Derek Schin: "This big honkin' missile wasn't topped until set 6950 came around."
Erik Olson: "I think that's a satellite booster, not a missile. My first spacemen. Jeep was my main Town vehicle. Then I made them become knights..."
Steve Martin: "My first minifig set. Great playability."
Mark de Kock: "Most played-with set of my collection!"
David Lovelace: "Built a cool MOC using all the parts from three of these (one of 'em is an 897)."
Mike Clemens: "Oh, how I wished the rocket would actually come out of the launcher intact..."
Stephen F. Roberts: "my first classic space set! :-)"
Paul Baulch: "My first Space Lego set. Almost perfect, except having to detach the satellite from the rocket all the time."
Scott Sanburn: "Nice set! How does that rocket launch, anyway?Nice set!"
Sid Dinsay: "Found it for $5! A classic Space set."
Dave Johann: "Great little set."
Ali Vahidsafa: "Want to buy a sealed box."
Alfred Speredelozzi: "My First Space Lego set"
Janice Tomer: "will be selling on www.bricklink.com"
Jan Katanek: "same as 897 in Europe"
Bill Brumbach: "you could build so much stuff with this one little set, lots of wheels for MadMax buggies"
Paul D. Pfeiffer: "Great Small Set for the 70's"
Bill Ward: "I've built a lot of rocket launchers, inspired by this one"
Stelios Kalogreades: "Wonderful set. Clever design for the amount of elements."
Ron Nab: "My verry first space set, i 'll never forget"
Allen Carley: "I'm biased. My first mini-fig set"
: "My first minifig set and probably my favorite small set."
Bart Van Mulders: "I found this set at a toy fair! I had this being a kid!"
Lance Hopenwasser: "One of my first and favorite sets. Excellent playability considering its size."
Doug Eaton: "First set I owned with gray pieces and look at all those wheel sets!"
Justin McVean Folts: "Fun to build...and to drive around...nice little set"
Phil Bryant: "complete?"
Neil Arellano: "Classic Space. Need I say more? Beautiful all around; they just don't make Lego like they used to!"
Robb King: "Proved its worth time and again defending 6970 from certain doom at the hands of invading Tie Fighters. For as simple as it is, still one of my all-time favorites."
P F: "A classic, well designed set, lots of play value- it seemed quite advanced for its time. The rocket looks like it was inspired by the Titan II- very neat."
Bernie Rosenberger: "A gift aquired in 1978, this is an exellent set, my first 'theme' set beyond basic blocks. As my first Minifigs these received hours of play commanding all of my vehicle creations"
J. Todd Fredrickson: "One of my favorite sets, also my first with movable minifigs."
Hans Dettmar: "I can still remember the excitement putting this together as a kid!"
Dave Micklon: "Seemed forever in the catalogs and on the shelves--I prefer the '84 launcher."
Skip Robinson: "One of the first sets I bought when I started really "collecting" classic space as an adult."
JP Ruijs: "Got this 1978 classic set today (10-2006) still sealed in box!"
Jeff Block: "My first space set! I played this to death, but to this day all pieces are still there (not much gold on the torsos anymore...)"