![]() The inner box contains the instruction manual, sticker sheets, and bag numbers 1-8, while bags 9-17 and the unnumbered oversized parts bag are loose in the main box. Grab the inner box and the unnumbered bag and you’re ready to start building.Ī quick word on the 18+ age rating on the box. As we’ve noted on previous reviews of LEGO’s newly branded Creator Expert sets, the 18+ rating is a marketing tactic meant to indicate these sets are targeting adult fans. There’s nothing in the build that a 14-year-old couldn’t accomplish quite handily, or even someone younger if they’re an experienced builder. While most of the parts in the set are printed, the sticker sheets are still huge. There are two sticker sheets one for the huge UCS-style info placards for Discovery and Hubble (you’ll be able to display them together or separately) along with a few small stickers that provide decoration on slopes. ![]() LEGO no longer prints on most sloped surfaces, though they used to–which is an oddity I’ll have to delve into another time. The other sheet is vast swath of silver mirrors, which are used to mimic the silver Teflon thermal radiators on the inside of the shuttle payload bay doors. There’s also a double-sided vinyl sheet with punch-out solar panels for Hubble. There are lots of exciting LEGO parts in the set. First up, there are three entirely new elements in the set. ![]() The most exciting to me is this 3×3 curved corner slope (part 76797), because it opens up a lot of possibilities and fills a long-missing gap in this slope family.
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