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40789 Moon Car: A retro-futurist LEGO Insiders Reward [review].

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A LEGO set featuring the 40789 Moon Car, displaying two minifigures in retrofuturistic space helmets, set on a moonscape base with a directional sign.

Looking back to January 2024, LEGO® Ideas launches the Exploring the Cosmos challenge: “Can you imagine how awesome the spacecraft and bases on planets will look like in 100+ years as humans start to explore the cosmos? ”

Fast forward to July 2025, and the 40789 Moon Car, designed by EnchantingNoodle is available from the LEGO Insiders centre for 2500 Points. I’ve been away for a few weeks, visiting Japan Brickfest, so imagine my delight when I got home to discover the LEGO Group had arranged for this set to be waiting for me.

Let’s take a closer look…

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The LEGO Group’s Official Stance on Digital vs Paper Instructions: September 2024

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If there is one thing that is bound to raise the hackles of many AFOLs, it’s the offer of removing a something that they regard as an intrinsic part of the experience. And yesterday’s survey on the topic of Digital vs paper instructions certainly raised a few hackles. And then, it was mysteriously removed.

Today, we have received an official response from the LEGO Group on the subject.

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