NASA Space Shuttle Discovery

£170 / 2354 pieces

The Hubble Space Telescope had wonky vision when first deployed, but has since shot some jaw-dropping images of the cosmos – not least the Pillars of Creation, columns of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. No Lego set can wow to the same degree, but this one has a good go.

Developed with NASA, it reimagines in brick form the mission that saw Discovery and its crew deploy Hubble. At 54cm long, it’s a universe away from the Benny’s Space Squad set (from

The Lego Movie 2) as it strives for authenticity: peek inside the command module and you’ll see control panels and five accurately placed seats (although no crew members – perhaps they were spirited away by tiny Lego aliens).

New curved pieces form the payload bay doors, leaving enough space to house the folded Hubble. This can be positioned as though being manoeuvred by a robot arm, or have its solar array opened and be seated on its own display stand.

HUBBLE FUNK This Hubble would be a great set in its own right, with its movable solar panels and aperture door. Now if Lego could only make one that snaps distant galaxies…