There are several reasons why the Classic Gray Helmets are so expensive, except for the scarcity of sets - the chinstraps were the first thin version that broke easily (other colors had thickerchinstraps already in the 80's) , and they're coveted now by both Castlemasons and Interstellar Engineers, which bumps up the pricing...
i hope they produce the re-release helmet and airtanks in light bluish grey in a random set, like the purple ones being released in the chinese parade set this way, the grey astronaut is more accessible, the helmet doesnt have to be the weak, old style helmet, and it can be in the updated grey color. the mismatching between old and new greys for the grey spaceman irks me so much lmao
Great video! Thanks for all the research! Still working on my purple spaceman! 🤞 The original red and white helmets did, as you said, come with a THIN chinstrap (some blue and yellow, too). Those helmets appear to be almost cylindrical from the side. It looks like the helmet you have pictured at :50 is the one usually identified as a THICK chin strap on BL. While it's definitely thinner than the motorcycle helmet, it's notably thicker than the original found in the Yellow Castle, for instance (BL part 193a2). I'm sure you all know that's why Benny's helmet is cracked in the movies, to remind us of the mid-80's, before the new blue spacemen had the thicker straps pictured in the video! Everyone feel free to tell me I'm wrong! Comments are great for the algorithm, right???
That sounds right! I know that I’m definitely prone to make mistakes and grabbing the wrong images when they look so similar 😅 to be honest I don’t actually have an og spacemen. Just the remakes!
@@BrickingUpBrad The grey helmets from the Yellow Castle, the Knight's Tournament, and the two Castle Mini Figures sets from '83 & '84 were the same style with the thin chin strap. The original knights' visors seem to look a little better with those helmets than with the thicker ones. If you ever want to mix and match your visors in a castle MOC, some of the blue and yellow helmets, until maybe '85, '86 or '87, were that style as well!
The way they handled the Gray and Purple spacemen torsos was shitty. They should have just made the gray and purples figures with all their parts. Instead you have to go on a hunt to assemble all the bits for both of them, and of course they had to include the purple helmet in a $100 set (which also has nothing to do with classic space!). That's just scummy. I'm lucky that I have all the colors, aside from a true classic blue spaceman (I have a basic benny), and I am missing the gray and purple guys. I'm lucky to have found a pristine black spaceman torso in years past, and I ordered a few of the new classic astronaut helmets in black off of Pick-a-Brick. I do really want a purple guy, but I will probably sleep on the gray one until/unless they release the revived helmet mold in new gray, so I don't have to obtain a super rare one that's like 40 fuckin years old (and doesn't even match the torso!). Not to mention the airtanks that haven't been produced in new gray either. I wish the LEGO group would give more consideration to people who are trying to collect the figures. Putting in a light gray space torso and not providing some way to get the rest of the bits is mean. Same with making a purple torso, but pairing it with printed arms and legs, and then including the helm and airtanks in a $100 set. They were close, but ultimately just left it up to the aftermarket so people could get the bits they want. Imagine how happy everyone would be if they could just buy a whole set of multicolored astronauts in one box.
Yeah definitely agree. Lego didn’t do a great job with purple and grey. But I also think that Lego wasn’t expecting people to build the spacemen off those figures. I bet the designers who made the cmfs just wanted to throw back to og classic space.
@@BrickingUpBrad Maybe, but they should think about that stuff if they're not. I think they are smart enough to anticipate that people will want to build the figures if the parts are obtainable. They just need to actually throw us a bone and make it easier to get the parts needed/sell the figure assembled instead of producing the parts seperately.
While the classic space torsos don’t seem to ever show up on Bricks&Pieces, both the orange and purple airtanks and helmets have shown up there. I was able to snag like 10 of each a couple months back, for like 50¢ apiece. Be ready to pounce if they show up-they go fast, and it took me a week of trying to make it to checkout without one of the parts disappearing (because they ran out of stock while I was shopping).
I love ur channel man! Normally this would take hours of research, which is fun but I love the way you’re able to condense the info down into a digestible format. Rock on!
I was thinking of keeping the purple space torso intact. Either using the printed arms as a signifier of a high rank (which would also justify the scarcity of Purple Space Minifigs in a MOC, or perhaps keeping the entire Alien Minifig intact to signify purple as the color of non-human members in the service (which shows an inviting side to these guys being willing to cooperate with alien civilizations they meet along the way). Also, Denny from the Dreamzz set, Mr. Oz' Space Bus has an updated Black Classic Helmet, and there are leaks concerning new colors for the Space Babyfigs.
