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Sandy Moondust

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Sandy Moondust

Space
Theme

sp061
Catalog ID

2002
First Year Released

3968 (unique to this set)
First Set Number(s)

$80
Current Market Value, New

$40 (be sure to check the legs!)
Current Market Value, Used (Near Mint)

8
Rare Scale 1 (Common) – 10 (Extremely Rare):

BRICKSTORY: Astrobot (astronaut-robot) Sandy Moondust, along with her partner Biff Starling were free promotional sets given away at the 2002 World Space Congress and the 5th International Robot Olympiad in 2003.  They were the only contents of minifigure poly bag sets 3928 and 3929, respectively.  What’s even more fun is that photos of Sandy and Biff were placed inside Mars rovers  Opportunity and Spirit and launched into space and are now on Mars! These figures are pretty rare, especially with the printed legs (many copies are out there with just the torso and plain legs – those are incomplete, or in some cases, fakes). Sandy Moondust is only one of four females minifigures in the entire LEGO Space theme!  No one seems to really know why Sandy and Biff were called “astrobots”…  they seem pretty human to us.  Comment below or IM us if you have any clues…

Sandy Moondust

Minifigure Number: sp061
First Year Released: 2002
First Set Number: 3968 (unique to this set)
Current Market Value, New: $80
Current Market Value, Used (Grade 85 or higher): $40
Rare Scale 1 (Common) – 10 (Extremely Rare): 8
BRICKSTORY: Astrobot Sandy Moondust, along with her partner Biff Starling were free promotional sets given away at the 2002 World Space Congress and the 5th International Robot Olympiad in 2003.  They were the only contents of minifigure poly bag sets 3928 and 3929, respectively.  What’s even more fun is that photos of Sandy and Biff were placed inside Mars rovers  Opportunity and Spirit and launched into space and are now on Mars! These figures are pretty rare, especially with the printed legs (many copies are out there with just the torso and plain legs – those are incomplete, or in some cases, fakes)
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