Lego Space
Many early space sets were primarily blue, grey, and white and included translucent yellow windscreens and blocks.
The new line kept the logo aesthetic and the white and blue color scheme that were used in the later years of "Classic" Space but redesigned its minifigures.
Instead of a large spaceship, the theme centered around the Monorail Transport System, which featured a battery-powered train and six metres (20 ft) of track.
Blacktron featured a large spacecraft, the "Renegade", which set the tone for all future large ships by splitting into a number of smaller modules, including a storage bin for a small, wheeled vehicle, which could be recombined not only with each other but also with modules from other vehicles in the theme, specifically the "Invader" and "Battrax".
[4] The M:Tron theme vehicles are distinctive for their red hulls, grey and black trim, and transparent neon green canopies.
The figures wore white trousers, a red shirt with an "M" logo in the middle, and a black helmet with a transparent neon green visor.
This theme also extensively used brick-built robot figures (droids) to assist the M:Tron space minifigures.
The sets' color designs featured black with white trim and transparent neon green canopies, and the minifigures were redesigned with new uniforms and a new logo.
It also replaced the widespread interchangeability of Blacktron I with mostly uniform cockpit globes, which could be switched unimpeded between ships in other sets within the theme.
However, only four sets of eleven featured them (the Alpha Centauri Outpost, Spectral Starguider, Aerial Intruder, and the Allied Avenger).
The set designs featured black and grey with transparent green canopies and red trim.
Finally, Space Police II ships were known for being under-armed; several vehicles sported no overt weapons (such as the Galactic Chief, whose epaulette-wearing pilot is armed with only a hand-held blaster that might actually be a megaphone), and the others featured only two small cockpit-mounted weapons (including the theme's heavyweight multi-module spaceship, the Galactic Mediator).
In 1994 Spyrius replaced Blacktron II as the "bad" faction, with sets designed around spying and infiltration.
Most spaceships in this theme were shaped like flying saucers, and the ground vehicles were designed like giant robots.
The Unitron theme revolved around a group dedicated to defending the galaxies from Spyrius while they explored the unknown reaches of space.
It also retained Lego interchangeability in the form of small cockpits that could dock on the front or top of its vehicles.
Sets are known for using large, open structures and special image elements (e.g., as foil-holograph stickers for viewscreens).
The sets featured numerous large robots in varying color schemes, run by similarly uniformed pilots.
[9] The story is about a team of astronauts crashing on a seemingly barren planet after their ship is sucked into a wormhole and spit out in a faraway galaxy.
Life on Mars is a space theme released in 2001, around a time of increased curiosity about the red planet.
This was the first theme to feature two types of minifigures: Martian aliens (native to Mars) and human astronauts.
The Martians in the Life on Mars theme was unique in that they were named after real-life stars and constellations: Altair, Centauri, Antares, Canopus, Pollux, Vega, Arcturus, Cassiopeia, Mizar, and Rigel.
Space Police III continued the Lego trend of humans versus aliens started in the former Mars Mission theme.
This is the first time the Space Police have been pitted against monstrous-looking aliens instead of human-looking villains, like Blacktron or Spyrius.
A gang, including Kranxx, Snake, the Skull Twins, Slizer, and Squidman, are the main troublemakers for Space Police III with independent, Frenzy keeping them busy as well.
Using their ubiquitous blue vehicles, they fight back against the aliens, stopping abductions in their tracks...[15] 2013's space-specific theme Galaxy Squad features a team of intergalactic heroes and robot sidekicks trying to defeat an alien race of space bugs—humanoids with insect features—intent on "cocooning" the galaxy with special two-piece cocoons that can each enclose a standard minifigure.
In October 2020, an orange version of the Classic Space astronaut was released with the book Lego Minifigure: A Visual History.
Like the original, it included four astronaut minifigures, a robot, and a pull-out rover from the back, but excluded the baseplate and satellite tower.