Great video! It looks like I started my collection right before it got real expensive. (Still trying to figure out the best time/price to get that purple airtank and helmet though.) I'm sure color purists will disagree, but I don't find the difference between old light gray and new blueish gray to be that noticeable, so I went ahead and used the old knight's helmet and airtanks and I think he looks pretty good. The rocket boy is one of my all-time favorite collectable minifigures, but no one has to know he now has a generic gray torso underneath the rocket suit. ;) Rather than buying the individual piece, I found the most affordable option at the time was to buy a complete Yellow Castle minifigure from a European Bricklink shop for about $17. (The sticker was in terrible condition, bringing the price down, but all I wanted was the helmet.) I was able to pick up some less rare vintage pieces at the same time, making the shipping cost a little more bearable. I think the worst part was trying to find the brown spaceman in a blind bag search. It took so long!
My dad owes about two of the classic space sets. One of them having the black astronaut. He gave me both sets a couple years ago. Back them I didn’t know it was worth money so I threw the minifig around, toke of the legs, and arms sadly. Only now this past year I was curious and looked up the astronaut’s cost. The torso has about 75% of the gold which is pretty good. I had to find the helmet and air tank in my big bin, not easy. I have the full figure but the helmet is pretty lose. I also have 2 yellow and red astronauts in almost new condition, the only thing tho is that one of the yellow figs had a lose neck. I am looking forward to repairing the sets including this cool looking grabber
Green classic helmet is coming in a Ninjago or Monkey Kid set, I don't remember which name or exact theme, but it was one of the big city-like sets, and pink Space-Baby is coming this year too:D
There is a way to get an entire old grey spaceman... back when Classic Space sets were still on shelves, either as a promotional item or an early-production inclusion that was quickly switched to printing, transparent-backed stickers for minifigure torsos were made by LEGO with the classic space logo on them. These allowed you to turn any blank minifigure torso you had into a classic spaceman torso - including different colors! I've seen people use these rare sticker sheets to make their own old grey spaceman torsos and complete old grey spacemen. However, these sticker sheets, as I said, are rare and shrouded in mystery. They are not cheap and rarely appear for sale, but they are a way to make a 100% real LEGO old grey classic spaceman. Of course you could also just make your own custom stickers and do the same thing much more cheaply and easily, you just wouldn't be able to claim it as being 100% LEGO without the rare official stickers. This sticker sheet would also in theory make it possible to build both a dark orange spaceman and a pearl dark grey spaceman, as motorcycle helmets and air tanks are both available in those colors. Things like blank torsos and the other minifig parts will be harder to find, but there are online shops where you can buy official LEGO parts that have had the printing removed, as well as places that sell blank monochromatic minifigures made using that process - for a price. That would likely be the easiest way to obtain the parts for a dark orange or pearl dark gray spaceman.
Fun fact, the reissued black astronaut in the vintage minifigure collection has a misprinted torso in the version of that set sold outside of north america. Collecting the american version became a bit of a white whale for me and I just recently got one imported to the UK! The white astronaut is also misprinted but thankfully there are have been several opportunities to get the correct one.
@@BrickingUpBrad Yeah, the UK one is set 852535 while the US one is set 5000438. The UK one has the space logos in the wrong place on the torso (only for that one specific collection/set, spacemen in the other ones are fine!) So if you're into that sort of thing you have two more spacemen to collect! Though I may be wrong about the regional distributions: you actually mentioned different versions in your video, like you showed the supposedly NA version of the fig collection with the black/white spacemen, but the one you showed with the yellow spaceman is one of the supposedly UK/worldwide ones (the NA version of that collection didn't have the yellow spaceman!). Some of the corresponding sets have the same figs but usually with part/colour/print variations (while some figs are exactly the same). Some of the sets have completely different figs with odd figs from the 5th set of the UK versions being distributed among the 4 US ones. You can check them all out on bricklink/brickset where the supposedly NA ones are considered to be 2012/TRU versions and the UK ones are listed as 2009 versions.
For the grey spaceman, it's not ideal for purists but there's a DK_bluish grey Classic Space helmet in "31130 Sunken Treasre Mission", it looks great if you keep the DK_bluish grey hands of the torso. There's also a (new style) blue Classic Space helmet in "71708 Gamer's Market", so you can easily convert a Benny into a regular blue Classic Space astronaut.
Today I got the brown one, with a radio and a little cute blue one :) The seller helped us find him from all the minifigures and he found him right) Overall we had a lot of fun and he looks awesome.
I would be completely over the moon (pun intended) if LEGO released an Everyone Is Awesome set but with classic spacemen in each of the colours instead of monofigs and with Classic Space builds similar to those in Benny's Space Squad instead of the rainbow floor and wall. How phenomenal would that be? @BrickingUpBrad, Great video! I really enjoyed it.
