Legacy Squad is an elite branch of the Galaxy Squad. They were established to maintain peace by intercepting invasions before they begin.

The Story

In 1999, an alien race known as the Zotaxians crashed onto Planet Holox, a mysterious world inhabited by hostile insect-like aliens. Due to this new danger, the refugees engineered their vehicles to resemble the appearances of these menacing creatures. These vehicles became known as “insectoids.”

In 2013, the insect-like aliens from the Planet Holox were thirsting for power. Pirating the insectoid technology and integrating it with bio-organic technology of the Mars Mission alien race, they set out to invade the Planet Selva Galaxy. The Galaxy Squad countered this threat, and successfully exterminated the bug invasion.

In 2024, hundreds of brave space explorers embarked on a daring adventure into a new galaxy, carrying on the spirit of minifigure space exploration from 1978. However, some explorers noted a few beetle-like aliens that were lurking in remote regions. Not long afterwards, a lone explorer on the surface of Planet Sigma-6 was attacked by a mysterious grub-like “thing” that emerged from underground. This “thing” was revealed to be a Beetlezoid insectoid, a half-organic half-machine creature in its larva stage. Realizing the imminent threat of new bug invasion, the space explorers sent an SOS to the Legacy Squad.

The Build
This build is designed to be compatible with the terrain found in the 2024 LEGO City space sets, implementing similar geological and biological aesthetics. The Insectoid Pit has a sandy bottom littered with bones and a green Classic Spaceman helmet. Thanks to the ball joint system, the Beetlezoid insectoid is modular and can be displayed in one of two ways: complete and slithering across the ground, or partially emerging out of the pit.

My goal with this project was to design a substantial yet affordable LEGO Space set that continued the legacy of past LEGO Space themes, hence the name of this new space force, “Legacy Squad.” This build was inspired by the alien Beetlezoid minifigure from the latest LEGO Minifigures series.

The Minifigures
There are two Legacy Squad Trooper minifigures included: Chrysalis (the granddaughter of Gypsy Moth from Insectoids), and Billy Starbeam (a member of the Galaxy Squad Red Team in his older years).

The Invitation
I invite you to join me in continuing the legacy of LEGO Space: explore the universe and protect the innocent. Please consider voting for this product idea and helping to spread the word!

The Designer:

My name is Brian, and I am an award-winning LEGO fan builder from LEGO Ideas. I got interested in LEGO bricks back in 2009 with the launch of Space Police III, and have been a LEGO Space enthusiast ever since. I strive to build MOCs that reflect the quality of official LEGO sets, both from a structural and aesthetic perspective.