Space.com: 'Needs more aliens': Lego designer on kids' view of space as an endless playground (exclusive)

"This time around, when we did Lego Space City, we pushed the minifigure further from here as it's ever been, and the same with the minidolls in Lego Friends," Meehan said. "We were trying to look at, What if the Lego City team were exploring an unknown planet? We didn't name the planet or say which solar system. They are somewhere imaginary, they're somewhere new. What would they do?"