Clone Zone: Reviewing the Retro Classic Spacemen and Spacebabies Set (6B003–6B010)

 

Welcome back, builders and space cadets! Today we are taking a trip into deep space—and down memory lane—with an in-depth look at a highly-discussed custom release making waves in the alternative brick community: the Retro Classic Spacemen and Spacebabies Set (6B003 to 6B010).

If you are an Adult Fan of LEGO (AFOL), you know that hunting down every variation of the iconic vintage astronaut is a massive, incredibly expensive treasure hunt. This compatible set aims to deliver a colourful crew along with their miniature counterparts in one fell swoop. Let's see how they stack up against history.

🌌 The Origins: A History of LEGO's Rainbow Corps

To appreciate what this compatible set offers, we have to look back at the 1978 origin of LEGO Classic Space.

When LEGO first introduced the theme, astronauts featured a beautifully simple design: a solid-colour suit, a vintage logo of a rocket ship circling a moon, a visor-less helmet, a separate oxygen tank, and a classic smiley face. Over nearly 50 years, LEGO has trickled out new colors across various sets, collectible minifigure (CMF) series, and books:

The Original Era (1978–1984): White, Red, Yellow, Blue, and Black.
The Modern Expansion: Green (via the Ideas Exo-Suit), Pink, Light Grey, Purple, Orange, and Brown.
Recent Holy Grails: Bright Bluish Green (Teal) and Warm Gold debuted in the Minifigure Vending Machine (2025), while Bright Light Blue appeared in the Arcade Pinball Machine set.

Piecing together a complete authentic 14-color LEGO spectrum requires buying highly specific, retired sets or hunting individual parts on secondary markets, costing hundreds of dollars.

References: 

https://brickset.com/minifigs/category-Space/subcategory-Classic-Space

https://tipsandbricks.com/post/2556-tips-collecting-every-classic-space-minifigure/ (oct 2024)

https://brickcult.com/article/all-lego-classic-space-colors/ (jan 2026)

https://bricksafe.com/files/Aventurium/classic-space-guide/Lego_Space_Minifigures_Guide_2026_1.9.3.pdf (may 2026)

🎨 Official LEGO Colors vs. This Compatible Set 6B003-6B010

The 6B003–6B010 set provides 8 distinct spacemen alongside 8 matching Space Babies. How close do these colours get to the real thing?

Set Designation	Figure Colour	Historical LEGO Equivalence
6B003	Red	Matches the original 1978 release.
6B004	Light Blue	Not quite the 2026 Pinball Machine version, but close
6B005	Purple	Matches the 2022 CMF 22 series variant.
6B006	Green	Matches the 2014 Exo-Suit release
6B007	Black	Matches the 1984 release.
6B008	Yellow	Matches the 1982 release.
6B009	Blue	Matches the 1984 release.
6B010	Orange	Matches the 2020 Lego Minifigure book version.

🔧 Parts Breakdown & Custom Twists

(Refer to my individual parts breakdown photos below!)

When you dump the pieces out, you will notice a few fascinating departures from traditional LEGO design choices:

Double-Sided Heads: Unlike the strictly standard vintage smiley faces, these figures feature double-sided printing with modern, expressive faces. For the most part I prefer the traditional smiley face than the more expressive faces. (See pics above and below).
Arm & Leg Printing: Traditional Classic Space figures are strictly monochrome. This set breaks tradition by introducing sub-printing on the limbs, bringing a slightly upgraded, modern aesthetic to a retro template.
The Space Babies: Every astronaut includes a perfectly colour-matched baby! The space babies have removable helmets, heads, oxygen tanks and hands.  The torso is molded with arms and legs.
Clutch Power and Mold Quality: The helmets emulate the thicker modern chin-strap style (which LEGO introduced after the 1980s thin straps kept cracking). The prints on the torsos are crisp, with the classic gold moon logo well-aligned. The adult helmets have the indents to add a visor.

A view from behind.

Here is the parts breakdown for the spaceman minifigure.

And here is the parts breakdown for the space baby.

Tips for Head Removal

Once the helmet is on the minifigure's head, it can be very difficult to remove. The trick is to find a different minifigure torso with a tighter neck joint and insert it into the stuck head. You may need to test a few different figures to find one with enough friction. Once you successfully pull the head out of the helmet, rotate it to your preferred face, attach the head back onto the spacesuit, and slide the helmet back on.

To remove the spacebaby's helmet, start by detaching the combined head and helmet from the torso. Next, insert a LEGO compatible pistol piece into the bottom of the stuck head to give you enough grip to pull it free from the helmet.

👥 The Final Verdict: 

For around $13USD, which I got from Aliexpress, you get a full, vibrant squadron that looks spectacular on a display shelf.

While scanning through Aliexpress, I also came across this 9 minifigure set that has includes some alternate colours, such as light gray, white and pink.  Based. on the picture, these ones come with matching oxygen tanks but no space babies.

For a real splurge, you can also get this chromed 8 minifigure set on Aliexpress.  These ones come with clear visors attached to their helmets, but they do not appear to have any matching tanks.

While a purist will instantly spot these as Lego compatible clones, the value here is in the instant gratification of a matching adult-and-baby space crew. It is a fantastic, budget-friendly shortcut to filling out a custom lunar base layout or a colourful display stand.

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Which colour in this lineup is your absolute favorite? Drop a comment below!

Thanks for looking, bye!

I added my own lighting to the LesDiy Clone Turbo Tank set

 

Hey brick fans!

Further to my latest review of the LesDiy Star Wars clone turbo tank, I decided to go a step further by adding some quickie lighting.  It's nothing substantial, just a couple of Led light strips attached to a battery box, which I had laying around.  I figured that since I added some transparent/translucent bricks to the windshield, it would look pretty cool to have some lighting.

Unfortunately, of the spare light strips I have, one is warm white and the other is cool white.  So they give off a different vibe depending on which end you view.  I'm preferring the warm white light at the moment.

The battery boxes use the CR2032 button batteries. I've placed them inside the storage bay with each providing lighting for one of the cockpits.

The cool white glows so brightly that it actually illuminates the storage bay as well.

Attaching the light strip is just simply attaching it to the underside of the roof panel.  

If I'm feeling ambitious in the future, I might get some LED dot lights for the exterior lighting and maybe even some accent lighting along the platform base.  But for now this will do.

Here's the link to the Lesdiy custom Clone Turbo tank set (without the lighting): https://www.lesdiy.com/en-ca/products/clone-hav-a6-turbo-tank-building-blocks?ref=njajxc7z

Anyways, that's a wrap for this quickie post.  Bye for now!