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Trying to buy lego for kids these days is a nightmare.

I went looking for a spaceship lego set. Just a simple rocket or something.

Instead it's heaps of adult themed/Star Wars/NASA licensed stuff. The alternative seems to be a bucket of standard bricks.

The adult orientation of LEGO these days makes me hesitant to buy it.

I don't mind Adults having LEGO sets, I do mind if that becomes so lucrative it stops kids being able to enjoy it.




You have to sift through pages to find this one and it is 50 euro for a small set.


There's few other generic-ish space sets you can find just by putting "space" into the search bar on the Lego site:

https://www.lego.com/en-be/product/lunar-roving-vehicle-6034... (cheaper, similar play value)

https://www.lego.com/en-be/product/lunar-space-station-60349 (slightly more expensive, bigger)

https://www.lego.com/en-be/product/lunar-research-base-60350 (more expensive, but much bigger)

The space sets are definitely there in general, they're just a sub-theme of "City" now for some reason.

There's also a few space fantasy sets under the Monkie Kid line, like https://www.lego.com/en-be/product/chang-e-moon-cake-factory... and its rabbit-piloted moon mecha.


In my head, Euros are worth basically the same, maybe a little bit more, than USD. But the US version of that set is only $40 (although it's sold out, so maybe the EU version is higher in price due to scarcity). https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/space-shuttle-adventure-3...


EU has about 20% VAT, but even taking that into account it's still more expensive


> I do mind if that becomes so lucrative it stops kids being able to enjoy it.

I've got 3 young kids, and trust me, that's nowhere near happening. Kids love lego.


It was about making it accessible. No doubt they love it!




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