As early as 2022, JAKI Jiaqi building blocks presented a Daybreak Project astronaut building block set for aerospace enthusiasts and building block enthusiasts, choosing the theme of the hot aerospace field, using a half-section structure of the trendy toy design, with a handsome and fried shape and electroplated mirror mask, which has aroused the love of countless players, and the popularity has also made many building block brands compete to imitate.
After a lapse of two years, JAKI has developed a new Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 (Commemorative Edition) based on the first Daybreak astronaut shape, paying homage to the classic Daybreak astronaut suit. In this commemorative edition of the astronauts, the designers of JAKI have used more new parts, and the finished product has more diverse gameplay and cooler shapes. Want to know what new ideas the 2.0 version of Daybreak Astronaut has?
Packed in the same box as the Daybreak Astronaut 2.0, there is also a Daybreak Interstellar Glove (Commemorative Edition), a life-size astronaut glove made of building blocks, which follows the trendy play attributes of the JAKI Dawn series, but also comes with a series of interesting features. These two models make up a CK241 Daybreak Interstellar Souvenir Set, and you can get two models in one box!
In the endless universe, astronauts' equipment carries the heavy responsibility of exploring the unknown, and every detail is crucial. How does the Daybreak Interstellar Gauntlet (Commemorative Edition) specifically restore this high-tech equipment in the building block world? Are you ready, let's start this amazing journey into space!
Unboxing and contents
Like the Project Daybreak astronauts we've reviewed before, this Daybreak Interstellar Souvenir set comes in a vertical black box and measures 59cm high× 43cm wide × 11.5cm deep. The front of the box shows the actual pictures of the two models of Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 (Commemorative Edition) and Daybreak Interstellar Glove (Commemorative Edition), and the font still uses the pearlescent pigment printing process with laser effect, which is full of trendy play attributes.
Moving to the back of the box, we are introduced to the dimensions, details, and gameplay of the Astronaut and Glove models using a left-right layout, especially the names and functions of the parts on the Daybreak Gauntlet, as well as the names of a series of devices on the glove. The bottom is also specially marked with a set of gifts, a deep space display table and a commemorative version of the astronaut statuette.
After opening the box, there are two very textured matte black inner boxes, and the front is printed with the white line drawing pattern of the astronaut and the glove two models, it is hard to imagine that this is a ritual that the age of the 8+ suit should have. Both models have separate boxes for their parts bags, which is a great design.
First of all, I opened the inner box of Astronaut Daybreak 2.0 (Commemorative Edition) and got a total of 16 bags of parts and an instruction manual. Compared to the first version, the astronauts used 400+ parts (excluding the newly molded parts).
Opening the inner box of the Daybreak Gloves (Commemorative Edition) reveals a total of 11 parts packs and an instruction manual, as well as two additional exposed overlay Technic wheels and a pack of luminous parts. None of the stickers were found in the inner boxes of either model, and all the patterned parts were printed.
In the inner box of the Daybreak Star Gauntlet (Commemorative Edition) is a flat cardboard box in the style of an airplane case, which contains the Deep Sky Visualizer that comes with the set.
The Deep Space Visualizer is made up of four hard PVC panels, which can be assembled simply by mortise and tenon joints, a bit like a card assembly model that I played with as a child. However, here is an enlarged version, with an area size of 26cm× 35.5cm, and a height of 36.5cm.
There is also a commemorative version of the golden figure mentioned on the box, so let's assemble it as soon as possible. The overall gold spraying process looks very good.
Daybreak Star Gauntlet
1. Start building
Astronaut gloves are an important part of spacesuits in space exploration missions, and in addition to protecting astronauts from extreme environmental hazards, they also require sufficient flexibility, so astronaut gloves are the ultimate pursuit of quality and technology.
We started with the wrist area and created three separate modules by layering white bricks and covering them with curved glossy parts, which were then combined to create the approximate shape of the wrist. Printed parts are basically used in each individual module.
The wrist part uses parts such as bracket plates and cheat bricks, and the combined structure has particles facing the outside in the four directions of front, back, left and right, which is convenient for us to carry out all aspects of the wrist modeling modification.
As an aside, the building process of this Daybreak Interstellar Glove is divided into four steps, corresponding to four parts pack numbers, but there are some parts bags that do not have any number, which is confusing, and you can only guess when building them later. (This is because we got the first batch of samples for evaluation, and the production time is relatively rushed, and this problem will be solved after the official mass production)
Bag No. 1 completes half of the wrist area, with a cross shaft attached to the palm at the top and an exposed mechanical structure at the bottom.
Look at the smoothness of the back, the patterns are all printed~
Part 2 Bag We started to build the palm part of the Daybreak Star Gauntlet, this module uses the particle flip building technique many times, and the building process requires multiple rotations of the model, and if you are not careful, you will be dizzy.
Fortunately, the hard work pays off, the assembled model is quite rounded, the gray side is the palm, and a 6×6 area is reserved here, guess what will be installed in this place in the future? Four bricks with holes are installed in an even distribution at the top, where we will install the fingers next.