That’s a hashtag I can get behind! (Credit to cheesy studios do the og idea) Thank you so much glad you enjoyed it! Was trying something completely new with this one and didn’t know how people would like it!
I just finished collecting them all. The gray one was the most expensive for me at $65 ($30 for the rocket boy and $35 for the head, helmet, legs and air tank). I got the green ones new in sealed box for $60 off of eBay. I did score a few black ones for $25.
Kind of weird how people collect classic space for nostalgia but also feel like they need these modern recolours of the classic space man in their collection, to each their own I guess.
regularly check bricks and pieces for the classic style helmets and airtanks, that way you can avoid buying those huge sets from random themes and instead get them individually for cheap. i know that the blue, black, orange, purple and even green helmets were all available with the official lego service bricks and pieces even as i write this, you can still get the white reissue of the classic spaceman for a total $2.50 each on bricks and pieces
A guy was selling the whole collection of different colors (not the gray or green ones, the actual open-face helmet ones) for like $200 and I got ALL of them for like $115 all together. It was a Christmas present for my girlfriend, I got her the Galaxy Explorer and all the spacemen
For the blue one I used benny. I swapped the head to a classic one. But what about the helmet you may ask? Lego actually released a classic blue UNBROKEN helmet in the ninjago set 71708!
Well we're getting the helmet in green with that Monkie kid Megaopolis set. And yes it's the standard green, not the slightly lighter green, though it would be nice to get a spaceman in that color as well.
Thread to identify the meaning of their color: Blue : Security White : Explorer Black : Spy Red : Pilot Yellow : Scientist Pink : ?? Medic Orange : ?? Green : ?? Miner Purple : ?? Brown : ?? Grey : ??
I got lucky with mines and got them cheap awhile back. Buying rocket boys, the 4 pack. A cheap red one etc. I recently got the orange one as a gift. And I'm about to complete dark blue and black
If i had to guess the brown space men are care takers since they come with a baby and has camras to watch them i assume they would be only in bases and there to teach them
Tempted to get some white ones to try dying the plastic new colors. Probably wont work with lego plastic but ive dyed dolls before so i may try it for fun
This highlights some of the madness of bricklink (and perhaps laziness of some collectors). When near identical figures are different costs because of a basic face/pair of legs.
You didn't really go InTo the differences in torsos, and how exactly those would effect cost, if you consider the better newer cores that the kegs go InTo, and weather or not the thin or thick chins of the helmet make any significant differences to the cost.
@@hanzocloud so they are the same yes but they updated the prints so they wouldn’t fade and fixed the helmets so they wouldn’t break. They look exactly the same but did update them in a way. They just updated them material wise. So yes that was the wrong phrasing to use but they are a new version of the originals
6:16 thanks to people who parted out danju now I have to pay the price that I bought the rest 3 only for him(thanks for agreeing with me bricking up Brad)
As a classic space snob, I would argue that there are only 5 classic spacemen: The 5 original colours with classic helmets. All others are recent, remakes or facsimiles.
If LEGO can just do us all a SOLID and come out with a CLASSIC SPACEMAN / WOMAN PACK in EVERY COLOR - we’ll be good. They can get my $$$💰 and I’m sure they’ll be a few others as well.
Castle is better then pirates, lore wise though pirates is better. And I have such a soft spot for westerns so I have to say western over space but that’s just me!
Castle over pirates, but only because I had them as a kid and have amazing memories of my Yellow Castle. I didn't collect pirates until decades later, but those sea battles and boarding actions with the big ships are great fun! Space was the first set my mom and grandmother ever bought me, so definitely space over western, but I still love my Fort Legorado!
I feel like you should mention PAB so newbies know they can get purple helmets and air tanks for Pennies instead of $10+ apiece (and now green helmets!!)
I am clearly going insane. I swear there was a normal gray space man in one of the 80s classic sets when I was a kid, who was supposed to be a commander type, but all of the evidence is pointing to no...
I'm not collecting'em all myself since the orange and combo figures are so expensive to get, but i hope they release a green Classic Space helmet one day, there's something not right about the motorbike helmet.
@@BrickingUpBrad When you say "used" do you mean it's like the original version vs. a brand new version made in like the last decade? For example if you have a used part of a set made in 1982, is that considered more valuable as a used part than a newer noticeably newer version made in the 2012?
