"I do not support the disassembly of Danju" spoken like a true castle fan

There are several reasons why the Classic Gray Helmets are so expensive, except for the scarcity of sets - the chinstraps were the first thin version that broke easily (other colors had thickerchinstraps already in the 80's) , and they're coveted now by both Castlemasons and Interstellar Engineers, which bumps up the pricing...

I love how all the original spacemen had designated duties, like soldier, spy and scientist.

Great video! Thanks for all the research! Still working on my purple spaceman! 🤞 The original red and white helmets did, as you said, come with a THIN chinstrap (some blue and yellow, too). Those helmets appear to be almost cylindrical from the side. It looks like the helmet you have pictured at :50 is the one usually identified as a THICK chin strap on BL. While it's definitely thinner than the motorcycle helmet, it's notably thicker than the original found in the Yellow Castle, for instance (BL part 193a2). I'm sure you all know that's why Benny's helmet is cracked in the movies, to remind us of the mid-80's, before the new blue spacemen had the thicker straps pictured in the video! Everyone feel free to tell me I'm wrong! Comments are great for the algorithm, right???

I love ur channel man! Normally this would take hours of research, which is fun but I love the way you’re able to condense the info down into a digestible format. Rock on!

This is super helpful. I’m planning on getting one of every space minifig from each space theme since I just love the space sets.

Great video! It looks like I started my collection right before it got real expensive. (Still trying to figure out the best time/price to get that purple airtank and helmet though.) I'm sure color purists will disagree, but I don't find the difference between old light gray and new blueish gray to be that noticeable, so I went ahead and used the old knight's helmet and airtanks and I think he looks pretty good. The rocket boy is one of my all-time favorite collectable minifigures, but no one has to know he now has a generic gray torso underneath the rocket suit. ;) Rather than buying the individual piece, I found the most affordable option at the time was to buy a complete Yellow Castle minifigure from a European Bricklink shop for about $17. (The sticker was in terrible condition, bringing the price down, but all I wanted was the helmet.) I was able to pick up some less rare vintage pieces at the same time, making the shipping cost a little more bearable. I think the worst part was trying to find the brown spaceman in a blind bag search. It took so long!

The way they handled the Gray and Purple spacemen torsos was shitty. They should have just made the gray and purples figures with all their parts. Instead you have to go on a hunt to assemble all the bits for both of them, and of course they had to include the purple helmet in a $100 set (which also has nothing to do with classic space!). That's just scummy. I'm lucky that I have all the colors, aside from a true classic blue spaceman (I have a basic benny), and I am missing the gray and purple guys. I'm lucky to have found a pristine black spaceman torso in years past, and I ordered a few of the new classic astronaut helmets in black off of Pick-a-Brick. I do really want a purple guy, but I will probably sleep on the gray one until/unless they release the revived helmet mold in new gray, so I don't have to obtain a super rare one that's like 40 fuckin years old (and doesn't even match the torso!). Not to mention the airtanks that haven't been produced in new gray either. I wish the LEGO group would give more consideration to people who are trying to collect the figures. Putting in a light gray space torso and not providing some way to get the rest of the bits is mean. Same with making a purple torso, but pairing it with printed arms and legs, and then including the helm and airtanks in a $100 set. They were close, but ultimately just left it up to the aftermarket so people could get the bits they want. Imagine how happy everyone would be if they could just buy a whole set of multicolored astronauts in one box.

I was thinking of keeping the purple space torso intact. Either using the printed arms as a signifier of a high rank (which would also justify the scarcity of Purple Space Minifigs in a MOC, or perhaps keeping the entire Alien Minifig intact to signify purple as the color of non-human members in the service (which shows an inviting side to these guys being willing to cooperate with alien civilizations they meet along the way). Also, Denny from the Dreamzz set, Mr. Oz' Space Bus has an updated Black Classic Helmet, and there are leaks concerning new colors for the Space Babyfigs.

