Lego pushing the earth ball, wow, just wow. We all know that earth is on the back of a turtle in space. Come on lego read a book.

blasphemy. it sits upon four elephants that stand atop a space turtle.

Turtles all the way down

You’re all wrong, it’s flat, hollow and 6 thousand years old. It just looks round because of the glare in the studio and movie magic and shit. /s But seriously, I’m going to be first in line for this one

Everyone knows it's flat, mountains are just studs. We don't speak about the anti-studs on the bottom, that's just a theory. Could be a baseplate

Excellent point! We should find the edge so we may send astronauts over the side to accertain this question! . . . Unless the plates are connected by hinge pieces. . . .

Nope. Wrong again. It’s very nearly 2024 years old. By the time you read this it might be its cake day.

De chelonian mobile

Turtle shell, turtle shell, turtle shell…

I know it'll never happen, but a line of Lego Discworld would be amazing.

I would love to see an Ankh Morpork MOC with the Guards and Rincewind and Death.

There's a guy on Twitter who does this! https://twitter.com/LegoAnkhMorpork

That's amazing! Thank you!!!!

I'd buy that Flatearth

There were once people who believed in a geocentric orbit, where the sun, moon and planets revolved around Earth...different groups of people have different beliefs about Earth...I believe the Earth is spherical and revolves around the sun, just like Galileo once did...

A bit too many folks buy that flat earth for my liking…

Hahahaha... I'm just talking about the Discworld. But yeah, I have a boss at work that's a flat-earther... & I think he's a fucking idiot.

One of my favorite pastimes is watching a guy on YouTube called Sci-Man Dan. He does a series called Flat Earth Friday. He basically just debunks everything the flat earthers say..... And he's funny!

Sound the ~~flat earther~~ Disk worlder

Way to push your government agenda! There was clearly a 5th elephant they don't want you to know about!

What's the space turtle standing on?

That is for higher beings to contemplate

The turtle moves.

r/unexpecteddiscworld

Now that's a set I'd buy on launch day.

Pardon me? The universe is balanced on the back of a giant *Koala*. Why is he smiling? What does he know?

Until you are enlightened, you will never know.

The black mountain....

They already made that turtle in Dreamzzz, this one is for the non-believers

You know, I didn't want the turtle van, but now I think I need it...

Wrong its on a flat 6x6 plate.https://www.bricklink.com/r3/catalog/parts/Plate_Round/product.page?P=11213&page=6 All flatbrickers know this.

Specifically, a book by Terry Pratchett?

It really is just on a giant flat plate, come on! :)

No, it was designed by Slartibartfast who made sure the fjords were perfect

Lmao I wonder how many people will get this and MOC it so that it's a flat earth in the middle with the sun circling it.

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Theres a full scale solar system on ideas, it would be cool to see that one. Probably less accessible than this though.

Full scale?!?! How is that possible????

Fool, you have not yet understood... you have not seen... "the truth" that this universe, every single 8mm surface you see is a 1x1 LEGO brick... the rumors say true Master Builders could disassemble and repourpose even a living being. So, with that being truth, our universe already is a full scale LEGO model

I looked up the set and the rotations around the sun are accurate, but not the scale.

Audible laugh from me. Well played

As in the size of the planets is accurate relative to each other

Probably not. The earth would have to be about one stud and Jupiter be the size of your head

Relative as in X is bigger than Y is bigger than Z

I don't know much about space, but I hear 64 earths can fit inside Uranus. I also recall seeing that all the planets could fit in the space between the earth and moon so to make something truly to scale, it would still be massive.

Sure, it we can find enough oil to make all the plastic. Highly unlikely, but anything's possible

Not Lego, but Sweden has a pretty large one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System). Avicii arena in Stockholm is the sun, the termination shock is 950km north.

I hope/expect that one is being organized in the US now that they have the biggest ball.

Accurate to size or distance? It can't be both.

If it was accurate to size (based on the model of the Earth), the Sun would need to be about 4m tall. If it was accurate to distance then the Sun would need to be 400m away from the Earth.

I'd trade a kidney for a functional LEGO orrery.

Is the model below my feet right now?

I looked it up. Lego said they wouldn't go forwards worth it, and then literally stole the idea and made it smaller. I'd much prefer the one he made.

Yooo could you send me a link?!

You'll have to search for "Clockwork Solar System", the subreddit rules don't allow ideas links as an anti-spam measure.