❤I actually have the galaxy explorer lego set hard but a incredible challenge for me with so many pieces/lego pieces. ❤😊an greate opportunity for me I would definitely recommend people buy this lego set it only cost $100 dollars 💸 if you can afford it or your just looking for some thing classic but bigger GO for it!!! You will not be disappointed!! Trust me!!!❤😊
@@BrickingUpBrad I don't know if clear minifig parts would be considered legal, with acceptable plastic quality to be honest... Although a Marvel Invisible Woman wouls be sweet...
"I do not support the disassembly of Danju" spoken like a true castle fan
That I am through and through😂😂😂
Another one of the knights, I can't remember their name, was in green. So there is the green classic space helmet.
I love how all the original spacemen had designated duties, like soldier, spy and scientist.
Right! I knew I had to include that part when I saw it!
@@BrickingUpBrad Lore!
If that’s the case then the brown one should be on bathroom duty lol
There are several reasons why the Classic Gray Helmets are so expensive, except for the scarcity of sets - the chinstraps were the first thin version that broke easily (other colors had thickerchinstraps already in the 80's) , and they're coveted now by both Castlemasons and Interstellar Engineers, which bumps up the pricing...
For a similar reason the motorcycle helmet in light-blueish gray costs 3$ used: It's exclusively used for several castle figures.
@@kailahmann1823 Still cheaper than the orange motorcycle helmet...
i hope they produce the re-release helmet and airtanks in light bluish grey in a random set, like the purple ones being released in the chinese parade set
this way, the grey astronaut is more accessible, the helmet doesnt have to be the weak, old style helmet, and it can be in the updated grey color. the mismatching between old and new greys for the grey spaceman irks me so much lmao
Great video! Thanks for all the research! Still working on my purple spaceman! 🤞
The original red and white helmets did, as you said, come with a THIN chinstrap (some blue and yellow, too). Those helmets appear to be almost cylindrical from the side. It looks like the helmet you have pictured at :50 is the one usually identified as a THICK chin strap on BL. While it's definitely thinner than the motorcycle helmet, it's notably thicker than the original found in the Yellow Castle, for instance (BL part 193a2). I'm sure you all know that's why Benny's helmet is cracked in the movies, to remind us of the mid-80's, before the new blue spacemen had the thicker straps pictured in the video!
Everyone feel free to tell me I'm wrong! Comments are great for the algorithm, right???
That sounds right! I know that I’m definitely prone to make mistakes and grabbing the wrong images when they look so similar 😅 to be honest I don’t actually have an og spacemen. Just the remakes!
Appreciate the comment! Very educational!
@@BrickingUpBrad The grey helmets from the Yellow Castle, the Knight's Tournament, and the two Castle Mini Figures sets from '83 & '84 were the same style with the thin chin strap. The original knights' visors seem to look a little better with those helmets than with the thicker ones. If you ever want to mix and match your visors in a castle MOC, some of the blue and yellow helmets, until maybe '85, '86 or '87, were that style as well!
"I dont support the disassembly of Danju!"
But the alien creature can go f*ck itself xD
Agreed😂
This is super helpful. I’m planning on getting one of every space minifig from each space theme since I just love the space sets.
The way they handled the Gray and Purple spacemen torsos was shitty. They should have just made the gray and purples figures with all their parts. Instead you have to go on a hunt to assemble all the bits for both of them, and of course they had to include the purple helmet in a $100 set (which also has nothing to do with classic space!). That's just scummy.
I'm lucky that I have all the colors, aside from a true classic blue spaceman (I have a basic benny), and I am missing the gray and purple guys. I'm lucky to have found a pristine black spaceman torso in years past, and I ordered a few of the new classic astronaut helmets in black off of Pick-a-Brick. I do really want a purple guy, but I will probably sleep on the gray one until/unless they release the revived helmet mold in new gray, so I don't have to obtain a super rare one that's like 40 fuckin years old (and doesn't even match the torso!). Not to mention the airtanks that haven't been produced in new gray either.
I wish the LEGO group would give more consideration to people who are trying to collect the figures. Putting in a light gray space torso and not providing some way to get the rest of the bits is mean. Same with making a purple torso, but pairing it with printed arms and legs, and then including the helm and airtanks in a $100 set. They were close, but ultimately just left it up to the aftermarket so people could get the bits they want. Imagine how happy everyone would be if they could just buy a whole set of multicolored astronauts in one box.
Yeah definitely agree. Lego didn’t do a great job with purple and grey. But I also think that Lego wasn’t expecting people to build the spacemen off those figures. I bet the designers who made the cmfs just wanted to throw back to og classic space.
@@BrickingUpBrad Maybe, but they should think about that stuff if they're not. I think they are smart enough to anticipate that people will want to build the figures if the parts are obtainable. They just need to actually throw us a bone and make it easier to get the parts needed/sell the figure assembled instead of producing the parts seperately.