My dad owes about two of the classic space sets. One of them having the black astronaut. He gave me both sets a couple years ago. Back them I didn’t know it was worth money so I threw the minifig around, toke of the legs, and arms sadly. Only now this past year I was curious and looked up the astronaut’s cost. The torso has about 75% of the gold which is pretty good. I had to find the helmet and air tank in my big bin, not easy. I have the full figure but the helmet is pretty lose. I also have 2 yellow and red astronauts in almost new condition, the only thing tho is that one of the yellow figs had a lose neck. I am looking forward to repairing the sets including this cool looking grabber

There is a way to get an entire old grey spaceman... back when Classic Space sets were still on shelves, either as a promotional item or an early-production inclusion that was quickly switched to printing, transparent-backed stickers for minifigure torsos were made by LEGO with the classic space logo on them. These allowed you to turn any blank minifigure torso you had into a classic spaceman torso - including different colors! I've seen people use these rare sticker sheets to make their own old grey spaceman torsos and complete old grey spacemen. However, these sticker sheets, as I said, are rare and shrouded in mystery. They are not cheap and rarely appear for sale, but they are a way to make a 100% real LEGO old grey classic spaceman. Of course you could also just make your own custom stickers and do the same thing much more cheaply and easily, you just wouldn't be able to claim it as being 100% LEGO without the rare official stickers. This sticker sheet would also in theory make it possible to build both a dark orange spaceman and a pearl dark grey spaceman, as motorcycle helmets and air tanks are both available in those colors. Things like blank torsos and the other minifig parts will be harder to find, but there are online shops where you can buy official LEGO parts that have had the printing removed, as well as places that sell blank monochromatic minifigures made using that process - for a price. That would likely be the easiest way to obtain the parts for a dark orange or pearl dark gray spaceman.

Fun fact, the reissued black astronaut in the vintage minifigure collection has a misprinted torso in the version of that set sold outside of north america. Collecting the american version became a bit of a white whale for me and I just recently got one imported to the UK! The white astronaut is also misprinted but thankfully there are have been several opportunities to get the correct one.

"I dont support the disassembly of Danju!" But the alien creature can go f*ck itself xD

I would be completely over the moon (pun intended) if LEGO released an Everyone Is Awesome set but with classic spacemen in each of the colours instead of monofigs and with Classic Space builds similar to those in Benny's Space Squad instead of the rainbow floor and wall. How phenomenal would that be? @BrickingUpBrad, Great video! I really enjoyed it.

For the grey spaceman, it's not ideal for purists but there's a DK_bluish grey Classic Space helmet in "31130 Sunken Treasre Mission", it looks great if you keep the DK_bluish grey hands of the torso. There's also a (new style) blue Classic Space helmet in "71708 Gamer's Market", so you can easily convert a Benny into a regular blue Classic Space astronaut.

Green classic helmet is coming in a Ninjago or Monkey Kid set, I don't remember which name or exact theme, but it was one of the big city-like sets, and pink Space-Baby is coming this year too:D

#dontdisassembleDanju Great video man! Was super insightful to see where all these pieces come from! It was super well edited and researched!

A person made a every Lego spaceman is awesome

Love that it’s cheaper to not disassemble Danju

As a classic space snob, I would argue that there are only 5 classic spacemen: The 5 original colours with classic helmets. All others are recent, remakes or facsimiles.

If you want the purple spaceman helmet it did also come in the 2023 Halloween Fun VIP Add-On Pack. Hope this helps!

I just finished collecting them all. The gray one was the most expensive for me at $65 ($30 for the rocket boy and $35 for the head, helmet, legs and air tank). I got the green ones new in sealed box for $60 off of eBay. I did score a few black ones for $25.

Today I got the brown one, with a radio and a little cute blue one :) The seller helped us find him from all the minifigures and he found him right) Overall we had a lot of fun and he looks awesome.

Lovely and informative longform video might have to binge all of them

Great video! I used the dark bluish grey classic helmet for the grey spaceman. That helmet comes in the Creator submarine and PAB.

The Orange astronaut also came in The Lego Ideas and Games Collection.

This is great I’ve been wanting to collect all of them so this is helpful:)

This was exceedingly informative, Danju will not be disassembled my liege!

Why won’t Lego give us green or medium stone grey helmets?! I guess they like to see us suffer.

i just gotta say, there is indeed a green classic helmet in a monkey kid set (i think)

I would gladly pay for Classic Space if Lego brought it back!

"you can save money if you already have a lot in your collection." Euhm ... yeah

Well we're getting the helmet in green with that Monkie kid Megaopolis set. And yes it's the standard green, not the slightly lighter green, though it would be nice to get a spaceman in that color as well.

A guy was selling the whole collection of different colors (not the gray or green ones, the actual open-face helmet ones) for like $200 and I got ALL of them for like $115 all together. It was a Christmas present for my girlfriend, I got her the Galaxy Explorer and all the spacemen

This is the closest thing we’ll get to LEGO Among Us.

Finally, someone that actually owns the ADU Truck from alien conquest

I love old lego but dang its NOT cheap

You will soon be able to get the green space helmet from a monkey kid set that comes out next year

Crazy, I wanna try and get them all now 😂

You didn't really go InTo the differences in torsos, and how exactly those would effect cost, if you consider the better newer cores that the kegs go InTo, and weather or not the thin or thick chins of the helmet make any significant differences to the cost.