On the back of the hand, the rounded shape is comfortable. The printed copy is like no money, and the whole back of the hand is full. There is also a slot reserved for a downward depression, continue to guess what will be installed in this place in the future?
Next up is the fingers of the Daybreak Gloves, where the four fingers are spelled in three ways, and each has three foldable hinges like a real person's fingers.
Each finger has printed details on the nape position of the finger and looks very fine. The blue color of the finger is a simulated silicone rubber material, which reminds me of labor protection gloves. This really can't be blamed on the designer, after all, for a long time, the aerospace gloves of the Shenzhou mission have been jokingly called labor protection gloves by netizens.
After attaching the four fingers to the palm of my hand, I immediately felt like a real hand, and I compared it with my own hand and found that the size was basically the same.
Now we reveal one of the mysteries, the reserved area of the palm gray we will install a 6×6 size round luminous brick, I have not seen such a large luminous part in the set, have you seen it in other sets?
The round luminous bricks are fixed to the reserved space by means of a cross latch and a silver gear of galvanized metal, and when installed in the palm of the hand, they fit the groove just right, and look like they are integrated and not obtrusive at all. The description of the box mentions that this is the glove's rotor energy shield, which can defend against the attacks of alien creatures, and can absorb the energy of stars and convert it into nuclear energy storage.
Next, we combine the palm of the hand with the wrist and at the same time secure the battery compartment of the glowing brick to the inside of the wrist. Does it look more sensational now? Now that you've finished building the No. 2 parts bag, it's time to start the third building step of the model, perfecting the decorative details on the wrists.
In the beginning, we stacked various parts on a dark gray 6×10 base plate to create structural parts such as pipes, gears, engines, chips, etc. With the blessing of galvanized metal silver parts with a great mirror effect, the whole decorative panel looks very textured.
Next, place it on the wrist of the Daybreak Star Gauntlet, just enough to cover the battery box of the glowing bricks.
There are also two curved decorative panel parts with blue and red lines, and the two modules are completely mirrored.
Now place it on both sides of the inside wrist of the Daybreak Star Gauntlet.
Then it's time to put the finishing touches on the gloves with a bunch of hoses and panels, and the embellishments of these exposed pipes make the pure white back look more technological.
Of course, the structure of the thumb is different from the other four fingers, and finally we attach the missing thumb as well.
Now the gloves are more or less complete, the white glove surface is not made of cotton, duck down, or wool, but the outer shell of the Chromel-R fabric is thermally insulating and protects astronauts when handling extremely hot or cold objects.
Finally, we built the base of the Daybreak Gauntlet, and although the base uses large wheel parts, the details are well done.
With 8 hoses, you don't have to think about it to know that it's very cool.
In the combination of the wrist and the base, four particles and four pairs of clips are used to connect to the handle, and the degree of stability is a bit unexpected. At the same time, the 6 orange hoses on the base are also connected to the pipe opening of the glove one by one.
At first, I thought that the pipes underneath were hydraulic pipes or wires, but they were actually information sensor tubes, which were used to collect and transmit information about extraterrestrial languages.
Built here, this Daybreak Interstellar Glove (Commemorative Edition) is complete, the model covers an area of about 12cm×12cm, and is about 26cm high.
2. Finished product display
I originally wanted to introduce the various details of the Daybreak Interstellar Gauntlet, but I forgot all about it when I took the finished picture, and I spent more than an hour fiddling with these fingers...
▲The three-stage joint and stable and tight structure can make this dawnbreaker interstellar glove pose in various shapes, such as ARE YOU OK?
▲We will, we will rock you！We will, we will rock you！
▲ International friendly gestures.
▲ The moving finger starship, against Rex's Stick, who will win?
▲Why don't you eat yet, I'm starving to death.
▲Excellent minifigure display stand.
▲ I almost forgot that there is also a light function, is this the impact beam launched in the hands of Iron Man improperly? The battery box uses the Tpyc-c interface, but it is not equipped with a relevant charging cable, so it is not a big problem. You can use your gloves as a night light if you want, but don't use a charging head that is too powerful.
Daybreak Astronaut 2.0
1. Start building
In order to celebrate the second anniversary of the launch of the Daybreak Astronaut, Jiaqi launched this Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 (Commemorative Edition), which has made a qualitative leap in craftsmanship and gameplay. Let's take a look at what the new version of Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 can bring us.
Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 uses a total of 16 parts packs, half of which contain large, one-piece parts that have been newly molded. There are three main steps in the building process.
Starting with the astronaut's body, the use of large, one-piece molded parts resembles a plate building model, which is a marked departure from the first version of the Daybreak astronauts.
The torso of the body is a large white shell composed of three parts, inlaid with two spherical joints. The surface of the torso has studs that connect the brick pellets.
The next step was to build some see-through, exposed mechanics on the left half of the torso, using five silver-plated mirror parts, as well as some printed parts, and the result was excellent. There is also a cockpit around the neck of the torso that can carry minifigures.
