01 March 2026

Review: 40921 Scaled-Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure from LEGO® Seasons & Occasions

Posted by Tim Johnson

Released just a few hours ago, the latest upscaled LEGO® minifigure is what so many of us have been waiting for: Classic Space! Set 40921 Scaled-Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure brings mid-1980s nostalgia to your desk, as well as some new elements that are out of this world.


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40921 Scaled-Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure

  • Release date: 1 March 2026
  • Pieces: 793

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Lego Seasons & Occasions 40921 Scaled-Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure

 

New mould

At long last!

  • 12x Brick Arch 1 x 4 x 2 1/3 Curved Top in Blue (6600117 | 5844)

If this looks like an existing part to you, that's one possible reason why the LEGO Group have avoided adding it to date – confusion for builders. 



It is, however, the missing child in the family. Here it sits on the exterior of other existing arched bricks (5843 and 5841, 7191), both of which also come in this set in blue, and it is used in this fashion for the chinstrap of the helmet. There is of course also a larger arched brick that would fit on the exterior of the new mould – in fact two; the 1x5x3⅓ (5845) and 1x6x3⅓ (30935, 6060) – but my LEGO collection is in storage right now! 

In this set it is coupled alongside the four recoloured Brick Round Corner 4 x 4 x 3 Quarter Dome Top in Blue (6600111 | 49612) to create the top of the helmet, as their side profiles match perfectly.


The curves – both interior and exterior – match the curves of other bricks placed sideways, like the Brick Round Corner 3 x 3 x 1 No Studs in Blue (6311259 | 65617) that come in this set. Of course, there's no way of actually attaching the two bricks shown in the example above – this is just to prove how the curves of LEGO® System are at long last being properly standardised and therefore expanded.


New printed pieces

What a glorious sight.

  • 1x Panel 1 x 6 x 5 with Classic Space print in Blue (6595944)
This is likely the most thrilling element in the set for Classic Space builders. This oh-so-precious piece did not arrive in its own bag for protection, but mine is unscathed. I get the impression with the new paper-poly bags that pieces move around less, does anyone else agree?

Although I feel certain it was not intentional, even the choice of the 1x6x5 panel (59349) here triggers huge nostalgia for me: This panel was preceded by a brick equivalent, which appeared in blue in the 1979 set 926 Command Centre with a stunning print of an astronaut fixing a satellite near a moon, followed by one with a rocket and moon in 1980 set 6970 Beta-1 Command Base. If you're trying to recreate those sets yourself, this could be a decent alternative to the expensive originals?


Recoloured pieces

I'm sure it will come as no surprise that all elements that have been recoloured for this set are blue.

  • 4x Brick Round Corner 4 x 4 x 3 Quarter Dome Top in Blue (6600111 | 49612)
  • 2x Plate 1 x 12 in Blue (6607607 | 60479)
  • 2x Slope Inverted 45° 4 x 1 Double with 1 x 2 Recessed in Blue (6600109 | 32802)
  • 8x Brick Round Corner, Curved 2 x 2 x 2/3 Quarter Circle in Blue (6584955 | 5852)
  • 6x Panel 2 x 2 x 5 Corner in Blue (6600103 | 78594)

 A wonderful collection here, with many useful curves and also a basic plate included – the 1x12 was introduced in 2008 and has been in some 950 sets, but never in blue.

I'm also pleased about the double inverted slope; while this 4x1 variant is a relatively recent mould, its 4x2 sister is a classic 1980s LEGO piece that I strongly associate with space sets.


Rare parts

Four parts in the set have only appeared in one other set so far, and again are blue.

I have also included the smiley face in the picture, Brick Curved 4 x 6 Double, 2 x 4 Cutout with Classic Minifig Face print in Yellow (6446702 | 104492), which has appeared in two other Scaled-Up Minifigure sets. Smilingly, it is also available on LEGO Pick a Brick.


The model

This is a really fun build process. The structure does feel slightly flimsy at points during construction, which is something I quite enjoy in a LEGO model, but children younger than the 10+ age mark could end up frustrated at times. 

The completed model is more robust, but the hips come away from the torso too easily though, especially when you are rotating a leg, which needs to be done carefully.



It creates a highly poseable figure that's heaps of fun to display, with all the leg and arm joint movements you expect from a minifigure – but no neck rotation is possible. 