I feel like you should mention PAB so newbies know they can get purple helmets and air tanks for Pennies instead of $10+ apiece (and now green helmets!!)

happy to have them all (originals, not the new helmet green one)

If LEGO can just do us all a SOLID and come out with a CLASSIC SPACEMAN / WOMAN PACK in EVERY COLOR - we’ll be good. They can get my $$$💰 and I’m sure they’ll be a few others as well.

If i had to guess the brown space men are care takers since they come with a baby and has camras to watch them i assume they would be only in bases and there to teach them

pirates or castle? and western or space?

For the blue one I used benny. I swapped the head to a classic one. But what about the helmet you may ask? Lego actually released a classic blue UNBROKEN helmet in the ninjago set 71708!

Great vid, really enjoyable watch

I am clearly going insane. I swear there was a normal gray space man in one of the 80s classic sets when I was a kid, who was supposed to be a commander type, but all of the evidence is pointing to no...

I see the 7041 troll battle wheel in the background😉

I really hope Lego re-releases the black spaceman, or at the very least the torso.

I recently bought all of them and was able to get the black one for $15 bc I had everything but the torso and the torso was in perfect condition

Thank you for acknowledging that other currencies and countries exist 😊

Hi, could you tell me what are the sizes of the hoodie in your store in centimeters?

In set 31130 there is a dark gray space helmet. Maybe in the future a dark gray classic space torso and oxygen tanks

I got one of the red space minifigs with a sticker on the front with the space logo on it, do you have anny info on them?

Can you add an update for the new Classic Space green helmet coming in 80054 set 16 days ago ?

This highlights some of the madness of bricklink (and perhaps laziness of some collectors). When near identical figures are different costs because of a basic face/pair of legs.

I feel like the space police 3 classic space statue should have gotten a mention

Awesome video man!

I literally just put all of my modern classic space minifigures on display and less than an hour later this showed up in my recommended

According to BrickLink the white spaceman from lego movie set and the galaxy explorer is exactly the same.

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This is such a great video! Your content is so good Brad 🙌🏽

Cool vid!

I got Orange, Red, White, Blue, Pink (My favorite one because of color and name), and Yellow

I think one of these spacemans is an impostor. It's definitely not blue, they have a kid.

The backwards text on the T-shirt and the direction of the dragon shield implies the video was uploaded reversed, for some reason...

Amazing work ty

What do you think the brown, pink, and orange spacemen’s jobs would be? I never knew they had jobs until watching this vid?

I'm not collecting'em all myself since the orange and combo figures are so expensive to get, but i hope they release a green Classic Space helmet one day, there's something not right about the motorbike helmet.

I got 2 black space t with no gold on the torso for £10 each

I do wanna collect them, but, im gonna get the new ones insted of the old ones

I lived in 1979 so all I want is original red white yellow blue black

There’s a reason why many people will never own the black astronaut

Awesome video This is a collection I can't afford unfortunately Also there's other cheaper minifigures i would get first

SPACESHIP

4:23 why is it being used more expensive

You showed the classic helemt with a thick chin strap, but labeled it thin :(

i only have a 1979 yellow guy one, really want to grow my collection hehe

❤I actually have the galaxy explorer lego set hard but a incredible challenge for me with so many pieces/lego pieces. ❤😊an greate opportunity for me I would definitely recommend people buy this lego set it only cost $100 dollars 💸 if you can afford it or your just looking for some thing classic but bigger GO for it!!! You will not be disappointed!! Trust me!!!❤😊

I have the red ,orange, yellow , white, blue, gray and blacktron

I have bought all of them in eBay for 112 bucks and to it wast as bad as I thought but it was on discount so I got pretty lucky on this

CATCH THEM ALLL YESSS!!!!!

Thanks. Now i only need too get money.💀But i can finally make my dream become real.Thank you Bricking up Brad.

Several of the used figures/parts go for more than the new, lol.

Among us shopping

I wish they made a clear space man 😞😞

Blacktron are the most expensive

My wish is to somehow get the Blue yellow and red astronauts but that's unlikely probably

Knowledge is power

The original amongoose…

guess my savings account is about to take a $200 hit.

Why is green Pete worth more used than new?

Jenny, Lenny, Benny, Kenny

I lost a black spaceman

Hey, I got mentioned

I’m proud to be the 16th person to like this video, and the 81 person to view this video.

Interesting but if you can’t reflip the video don’t wear a shirt that now reads backwards.

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