While the classic space torsos don’t seem to ever show up on Bricks&Pieces, both the orange and purple airtanks and helmets have shown up there. I was able to snag like 10 of each a couple months back, for like 50¢ apiece.
Be ready to pounce if they show up-they go fast, and it took me a week of trying to make it to checkout without one of the parts disappearing (because they ran out of stock while I was shopping).
I love ur channel man! Normally this would take hours of research, which is fun but I love the way you’re able to condense the info down into a digestible format. Rock on!
I appreciate the love! My goal is exactly that share information in a easy fun way so not everything has to go to the lengths I do to find it😅😂
@@BrickingUpBrad you forgot the navy blue one
i cant tell if the parts came out after this video though
If you want the purple spaceman helmet it did also come in the 2023 Halloween Fun VIP Add-On Pack. Hope this helps!
I was thinking of keeping the purple space torso intact. Either using the printed arms as a signifier of a high rank (which would also justify the scarcity of Purple Space Minifigs in a MOC, or perhaps keeping the entire Alien Minifig intact to signify purple as the color of non-human members in the service (which shows an inviting side to these guys being willing to cooperate with alien civilizations they meet along the way).
Also, Denny from the Dreamzz set, Mr. Oz' Space Bus has an updated Black Classic Helmet, and there are leaks concerning new colors for the Space Babyfigs.
Great video! It looks like I started my collection right before it got real expensive. (Still trying to figure out the best time/price to get that purple airtank and helmet though.) I'm sure color purists will disagree, but I don't find the difference between old light gray and new blueish gray to be that noticeable, so I went ahead and used the old knight's helmet and airtanks and I think he looks pretty good. The rocket boy is one of my all-time favorite collectable minifigures, but no one has to know he now has a generic gray torso underneath the rocket suit. ;)
Rather than buying the individual piece, I found the most affordable option at the time was to buy a complete Yellow Castle minifigure from a European Bricklink shop for about $17. (The sticker was in terrible condition, bringing the price down, but all I wanted was the helmet.) I was able to pick up some less rare vintage pieces at the same time, making the shipping cost a little more bearable.
I think the worst part was trying to find the brown spaceman in a blind bag search. It took so long!
Nice you have gotten a lot of them so far though!
Also I will keep your secret about the rocket boy🤐🤫😂
The purple airtank is on pick a brick now, and the new style helmet is in the Halloween parts pack gwp
My dad owes about two of the classic space sets. One of them having the black astronaut. He gave me both sets a couple years ago. Back them I didn’t know it was worth money so I threw the minifig around, toke of the legs, and arms sadly. Only now this past year I was curious and looked up the astronaut’s cost. The torso has about 75% of the gold which is pretty good. I had to find the helmet and air tank in my big bin, not easy. I have the full figure but the helmet is pretty lose. I also have 2 yellow and red astronauts in almost new condition, the only thing tho is that one of the yellow figs had a lose neck. I am looking forward to repairing the sets including this cool looking grabber
A person made a every Lego spaceman is awesome
there have actaully been a lot of of people who have done that
Green classic helmet is coming in a Ninjago or Monkey Kid set, I don't remember which name or exact theme, but it was one of the big city-like sets, and pink Space-Baby is coming this year too:D
I saw that! Very happy those are being added!
There is a way to get an entire old grey spaceman... back when Classic Space sets were still on shelves, either as a promotional item or an early-production inclusion that was quickly switched to printing, transparent-backed stickers for minifigure torsos were made by LEGO with the classic space logo on them. These allowed you to turn any blank minifigure torso you had into a classic spaceman torso - including different colors! I've seen people use these rare sticker sheets to make their own old grey spaceman torsos and complete old grey spacemen. However, these sticker sheets, as I said, are rare and shrouded in mystery. They are not cheap and rarely appear for sale, but they are a way to make a 100% real LEGO old grey classic spaceman.
Of course you could also just make your own custom stickers and do the same thing much more cheaply and easily, you just wouldn't be able to claim it as being 100% LEGO without the rare official stickers.
This sticker sheet would also in theory make it possible to build both a dark orange spaceman and a pearl dark grey spaceman, as motorcycle helmets and air tanks are both available in those colors. Things like blank torsos and the other minifig parts will be harder to find, but there are online shops where you can buy official LEGO parts that have had the printing removed, as well as places that sell blank monochromatic minifigures made using that process - for a price. That would likely be the easiest way to obtain the parts for a dark orange or pearl dark gray spaceman.
