Not sure why the wings are blue but it’s a nice set overall

Nose like a Concorde in reverse.

That is absurdly cute.

scoot. Scoot! SCOOT!!!

Neat, playable and affordable.

Is that Denny?

I'm missing some of these little sets in my Classic Space collection. Sometimes I try to build them from my spare parts in different color scemes, but it doesn't feel the same. It just doesn't feel the same...

When you don't think there's such a thing as too many rockets

Now that's a band I haven't heard of in a while.

tablescraps Tablescraps TABLESCRAPS!

@Mr__Thrawn said:
"Not sure why the wings are blue but it’s a nice set overall"
The seat is white, too- it's very much in the transitional phase towards the blue & white Space

Apparently I own this.

Not to dig it out of storage!

I love the tiny space sets. Lego needs (I need) more sets like this.

One of the fortunate 1086. Including the instruction booklet in decent condition.

Sadly, the switch from grey/blue to blue/white saw the end of the steering wheel to fly spaceships. Why does the nose cone need to pivot upwards, possibly to fit into a tight parking space? Still find amazing what you can do with only 26 pieces, the 3D rotation on https://brickset.com/sets/1557-1 is fun.

Many nice parts in such a small package!

Space...

Space...

@Rimefang said:
"Space..."

the final frontier...

i had it! I love like in 26 pieces it has most of the classic spaces parts: the seat, the cylinder with fins, levers, megaphone/shooter, transparent cones, and those snot bricks with engine under the wings. Lovely!

@Al_S:
There really wasn't a transitional phase. The blue/light-grey/trans-yellow color scheme hogs all the glory of Classic Space, but in reality there were three concurrent color schemes. The other two were what would eventually live on as the Futuron color scheme (white/trans-blue), and a little-remembered mix of light-grey/trans-green (very often this was reduced to just light-grey with the absence of any windshield elements). Oddly enough, through my entire childhood, my brother and I never once got a set that had the "traditional" Classic Space color scheme. Every Space set we got followed one of the other two.

@ambr:
The nosecone doesn't need to hinge upwards at all. However, keep in mind what parts were available during those days. That hinge brick was, in truth, the only element available that could achieve that bit of SNOT construction. It would be decades before an alternate option became available.

I don't think I had this, but I'm inspired to build it today with what I got.

I got this guy in a random gift exchange at school when I was a kid--I ended up trading for it. I don't remember what I traded away, but it wasn't Lego so I definitely came out ahead.

Those were the tail end of the 'paper-round sets' and I loved them. Funny how blue wings back then just doesn't rankle any more :)

@PurpleDave: The nosecone could have been done with a pair of headlight bricks.

@560heliport:
Nope. The top of the hinge brick sits flush with the front edge of the wings, and the plate that they're sitting on top of. With the headlight bricks oriented upright, that would have moved the studs back half a plate where they barely would have contacted plate that the nosecone is attached to. Flip them on their backs, and the bases would interfered with the steering space chair that the minifig sits on (and the minifig). I did just remember one solution that would have kept the studs that hold the nosecone in nearly the same position, which is combining Technic half pins with Technic bricks (either 1x2 w/ 2 holes, or 1x1), but the result would have jiggled like a loose tooth.

It’s a great little set, still have it from my childhood. Although it shouldn’t be too hard to part together on Bricklink for anyone not fortunate enough to get this back in the day.

@PurpleDave : The grey 2x2 plate would be replaced by a 1x2 plate. And the 1x2 brick with 2 holes didn't exist in 1986! The hinge brick was the simplest solution, certainly.