Comparing LEGO Icons Project Hail Mary to the movie spacecraft

LEGO Icons 11389 Project Hail Mary launches next month, but how well does the brick-built vehicle stack up next to the movie version of the sci-fi spaceship?

The LEGO Icons theme officially revealed 11389 Project Hail Mary today, an 830-piece take on the spacecraft from the upcoming Ryan Gosling film. Despite its diminutive size, the microscale model appears to deliver a fairly accurate recreation of the interstellar vehicle, one that even boasts some impressive functionality, but how well does it compare to its much larger cinematic cousin?

For starters, it’s a little tricky to tell, as Project Hail Mary's teasers and trailers to date have only revealed brief snippets of the spaceship so far, although one last glimpse of the forthcoming blockbuster film is due to be aired during this weekend’s Super Bowl LX.

LEGO Icons 11389 Project Hail Mary featured

What footage has been revealed seems to match what can be seen in the official images of 11389 Project Hail Mary though, such as the design of the spacecraft’s docked crew module, that can be sent into orbit using a hand crank on the LEGO Icons version's display stand, its centrifugal gravity system and at least 40 drum-lacquered silver 1×2 grille slopes that make up the vessel’s solar panels.

The main shape of the Hail Mary also seems to be well-represented, with three tubular sections combined together at the rear of the spaceship, each of which includes a selection of white, grey and gold pieces to reflect the movie vehicle's appearance.

11389 Project Hail Mary also replicates the spacecraft's primary booster at one end of the build, assembled from a large grey LEGO Technic element and what appears to be a trans-orange piece inside, plus three smaller engines surrounding it.

We won’t know for sure exactly how much 11389 Project Hail Mary matches its movie source material until later next month though, with Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s film due to land on big screens around the world on March 20, 2026.

Pre-orders for 11389 Project Hail Mary are live right now, with the LEGO Icons model scheduled for blast off on March 1, priced at £99.99 / $99.99 / €99.99.

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