Fun fact, the reissued black astronaut in the vintage minifigure collection has a misprinted torso in the version of that set sold outside of north america. Collecting the american version became a bit of a white whale for me and I just recently got one imported to the UK! The white astronaut is also misprinted but thankfully there are have been several opportunities to get the correct one.
Really?!?? That’s actually really interesting! I didn’t know that!
@@BrickingUpBrad Yeah, the UK one is set 852535 while the US one is set 5000438.
The UK one has the space logos in the wrong place on the torso (only for that one specific collection/set, spacemen in the other ones are fine!)
So if you're into that sort of thing you have two more spacemen to collect!
Though I may be wrong about the regional distributions: you actually mentioned different versions in your video, like you showed the supposedly NA version of the fig collection with the black/white spacemen, but the one you showed with the yellow spaceman is one of the supposedly UK/worldwide ones (the NA version of that collection didn't have the yellow spaceman!). Some of the corresponding sets have the same figs but usually with part/colour/print variations (while some figs are exactly the same). Some of the sets have completely different figs with odd figs from the 5th set of the UK versions being distributed among the 4 US ones. You can check them all out on bricklink/brickset where the supposedly NA ones are considered to be 2012/TRU versions and the UK ones are listed as 2009 versions.
For the grey spaceman, it's not ideal for purists but there's a DK_bluish grey Classic Space helmet in "31130 Sunken Treasre Mission", it looks great if you keep the DK_bluish grey hands of the torso.
There's also a (new style) blue Classic Space helmet in "71708 Gamer's Market", so you can easily convert a Benny into a regular blue Classic Space astronaut.
Today I got the brown one, with a radio and a little cute blue one :) The seller helped us find him from all the minifigures and he found him right) Overall we had a lot of fun and he looks awesome.
I would be completely over the moon (pun intended) if LEGO released an Everyone Is Awesome set but with classic spacemen in each of the colours instead of monofigs and with Classic Space builds similar to those in Benny's Space Squad instead of the rainbow floor and wall. How phenomenal would that be?
@BrickingUpBrad, Great video! I really enjoyed it.
That would be an awesome set!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
it could be Called "everyone is spaceman"
I would have preferred Futuron Astronauts myself, but yeah...
The Orange astronaut also came in The Lego Ideas and Games Collection.
#dontdisassembleDanju
Great video man! Was super insightful to see where all these pieces come from! It was super well edited and researched!
That’s a hashtag I can get behind! (Credit to cheesy studios do the og idea)
Thank you so much glad you enjoyed it! Was trying something completely new with this one and didn’t know how people would like it!
I just finished collecting them all. The gray one was the most expensive for me at $65 ($30 for the rocket boy and $35 for the head, helmet, legs and air tank). I got the green ones new in sealed box for $60 off of eBay. I did score a few black ones for $25.
Kind of weird how people collect classic space for nostalgia but also feel like they need these modern recolours of the classic space man in their collection, to each their own I guess.
Collecting in general is kinda weird if you really think about it. You buy plastic shaped like different things to display on shelves.
regularly check bricks and pieces for the classic style helmets and airtanks, that way you can avoid buying those huge sets from random themes and instead get them individually for cheap.
i know that the blue, black, orange, purple and even green helmets were all available with the official lego service bricks and pieces
even as i write this, you can still get the white reissue of the classic spaceman for a total $2.50 each on bricks and pieces
Yeah that is a good way to do it if they are still on PAB
Joke's on you, I find getting all the random themes is part of the fun..... even though my wallet cries afterwards
Great video! I used the dark bluish grey classic helmet for the grey spaceman. That helmet comes in the Creator submarine and PAB.
That’s a good idea!
I HAVE YELLOW CASTLE AND NO OTHER UA-camR MENTIONED THAT GRAY HELMET . YOU DESERVE A SUB
I have also ton an entire deep dive into the lore of the yellow castle if you want more content about it!
4:23 why is it being used more expensive
No clue I was confused about that to.
yeah some of them are more expensive used for some reason@@BrickingUpBrad
This was exceedingly informative, Danju will not be disassembled my liege!
Good! There will be no disassembling of Danju!
Now there’s a dark blue spaceman with the new Dreamzzz space torso introduced.
A guy was selling the whole collection of different colors (not the gray or green ones, the actual open-face helmet ones) for like $200 and I got ALL of them for like $115 all together.
It was a Christmas present for my girlfriend, I got her the Galaxy Explorer and all the spacemen
For the blue one I used benny. I swapped the head to a classic one. But what about the helmet you may ask? Lego actually released a classic blue UNBROKEN helmet in the ninjago set 71708!
