LEGO City NASA Moon Buggy

I'm still not sure what to call these new LEGO City/Space sets that have partnered with NASA (are they LEGO City, LEGO City Space, LEGO City NASA...I don't know!). Any who, pictures surfaced over the weekend of the impulse set of the line, Space Moon Buggy. 

Expected to cost around $6 USD, it comes with one of the white Atlantis headgear with gold visor (Emile fan's rejoice). You also get a fig and a chainsaw blade element. Not bad for a value set.

Even if the gold visor is the only element of interest, the low price of this set should ensure that BrickLink will be awash with them, keeping prices low.

You can check out more about this set at Brickset and Toys N Bricks.

LEGO Space Minifigure Revealed

Well, sort of...If you saw some of the unauthorized 2011 catalog photos that had been circulating a few weeks back, you were have likely to see this minifigure in the new City-themed Space sets. It sounds like the sets will have a connection with NASA, although I don't know if that connection is direct (NASA logos appearing on figs and in sets) or just through PR activities. According to the press release (link below) the partnership between NASA and LEGO will be for the duration of three years.

Speaking of PR activities, there are a series of activities planned in conjunction with recent Space Shuttle missions and at the International Space Station. You can read more about it here.

You can also see the countdown to 'launch' for the new Space theme at the new microsite. The official release date is March 1st.

(Picture via nxtiberius' Flickr stream)