Unfortunately, if the astronaut lies down or raises an arm, filler brick is exposed. It's cute that only Classic Space colours have been used for internal structure, but when it's actually external, I'm left frustrated. I know that blocks of many colours are a staple of carefree LEGO building, but surely there should be boundaries when filler brick is not actually filler at all?

That said, it's a thorny challenge as to how the underside of the helmet should be represented. In an ideal world it would show the curving yellow underside of the head.

I've never built one of these giant minifigures before, so I can't compare to previous versions other than to point out obvious differences: the unique shape of the space helmet and the air tanks.




How cool are those air tanks? I was surprised how much detail from the original element has been sculpted here. 

There's one relatively glaring issue though; 2x2 corner plates are required for a few corners, and Wedge Plate 2 x 2 Cut Corner (6390153 | 26601) are used. Normally I would forgive such a limitation of the LEGO inventory, but in January the necessary piece, Plate Round Corner 2 x 2 (7904) was at last introduced and already appears in 8 colours (but not yet blue). Presumably this set went to production sooner, i.e. before that piece was available for designers to use?



Back to the many positives. The neck bracket is especially cute; the two Brick Round Corner 3 x 3 x 1 No Studs in Blue (6311259 | 65617) make the perfect bevelled surface at the front of the neck.

Now let's move on to the true star of the show.

It's strange to recall that at the time I was heading into my teenage Dark Age, LEGO androids were only just starting to appear in sets. This droid design is from that first year, 1985, and is a slight variant on the one from set 6952 Solar Power Transporter, but the same basic design was used for other sets that year such as the black and trans-yellow one in 6931 FX Star Patroller (surely a Blacktron spy, sent from the future). 

I'm not a fan of his opaque nose, but a spare trans-yellow one is provided elsewhere in the set for me to customise to my satisfaction.


Unlike those classic sets, this droid is not the sidekick... he's in control! He has his own cockpit inside the minifigure's roomy brain, appropriately endowed with control panel prints on grey 2x2 45° plates. 

This brought me to the realisation that this robot has built his giant robot in the form of a minifigure. This feels like the inverse situation of the similarly absurd set 6951 Robot Command Centre from 1984. Have we fallen into the alternate universe where a fleshy species of robots designed their droids in the shape of humans to serve them? This puts quite the spin on Classic Space.

If you've enjoyed my trivial observations on Classic Space lore and its elements, you'll love this plug for my 2023 book, LEGO® Space 1978-1992. I don't know how much longer it will remain in print, as it now shows as sold out on LEGO.com USA, but it is certainly available on other American sites, consistently below the original price now. If you are not in the USA, where the book was actually released, your best bet is likely to be an Amazon international delivery. 

For those of you wondering: as far as I know there is no subsequent volume covering 1993 onwards planned – or at least, not involving me! I guess it was not popular enough, and indeed no publishers in other countries picked up the option to translate this first volume into other languages. 

Back to the task at hand, though...


Verdict

I can't help but say, this feels like a must-have for Classic Space fans, especially the Neo-Classic Spacers out there still creating stunning craft with original livery, who may require at least two.

Although blue is not my favourite colour of LEGO Space astronaut – again, my age is showing here, it's got to be red or white – it really is right for it to be blue; not just for the fresh association that Benny brought to the figure in 2014, but also for the options it provides to builders wanting blue fuselage for their neo-classic spaceships.


This unexpected dose of nostalgia in the instructions – classic sets with blue spacemen – certainly got me in the mood.

The recoloured and rare pieces in blue add to the attraction, especially for any builders needing curves in their models.

I'm thrilled to have this on my desk, and would certainly have picked one up had I not been fortunate enough to receive a free one from the LEGO Group. At US$59.99/ 59,99€/ £54.99 for 793 pieces, the price per part is 7.6 cents/ 6.9 pence. 


Despite all this, I wish this set had not been released yet. Including air tanks for the first time and using corner wedge plates for them, when round corners were just around the... ahem, corner... feels like quite the oversight to me. We waited 40 years for a giant blue astronaut; I could have waited another 4 months. I will certainly be keeping an eye out for that piece in blue, and updating this model then. I'm sure it will still be built and sat on my desk at that stage, because it's that good!


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Lego Seasons & Occasions 40921 Scaled-Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure

 


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  1. Anonymous1 Mar 2026, 07:45:00

    you should do a mega blog on the new 1x1 quarter round brick (7532) that came in the pokemon 1h 2026 flagship set

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