Why won’t Lego give us green or medium stone grey helmets?! I guess they like to see us suffer.
😂😂😂 no clue. I mean let’s be honest we never know what is going on in legos head
They have re-issued some ideas sets. My hope is that the Exo-suit will be re-released with the correct helmet, since it is now an available part.
Well we're getting the helmet in green with that Monkie kid Megaopolis set. And yes it's the standard green, not the slightly lighter green, though it would be nice to get a spaceman in that color as well.
Yeah I saw Lego did that! Excited that they finally made it!
I love old lego but dang its NOT cheap
Thread to identify the meaning of their color:
Blue : Security
White : Explorer
Black : Spy
Red : Pilot
Yellow : Scientist
Pink : ?? Medic
Orange : ??
Green : ?? Miner
Purple : ??
Brown : ??
Grey : ??
happy to have them all (originals, not the new helmet green one)
Nice!!
"you can save money if you already have a lot in your collection." Euhm ... yeah
I literally just put all of my modern classic space minifigures on display and less than an hour later this showed up in my recommended
UA-cam is watching you👀
😂😂
I feel like the space police 3 classic space statue should have gotten a mention
That would have been a good one to put in as a honorable mention!
You will soon be able to get the green space helmet from a monkey kid set that comes out next year
Yes very excited!
I got lucky with mines and got them cheap awhile back. Buying rocket boys, the 4 pack. A cheap red one etc. I recently got the orange one as a gift. And I'm about to complete dark blue and black
Nice!
If i had to guess the brown space men are care takers since they come with a baby and has camras to watch them i assume they would be only in bases and there to teach them
Tempted to get some white ones to try dying the plastic new colors. Probably wont work with lego plastic but ive dyed dolls before so i may try it for fun
I don’t advise that
This highlights some of the madness of bricklink (and perhaps laziness of some collectors). When near identical figures are different costs because of a basic face/pair of legs.
The reason identical figures are sometimes more expensive then others is because of how many sets it came in. And the rarity of it.
I don’t get it, how is bricklink lady? What’s the reasonable alternative?
i just gotta say, there is indeed a green classic helmet in a monkey kid set (i think)
Came out a while after I made this video
You didn't really go InTo the differences in torsos, and how exactly those would effect cost, if you consider the better newer cores that the kegs go InTo, and weather or not the thin or thick chins of the helmet make any significant differences to the cost.
According to BrickLink the white spaceman from lego movie set and the galaxy explorer is exactly the same.
Yeah they are. Pretty sure I said that in the video
@@BrickingUpBrad from 2:08 - 2:13 you said we got an “updated version”
@@hanzocloud so they are the same yes but they updated the prints so they wouldn’t fade and fixed the helmets so they wouldn’t break. They look exactly the same but did update them in a way. They just updated them material wise. So yes that was the wrong phrasing to use but they are a new version of the originals
Finally, someone that actually owns the ADU Truck from alien conquest
It’s such an awesome set! Picked it up a bit ago for cheap and it was so worth it!
6:16 thanks to people who parted out danju now I have to pay the price that I bought the rest 3 only for him(thanks for agreeing with me bricking up Brad)
In set 31130 there is a dark gray space helmet. Maybe in the future a dark gray classic space torso and oxygen tanks
I would love it if they did a dark grey spaceman!
I see the 7041 troll battle wheel in the background😉
I would gladly pay for Classic Space if Lego brought it back!
This is great I’ve been wanting to collect all of them so this is helpful:)
Glad to hear!
I got Orange, Red, White, Blue, Pink (My favorite one because of color and name), and Yellow
Can you add an update for the new Classic Space green helmet coming in 80054 set 16 days ago ?
As a classic space snob, I would argue that there are only 5 classic spacemen: The 5 original colours with classic helmets. All others are recent, remakes or facsimiles.
Hi, could you tell me what are the sizes of the hoodie in your store in centimeters?
I think one of these spacemans is an impostor. It's definitely not blue, they have a kid.
Thank you for acknowledging that other currencies and countries exist 😊
The backwards text on the T-shirt and the direction of the dragon shield implies the video was uploaded reversed, for some reason...
I really hope Lego re-releases the black spaceman, or at the very least the torso.
That would be great!
I got one of the red space minifigs with a sticker on the front with the space logo on it, do you have anny info on them?
If LEGO can just do us all a SOLID and come out with a CLASSIC SPACEMAN / WOMAN PACK in EVERY COLOR - we’ll be good. They can get my $$$💰 and I’m sure they’ll be a few others as well.
Don't worry, smiles are gender neutral.
LOL you’re right. This day and age ......it’s something else.