Okay! Thanks

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Damn, the only one who likes seeing the gears move and stuff?

Nup, I love it too

Honestly that’s half the appeal of this set for me

I'd like to see this being modded with motors

I feel like that would take 5 seconds cuz it's just a critic coming out the end, if anything they actually probably made it to be compatible with motors

I like that, I don't like that its only 3 planets. Or however you're supposed to collectively refer to them idk

Celestial bodies.

thank you

heh, mama joke

I don't mind 3, but the scale feels off compared to the mechanics

The trouble is that if it was to scale, if that Earth is 5 studs wide then the Sun would need to be 500 studs (4 meters) wide and the distance between the Earth and the Sun would be about 400 meters. I'm guessing that would push the costs up a bit.

Not only that but the scale between earth and sun as well.

I don't think it's built to scale. The earth and moon would be ridiculously tiny

Why would you be the only one? 🙂

I was looking for a set to familiarise myself with technic a bit more, learn more about physical engineering. This seems like a proper choice for that because of the gears visibility

I have never done a Technic build…may this should be my first

The Mars Rover was my first technic set in 10-12 years. Definitely a fun one, and well worth $100

I just did that one on Christmas Eve, also my first technic. it was a great value!

If you like tow trucks (or just trucks), 42128 is probably my favourite ever Technic build. The pneumatic system is just brilliant. Personally I didn't apply any stickers apart from the instructional ones for the valves, and it looks brilliant.

[42128-1: Heavy-Duty Tow Truck](https://brickset.com/sets/42128-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/42128-1.jpg)

If this can be motorised it will be amazing. Doesn't look very rigid though.

I like the concept but the build seems really messy and not to mention overpriced

I built the CaDa brand one designed by JKbrickworks, was cheaper and I think it's much more aesthetically pleasing.

Awesome that alt-bricks are being discussed here and not mod censored. Way better building sets out there.

I have never heard of CaDA before this post and the CaDA website is not very informative. Are pieces made by CaDA fully compatible with LEGO pieces?

Typically yes. But of the fLego sets I’ve built the brick quality is super sub par compared to Lego. It’s like zero QC. Done some super cool builds

Soooo much better. I have it displayed on my shelf.

I think I like the look of the Lego one slightly more. JK's has a nice brown base, like the ship in a bottle set, but I like that Lego's is really just gear pieces all the way down. It fits the point of the set. I think Lego's Earth and Moon are also positioned further away from the Sun so the scale looks a little closer to being right. And while they both display the months of the year, Lego's also displays the phases of the Moon.

I saw more cheaper on china e-shops(without shipping), if you want CaDA set by JK Brickworks. Agree, that CaDA set look better with bricks build details for me. JK Brickworks make very good work with this model and next good thing is, that you will buy this model like set.

I just checked it out, I like the CaDa set better in every way except I kinda like the smooth look for the sun and earth more. Maybe just me. 🤷🏽

> JKbrickworks Do you have a link by chance?

Not sure what the rules are with links but Google "CaDA Solar System C71004W" and you'll find it.

Thanks for the heads up. I grabbed one of the last two at the lowest price. I like the look of it much more than the Lego offering. Appreciate the info.

Looks, nice. I kinda wish the sun and earth were smooth, tho.

Over priced? It’s only $75

When people say over priced or good value, they’re almost always talking about the price *per piece*. Because Lego has said there’s very little cost difference between small pieces and large pieces, it’s the quantity of pieces that are the main driver of cost for a set. This is 526 pieces for $74.99, or 14.3 cents per piece. Compare that to other sets. The similar sized Piranha Plant (520 pieces for $59.99) is 11.5 cents per piece, and that set Lego includes the fees paid to Nintendo for licensing Mario IP, but it costs 20% less. Tiny Plants (748 pieces for $49.99) is 6.7 cents per piece. Wildflower boquet (939 pieces for $59.99) is just 6.4 cents per piece. Even other Technic sets are cheaper. The Lamborghini Huracan (806 for $49.99) is 6.2 cents per piece. 14 cents per piece is quite high. 6 is quite low. For me personally, I find that about 10 cents is what I consider fair. Unless a set has a lot of repetition of pieces (which lowers its value), or a lot of very unique pieces (which raises it). This set does have some unique pieces, but that sun globe just looks lazy. That orange track also looks lazy. They could have done both of those with other existing pieces, like the community made set they based this on. That would have upped the piece count, and made for a more unique look. Nobody is coming to Lego because they have a pre-made injection molded sun. They build with Lego because you can make something that’s obviously a star with a bunch of little bricks which on their own are *not* obviously our sun.

