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Guide SP-4: Space Police 3 (2009)

 -Space Police 3 (2009)-

Though often considered the 3rd generation of the “Space Police” subtheme, “Space Police 3” (which was originally just called “Space Police”), was more of a reboot than a continuation of the fan-favorite theme. The theme came on the heels of the 2007-2009 “Mars Mission” theme, and like “Mars Mission”, “Space Police 3” had more modernist aesthetics and concepts. Instead of facing off against an opposing factions like the previous iterations, the officers of “Space Police 3” struggled to apprehend the alien criminal organization, The Black Hole Gang. The alien members of the gang often had very Mafia-esque appearances and names, and most included a molded single-piece head.


The vehicles in “Space Police 3” were generally smaller in size than previous “Space Police” themes. They opted for smaller speeder and speeder-bike vehicles that more resembled modern motorcycle and automobiles than the sci-fi ship and air speeders of all the LEGO Space themes that had come before. Like the previous “Space Police” themes, the sets did include interchangeable jail pods to house captured prisoners. 


Uniforms once again saw a redesign, seeing themselves with body armor-like printing on dark gray. There were three types of Space Police, all sharing the same basic body armor. Officers had open-faced helms with black half-visors. Commandos had fully enclosed helmets with red visors reminiscent of the original “Space Police” theme. And the Space Police Chief also had the enclosed helmet with the red visor, but also wore black versions of the pauldrons seen on Space Police 2’s Captain Magenta.


“Space Police 3” was retired in 2010, to be replaced as the primary LEGO Space theme by “Alien Conquest” in 2011. While we did see a callback to the theme in the form of the Series 21 CMF Minifigure “Space Police Guy” in 2021, there has been no sign of a “Space Police” resurgence since.

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