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City · SET 3368

Space Centre

A rocket, launch tower and control centre form a small City base, from ground preparations to an imagined launch.

Pieces: 494
Release year: 2011
Theme: City
Set number: 3368
LEGO recommended age: 6+
Archived regional retail price · US: 69.99 USD

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Retired from the LEGO Italy catalogue when checked on 24 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.

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TIME TO BUILD

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Beginner

≈ 3 h 45 minSuggested range2 h 15 min – 5 h 30 min

Intermediate

≈ 2 h 30 minSuggested range1 h 30 min – 3 h 45 min

Experienced

≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h – 2 h 45 min

Based on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.

How we estimate times · sources and method

Times cover the rocket, tower, controls and vehicles. The open structures and repeated tower elements need normal alignment checks. Editorial planning ranges are roughly 65–145%, not measured averages or guaranteed limits.

Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.

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Checked: 24 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.

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BEYOND THE BRICKS

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The model, the history, the ideas

Inside the set

The tower is part of the build

A red structure stands beside the rocket, adding a vertical assembly to the space-centre scene.

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The work continues on the ground

The control position and small service vehicles show the ground-support side of the mission as well as the rocket.

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Beyond the set

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Two rovers, two locations

Spirit and Opportunity reached opposite sides of Mars in January 2004, three weeks apart.

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Spirit and Opportunity landed on opposite sides of Mars three weeks apart in January 2004. Both searched for evidence of past water. Shared instrumentation allowed comparison of different geological settings rather than duplicating one investigation.

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Beyond ninety days

Designed for missions of about 90 days, Spirit and Opportunity operated on the surface for roughly 6.2 and 14.4 years respectively.

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Designed for roughly ninety-day missions, Spirit operated for 6.2 years and Opportunity for 14.4, travelling 7.73 and 45.16 kilometres respectively. Extended operation turned a short survey into long journeys among terrains and outcrops, providing more opportunities to investigate evidence of ancient environmental conditions on Mars.

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SET THE MOOD

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The Secret Life of Pets offers a comic character for small figures and everyday scenes. The affinity is lively domestic storytelling, not nature in general.

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The Secret Life of Pets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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