Beginner
≈ 2 h 15 minSuggested range1 h 15 min – 3 h 30 min
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Space · SET 6969
Space Swarm
Space Swarm combines transparent blue wings and a dark body in a space insect with a broad, slender profile.
- Pieces
- 253
- Release year
- 1998
- Theme
- Space
- Set number
- 6969
- LEGO recommended age
- 8+
- Archived regional retail price · US
- 50.00 USD
Retired from the LEGO Italy catalogue when checked on 24 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 28 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 24 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build Space Swarm?
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
≈ 1 h 30 minSuggested range45 min – 2 h 15 minExperienced
≈ 1 hSuggested 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
Thin wings and appendages need symmetry checks. The estimate covers the illustrated official model. 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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Source for configuration, pieces and components, not a measured building time. Experience-level times are editorial assessments.
Checked: 24 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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Inside the set
Wings as body parts
Blue surfaces give the craft an organic appearance, unlike a shuttle’s more geometric wings.
LEGO sourceA visible pilot position
The cockpit contrasts with black and bright-green appendages, combining an imagined creature with a piloted vehicle.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Why the Red Planet looks red
Mars owes its reddish appearance to oxidised iron minerals in rocks, soil and dust, a process familiar from rust.
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NASA also describes variation in the surface’s local colours. The Red Planet nickname captures the overall impression without meaning that every rock or landscape has one uniform red shade.
Reading a wetter past in the landscape
Exploration has revealed evidence that ancient Mars had liquid water, a thicker atmosphere and warmer conditions.
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Together, those clues point to a planet different from today’s dry landscape. Studying rocks and landforms is therefore a way to reconstruct change over time, rather than simply photographing a distant world.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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Oxygène’s electronic landscape suggests exploration of imagined spaces. We pair it with technological modules and structures without treating it as scientific commentary.
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
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