a hot smoke effect, this is the most annoying part and dont be afraid to pull-off excess stuffing as needed), use a level to ensure the surface on top is flat and wont tip, place the Saturn V on the flattened top of the inverted fishbowl, set the light to yellows or oranges or even combine with lifxs flicker setting to make it appear like its launching!

The model came in a large box, with no scratches or dents. As I was assembling it, I became more and more excited at how tall this UNIT was. After I finished it, it was too tall to put upright, and was glad it could still lay on its side. I end up wishing it was to scale of thr shuttle, because that would truly be the largest LEGO set ever. For the price of $100, you get a 6 hour build with a very quality result, along with 2 mini-sets of the moon landing, and the water recovery. Well done, LEGO.