LEGO Ideas LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V 21309

As a LEGO enthusiast, I found the set a highly enjoyable build. Other than a few technical elements, building the set is fairly easy and could be built by children if they have previous experience building sets of similar difficulty, such as the 2012 LEGO Star Wars Malevolence. The set also is amazing to display. Measuring over a metre tall, it even looks impressive compared to sets like the Millennium Falcon and Hogwarts Castle. Being able to take the set apart into the different sections of the rocket makes the rocket even kore realistic and true to the Saturn V itself. The only fault is that the rocket can brake at times during the build so at points it can be frustrating however, the finished product makes up for it. The smaller LEGO microsets that come with the rocket are surprisingly detailed and are great sets by themselves. They also make a nice change in set type after working on the Apollo Saturn V for 6+ hours. Overall the set is a great build for nearly all ages and can be appreciated by everyone, no matter their experience in LEGO building.

In the year of the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon, this set showcases what man achieved in the 1960's, in scaled down format. And when this set is built, it is a wow moment & you can only wonder at what the gargantuan real thing must have been like to experience first hand, because this completed Saturn V is big enough! The outer box sets the scene, you get a build instruction manual with some insight to the Saturn V & this build for me was like a good book, once started I couldn't stop. Took me about 8hrs over a night & morning to build, when finished, as a fan of all things space, I had a big grin on my face! It can't help but bring the kid in you out. All in all, worth the time & money invested. Sadly they didn't approve the launch pad/tower, I understand why & I hope Lego continue to fire the imagination with sets like this going forward, especially as manned missions to Mars seem inevitable.

Bought to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon landing 50th Anniversary. Loved building the Saturn V from start to finish. The scale is awesome and compliments my other Lego builds displayed in the build room. I purposely didn't rush this and spread it over a couple of weeks, I looked forward to getting home from work every night and popping a few pieces together. I hope Lego will consider some more NASA esque builds in the future.

My kids got me the Saturn V for my 60th birthday. Who would have thought a 60 year old could have so much fun with what I thought was a child's toy. Had so much fun I purchased the Lunar Lander.

Just shy of 3 hours to build. Rocket Boys and Retro Space Guys were quickly drawn to it. Helmets off to the LEGO Ideas Creators and the LEGO Designers for a superbly engineered and designed set. The attention to detail and intricate way the stages of the Rocket are built makes you want to dismantle it in order to build it over and over, yet it is too beautiful to pull apart. My three helpers (6yo, 4yo and 3yo) were mesmerized as it steadily grew to 1m tall - taller than the two youngest I might add. The booklet includes some introductory pages (as do all LEGO Ideas sets) on the history of the Apollo Saturn V which were well put together and certainly value added to the set. A thoroughly enjoyable build that I can't recommend highly enough. The value for money is ridiculous. It is little wonder they sold out within hours of becoming available.

This is awesome !! It is quite big and the price is totally acceptable (1969 PCS) although some parts don't fit perfectly and some not very stable. Everyone who loves space should get one. And the space shuttle I highly recommond as well. It is cool. BTW, I am trying to build a launch pad for the Saturn V. Does any one have some suggestions?

This set was incredible. Lots of printed parts which is also nice. After building the model I tore it apart and made a few modifications. I hated hiding those large curved pieces inside the model so I came up with an alternative way of doing it. And of course the model wasn't complete without adding a crawler and tower. All in all this was a great build. I was also amazed at how sturdy it was.

Had a great time building this set with my girlfriend. The nature of the Saturn V means it's a perfect set to build with friends or family as you can split the bags between you and build the seperate modules without needing to trip over each other all the time. Difficulty was just about right for a relatively novice pair of adult builders, it took us about 5 hours between us so I would guess about 10 hours for one person. There were some interesting building techniques as part of the assembly too which we thought were really clever. Nothing too complicated to get frustrating though...the whole process was pretty smooth and just generally enjoyabe. Really impressed with the overall look and sturdiness of the finished model. You can never get bored having it on display as there's endless positions you can put it in, either fully assembled or with the seperate modules (although having it stood upright in its 1 meter high awesomeness is by far my favourite). Lunar module and landing craft are both nice little finishing touches, and help to give the size of the rocket a nice sense of perspective (i.e. it's enormous!). I would absolutely recommend this kit to anybody who is even the slightest bit tempted by it, and I can only hope we see more sets with the NASA theme.

When I first read that this set was coming out and after I had seen the pictures of this fantastic ideas set I knew I had to have it! Luckily we had already planned to go to Legoland the week it was released and I was fortunate enough to get one. First of all the box art is stunning! As a huge fan of anything to do with space, NASA etc. I really loved the detail and effort which had gone into the box and I think it really stands out on the shelf! As for the build I wanted to make sure I took my time to really take it all in and enjoy the building process of this incredible model, so I spread it out over the course of 3 days, probably about 7-8 hours of building time. The build is split into different sections and you basically build up and up and up! What surprised me was just how much goes into building the interior which you don't get to see, so the build is pretty intricate but enjoyable and very interesting at the same time. Each section is very solid, so you don't need to worry too much when holding or moving it, but obviously as you keep adding each section on you do need to be more careful because this is such a tall model, another thing to mention is there are NO stickers in this set, everything is printed which I love because you get such unique and cool printed pieces which any Lego fan would love. Even though I had seen the information on how big this set was, it wasn't until it was complete when it really blew my mind as to how MASSIVE this is, I also own the tower of orthanc and was kind of expecting it to be roughly the same size...nope this is even taller than that! Luckily you get to build 3 little supports for the model which allows you to display it and keep it steady. Finally you get 2 smaller builds to go with it, the first one which is my favourite part of this whole set is s build of the actual moon landing where you get a tiny US flag and 4 astronaut micro (nano) figs which are the same as the ones you get in the Helicarrier, This little build even looks good as it's own tiny display model. The second build represents the landing back on earth with the inflatable in the water which is also a nice touch. One last thing I'd like to mention is how cool the instruction manual is, it's designed like a NASA blueprint and it comes with info about the original fan designer, the Lego design team and the actual mission itself and gives you the different stages of the mission which the Saturn V took, again the manual itself is something which Lego fans would really love to have as it's so cool. I would give this set a huge 5/5 and would recommend this to every Lego fan as it's absolutely amazing, easily one of my favourite Lego sets ever! You won't be disappointed! :)

This Set is Amazing, Big, Detailed, Fun to build, and a great representation of an Era Long Over Due to be Reawakened as the 50th anniversary nears to celebrate one of our Nations Greatest Achievements of Landing on the Moon. Hats off to the Designer and Lego Making this set a reality after years of voting and planning to release this epic Set through "Lego Ideas" platform. The Build is modular so you can have multiple peeps building different sections if you want. Each section has fun building techniques to get the S.N.O.T. Appearance and every Detail about the Build looks well thought out to get the best possible representation of this massive Saturn V rocket. One of the more suprising details about this Build is that there are NO stickers...everything has a beatiful print, so much appreciated! The playability is feasible because this is a Solid strong Build and "shooshing" isn't out of the question, plus all the stages can detach to reinact the entire moon mission from start to finish.(Great learning tool) Over all, this is impressive to say the least to proudly display for years to come...Beatiful Job... I highly recommend this set!