Beginner
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h – 3 h
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Ideas · SET 40789
Flying Moon Car
A pale-blue flying moon car hovers above a black base with little figures and science-fiction details.
- Pieces
- 211
- Release year
- 2025
- Theme
- Ideas
- Set number
- 40789
- LEGO recommended age
- 18+
- Used · indicative value
- ≈ 19.00 €
Indicative market reference published by Brickset for the stated condition. Not a launch price or a guaranteed offer: completeness, packaging and condition can change the price. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 28 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range45 min – 2 hExperienced
≈ 45 minSuggested range30 min – 1 h 30 minBased 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
Editorial assessment: A pale-blue flying moon car hovers above a black base with little figures and science-fiction details. The figures are visible above the car’s elongated body. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks, subsequent play and any alternative models are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
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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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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Inside the set
Raised support
The structure supports the craft above the platform.
LEGO sourceOpen cockpit
The figures are visible above the car’s elongated body.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
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Between Mars and Jupiter
Most asteroids orbit in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Most asteroids occupy the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, but vary greatly in shape, size and orbit; some have small moons. Their combined mass is less than Earth’s Moon, unlike the cinematic impression of an almost solid obstacle corridor.
Ancient remnants
They are remnants of the Solar System’s formation about 4.6 billion years ago.
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Asteroids preserve remnants of Solar System formation around 4.6 billion years ago. Planetary gravity can move some toward Earth’s neighbourhood. Ancient origin and present motion coexist: studying one involves both early history and an orbit that can continue to change.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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