I’m someone who is very used to build Lego sets for many years, regardless of their complexity level, so at 99% of the time I know what I’m getting from Lego. This Artemis set was not the case and I’m disappointed. The building experience is terrible. Most of the time you will be building the platform and the tower (about 2/3 or more of the set). Those are well engineered components, the repetitive building of the tower didn’t bother me at all, but I was surprised that the rocket only starts on the last two bags. Their built was annoying with a mix of elements with prints and others with stickers. Again, as someone that’s used to built huge sets with stickers, those are not something I’m not familiar, but the ones in this set were a huge disappointment. The NASA word should be printed, the nameplate should be printed. The round surfaces and poor instruction about sticker location made me feel with the urgency of finish the set as soon as possible and never touch it anymore. The design of the rockets is poor and they are kind of fragile. Not something that I would recommend to someone that expects to play with the set. Also it’s unnecessary big and makes display a problem if you don’t have room for it. I’m actually surprised it currently has good reviews on the website as my reviews tends to match the overall rating. My advice is: you can find much better Lego sets with much greater building experience for this price or less. This Artemis set was a big deception for me!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Haeun, LEGO® Customer Service, July 30, 2024
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I enjoyed this build. The 27 bags of parts coincide with each of the 27 sections of the book. When you complete a section, you complete the bag of parts. The diagrams nicely detail each step as you build an object highlighting new parts added.
This kit was a lot of fun to build. It looks great, it displays well, the moving parts move as they should, and everything went together very well. Great design and I love the finished model. I also built the Apollo Saturn Five, they are sitting right next to each other and they look great together.
I haven't had a chance to build the NASA Artemis Space Launch System as of yet due to not a lot of room but if it is like any of the other Lego builds it will be great also I really don't play with my Legos I keep them on display. I am a big fan of the Lego Nasa builds.
This was a fun build. It did get a little repetitive towards the middle, but my OCD kicked in and I lined up all the same round pieces so the same molding holes lines up perfectly. I usually buy the technics, but this one was a lot of fun. I can’t wait for my space ride to Mars!