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Space Supply Station

Construction Toy
1983 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Construction toy playset, made from injection-moulded ABS bricks and components of various sizes, shapes and colours. The 'supply station' is mounted onto a grey base which has moulded 'crater' features. The base is a long platform supported by eight blue struts, its proper right is a 'landing pad' for the two small saucer-like spacecraft; the proper left is a control centre with a lifting canopy. At either end of the platform is an antenna dish. As well as the two saucers, there are two wheeled vehicles: one is articulated in the middle, the other has a storage box on the back. There are four astronaut minifigures: two with yellow spacesuits, two with red. With the object is its colour-printed paper building instructions.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

  • Space Station
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Instruction
Titles
  • Space Supply Station (manufacturer's title)
  • Lego Classic Space (series title)
Materials and techniques
Injection-moulded ABS; printed paper
Brief description
Construction toy playset, 'Space Supply Station', Lego, 1983
Physical description
Construction toy playset, made from injection-moulded ABS bricks and components of various sizes, shapes and colours. The 'supply station' is mounted onto a grey base which has moulded 'crater' features. The base is a long platform supported by eight blue struts, its proper right is a 'landing pad' for the two small saucer-like spacecraft; the proper left is a control centre with a lifting canopy. At either end of the platform is an antenna dish. As well as the two saucers, there are two wheeled vehicles: one is articulated in the middle, the other has a storage box on the back. There are four astronaut minifigures: two with yellow spacesuits, two with red. With the object is its colour-printed paper building instructions.
Production typeMass produced
Object history
Acquired by the Museum in 2017 [2017/265]
Production
'Space' was an unofficial Lego theme which first appeared in 1978.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
B.17:1 to 10-2017

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Record createdApril 12, 2017
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