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that is Futuron, not classic space. It's from the late 80s and early 90s I believe.
With regard to the later colors, Jens had this to say: "The original two colors were explorers, yellow were scientists, blues were technicians or mechanics and I guess the black were warriors, but we were not allowed to make a big deal about this. We were not allowed to make war." (p40)
I clicked through it and it shows Pilots as red and Ground Crew as white. Scientists seem to be yellow. There are no black or blue ones, from what I can see, until Futuron.
I flicked through it and it shows Pilots as red and Ground Crew as white. Scientists seem to be yellow. There are no black or blue ones, from what I can see, until Futuron.
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Red = Pilots/Air Crew, White = Drivers/Ground Crew, Yellow = Generalists, Blue = Science Officers, and Black = Command. I devised these rules based roughly on the frequency with which the various colors appeared throughout the line (Black was the most rare), and their use in my first Space sets from the late 70's. Of course, LEGO chose not to universally apply these rules to their official sets throughout the years...
Futuron was a little different: with only 3 total Red astronauts across the line, they should be Command. But the Black Futuron with white helmet in set #1974 was unique, and therefore became the Supreme Futuron Leader.
Most of the later lines had defined uniforms for the "Chief" (think Unitron, Space Police II, Ice Planet 2002). I think I liked things better the old way...
It's interesting how Jens considered Red and White to be competing factions, as most sets with more than one figure contained equal numbers of each. It's tough to be enemies when you're sharing the Galaxy Explorer together...maybe the Danes were trying to play peacemaker in the Cold War???