(Pete's girlfriend is AFOL Yvonne Doyle.) Can you imagine anything nicer than having you and your partner immortalised as Classic Space minifigs in an official set? This makes me happy. Sweetly, the figs are actually given names on the box art: Pete and Yve. In terms of individual parts, the airtanks have never been produced in Green before (Element ID 6095718 | Design ID 3838) and of course the torso print (Element ID 6095721 | Design ID 76382) is also unique to this set. Pete's single-stud head connection had to go and consequently he now has two eyes instead of one, which I think looks ever-so-vaguely menacing, but if you prefer the original it's an easy change. He's a cute little guy full of personality and poseability, and remains largely unchanged. Another popular model of Pete's is his robot turtle, an variant of which is shown on the right below) and Mark was able to include a redesigned version in Exo Suit. ![]() Pete's original submission comprised the Exo Suit piloted by a Classic Space minfig in White, but the final set contains much more. They envisaged AFOLs would be a significant market for this set: so why not turn to AFOLs to plan how it should be presented? It was a brave approach and I'm relieved it has gone so astonishingly well: the "reveal" ran pretty much perfectly and if the hype (and indeed, panic) is to be believed, this set will sell out extremely quickly when it is released on 1 August.Īt our first meeting in January 2014, all the thrilling surprises were revealed to us. In a nutshell, having embraced the concept of "co-creation" with the introduction of the CUUSOO platform, LEGO Ideas saw this set as an opportunity to extend that concept into the very marketing and packaging of the set itself. ![]() ![]() I was on the "Exo Team" of AFOLs Pete assembled to work with the LEGO Ideas team on the campaign.
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