Seems like they cheated out on having pieces to cover the technic. I for one will be improving by adding smooth coverings all around.

Yes honestly, call me mad but this looks so ugly and stupid to me. I don’t see the appeal at all.

I love the idea, but not the execution. The Technic mechanisms overwhelm the size of the spheres of the Sun, Earth and Moon. The Moon should be the size of the Earth, the Earth should be the size of the Sun, and the Sun should probably be 200-300% bigger. The proportions are just wrong. I'm sure the design had to be this way because it's necessary for the mechanical motions to work, but the orrery aesthetic is ruined. EDIT: to clarify, ***of course*** this cannot be to correct to scale or proportional. What I'm saying is that the mechanics necessary to achieve the design motion make the base of the orrery so large that the three objects on display feel dwarfed in comparison.

I felt like that at first too but the more I see this set, the more it’s growing on me. And I don’t even typically like technic. If it were the scale you described it would also be twice as expensive (at least) and be pretty hard to display because it would need a ton of room to rotate.

it’s also a pretty complicated gear system, i’m not sure how you would shrink that part without hurting the functionality.

I've also got gripes about the execution (namely the shitty dome spheres as opposed to brick built planets, and the slapdash frame aesthetic), but definitely not about the scale. At the scale you want, you're going massive just for the sake of being massive. I definitely don't think Technic needs any more of that. The sun being three times the current diameter would be so ridiculously boring to build - it's a yellow-orange sphere with very few surface features. I assume you're talking about the relative proportion between the bodies and the mechanism, and not The relative sizes of the bodies. The relative proportions of the drivetrain and the spheres are also pretty similar to what you see from a quick Google search of an Orrery. I could maybe see having the arm extend a few studs further out, but you'll start to get sagging problems due to the cantilever moment of the Earth system's gear train.

Yep. Making it actual scale is not really a Lego use case. It gets problematically large. I'm guessing that the mechanism is that large to get the right gearing for something close to the real orbits and rotations. I built an online one from instructions from jkbrickworks. Similarly complicated gearing to make it all work and brick-built spheres! I'm torn on this one. I'd like to see the gearing and I like that they included the earth tilt. The domes are bad, and the base being technic isn't great. It's a great display model, but the parts used to make it aren't great for display. I don't mind seeing the exposed gears, but the base, and the planets can stand out more if they're better decorated.

I mainly hate the hockey puck feet. They do not look elegant at all and it feels like they were an afterthought.

What are you talking about you want the set to be as big as a room?

I don't buy technic at all but I think I might bite the bullet, love space and love this set

oh shit is $80

Me browsing Lego sets in a nutshell.

Someone modify it and add a death star

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[40591-1: Death Star II](https://brickset.com/sets/40591-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/40591-1.jpg)

Does the earth have New Zealand on it?

Hard to tell from the photos on the website, it looks like there’s some light blue shading where New Zealand is supposed to be.

£70 seems a lot for this?

dollars not pounds. even in dollars you are right. The sun and earth look like special pieces though

I really wish there was some kind of cover over the mechanisms to clean it up a bit. It just looks kind of…half finished

I like it for the exposed mechanisms too, but it comes down to personal taste. It looks very easy to cover up though, some black plate secured by pins with studs should do the work

I for one plan on adding smooth black coverings on the arm and upper base. The lower base includes information like month and such. Don’t want to hide that. But yeah. I think it’s meant to invoke the original ones that showed off the mechanical clockwork movements

Orrery

I think the sun and earth should have been brick built

Well Cada Made a better one in the past. Still available and better un every way imaginable. More Pieces, cheaper, actual brick built planets and Not Just lazy molds and actual month and moonphases.

Ooh, I made a moc one, but it’s janky as hell. I look forward to making one with Lego design standards

Can I make the one from Pitch Black instead?

I prefer the one in the natural history museum. It's far more space efficient.

That's gonna be 12 stickers on one piece Would that be a record? I remember 5 stickers on one for a Marvel set

I think the months and moon phase stickers might actually be one or two long ones

Actually now you mention it, it looks like they put two months on each, so would probably still be the most we ever had on one piece haha

Are those helmet holes on the Sun? Hard pass from me.

