Brickipedia

READ MORE

Brickipedia
Register
Advertisement
Class 3 article
This article is about The LEGO Movie character. For the Bob the Builder excavator or the Classic Space minifigure he is based on, see Benny (Bob the Builder) and Blue Classic Spaceman.

"Hi! I'm Ben! But you can call me Benny! And I can build a Spaceship!"
―Benny in The LEGO Movie
"SPACESHIP!!!!!!"
―Benny after frantically building a spaceship out of the 1980’s space tech, repeated

Benny, a.k.a. 1980-Something Space Guy, is a 1980s-Style Minifigure who is one of the secondary tritagonists of The LEGO Movie and a supporting character in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.

He is voiced by Charlie Day in the film and LEGO Dimensions and by Mark Silverman in the video game adaption.

Description[]

Benny wears a cracked, bright blue space helmet. Benny's head is yellow, with black pupil-less eyes and a huge, open mouthed smile. He has a red tongue that is visible. Benny's torso is completely bright blue with the faded, classic space logo. He wears a bright blue jet pack as well. Benny's legs are completely bright blue. His helmet is cracked on the chin strap area because many of the classic spacemen's helmets got cracked in that area due to the plastic being too thin.

In the recent trailer, it’s shown that in the sequel, his right arm has been replaced with a prosthetic metal arm, which indicates that his real arm was most likely lost during the invasion.

Background[]

The original version of Benny came out in 1984, in set 6824 "Space Dart", thus him being called "1980-something space guy" by Vitruvius. Since he is an old minifigure, he has a worn out appearance with his chest logo being partially erased and his helmet cracked at one spot. The cracked part on his helmet is said to cause oxygen to leak from his suit, which is alleged to affect his brain. There are also teeth marks/dents in his helmet.

As a result, Benny holds an all-too-happy attitude and short-term attention span to everything but those involving spaceships, even getting so excited, his vocabulary completely turns into frantic screams of "SPACESHIP!" However, when times call for extended travel between worlds, his vast knowledge turns invaluable to those whom need it--and an undamaged spacesuit, too.

In "The LEGO Movie", he attended the meeting of the Master Builders in Cloud Cuckoo Land. He soon appears to help Emmet and the gang by building a spaceship, but after soon learning the skies were surrounded by the Super Secret Police, he breaks the spaceship with disapointment. After being rescued by Metalbeard, he soon teams up with him to infiltrate the Octan tower. He finally has the chance to build a spaceship when the gang needs to get out of the tower.

After the events of The LEGO Movie, it is revealed that Benny built 724 spaceships.

After the DUPLO Aliens attack Bricksburg, he lost his arm and got taken to the Systar System.

In the Emmet Awards contest videos, he is shown to be siblings with the Red Classic Spaceman and the White Classic Spaceman.

LEGO.com Description[]

LEGO.com-icon-yellow This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Please do not modify it.

This ‘70s era spaceman suffers from a cracked helmet and lack of oxygen. His first love will always be spaceships but he will do anything to help his fellow LEGO Master Builders.


Notes[]

  • Benny's helmet crack was based on proneness of the classic spaceman's helmet to crack.
  • Benny's Apocalypseburg variant reuses Dr. Inferno's robot arm.
  • Benny's trademark in Master Building is anything "big, blue, and pointy"--as Bad Cop puts it--and compatible with technologies from the 1980s.
  • He is the first LEGO minifigure to be intentionally designed as broken, with the crack in his helmet.
    • Emmet is the 2nd minifigure to be designed as broken or worn out.
  • Despite being adept with old space technologies, he is unable to decipher more modern ones like those in Business' computer room. Or, they are just unable to decipher him.
  • On LEGO.com, he is described to be from the 70s as the original classic spacemen were first released in 1978 as some of the world's first minifigures, but they weren't released in blue until 1984.
  • Physics frequently seem to warp around Benny as though he's outside Earth's atmosphere. He's occasionally seen floating around, as he would in a low-gravity environment, and as noted above, oxygen leaking from his helmet is a problem for him, even though he should be able to breathe that outside.
  • Despite not being seen with teeth in the Movies, The LEGO Movie Videogame and The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame show him with teeth.
  • In The LEGO Movie Videogame, Benny is unlocked after completing the level "Attack on Cloud Cuckoo Land."

