There’s a very interesting Interview on BoingBoing with Bjarne P. Tveskov, Classic LEGO Space Designer.
I grew up on some of these sets! I started collecting Space LEGO sets in the late 1970’s when I was a little kid, and spent most of my spare time building and rebuilding classic LEGO spaceships and bases.
To say that a large part of my life was influenced by Bjarne Tveskov’s Lego development work is an understatement.
Took me three weeks to build a Martian landing base and landscape by combining seventeen Lego sets. I won a blue ribbon at the state fair. Boy, was I was proud of that ribbon!
One day my 3-year old daughter built a tower many feet above her head. When I asked how she did it she proceeded to pre-fabricate a tall section, reached up stuck it on top of another tower.
Guess the acorn didn’t fall far from the tree, :-).
Thanks much for turning me on to that interview!