The Lego set that never existed!Author: jawapro
Date: Fri 24/08/2012 07:47 PM
Behold - set 6862 The Secret Space Voyager.
Ok - calling it the set that never existed might be a stretch, but it was never sold.
It’s actually a somewhat ugly mid-sized spaceship. It just happens to be really rare.
You couldn’t walk into a shop to buy this set - you had to send away for the instructions. I’ve sourced a clipping from a comic book back in the day that has the mail order instructions.
In order to claim the instructions you had to send a barcode from one of three other M:Tron sets. Using the parts from those three sets you could build this model.
So you needed sets 6923 Particle Ionizer, 6877 Vector Dector, and 6896 Celestial Forager. Using those parts and the instructions, you could build this set.
It’s an official part of the M:Tron line - but it was never sold itself. To make it even rarer down here, the instructions were not available in Australia.
While I do have the three sets required, I have a separate model of this set too - to complete my M:Tron theme.
In case you were wondering why the ship had wheels (I was until I got it), it’s carrying a little buggy (with a third spaceman). The buggy is held in place by magnets which work surprisingly well.
Lego claims this set will "Blow your Magnets off!" which is a little ambitions - but it completes the M:Tron theme for me - so I’m very happy to finally have it.
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