Lovely and informative longform video might have to binge all of them
pirates or castle?
and
western or space?
As in which is better?
@@BrickingUpBrad yeah
Castle is better then pirates, lore wise though pirates is better.
And I have such a soft spot for westerns so I have to say western over space but that’s just me!
Castle over pirates, but only because I had them as a kid and have amazing memories of my Yellow Castle. I didn't collect pirates until decades later, but those sea battles and boarding actions with the big ships are great fun!
Space was the first set my mom and grandmother ever bought me, so definitely space over western, but I still love my Fort Legorado!
Crazy, I wanna try and get them all now 😂
I feel like you should mention PAB so newbies know they can get purple helmets and air tanks for Pennies instead of $10+ apiece (and now green helmets!!)
when I made this video those items were not on there
I recently bought all of them and was able to get the black one for $15 bc I had everything but the torso and the torso was in perfect condition
Oh nice!
I am clearly going insane. I swear there was a normal gray space man in one of the 80s classic sets when I was a kid, who was supposed to be a commander type, but all of the evidence is pointing to no...
I looked over every space figure! I didn’t see any that would point to that.
I lived in 1979 so all I want is original red white yellow blue black
There’s a reason why many people will never own the black astronaut
I just found one in a shoe box😂
Hello its me
It’s you!!
DONT LISTEN TO HIM. Im me!! Not him!! He's he.
@@Qoobon_ 👀👀👀 no I’m me
@@BrickingUpBrad no I’m me
nope, you are all wrong. I'm me.
Awesome video
This is a collection I can't afford unfortunately
Also there's other cheaper minifigures i would get first
I get that lol
I'm not collecting'em all myself since the orange and combo figures are so expensive to get, but i hope they release a green Classic Space helmet one day, there's something not right about the motorbike helmet.
They actually did release a green one in a monkey kid set
@@BrickingUpBrad Ho that's awesome :)
@@BrickingUpBradwhat’s the set number?
You showed the classic helemt with a thick chin strap, but labeled it thin :(
How in the world does the green spaceman (Pete) cost more used than new??? Can’t be right.
I got 2 black space t with no gold on the torso for £10 each
Great vid, really enjoyable watch
Glad to hear!
I do wanna collect them, but, im gonna get the new ones insted of the old ones
What do you think the brown, pink, and orange spacemen’s jobs would be?
I never knew they had jobs until watching this vid?
I would hav to think about it more because honestly I have no clue😂
@@BrickingUpBrad well Let me know if you have an idea
I have the red ,orange, yellow , white, blue, gray and blacktron
Cool vid!
Awesome video man!
Thank you!
My wish is to somehow get the Blue yellow and red astronauts but that's unlikely probably
It’s actually not hard! Look at them on bricklink
@@BrickingUpBrad alright i can't right know since after Christmas we been on a budget but i will try to ask my mom when i can!
i only have a 1979 yellow guy one, really want to grow my collection hehe
Starting at almost zero lol got to catch them all!
@@BrickingUpBrad fr
This is such a great video! Your content is so good Brad 🙌🏽
I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it!
IKM BOUTA BE BROKE WITH THIS🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Nice! I got em all o7
4:24 Pete stole someone’s wallet
Several of the used figures/parts go for more than the new, lol.
Yeah its crazy!
@@BrickingUpBrad When you say "used" do you mean it's like the original version vs. a brand new version made in like the last decade? For example if you have a used part of a set made in 1982, is that considered more valuable as a used part than a newer noticeably newer version made in the 2012?
❤I actually have the galaxy explorer lego set hard but a incredible challenge for me with so many pieces/lego pieces. ❤😊an greate opportunity for me I would definitely recommend people buy this lego set it only cost $100 dollars 💸 if you can afford it or your just looking for some thing classic but bigger GO for it!!! You will not be disappointed!! Trust me!!!❤😊
I wish they made a clear space man 😞😞
That would be sick!
@@BrickingUpBrad I don't know if clear minifig parts would be considered legal, with acceptable plastic quality to be honest... Although a Marvel Invisible Woman wouls be sweet...
I have bought all of them in eBay for 112 bucks and to it wast as bad as I thought but it was on discount so I got pretty lucky on this
Thanks. Now i only need too get money.💀But i can finally make my dream become real.Thank you Bricking up Brad.
Amazing work ty
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you i search for this Informations. Nice greetings from Multiverse of Brickness
Blacktron are the most expensive
CATCH THEM ALLL YESSS!!!!!
the space pokiemon
I couldn’t resist 😂😂
🤣
Knowledge is power
Love that it’s cheaper to not disassemble Danju
Right!