LEGO Tintin Moon Rocket is a display model released through the LEGO Ideas line inspired by Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin series. The 1,283-piece set recreates the iconic red-and-white checkered rocket seen in the stories Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon. Designed for adult builders, the model translates the comic spacecraft into a large brick-built structure intended primarily for display. The set includes minifigures of Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the detectives Thomson and Thompson wearing orange space suits.
The rocket stands nearly half a meter tall and uses curved brick elements to replicate the cylindrical body and tapered nose of the original design. Interior details appear in the cockpit section beneath the nose cone, while structural Technic elements support the central frame. The rocket’s red-and-white check pattern is recreated through alternating brick sections along the fuselage. The LEGO Tintin Moon Rocket set contains 1,283 pieces and releases April 1 through LEGO
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