Gallery of Variants[]

Physical Variants[]

Spaceman-legos-lego-movie
70834 (2)
Apocalypse Benny
Benny70848
RegularApocalypseburgLEGO Movie 2 CMFStardust

Movie Variants[]

Hello 1980 something space guy
Snapshot8889
Snapshot222252
Snapshot23
Benny Sweet Mayhem's Helmet
RegularApocalypseburgApocalypseburg (No accessories)StardustSweet Mayhem's Helmet

Video Game[]

Benny vg
BennyTLM2VG
BennyFixed
BennySystarian
BennyGold
BennyShimmer
BennyDimensions
The LEGO Movie VideogameApocalypseClassicStardustGoldenShimmerLEGO Dimensions

Appearances[]

Movie Appearances[]

Video Game Appearances[]

Gallery[]

See also[]

viewedittalk LEGO Dimensions Minifigures
DC Comics
Alfred PennyworthAquamanBaneBatmanBrainiacCommissioner GordonCyborgGeneral ZodGreen ArrowGreen LanternHarley QuinnLexBotLex LuthorMaggie SawyerJimmy OlsenLois LanePerry WhiteRobinSupermanSupergirlThe FlashThe JokerJoker HenchmanThe RiddlerThe ScarecrowTwo-FaceTwo-Face HenchmanWonder Woman
The Lord of the Rings
AragornBoromirCave TrollCitadel GuardDurin's BaneFell BeastFrodoGandalfGimliGollumGothmogLegolasMerryMordor OrcOliphauntOlog-haiPippinSamSarumanSauronShelob
The LEGO Movie
Bad CopBennyEmmetFrank the ForemanGail the Construction WorkerLord BusinessMetalbeardMrs. Scratchen-PostMicro ManagerRobo SWATUnikittyWyldstyle
The Wizard of Oz
Auntie EmCowardly LionDorothy GaleFlying MonkeyMunchkinMunchkin MayorPeacockScarecrowTalking TreeTin WoodmanTotoWicked WitchWinkie GuardWizard of Oz
The Simpsons
Apu NahasapeemapetilonBart SimpsonChief WiggumComic Book GuyCoyoteEdna KrabappelGrampa SimpsonGroundskeeper WillieHans MolemanHomer SimpsonItchyJebediah SpringfieldJulius HibbertKrusty the ClownLisa SimpsonMaggie SimpsonMarge SimpsonMartin PrinceMayor QuimbyMilhouse Van HoutenMr. BurnsNed FlandersNelson MuntzPrincipal SkinnerProfessor FrinkRainier WolfcastleRalph WiggumSanta's Little HelperScratchySnake JailbirdSnowball IISpringfield Nuclear Power Plant WorkerSqueaky Voiced TeenWaylon Smithers, Jr.
Ninjago
Anacondrai CultistAnacondrai SerpentClouseColeDarethEyezorSensei GarmadonGravisGriffin TurnerJacob PevsnerJayKaiKarlofLloydMaster ChenNindroidNyaOverlordP.I.X.A.L.Sensei WuSkreemerSkullkinZane
Doctor Who
Amy PondArthurAutonBrigadier Lethbridge-StewartCaptain Jack HarknessClara OswaldClockwork DroidCyberKingCybermanCybermatDalekDalek EmperorDavrosGadgetIce WarriorJudoonK1 RobotK-9Kate StewartLi H'sen ChangMadame VastraMissyOmegaOodPetronella OsgoodRiver SongRobot 1Robot 2Rory WilliamsRustySilurianSnowmanSpecial Weapons DalekStraxThe DoctorThe SilenceTriceyWeeping AngelZygon
Back to the Future
Clara ClaytonCo-AnchorDoc BrownEinsteinGriff TannenHonest Joe StatlerLorraine BainesLibyan GunnerLibyan Van DriverMad Dog TannenMarty McFlyMarlene McFlyMarshal James StricklandMarty McFly Jr.Marvin Berry and the StarlightersMayor HubertNews AnchorOtis PeabodyRedSeamus McFlyTicket Officer
Portal 2
Adventure CoreAnimal King TurretAtlasCake CoreCave JohnsonChellDoug RattmannFrankenturretGLaDOSMantis ManP-BodySentry TurretSpace CoreWheatley
Ghostbusters
Dana BarrettEgon SpenglerEngineerGozerHaunted TVHotel ManagerJanine MelnitzLibrary GhostLouis TullyPeter VenkmanRay StantzSlimerStay PuftTerror DogVigoWalter PeckWinston ZeddemoreZombie Taxi Driver
Midway Arcade
8-Bit AstronautBrainCaptain Ace GunnDefender SpaceshipGamerGauntlet DemonGauntlet GhostGauntlet SorcererGeorgeGrunt (Gauntlet)GruntLizzieLumberjackManti LanderMerlin the WizardMukorPaperboyQuestor the ElfRobotron HeroSphereoidSpyhunterThor the warriorThyra the Valkyrie
Scooby-Doo!
Anubis GuardCharlie the Funland RobotDada-DooDaphneFredMummyMumsy-DooScooby-DooShaggyVelma
Jurassic World
ACU TrooperAnkylosaurusApatosaurusBlueClaire DearingGray MitchellIndominus RexLoweryMosasaurusOwen GradyPteranodonSimon MasraniVelociraptorZach Mitchell