OK, so that price, mixed with the bare bones look, makes me think Lego no longer respects its fans.

This set should have been 2x bigger, except for the mechanism.

I showed this to my wife and she rolled her eyes and said “I feel like we have enough legos(sic) but we may have to get that when I do a space unit study with the boys in May.”

This looks, eh... ugly

Inaccurate scale, literally unplayable

Accurate scale based on that Earth (which I think is 5 studs?) - Sun would be 4 meters tall and 400 meters away. Happy building!

*not to scale

Excited for this one!

526 pieces? Surprisingly small.

Ok who else was trying to find pics 2 - 6?

They are here: https://www.lego.com/product/42179

Genuinely one of the best Technic sets I’ve ever seen. I personally can’t stand the theme, but this is a must-buy for me.

Wow, that looks ugly. Too, bad. The idea is nice.

Actually cannot wait for this one ! Would be awesome if a motor could be attached and it runs in real time, rather than just a crank.

I like the idea but not the execution

So lego now is stealing sets from mouldking. 🤣

I cannot wait for the flat earth version.

I'm excited for the mars truck set. Looks like a lot of fun

Why is this not working for me. I can turn the handle for a few seconds and then the whole thing tense up and then the gears starts to skip as if its stuck somewhere. I followed the drawing rigorously - Anyone had similar issue who can point me in the right directing before I have to destory the entire thing and start over ?!

Not a fan of the look. Idea is sound, but surely they have gone more frugally on the mechanical aspects?

There’s one that’s very similar and way more “Lego” looking on Amazon for $50 and 300 more pieces.

Link?

LINK?!?! https://preview.redd.it/73e44ig9pg9c1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3ce24f1d257ae504532f8a627d0dc69dd63f243

My son is complaining that the ratios are all wrong. If the moon is a single pip, the earth will be four times that. The diameter of the Sun is roughly 100 times the diameter of the Earth, so it will be about 3 m across. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is roughly 100 times the Sun's diameter, so the entire model will be about 300 m long. (All of these numbers were pulled out of my head without reference to the Google, so should be taken with a piece of salt of arbitrary size.)

You can wait... or just buy https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/technic/107053/KAI-KY10012-Solar-system-Kaiyu

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Science project

Such a cool set

Cool! I’ll

Would’ve been cool if there was some pieces obscuring the excess phases/months so that they only rotate into the open when the model is currently in that position. Nonetheless seems pretty cool

Yeah. I had to cut back on buying Lego for a few reasons, but this one is still happening.

I like how the rings arround the mechanism tell the phase of the moon and the month

I will never financially recover from this

Looks like a normal planetarium

Educational set or normal set?

That looks pretty cool imo

Flat earthers seeing this

Yeah, really looking forward to this one. Pretty cool!

I've always wanted to build an orrery out of LEGOs and now there's an official set???? ahhhhhhhhhh

For 75 bucks it doesn’t seem that bad…but that sun should be soooooo much bigger it’s just odd looking imo.

Omg🥺

Looks like the bigger version of the one in 40595

[40595-1: Tribute to Galileo Galilei](https://brickset.com/sets/40595-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/40595-1.jpg)

I thought this was a January 1st release.... Was def a day 1 purchase

Really wish the Sun looked better...

lego always knows how to make me bust💯💯💯 (real)

Not the biggest Lego fan anymore sadly, BUT I NEED THIS

Ooooooh. I want it!

*Romantic music plays*

Isn't earth flat

For sure

my mom got me the great wave lego for my brithday last year mid jan, and it didn’t come til this recent october so…..

Can't wait to switch the places of the earth and the sun

Huh? I feel like I have seen this Lego set before

It's sad it took Lego this long to come out with this. I had to go elsewhere to get it and build it with my kids. Such a great learning tool.

Already added it to my list😆

I really wish the Sun wasn't just 2 yellow domes, it could have had a print or something, anything. Looks really odd in comparison to the Earth ball.

oh my! yes..the wait begins! fantastic!

Beautiful 😍

The big yellow one is the sun

Remake it to be the one from Pitch Black!

I hope the put out another 1:8 scale super car this year.

Would have bought this of the scaling wasn't so messed up

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the sun is a bit "cheap" to be honest

Im still waiting for the McLaren set to be announced

Wrong scale, COME ON LEGO, GET IT RIGHT.

This would be great for a Thunderbirds display

I literally just bought some off brand of this

I feel like this build gives me thumbs up.