Beginner
≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range45 min – 2 h
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City · SET 60430
Interstellar Spaceship
A single-seat spacecraft with opening thrusters and a transforming drone. This compact space build conceals a small mechanical feature.
- Pieces
- 240
- Release year
- 2024
- Theme
- City
- Set number
- 60430
- LEGO recommended age
- 6+
- LEGO retail price · Italy
- 19.99 €
Available at LEGO Italy when checked on 23 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
Retail price reported by the LEGO source for the stated market. Check the store for current price and availability; this does not establish the launch price. LEGO ↗ · Reference checked on 23 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English catalogue ↗ · Checked on 24 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
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Intermediate
≈ 45 minSuggested range15 min – 1 h 15 minExperienced
≈ 30 minSuggested range15 min – 45 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
A compact build with relatively few pieces, but the thruster mechanism needs correctly oriented parts. The drone is included. The three central durations are model-specific editorial assessments. Planning ranges extend approximately from 65% to 145%, rounded to quarter-hours; they are not measured experience-level 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.
- Brick Fanatics · Interstellar Spaceship ↗
The review suggests around half an hour, possibly a little longer. The three experience-level times remain our own editorial assessment.
Checked: 23 ottobre 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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- Height
- ≈ 4 cm
- Width
- ≈ 17 cm
- Depth / length
- ≈ 22 cm
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Which model was measured? · original Italian specification
Dimensioni: la navetta in questo set di 240 pezzi misura 4 cm di altezza, 22 cm di lunghezza e 17 cm di larghezzaApproximate assembled-model measurements, not packaging dimensions. Allow extra room for handling, moving parts and the display stand. The comparison uses the measured model’s overall footprint, allows a 90° rotation and does not assess stability or shelf load. Source LEGO ↗ · 2026-10-29
BEYOND THE BRICKS
Did you know?
Inside the set
A battery that opens the engines
Inserting the toy battery element activates the opening of the main thrusters. It does not provide real electric propulsion.
LEGO sourceA drone becomes equipment
The small robot reconfigures as a jetpack for the space-crew minifigure.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Propelled by ions
Dawn used electricity to accelerate xenon ions through space. Xenon was chosen partly because it is inert, can be stored compactly and has relatively heavy atoms.
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Dawn electrically accelerated xenon ions. NASA selected the gas for chemical inertness, compact storage and relatively heavy atoms. Electrical energy expelled particles at high speed in a system designed for prolonged space operation, differing from chemical rocket engines.
A little thrust for a long time
The ion system produced low thrust but used little propellant. At full power it consumed about 3.25 milligrams of xenon per second, allowing acceleration to continue for long periods.
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At maximum thrust Dawn used about 3.25 milligrams of xenon per second. Small thrust accumulated over thousands of operating days rather than launch-stage minutes. Sustained gentle acceleration could therefore produce large velocity changes without the dramatic initial push associated with a conventional rocket.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 23 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
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