Legends of Chima
BezarCraggerErisGorzanLagravisLavalPlovarReegull
Harry Potter
Albus DumbledoreArthur WeasleyBellatrix LestrangeDeath EaterDementorDobbyDraco MalfoyGeorge WeasleyGolden SnitchHarry PotterHermione GrangerHorace SlughornKreacherLord VoldemortLuna LovegoodMinerva McGonagallNeville LongbottomRubeus HagridSeverus SnapeSirius BlackThestral
Adventure Time
Ancient Psychic Tandem War ElephantBanana GuardBMOBouncy BeeBox Kingdom CitizenChoose GooseCinnamon BunEarl of LemongrabEvil GuyFernFinnFlame PrincessGiant OgreGnomeGoliadGumball GuardianGunterHeart BeastHunny BunnyIce KingJakeKey-perLady RainicornLemonjonLop TopLumpy Space PrincessMagic ManManfriedMannish ManMarauderMarcelineMonsterMountain ManN.E.P.T.R.Old LadyPeppermint ButlerPillow DragonPrincess BubblegumRoselinenSleepy SamSnailSnow GolemStormoThe LichTree Trunks
Mission: Impossible
Air HostessAlexander GolitsynBenji DunnClaire PhelpsEthan HuntEugene KittridgeFranz KriegerJack HarmonJim PhelpsLuther StickellMaxSarah Davies
The A-Team
Amy AllenB.A. BaracusColonel LynchH.M. "Howling Mad" MurdockJohn "Hannibal" SmithTempleton "Faceman" Peck
Ghostbusters (2016)
Abby YatesAgent HawkinsAgent RorkeEd Mulgrave Jr.Erin GilbertGertrude AldridgeJennifer LynchJillian HoltzmannJonathanKevin BeckmanLady SlimerMartin HeissMayhemMayor BradleyPatty TolanPaul FeigRental AgentRing Leader GhostRowan NorthSparkyTour Guide GarrettVanessa the Desk Clerk
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
AbernathyBernadetteBillywigChastity BareboneCredence BareboneDougalErumpentGilbert BingleyGnarlackGraphornGrindelwaldJacob KowalskiLangdon ShawMACUSA AurorMadam Ya ZhouMary Lou BareboneModesty BareboneMooncalfMurtlapNewt ScamanderNifflerOccamyPercival GravesPickettQueenie GoldsteinSeraphina PicquerySwooping EvilThunderbirdTina Goldstein
Sonic the Hedgehog
Amy RoseAsteronBalkiryBat BrainBig the CatBurrobotBuzz BomberBuzzerChaosChopperClamerCoconutsCrabmeatDoctor EggmanE-113 XiE-117 SigmaEgg PawnGrabberHyudoroJawsKnucklesMecha SonicMetal SonicMoto BugNebulaOmochaoOrcaPenguinatorRobo SonicShadowShellcrackerSonicSpikebonkerSpinyStar PointerTailsTurtloidsUnidasu
Gremlins
Billy PeltzerBrain GremlinDaffyGizmoGremlinGretaKate BeringerLynn PeltzerMohawkMr. WingMurray FuttermanPete FountaineRuby DeagleStripeVegetable Gremlin
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
ElliottE.T.GertieKeysMaryMichael
The LEGO Batman Movie
Agent SmithAlfred PennyworthApache ChiefBatgirlBatmanBlack VulcanCalculatorCatwomanClayfaceDalekEl DoradoExcalibur BatmanFlying MonkeyGCPD OfficerGremlinHarley QuinnKiller CrocKing KongLord VoldemortMad HatterMan-BatMartian ManhunterMayor McCaskillMorpheusMutant LeaderOrcaPoison IvyRobin/NightwingSamuraiSauronSupermanThe JokerThe KrakenThe RiddlerThe ScarecrowTwo-FaceWonder Dog
Knight Rider
BonnieDevon MilesGarthe KnightK.A.R.R.K.I.T.T.Michael KnightReginald 'RC3' Cornellius III • Slammin' Sammy
The Goonies
AndyBrandChunkDataElgin PerkinsFrancis FratelliJake FratelliMama FratelliMikeyMouthMr. WalshMrs. WalshOctopusOne-Eyed WillyRosalitaSheriffSlothStefTroy Perkins
LEGO City: Undercover
Albert SpindlerouterChase McCainCornelius BurnsEllie PhillipsForrest BlackwellFrank HoneyJethro HayesMayor GleesonNatalia KowalskiRex FuryWeight Lifter
Teen Titans Go!
AqualadBeast BoyBilly NumerousBlackfireCyborgGizmoJaynaJinxMammothRavenRobinRose WilsonSee-MoreSparklefaceStarfireTerraZan
The Powerpuff Girls
AllegroBlossomBubblesButtercupHIMJemmicaManboyMojo JojoMs. KeanePrincess MorbucksProfessor UtoniumThe Mayor of Townsville
Beetlejuice
Adam MaitlandBarbara MaitlandBetelgeuseDelia DeetzHarry the HunterJunoLydia DeetzMinisterMiss ArgentinaRoad Kill ManSandworm
Other
Lord VortechX-PO
Advertisement