Speaking of the minifigure's cockpit, Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 includes an astronaut minifigure with orange printing on the front to match Daybreak Astronaut 2.0. This is also different from the first version of the astronaut.
Put the minifigure in the cockpit, and the entire dawn astronaut becomes a robot mecha, and the model suddenly has an additional way to play.
This was followed by the astronaut's helmet, this time using a pearlescent process similar to a gradient instead of electroplating, and this time using a pearlescent process that resembles a gradient, much like the transparent colored plastic paper used to wrap candy.
The gradient helmet visor is mainly orange in color, and is not fixed when assembled into the helmet, but can be lifted upwards. On both sides of the helmet there are still searchlights and cameras made of separate parts.
The integrated helmet has a tenon on the bottom, and with holes in the torso of the body, it can be easily attached together to cover the entire cockpit. Sitting in this and piloting an astronaut mecha must be full of security.
Now that we're in bag 2, we're building the astronaut's legs, which are made up of the thighs, calves, and feet. As with the style of the torso, the right leg is made of a fully molded part. Although it is a one-piece part, it still has a printed pattern.
The finished left leg has a remarkable shape, structure and design, with a pure white background that does not make the complex structure look too messy, and dotted with orange lines and patterns for a more design look. The integrated part of the right leg makes the shape simpler, and the contrast between the two legs is stronger.
In terms of joint mobility, the knee joints and ankle joints of both legs have a certain degree of mobility, and it is obvious that the integrated leg is not as flexible as the left leg built of bricks.
At the bottom of the torso, there are ball joints for the legs, which can be easily put together. When I finished this step, a sentence suddenly popped up in my mind, "The third elder brother has grown taller again".
Finally, there is the construction of the No. 3 parts kit, where the astronaut's left and right arms are built. On the left hand, you can see the familiar word "CN", and the more conspicuous is the electroplated silver mirror parts. I have to say that the shape of the arms is very similar to the first version of the Daybreak Astronaut, but there are big differences in details and spelling.
The other right hand consists of 6 molded parts and an inlaid spherical hinge base, which is very quick to assemble. At the same time, there is also a certain degree of mobility at the wrist and elbow.
Thanks to the integrated right hand, the contrast between the two arms is very great...
The orange limited Dawn Astronaut 2.0 mecha is brand new and will soon be shipped to space.
Also in bag 3 is an important piece of astronaut equipment, which uses two luminous bricks and two solid hoses made of very soft material.
This is a space backpack for astronauts with onboard equipment such as oxygen cylinders, which is supposed to be attached to the torso, but here a separate design is used.
This spacepack is assembled in three parts: a transparent cover, a brick-built decorative panel, and a spacepack shell. Luminous bricks and solid hoses are used for the decorative panels.
Once the three parts are put together, the spacepack is complete. Although the volume looks small, it actually has a little weight in the hand.
Magnets are built into the space backpack and astronaut's torso, and the design is magnetically assembled. Hold the groove on the back of the astronaut close to the raised buckle of the backpack and attach it with a single click.
When attached, it is very tight, and the backpack will not fall off if you simply shake it.
Finally, the hose extending from the backpack is wrapped around the thighs and attached to the front of the astronaut, and the whole model is complete.
2. Finished product display
Open the transparent lid of the space backpack and turn on the lights by turning the two glowing bricks to the right, and the lights will be one blue and one red.
The light of the glowing brick is conducted through a solid hose, which can illuminate the entire hose, and the effect is very cool. In fact, this is a real "total reflection of light" principle of optical fiber, which is what we often call optical fibers.
In terms of mobility, Dawn Astronaut 2.0 has multiple joints throughout the body that can be moved, and some simple shapes can be concave.
Give me.
The most flexible is the left arm and fingers. All five fingers can be swung individually, and the player can make the gesture they want.
Write at the end
In this CK241 Dawn Interstellar Commemorative Set Calendar, which costs 249 yuan, you can get a Dawn Astronaut 2.0 (Commemorative Edition) and an official price of 169 Yuan Dawn Interstellar Gloves (Commemorative Edition), which may not be found in the vegetable market.
Compared with the first version of the Daybreak Project astronauts, Daybreak Astronaut 2.0 uses a large number of mold parts, but it is still a semi-see-through structure, and the display effect is naturally not said. In addition, the overall structure is stable, and there will be no drops when playing lightly. The astronaut has multiple articulations all over his body, and players can fiddle with them in all sorts of fun looks, but this model is more about showing off its features.
As an extension of the JAKI Aerospace series, the Daybreak Interstellar Gauntlet (Commemorative Edition) also follows the trendy play attributes of the Daybreak series, with a cool shape that is more suitable for use as an ornament, and the super flexible fingers are also very fun to play.
The stable structure of the Daybreak Interstellar Glove can be used as a jewelry stand at home, a business card can be placed on the desk, and even a hand model to take some interesting pictures.
I heard you still lack a night light? So what are you waiting for.