Futuron
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Futuron was a subtheme of LEGO theme Space from 1987 until 1990.
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Taking over from Classic Space and inheriting its white-and-blue color scheme, "Futuron" depicted an austere yet bustling settlement on the surface of a planetary body, probably Earth's moon. Its minifigs came in many colors (red, blue, yellow and black), but all shared the same uniform—a zipper crossing from hip to shoulder, with color on top and white below—as well as light-blue-tinted helmet visors. Instead of a big ship, the theme centered around the Monorail Transport System, which featured a battery-powered train system and some twenty linear feet of track.
The minifigures of the first Space Police theme had the same torso pieces as black Futuron-astronauts but other arms, legs and helmets.
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Futuron comprised two large ground-based installations, the Monorail Transport System, which was also the subthemes biggest and most popular set, and a rocket launch base, but didn't include many large spaceships. The biggest spacecraft was the Stardefender "200". Other notable ships include the Aero-Module and the Galactic Starship, all other spacecraft had less than 90 pieces. On the other side, Futuron featured a relatively large number of ground vehicles, including four bigger trucks or rovers (Magma Carrier, Crater Crawler, Interplanetary Rover and the Lunar MPV vehicle) and a piloted walker robot.
Many Classic Space sets of the years 1987 and 1988, such as the Polaris-I Space Lab and the Sonar Transmitting Cruiser are often mistaken as Futuron sets due to the similar colorscheme, but they still included the old astronaut minifigures.
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- 6893 Galactic Starship (1987) Blue astronaut, Yellow astronaut
- 6884 Aero-Module (1987) Blue astronaut
- 6932 Stardefender "200" (1987) Blue astronaut, Yellow astronaut
- 6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher (1987) Yellow astronaut, 2 Red astronauts
- 6770 Light & Sound Magma Carrier (1988) Yellow astronaut
- 6828 Twin-Winged Spoiler (1988) Blue astronaut
- 6848 Strategic Pursuer (1988) Yellow astronaut
- 6875 Hovercraft (1988) Yellow astronaut
- 6885 Crater Crawler (1988) Black astronaut
- 6921 Monorail Accessory Track (1988)
- 6925 Interplanetary Rover (1988) 2 Yellow astronauts
- 6990 Monorail Transport System (1988) 3 Yellow astronauts, 2 Red astronauts
- 6810 Laser Ranger (1989) Black astronaut
- 6830 Space Patroller (1989) Yellow astronaut
- 6850 Auxiliary Patroller (1989) White astronaut
- 1620 Astro Dart (1990) Yellow astronaut
- 1621 Lunar MPV Vehicle (1990) Blue astronaut
- Bonus packs
- 1530 Bonus Pack (1988), contained the sets 6808 and 6848
- 1974 Bonus Pack (1989), White astronaut
- 1616 Space Combi-Pack (1990), contained the sets 1620 and 1621
- Other appearances
- 6703 Space Minifigures (1988), 1 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 black
- 9355 DACTA Space Theme Set (1990), contained several Futuron torsos.
- Late Classic Space sets in Futuron colors
- 1499 Twin Starfire (1987)
- 6750 Light & Sound Sonic Robot (1987)
- 6780 Light & Sound XT - Starship (1987)
- 6808 Galaxy Trekkor (1987)
- 6827 Strata Scooter (1987)
- 6849 Satellite Patroller (1987)
- 6972 Polaris-I Space Lab (1987)
- 6783 Sonar Transmitting Cruiser (1988)
