Erik Olson: "6000: Bill and Mary say: It's The Only Way To Fly."
David Lovelace: "I remember paying $11.95 for this at Service Merchandise in 1980."
David Simmons: "The one that started it all. Someday I'd like to build this set in every Space theme color scheme and beyond!"
Scott Sanburn: "One of the best Space sets out there - found it in a pawn shop!"
Tom Boucher: "Many Pieces in many boxes, no instructions, got for X-Mas when 8 yrs old with X-1 Patrol Craft. Use X-1's Engines to give this 'Hyperdrive'"
Rich Schoonover: "Iloved this set. This made lego my favorite toy."
Jason Simmons: "My first space set."
Wayne McCaul: "Groovy set. Love the white cooler in the back."
Kyle McDonald: "I can still remember opening this on my birthday!"
Jan Katanek: "same as 924 in Eurpoe"
Bill Brumbach: "My first big set, broke the door hinges immediately. ***I need one LL924 piece :( ***"
Paul D. Pfeiffer: "One of the best space sets ever"
Eric DeGiuli: "Nice, simple design"
Mark Zakrzewski: "One of my favorite sets ever. Great jet, neat storage space, and awesome forklift. I loved it."
Dirk Hoff: "A true classic."
Mike McKee: "Form. Function. Beauty. Playability. A Landmark set--it's got it all."
Mike Roberts: "W/ original instructions and parts of the box in pages. Set is in excellent condition."
Jon Palmer: "Pretty sure this was my first set ever. I shared the LEGO with my older sister then, but I bet this was bought for me."
Phil Bryant: "complete?"
Neil Arellano: "I like the forklift in the set. Trans-yellow bricks al over the place! Got another set at B&MT July 2021."
P F: "Wow! Just the right size, preeminently swoopable. However, the lunch lady was not impressed when I told her I received it as the 1st grade as a birthday gift."
Bernard Ouellet: "Really great! Could have used some detail in interior cockpit."
Brion Guzzino: "This is a good set I didn't like it as much as I liked the base sets, but still a good one, look at all the very usable pieces"
Chris Bartley: "Great set, but I always wished I had the Galaxy Explorer instead"
Doug Wilcox: "My first space set. What a joy!"
Steve Maggioncalda: "Crazy about this one"
Dave Micklon: "Poor man's version of the Galaxy Explorer, but nice set anyway. 2011 Update: 30 years to the day I first bought this 5/1/81; it was fun to reassemble, pieces are showing their age."
John Kustak: "Box &instr"
Skip Robinson: "Never had it as a kid, ebay solved that problem a couple years ago. GREAT space set! Maybe even better then 497as the best ever....."
Wolf Read: "My first space set as a child, I believe. This set, and 497, are to me the essence of Lego space. I had endless hours of fun exploring alien worlds with the Cruiser."
Jeff Block: "497's younger brother; the best feature is the forklift, this little vehicle adds so much personality to your space base"
Todd Vorenkamp: "One of the greatest space sets ever created!"