Firstly, it comes with a booklet of neatly designed multilingual content on the building instructions consisting of B/W images of the original rocket’s assembly segmented with the LEGO assembly, and an overview of the Apollo Mission. To say the least, this LEGO design is a memorable creation of a legendary rocket system and there are a number of notable things that come bundled with LEGO’s Saturn V. I later realized it could be built only by separating the third stage assembly and taking it apart right underneath the Escape System. Take a look at the gorgeous images of the rocket I built, you’ll be amazed at how much LEGO has explored the details!Īt first, I frankly thought LEGO missed out on the ‘Command and Service Module’, the booklet carried the picture of this assembly but not the instruction manual. No surprises though, but 2019 is also the 50th anniversary of the moon landing! So, in honouring the Saturn V’s contribution in Apollo missions through the moon landing, this LEGO set contains exactly 1969 pieces, which also makes it my biggest Lego assembly since the 578-brick Fire Plane that I build back in 2016. There was so much nostalgia & pride in assembling this rocket, it’s only then that you recognize the Saturn V as a symbol of human engineering endeavour, apart from also being a reminder of the Jlanding of the Apollo 11 on the Moon. I would like to think that the LEGO 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V is nothing less than a commemorative token celebrating the Apollo Missions and a must-have for any space enthusiast. LEGO has put a great degree of emphasis in getting the details on the engineering elements in sync with the original Saturn design. I had to backtrack by disassembling the pieces. It sent me into a tizzy and after struggling to get it right I had to suspend my work for the day. So at one point while assembling this LEGO set and while I was completing the first stage itself the plans went awry because I fixed a single pivoting brick in the wrong hole. You may have heard about the LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V assembly and I will spare the details just to keep this concise, but I have to say, it was a fantastic experience assembling this marvellous engineering effort that transported humanity to the Moon and back to earth safely. It requires perseverance and bucket loads of patience. It might seem like a simple job of following the guide book and following the detailed illustrations, but it’s not that straightforward too. By no means would I consider building a LEGO an easy task of sticking the bricks together. This one philosophy of building a LEGO - that of navigating through untenable ambiguity, always provides me with the ultimate dopamine to take up & finish LEGO creations with patience. Although, to be honest, halfway through, the process starts feeling mundane when the activity doesn’t exactly line up with my expectations of achieving the target. It so happens that every time I pick a LEGO model I cannot help but feel anxious to see how the outcome might turn out.
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