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LEGO - Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V Building Set 21309
Average customer rating
4.9
(488 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 488 reviews
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Customer Reviews for LEGO - Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V Building Set 21309
Customer Rating
5
Awesome lego set
on November 7, 2017
Posted by: ShawnH216
When I saw this set being approved, I was on the hunt for it. I finally found it and it was a great build. It's a very complex design for Legos. Awesome build, hopefully they will make the launch pad for it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
What An Amazing Set!
on June 24, 2017
Posted by: legodave5471
I had been eyeing this set off ever since it was first announced, and boy I was not disappointed.
The build was quite was quite intuitive and not difficult at all. The size and amount of detail you get at such an affordable price is just amazing.
If you're looking for a display piece to put in your living room etc, then you cannot go wrong with this set. I know mine has already earned a number of positive comments from those who have seen it.
Please LEGO, I hope you will release more rocket sets from other programmes, e.g. Mercury, Gemini, Soyuz etc.
The build was quite was quite intuitive and not difficult at all. The size and amount of detail you get at such an affordable price is just amazing.
If you're looking for a display piece to put in your living room etc, then you cannot go wrong with this set. I know mine has already earned a number of positive comments from those who have seen it.
Please LEGO, I hope you will release more rocket sets from other programmes, e.g. Mercury, Gemini, Soyuz etc.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
The bar just moved by leaps and bounds
on June 12, 2017
Posted by: OrlandoYogi
I started building Lego in the 1970s'. This set is by far the best set Lego has ever produced. It is going to be a challenge for other Lego Designers to come up with any set better than this one. I brought it to work and there has been a constant stream of people coming to look at it. People love the realism of this set. I love the experience. Thank you Lego!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
on December 25, 2018
Posted by: Kettai147
Great product, love that is so realistic into every detail and that modules can separate. lego please make some more.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
One word: what a landing!
on February 8, 2019
Posted by: Cylthe
Ok, so this was a set I absolutely wanted. I finally recieved it as a Christmas gift, and what a gift!
I cannot express easily all the good points, so lets list them would we?
- very large set with maybe one of the best price value (with the Hogwarts Castle). It really towers all the set I have today and even the Hogwarts Castle may blush next to it although it has three times the amount of pieces.
- very complex and genuine build that you don't want to mess up with as it can be difficult to put some pieces together once you have a big chunk of reactor in your hand. The "roundness" of the set is well thought and, without any stickers, the printed pieces really stand out. The building looks delicate at first, but once build, it is rather solid build.
- very modulable as the "real one" with the 5 different stages of flight, docking, landing, which makes it also easy to transport, which I did because I wanted to display it at work.
- easily displayable on the supports
- strong playability but better to play it as a responsible adult or child ;-)
- a collector lego that is not to joke with as it is very well designed and, overall, beautiful.
- nice building instruction with a little history behind this set.
- very large set with maybe one of the best price value (with the Hogwarts Castle). It really towers all the set I have today and even the Hogwarts Castle may blush next to it although it has three times the amount of pieces.
- very complex and genuine build that you don't want to mess up with as it can be difficult to put some pieces together once you have a big chunk of reactor in your hand. The "roundness" of the set is well thought and, without any stickers, the printed pieces really stand out. The building looks delicate at first, but once build, it is rather solid build.
- very modulable as the "real one" with the 5 different stages of flight, docking, landing, which makes it also easy to transport, which I did because I wanted to display it at work.
- easily displayable on the supports
- strong playability but better to play it as a responsible adult or child ;-)
- a collector lego that is not to joke with as it is very well designed and, overall, beautiful.
- nice building instruction with a little history behind this set.
A few bad points, however:
- some part of the build are really difficult to maintain in place until you solidify everything later on... and sometimes instructions can be confusing (but when you are excited to build, how can you do?)
- the module is a bit fragile to play with
- some part of the build are really difficult to maintain in place until you solidify everything later on... and sometimes instructions can be confusing (but when you are excited to build, how can you do?)
- the module is a bit fragile to play with
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
on September 17, 2017
Posted by: Snoopy
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.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Possibly the best Lego set yet.
on June 1, 2017
Posted by: Bert141087
Since this set was confirmed back last year I knew straight away that I needed this in my life.
I had a stroke at a very young age so unlike most I build one handed which as you can imagine can be hard at times. Lego has played a huge part in getting my coordination back and regenerating brain cells over the years.
It can be a struggle in places but the Saturn is a very robust structure. Bag 7 is by far my favourite as it isboth complex and simplistic at the same time. Trust me, when you get to it you will know what i mean.
This set brought me together with my 7-year-old daughter when times get tough. I must admit I am not yet complete as i still have 1 bag to go but there is a reason for this. This is the first big set I have done with Felicity. She helped with bag 1 and 12 ( I skipped to the end so she could get involved in little bits) and just like when my grandad sat with my mum in 1969, I am going to complete this with my little lady by my side and create my own special memory.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
The Eagle Has Landed
on July 8, 2017
Posted by: BryanMW2012
Wow! Where do I begin? I loved this build!!! I have been excited for the Saturn V rocket ever since I saw Adam Savage build one on Tested.com -- and wanted one for myself.
I believe the Moon Landing was one of the greatest scientific achievements in the history of mankind, so taking this on as a project was very natural for me.
The quality of the build is really REALLY solid, and flows logically as you build the three separate stages of the Saturn V rocket. I really like that you can display it as one massive piece, or break it down to the three separate stages.
My one complaint is that you only get one printed Command Module. I chose to use that piece on the actual rocket so I was left with a piece that was plain with no detail when I did the recovery scene. I wish you could get two printed Command Modules with all the detail.
The other thing I did is that I put the Lunar Module in the rocket, so no one will ever see all the detail that went into it, but since I wanted to display mine as one pre-launch piece, it just felt right doing it that way. (And I took a queue from Adam Savage's build for Tested -- I have to give them credit for giving me the idea)
All in all, I love this kit. The build was fun, and it looks amazing!!! I highly recommend it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO